Thomas Kuhn (Thomas Samuel Kuhn) Quotes
Normal science does not aim at novelties of fact or theory and, when successful, finds none.
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I always wanted to go to the Chavez school but I could never afford it when I was growing up so a lot of my learning came from magic books and watching other magicians. I was also very lucky that I had a couple of really good magic teachers.
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One way to get high blood pressure is to go mountain climbing over molehills.
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My job in this life is to give people spiritual ecstasy through music. In my concerts people cry, laugh, dance. If they climaxed spiritually, I did my job. I did it decently and honestly.
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I have saved $1,638,580 over my four years. That may not seem like a lot, faced with our deficit, but multiply it by 435 members of the House - and then the senators get three times as much - and you are adding up several millions in savings.
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In Hollywood, there's a network of creative executives, and when they hear something is good, it catches fire.
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Fear is the passion of slaves.
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If elected, I would not be the mere president of a party - I would endeavor to act independent of party domination and should feel bound to administer the government untrammeled by party schemes.
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And we will accept the creation of the Iberian Federation of a socialist republic which will give each region the right to construct its life in accordance with its economic possibilities and political preponderance.
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Brooklyn's good. Brooklyn's funky. Brooklyn's happening.
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I love all kinds of music. My dad's from London, so he loves David Bowie, the Stones, The Clash. I grew up with that influence while loving poetry and loving all kinds of current music.
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Usually I like to have them, but going drum-less pushes everything in a new direction and makes it easier to keep things sounding different.
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I can't ever see myself playing the romantic lead because that's not me; I'm not that girl.
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Walt Disney got away with portraying me in the light that they were portraying me in. I have always been a fighter, so... But I have no regrets, man. It's just like God brought me through the drugs, I know he'll bring me through this.
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People will tell you that you can't do it, no matter what you are trying to do, so you just have to really keep at it.
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We have too many intellectuals who are afraid to use the pistol of common sense.
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What I expect of a movie reviewer is that he should love cinema as much as I do.
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Immigration is the ultimate entrepreneurship.
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If I'm pushed, I'd also have to admit I don't like people with allergies. They just annoy me. There seems to be something far too self-centred about it. 'No thanks, I'm allergic.' Why not just say 'No thanks'? I wasn't asking for your medical history, I was just passing around the nuts. Trying to be friendly, that's all.
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I think music is a selfish masturbatory event - for the listener, the maker, the candlestick...maker.
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Winning an Oscar is an honor, but, between you and me, it does not makes things easier.
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The inner and outer, the visible and invisible, the abstract and concrete - you've got to get the balance right (not that I do, but it's something to aim for).
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Bliss is not subtractbale.
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If being smart is what you say it is, I will remain a fool my entire life.
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Normal science does not aim at novelties of fact or theory and, when successful, finds none.
