Thomas Kuhn (Thomas Samuel Kuhn) Quotes
Literally as well as metaphorically, the man accustomed to inverting lenses has undergone a revolutionary transformation of vision.
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Age for me is just a number.
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I grew up. I began to think the United States had some problems that really required the help of artistic people to solve. And I gave myself permission to be a writer instead of a civil servant.
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It is well known that Beauty does not look with a good grace on the timid advances of Humour.
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I went to quite an academic school, and all my friends were going to university, but even before my acting jobs, I didn't want to do that. I didn't want to spend another three years being institutionalised, and I feel that getting out of that system benefited me in quite a few ways.
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I love dressing up for events; to me it's almost like wearing a costume for the evening.
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I've always wanted to take up work that my heart is convinced about. And I shall continue to do so.
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The use of travelling is to regulate imagination by reality, and instead of thinking how things may be, to see them as they are.
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It's a place where I could do something on a weekly basis and see if I like it.
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I want to do a big Broadway musical, at some point. I would love to do that. To do something there would be super-cool.
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I wanted to be a comedian, and this is what I'm doing. If I can keep this going, I'm happy.
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Organizations are trying to save extra money. Players are trying to get extra money. That's the way it is.
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All men are frauds. The only difference between them is that some admit it. I myself deny it.
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Writing a novel is not at all like riding a bike. Writing a novel is like having to redesign a bike, based on laws of physics that you don't understand, in a new universe. So having written one novel does nothing for you when you have to write the second one.
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We all live with blinders on. They come with having a personal vantage point.
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A heck of a lot more accountability comes from individuals or the church doing it than the government, that signs off on helping people at 5 o'clock, because it comes from the heart, not from a badge or a mandate.
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An eviction is an incredibly time consuming and stressful event.
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I play Rock Band, which is Guitar Hero times ten. You can play with four people, so when you have parties, you have a real band. Nobody ever wants to sing, so I'm always the one throwing down on the mic.
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Puerto Rican culture is very different from Mexican culture. Part of the Mexican psychology is the idea of being an immigrant or being illegal or being confused with that. That doesn't happen with Puerto Ricans, because you're a commonwealth.
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What's so great about the truth? Try lying for a change, it's the currency of the world.
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Dr. Einstein was not successful in school, but he found something in the air from his own imagination and his own brain power, and look what he did.
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Is almost a good enough reason for fear?
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HBO is really famous for hiring good people and staying out of their way until they ask for help, or need it. And that reputation is earned.
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Consistent with Martin Luther King's vision, the government should stop color-coding its citizens.
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Literally as well as metaphorically, the man accustomed to inverting lenses has undergone a revolutionary transformation of vision.
