Thomas Kuhn (Thomas Samuel Kuhn) Quotes
Far from being magisterial in its objectivity, science was conditioned by history, society, and the prejudices of scientists.
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We struggle to understand how any mother could kill her own children.
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In the fallen there is danger of pride and vainglory, since they prefer their own judgment to the judgment of everyone else, usurping what is not their own by setting themselves up as judges in their own cause when the rightful judge is their superior.
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It's nice to work with your own alma mater.
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I believe that with the help of foreign countries - and under that condition only, because they have no other source of financing - the new government may temporarily extricate Georgia from the current situation.
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If we hold on together I know our dreams will never die Dreams see us through to forever Where clouds roll by For you and I
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Some people eat the tuna, some people roll it up into a ball. Also, the sort of disgusting texture and smell, I think, adds something to the experience.
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My wish isn't to mean everything to everyone but something to someone.
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Baby it's you. You're the one I love. You're the one I need. You're the only one I see.
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A man that should call everything by its right name would hardly pass the streets without being knocked down as a common enemy.
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Real love is a cosmic force which goes through us. If we crystallize it, it becomes the greatest power in the world.
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Why should I seek for love or study it? It is of God and passes human wit; I study hatred with great diligence, For that's a passion in my own control, A sort of besom that can clear the soul Of everything that is not mind or sense.
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One is always enthralled, I think, when a young writer you're just beginning to read and comprehend dies.
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Show me a person without prejudice of any kind on any subject and I'll show you someone who may be admirably virtuous but is surely no gardener. Prejudice against people is reprehensible, but a healthy set of prejudices is a gardener's best friend. Gardening is complicated, and prejudice simplifies it enormously.
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I'm terrible at horror movies, by the way. I get scared so easily.
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Far from being magisterial in its objectivity, science was conditioned by history, society, and the prejudices of scientists.
