Sir Alfred Jules "Freddie" Ayer (A.J. Ayer) Quotes
We say that a sentence is factually significant to any given person, if, and only if, he knows how to verify the proposition which it purports to express.
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Art is too serious to be taken seriously.
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I really thank my parents for giving me the good sense to not get into anything wrong. There are many people around who like controversies, and I actually wonder how do they do it. I don't have the courage to get into controversies. There are people who love it; I find it silly.
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The data strongly suggest that very good years in the U.S. stock market are followed by more good years.
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I'm very different to my mum. I'm not as beautiful as she is, nor - she probably despairs about this - as groomed. I certainly rebelled against her idea of looking well turned-out. I spent several years with a shaved head in jeans and baggy shirts.
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I am proud of being a Southerner. I wasn't about to let Southerners on my show be stupid or aw-shuckses who just sit on the front porch and spit in the yard. I wasn't about to do that, and I made that very clear from the start. I was kind of the gate-keeper on that stuff.
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People used to play with toys. Now the toys play with them.
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If I want to go to a party with a few male friends, it doesn't mean I'm gay.
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When a man puts me a question, I judge of his intelligence.
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People don't expect government to solve all their problems. But they sense, deep in their bones, that with just a slight change in priorities, we can make sure that every child in America has a decent shot at life, and that the doors of opportunity remain open to all. They know we can do better.
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In my small town, nothing really good happened too often and I thought, 'What am I doing here? I'm wasting my life.'
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Let your heart guide you...it whispers so listen closely.
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For the spread and endurance of an idea the originator is dependent on the self-development of the receivers and transmitters.
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Talent comes with an individual name tag.
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There are periods where you think, "What am I doing?" or "What am I doing it for?"; that's a more scary question. "I've made s---loads of money, I've left my mark in music, why am I still doing this?," and it takes a while to answer that question.
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Given one well-trained physician of the highest type and he will do better work for a thousand people than ten specialists.
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While we were never able to provide 100 percent certainty regarding the disposition of Iraq's proscribed weaponry, we did ascertain a 90-95 percent level of verified disarmament. This figure takes into account the destruction or dismantling of every major factory associated with prohibited weapons manufacture, all significant items of production equipment, and the majority of the weapons and agent produced by Iraq.
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May God give back to you in love all the love you have given.
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As long as I can walk and talk, I'll try almost anything. I say "almost" because the high wire is definitely out.
