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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They say Einstein died while he was still trying to figure out gravity. I think I'm going to die still trying to figure out some of the things about Blink.
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Prejudice comes from being in the dark; sunlight disinfects it.
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The danger of having the Constitution twisted and misconstrued to support vested interests and prejudices must be guarded against if American democracy is to maintain a progressive character.
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There are but few saints amongst scientists, as among other men, but truth itself is a goal comparable with sanctity.
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Our account does not rob the mathematicians of their science... In point of fact they do not need the infinite and do not use it.
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What if I’ve forgotten the most important thing? What if somewhere inside me there is a dark limbo where all the truly important memories are heaped and slowly turning into mud?...the thought fills me with an almost unbearable sorrow.
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Far from being magisterial in its objectivity, science was conditioned by history, society, and the prejudices of scientists.
