Willard Van Orman Quine Quotes
For me the problem of induction is a problem about the world: a problem of how we, as we are now (by our present scientific lights), in a world we never made, should stand better than random, or coin-tossing chances changes of coming out right when we predict by inductions. . . .
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Directors are our teachers, and I'm always craving to work with a great director. They're pretty much the first thing that interests me about a project. Let's put it this way: It'll take me a lot longer to read a script if there's no director attached.
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Each age has deemed the new-born year the fittest time for festal cheer.
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You don't go out and change your gender for a television show, O.K.? It ain't happening. I don't care who you are.
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I didn't write the book to sell the book, but to tell my experiences.
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Shooting is very challenging because 10 metre air rifle you have different rules, short gun you have different rules.
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Part of being a top-20 firm is mind-share.
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I keep wondering at night, 'Will I have a bank the next morning, or will some technology company be doing banking without needing a bank?'
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I like writing idealistically, romantically and swashbucklingly.
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We all have our strengths and our failings.
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I can go back to poverty if a situation comes. I have sailed through the worst days of my life, and I am prepared for any crisis.
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I'm not a rock singer and I don't want to be a rock singer. I'm not interested. It doesn't seem to get across.
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As we continue to step up our investment in education, we must not sidestep our commitment to the principle of local control.
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Attempting to get at truth means rejecting stereotypes and cliches.
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My granddad was a hard worker, and my dad is, too. It was instilled in me as a kid. I never got pocket money; I had to earn it. I had two paper rounds before school, not just one. Wherever I worked, whether it was at football, in the pub, I'd do whatever was asked of me - and more.
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I don't like formal gardens. I like wild nature. It's just the wilderness instinct in me, I guess.
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Politicians read the polls that show 85 or 90 percent of the voters profess a belief in God, so they identify themselves with religion, often only to the degree necessary to reach the constituency they are targeting.
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There are other ways of finding satisfaction, recipes for human happiness, enjoyment, dignified and meaningful, gratifying life, than increased consumption that increases production.
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People assume actresses are afraid to get older; the truth is the roles get a whole lot more compelling once you're too old to play dumb.
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He's also one of those friends who doesn't impress easily. And so if you get a good reaction from him, it actually means something. So it was important for me to hear from him something about the script, whether it was good or bad.
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The most powerful book in the world at the beginning of the twentieth century is the check-book.
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When one starts writing a book, especially a novel, even the humblest person in the world hopes to become Homer.
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Everybody wants to be somebody. Everybody wants to be noticed. Everybody wants to be somebody important. Importance is just treating people good. That's important.
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For me the problem of induction is a problem about the world: a problem of how we, as we are now (by our present scientific lights), in a world we never made, should stand better than random, or coin-tossing chances changes of coming out right when we predict by inductions. . . .
