William Whewell Quotes
The hypotheses we accept ought to explain phenomena which we have observed. But they ought to do more than this: our hypotheses ought to foretell phenomena which have not yet been observed.
Quotes to Explore
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I want to ski down Mount Cho Oyu in the Himalayas when I am 85, descending from a height of 8,201 meters.
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I think Obama is right when he talks about the rule of law as a cornerstone of what the United States should stand for. That can encompass our elected officials' adherence to law and our country's return to the Geneva Conventions.
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I study what's happening in music. I want to sound different than everybody else.
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I'm definitely a foodie.
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I knew it would break his heart if I didn't go into the business.
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The CIA now assesses that four nations - Iraq, North Korea, Russia and, to the surprise of some specialists, France - have undeclared samples of the smallpox virus.
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There's no musical landscape to poetry. It has somewhat of a higher standard than songs, I think.
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I hate to see people frustrated or leave a company for an opportunity they could easily have had at their current company if they had only asked.
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My goal, as always, is simply to inform the public about an issue that is nearly impossible for them to learn about on their own. That is my only goal as a reporter.
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I personally don't even try to compare New York and L.A. To me, they are just way too different.
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I love coming to London and seeing what people on the street are wearing.
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He was happily married - but his wife wasn't.
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I try to show ugliness, but with compassion for the people who commit ugly acts.
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I'm not trying to be a star on TV. I am who I am, which I hope comes out. I have a little bit of a different sense than most people know, and it takes a while to get used to it.
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The media is controlled.
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I'm not big on remakes.
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I stay excited 'cause for me, this is something I love to do. I'm like Coca Cola with it. I been here for a long time, I just gotta keep it nice and stay up to date and also give them that quality taste that they been looking for. It's nothing to me. When you built for it, you born for it, you do it cuz you wanna do it, not cuz you have to.
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We're long past having to defend or explain why women should be on boards, given all the data that shows how companies with female as well as male directors perform better. It's unfortunate when companies with a large percentage of women constituents don't reflect that in their boardrooms.
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The average Indian doesn't care about Hollywood movies because they have far too many movies of their own to watch, to miss, and I hope a story like 'Million Dollar Arm,' that is actually about India and deals with these two Indian kids, resonates over there and makes people want to go and see the movie.
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I think I have good judgment.
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It's the nightmare scenario that environmental activists around the world have been hoping would be avoided.
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Much can often be learned by the repetition under different conditions, even if the desired result is not obtained.
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The hypotheses we accept ought to explain phenomena which we have observed. But they ought to do more than this: our hypotheses ought to foretell phenomena which have not yet been observed.
