William of Occam Quotes
Never increase, beyond what is necessary, the number of entities required to explain anything.
Quotes to Explore
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I had read Plato and Kant, but I had forgotten it.
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I have to be seen to be believed.
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In my own sphere I did everything that could possibly be expected of a man who believes in the greatness of his people and who is filled with fanaticism for the greatness of his country, in order to bring about the victory of Adolf Hitler and the National Socialist movement.
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Even with revivals, I don't really pay attention to previous incarnations. I always just go with the script and with the director and am willing to treat it as brand new.
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Still to this day, I don't know when I write something whether it's good or not.
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Look at Judi Dench, who's brilliant in whatever bloody job she does.
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A career in sport is almost impossible to manage without the support, and guidance, and reassurance of family and friends. During tough times, and there always are, this is whom we go to.
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Instead of passing on choppy waters to the next generation, we should endeavor to leave them a calmer sea.
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I'd always put on little shows at home, but when I was 11, I did a community event in Woodford, where anyone could go.
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I think L.A. radio is learning from the Bay. The Bay is a very classic place. Mac Mall, C-Bo, all that stuff, they love their artists, they're old school up there. My first big concert was playing in the Bay; I played the Fillmore.
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The game has basically not changed since I ended my career.
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For women who turn to welfare, Big Brother becomes Husband.
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You show me a capitalist, and I'll show you a bloodsucker.
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It doesn't matter much where your company sits in its industry ecosystem, nor how vertically or horizontally integrated it is - what matters is its relative 'share of customer value' in the final product or solution, and its cost of producing that value.
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China's movie industry is growing a lot faster than that of the U.S.
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ArcGIS includes a Living Atlas of the World. It's like a large living library of geographic information.
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I don't have hard numbers about this, but the impression I get is that the amount of eyeballs you get from being on the humor shelf at Barnes & Noble - it is almost insignificant.
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Carl Sagan always used to say that when he was trying to explain something to someone, he would go back to that time when he didn't understand it, and then he would retrace his thought steps so that he could make it absolutely clear, and that's one of the infinite number of things I learned from him.
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Stand for people. Not a product or service or metric or number. If we stand for real, living, breathing people, we will change the world.
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Probably our atomic weights merely represent a mean value around which the actual atomic weights of the atoms vary within certain narrow limits... when we say, the atomic weight of, for instance, calcium is 40, we really express the fact that, while the majority of calcium atoms have an actual atomic weight of 40, there are not but a few which are represented by 39 or 41, a less number by 38 or 42, and so on.
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The primary method by which governments increase their control is by creating fear.
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Never increase, beyond what is necessary, the number of entities required to explain anything.
