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've got this old-school workout - push-ups, sit-ups, tricep dips. And it worked. Anybody can do this at home.
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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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I think Jughead is a pretty trustworthy character - not only a narrator. I think he might be selfish, but he's obviously selfish, and that is comforting to me. I also think he has a really strong moral fiber and a propensity for good, and he tries to cultivate that in other people.
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For the birth of something new, there has to be a happening. Newton saw an apple fall; James Watt watched a kettle boil; Roentgen fogged some photographic plates. And these people knew enough to translate ordinary happenings into something new.
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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.
