Thomas Kuhn (Thomas Samuel Kuhn) Quotes
Philosophers of science have repeatedly demonstrated that more than one theoretical construction can always be placed upon a given collection of data.
Quotes to Explore
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There will be statues of Bill Gates across the Third World. There's a reasonable shot that - because of his money - we will cure malaria.
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Everyone's path is really different, and you just have to be in the right place at the right time. 'The X Factor' gave me that chance I needed, that platform.
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Falling in love with landscapes is what L.A. women do. It doesn't necessarily imply betrothal or marriage.
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It is better to be looked over than overlooked.
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I do tend to think that I've written a great deal out of my unconscious because half the time I don't know what a given character is going to say next.
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I love kids, so two things that I have thought about are being a pediatrician or a kindergarten teacher.
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How is Maggie Rowe compensating for her decision to not have a child? Is what she is doing instead enough to justify that decision? What is she doing instead, and why can't she be better at it? What's keeping her from getting a better overall existence score in comparison to an arbitrary sampling of other human beings?
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Beware of harking back to what you once were when God wants you to be something you have never been.
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Emotion consists of a very well orchestrated set of alterations in the body that has, as a general purpose, making life more survivable by taking care of a danger, of taking care of an opportunity, either/or, or something in between.
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Life doesn't come at you. It comes from you.
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I see all these students, and I admire them - they're trying to learn something, they go to school, they do film school, they go on shoots, they help. I'm sure they learn a lot, and some of them, it makes them aware of what they wish to do. I was - that's the way I was - autodidact.
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We have had in our nation a well-celebrated Declaration of Independence. But our success as a country will depend upon a new 'Declaration of Inter-dependence.' A belief in how much we need each other, how much we share one common destiny.
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Everyone, archetypally, is a parent to future generations.
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From the earliest time the old have rubbed it into the young that they are wiser, and before the young had discovered what nonsense this was they were old too, and it profited them to carry on the imposture.
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Best they honor thee Who honor in thee only what is best.
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I used to love it when I walked down the street and construction workers would whistle.
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Messi is an angel. Cristiano always has to score to say "I am here". Messi doesn't need a goal because his presence is the construction of his team's football.
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In the deepest heart of all of us there is a corner in which the ultimate mystery of things works sadly.
