Willard Van Orman Quine Quotes
Treating 'water' as a name of a single scattered object is not intended to enable us to dispense with general terms and plurality of reference. Scatter is in fact an inconsequential detail.
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On my mother's side, I'm English, so that's where the freckles come from. On my father's side, I'm German, and he has the fantastic olive hues... I was given mum's skin, whereas my brothers and sisters were given my dad's skin. I do tan up quite well, but it takes me a bit longer.
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Indeed the three prophecies about the death of individual art are, in their different ways, those of Hegel, Marx, and Freud. I don't see any way of getting beyond those prophecies.
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Consumption is still going up on Alibaba. This is because when the economy goes down people look online to Alibaba to buy cheaper things.
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Cats and I have an understanding, but we choose not to interact often.
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I think when you see 'Ridiculous Six,' the show speaks for itself in terms of its treatment of American Indians.
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German writers in the late 18th century were the first to uphold a prickly, literary nationalism, in reaction to the then dominance and prestige of French literature.
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Ten people who speak make more noise than ten thousand who are silent.
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God made them as stubble to our swords.
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I have what is probably the largest big bike collection in the city: a Fat Boy, a sportser Harley Davidson and two Yamahas. All these are 1200cc-plus bikes. Riding these bikes is something I still do and some trekking as well.
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There should be at least one leak like the Pentagon Papers every year.
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Whether it's backing up or starting, I have the confidence to go out there and do good, so I'm gonna play my role.
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The question for immigration reform is not if we'll get it done, it's when we'll get it done. It's going to get done.
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It's totally viable to envisage a million Jews living in Judea and Samaria.
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I am mad for nature writing. I want to get inside the head of every creature in the world, even ants.
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I got lost but look what I found.
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Oh how I wish I could be as obsessive as Carrie from 'Homeland' when I'm writing a book! That would save me a lot of trouble during the revision process.
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I didn't have a lot of communication with Elvis. You had to go through a barricade to get to Elvis. It was people hanging on every word, and I felt very uncomfortable a lot of times.
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It is one thing to say that there is a constitutional right to keep a gun at home for protection. It is quite another to say there is a constitutional right to bring a hidden gun into a daycare center.
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When you died I didn't weep nor dream but knew you like a god breathe in each healing we begin.
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I have two main bass guitars, and my main bass is a four-string 1964 Fender Jazz, and I've named it Justine.
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I don't think what size I am really matters.
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Men are April when they woo, December when they wed. Maids are May when they are maids, but the sky changes when they are wives.
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I love to swim, and I love being near water.
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Treating 'water' as a name of a single scattered object is not intended to enable us to dispense with general terms and plurality of reference. Scatter is in fact an inconsequential detail.
