William of Occam Quotes
Pluralitas non est ponenda sine necessitate. A plurality (of reasons) should not be posited without necessity.
Quotes to Explore
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I'm proud to support Secretary Clinton.
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We need fundamental change. In the past, national development led to people's happiness but now the link between national growth and improvement in people's lives has been severed.
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'Lovejoy' has a special place in my heart because it was through my efforts that the series first came to the screen.
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Good cinema is what we can believe, and bad cinema is what we can't believe.
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Governments, of course, can - and do - soak the rich.
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If what the heart approves conforms to proper patterns, then even if one's desires are many, what harm would they be to good order?
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There were many films made for both cinema and television, and in general I don't connect them very much with our books. I have one favorite: 'The Man on the Roof' by director Bo Widerberg, which was based on 'The Abominable Man.'
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Like many people in Britain, I have an affectionate respect for the Queen, and am surprised that I should be having such republican thoughts.
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There are parts of me that I feel are beautiful, but they don't have anything to do with my nose.
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Memory... is the diary that we all carry about with us.
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Death is not extinguishing the light; it is only putting out the lamp because the dawn has come.
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I want to show people there's not just one way of being Muslim.
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If you've never seen an elephant ski, you've never been on acid.
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I grew up in a culturally radical home, where strong emotions were forbidden.
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Mr. Idris Elba is amazing! He happens to be British, but what's funny about him is that when he's speaking in his American dialect, he looks like he's a brother from the 'hood. But as soon as he brings out that English thing, I'm like, 'Woo! You look like you're from London. Oh my God!' It's like everything on him changes. He's so cool!
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I want to live every moment totally and intensely. Even when I'm giving an interview or talking to people, that's all that I'm thinking about.
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I don't mean to be presumptuous that men don't feel this, I don't mean this, but I found that when my child was born, my first child, it felt like my heart broke.
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If you want to achieve your dreams, you must follow them, and the best way to follow them is not to think about wanting to be very rich, but to think about doing something that you really want to do.
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There's a standard formula for success in the entertainment medium, and that is: Beat it to death if it succeeds.
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Time is a person-made concept.
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People tend to think I'm insane, and I'm really tired of it.
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I think the reason my stories have been so successful is that I have a strong sense of metaphor.
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Pluralitas non est ponenda sine necessitate. A plurality (of reasons) should not be posited without necessity.
