Thomas Kuhn (Thomas Samuel Kuhn) Quotes
Probably, the single most prevalent claim advanced by the proponents of a new paradigm is that they can solve the problems that led the old one to a crisis.
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My father was a civil servant in northern India where I was born. As a boy I saw the dire effects of poverty and illiteracy, especially on women and children. It often seemed that the only thing separating me from them was luck.
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It's a different way of getting across an emotion. You're trying to get it across to the animator because the animator is inspired by the voicetrack in terms of how to animate the character.
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In basic training we had been told to watch out for Japanese spies.
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The biggest public mistake I ever made was that I chose to do 'Criminal Minds' in the first place.
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Every single administration in American political history has put cronies and pals and donors into political positions. But normally those people become the ambassador to Liechtenstein or the deputy undersecretary of commerce.
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I played violin and got into that Suzuki program in the second grade.
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Long before we understand ourselves through the process of self-examination, we understand ourselves in a self-evident way in the family, society and state in which we live.
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I think I've achieved a lot in 41 years. I like how 41 feels; I feel good. I don't like how it sounds too much.
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My grandmother is this amazingly theatrical woman. She acted like a movie star, as far as looks and attitude, kind of like Susan Hayward.
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With Donald Trump as president and Republicans in control of Congress, our healthcare is under attack.
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The number of people who will not go to a show they do not want to see is unlimited.
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Bear and endure: This sorrow will one day prove to be for your good.
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The only difference between the saint and the sinner is that every saint has a past, and every sinner has a future.
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Just as the Supreme Court has said that women have the right to choose whether or not to be parents, men should also have that right.
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I have both sleep apnea and atrial fibrillation, which are both debilitating conditions.
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I would say that one of the things that encouraged me so much when I became elected to the leadership was the letters I received from fathers of daughters, saying that, 'My daughter can now do many more things because of what you did.'
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Ang Lee was educated in the West and his English is good.
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I think I always just want to get better at whatever I'm doing... Always strive for excellence.
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Let me back up a little and tell you why I prefer writing to real life: You can rewrite. A novel, for example, can be cleaned up, altered, trimmed, improved. Life, on the other hand, is one big messy rough draft.
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If behind the erratic gunfire of the press the author felt that there was another kind of criticism, the opinion of people readingfor the love of reading, slowly and unprofessionally, and judging with great sympathy and yet with great severity, might this not improve the quality of his work? And if by our means books were to become stronger, richer, and more varied, that would be an end worth reaching.
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There's plenty of room at the bottom.
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At the end of the day, love and compassion will win.
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Probably, the single most prevalent claim advanced by the proponents of a new paradigm is that they can solve the problems that led the old one to a crisis.
