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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The first thing people say to me when they meet me is, 'You're so much skinner in person.' You have to live up to these standards that are so unrealistic. I try to tune it out.
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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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Painting what I experience, translating what I feel, is like a great liberation. But it is also work, self-examination, consciousness, criticism, struggle.
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As long as my family's OK, I'll be fine.
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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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There was an ingredient used in perfumes and remedies in the Middle Ages called 'momie' that is certainly one of the most fascinating I've come across.
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Work is the meat of life, pleasure the dessert.
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I moved when I was 16. I had no clue what to expect in moving to L.A. I had no clue, really, about what acting was. I just knew that I wanted to do it.
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Just because you have star power and a huge marketing budget, you can see from some professional web series, it doesn't equal views.
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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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'matter is plastic in the face of mind.'
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It is a mistake to suppose that any technological innovation has a one-sided effect. Every technology is both a burden and a blessing; not either-or, but this-and-that.
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It's pretty well known that the CIA has been installing friendly dictators around the world for years.
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Since taking office, President Obama has worked to restore a positive vision of American leadership in the world - leadership defined, not by the threats and dangers that we will oppose, but by the security, opportunity and dignity that America advances in partnership with people around the world.
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Literally as well as metaphorically, the man accustomed to inverting lenses has undergone a revolutionary transformation of vision.
