William of Occam Quotes
Of two equivalent theories or explanations, all other things being equal, the simpler one is to be preferred.
William of Occam
Quotes to Explore
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I was actually already doing my Ph.D. in neuroscience when September 11 happened. 'The End Of Faith' is essentially what September 11 did to my intellectual career at that moment.
Sam Harris
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I do feel as if... Look, I think I'm a very kind of ordinary person, and it seems to me that things that are of interest to me will probably be of interest to other people. I'm not exceptional; I don't have exceptional thoughts.
Kate Grenville
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I'm part Cuban, so anything with a good beat like Rumberos de Cuba gets me going.
Oona Chaplin
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In the end, we are all determined by the place and the time in which we were born.
Patrick Modiano
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The first time I saw E.T., the actual image of an alien, and he was so sweet-looking. I wanted him. I wanted E.T.
Octavia Spencer
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From the happy-go-lucky days of oil exploration and drilling, when a lot of easy sources were being found and easily managed, we're gotten ourselves into this sort of apocalyptic time. We're willing to destroy almost everything, risk almost anything, and go ahead with techniques for which we have no way of responding to the known problems.
Carl Safina
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He suffered from paralysis by analysis.
Harold S. Geneen
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The road to hell was surely paved with cacao.
Courtney Milan
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See, that's the thing: I'm not one of those actors who thinks, 'God, I've got to improvise and make it my own.' No, my first job as an actor is to take what's written and make it work. And then, if they want me to improvise, I'll do that.
Rachael Harris
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As a little kid, I climbed a lot of trees because I always loved the bird's-eye view.
Felix Baumgartner
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... and we are not alone in this slavery. there are millions of others throughout the world, of all colors and races and creeds. this we must remember. there are many of our people who hate the poor of the white race, and they hate us. the people in this town living by the river who work in the mills. people who are almost as much in need as we are ourselves. this hatred is a great evil, and no good can ever come from it... the injustice of need must bring us all together and not separate us. we must remember that we all make the things of this earth of value because of labor.
Carson McCullers
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Of two equivalent theories or explanations, all other things being equal, the simpler one is to be preferred.
William of Occam
