Thomas Kuhn (Thomas Samuel Kuhn) Quotes
To turn Karl [Popper]'s view on its head, it is precisely the abandonment of critical discourse that marks the transition of science. Once a field has made the transition, critical discourse recurs only at moments of crisis when the bases of the field are again in jeopardy. Only when they must choose between competing theories do scientists behave like philosophers.
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Children have a great urge to learn about dinosaurs.
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I am not saying we are categorizing Ellen White in the biblical context of a false prophet.
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Every hero becomes a bore at last.
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I saw Mercury Prize-winners Alt-J for the first time recently, touring their debut album 'An Awesome Wave,' and I'm still riding the high: they're the most musically dynamic and exciting band to have poured tune into my lug holes live since Bellowhead.
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There is no point in pointing fingers because there are three fingers pointing back at you.
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I'm blonde and tanned and normal-sized! I'm sweet, shy, funny, have a big heart and I'm nice - and I like to eat.
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I took a whole stunt course and pretty much got certified as a stunt driver. It's ridiculous how easy it is once you understand the car and know how to do it.
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When someone says something that really hurts me, I have to retweet it to let it go.
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People have tried to corner the market on being offended, corner the market on language and corner the market on opinion. Should I lose my job 'cause I offended somebody? No, of course not. Your life should never be affected by public opinion.
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As consumers, we are faced with hundreds of choices - and when it comes to books, thousands of choices.
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If I could make albums quicker, I'd be on a roll wouldn't I? Everything just seems to take so much time. I don't know why. Time... evaporates.
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I love Wales, and Cardiff is great, but if I could just have the weather we have in California, it would be perfect.
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God made us: invented us as a man invents an engine. A car is made to run on petrol, and it would not run properly on anything else. Now God designed the human machine to run on Himself.
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I like people who refuse to speak until they are ready to speak.
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When a man has seen the aerodynamic shape of a Caravelle jet at an airport, he doesn't need aerodynamic furniture.
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It's fantastic to see 'Les Miserables' become the top-grossing film at the U.K. box office.
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If someone realises the piece they are wearing is inspired by me then it only broadens my audience.
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It was actually a women's writing group I belonged to in graduate school that gave me the courage to move from poetry to fiction.
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The radical Left loves attacking people as anti-science when anyone dares question their computer models on global warming.
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Kinsey would identify himself with Galileo in moments of feelings of persecution.
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No single crisis shapes a generation; but a succession of events, each one bringing its shaping blows to bear.
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America's always had a real passion for lunatic movements. That's one of the things we're probably known for around the world, I would imagine.
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The most important thing when ill is to never lose heart.
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To turn Karl [Popper]'s view on its head, it is precisely the abandonment of critical discourse that marks the transition of science. Once a field has made the transition, critical discourse recurs only at moments of crisis when the bases of the field are again in jeopardy. Only when they must choose between competing theories do scientists behave like philosophers.
