Daniel Dennett Quotes
If the history of resistance to Darwinian thinking is a good measure, we can expect that long into the future, long after every triumph of human thought has been matched or surpassed by 'mere machines,' there will still be thinkers who insist that the human mind works in mysterious ways that no science can comprehend.
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It's good to keep in mind that prominence is always a mix of hard work, eloquence in your practice, good timing and fortuitous social relations. Everything can't be personalized.
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Marriage is a very good thing, but I think it's a mistake to make a habit out of it.
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Anyone who knows anything of history knows that great social changes are impossible without feminine upheaval. Social progress can be measured exactly by the social position of the fair sex, the ugly ones included.
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I think that every so-called history book and film biography should be prefaced by the statement that what follows is the author's rendition of events and circumstances.
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If a remake is not good, no one wants to see it and, again, it doesn't hurt the original.
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The human mind, if it is to keep its sanity, must maintain the nicest balance between unity and plurality.
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I firmly believe, only because I've been doing this for so long, every show takes three years. 90% of them don't get three years. It just does. It takes a long time to build a community, build a friendship with your characters. It's hard for people to grasp on and make them care about you.
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Look, all administrations, all governments lie, all officials lie and nothing they say is to be believed. That's a pretty good rule.
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When I want a long ball, I spin my hips faster.
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The hype man's job is to get everybody out of their seats and on the dance floor to have a good time.
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Little progress can be made by merely attempting to repress what is evil. Our great hope lies in developing what is good.
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A person who publishes a book willfully appears before the populace with his pants down. If it is a good book nothing can hurt him. If it is a bad book nothing can help him.
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Honestly, with me, as long as I have a park to play basketball in, I'm pretty cool.
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I love going to the cinema, listening to music, yoga and long walks along Holkham beach in Norfolk.
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The Junction Point journey is over. To all those who've asked, or want to ask, I'm sad but excited for the future.
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When politicians offer you something for nothing, or something that sounds too good to be true, it's always worth taking a careful second look.
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There is a long history of founders returning to companies and doing great things. Founders are able to set the vision for their companies with an authority no one else can.
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Cutting up fowl to predict the future is, if done honestly and with as little interpretation as possible, a kind of randomization. But chicken guts are hard to read and invite flights of fancy or corruption.
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There have been some good studies done in California with Hispanic parents where in the course of a year, they have changed their entire nutritional intake for the better. The kid becomes, in a sense, the bridge between the educational process and the home.
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You know in the West they support realistic forces.
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I've heard my work called 'bold' and 'graffiti-like,' but for me it is always instinctual. I start with a shape or a colour and go from there.
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I have never had the need or thrill for being wealthy.
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If the history of resistance to Darwinian thinking is a good measure, we can expect that long into the future, long after every triumph of human thought has been matched or surpassed by 'mere machines,' there will still be thinkers who insist that the human mind works in mysterious ways that no science can comprehend.
