Daniel Dennett Quotes
We should get used to the idea that we'll probably never be able to find - and confirm - a good explanation of the ultimate origin of the universe, though I see no reason to believe that we can't press much further on this question than we have managed to date.
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Knowledge is knowing that we cannot know.
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I've got a couple of bands that I'm working on. The one I'm really excited about, we're called London The Child. It's folky music and it's really cool.
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I've always been proud that my name stands for peace.
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I don't think many of us launched ourselves into the world of writing books fully formed.
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The important thing to remember is war does not progress linearly. The future course of events is going to be very difficult to predict with a high degree of precision.
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I felt audiences are happier to take comedy people who play darker people because there's a link between the psychosis of comedy and the psychosis of being a twisted character.
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But I also think that the more you reason collectively about what the project should be at the beginning of the process, the more you can improvise later.
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Archery requires very sensitive muscles.
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I think we're the first generation to successfully integrate American society.
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It is a matter of simple fact that Icelanders have always been notoriously indolent.
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Although Ronald Reagan was somebody I disagreed with on most ideological things, he was a friend of mine, and he was a very, very likable man. Ronald Reagan, for instance, was maybe more able to get the very rich to do the right thing sometimes.
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Killing people because you don't like their ideas - it's a bad thing.
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In Maryland, we have the unfortunate distinction of being the most gerrymandered state in the entire nation.
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Only people who have been allowed to practise freedom can have the grown-up look in their eyes.
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America did not invade Iraq because Iraqis are Muslims. Oil, money, economic interests. Who knows? But it was not because Iraqis are Muslims.
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At the end of OK Computer we were playing big, big arenas and it wasn't right. You can do those things occasionally but at the time it didn't feel right.
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I turned Compaq from a small company with troubles into a computer powerhouse. We can do the same at Intershop.
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Dick Gregory will be greatly missed. Humbly, and in his stead, 'Turn Me Loose' carries on to be his voice and his inspiration for all who wish to laugh at the absurdity of racism and be enlightened by his spirit of justice.
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So, when the last and dreadful HourThis crumbling Pageant shall devour,The trumpet shall be heard on high,The dead shall live, the living die,And musick shall untune the Sky.
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You make sure to set True Norths for your company. You can't be involved in every decision and every meeting; you have to make sure the mission is very built into the culture, the product, and how you communicate.
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Slow thinkers are part of the game too. Some of these slow thinkers can hit a ball a long way.
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We should get used to the idea that we'll probably never be able to find - and confirm - a good explanation of the ultimate origin of the universe, though I see no reason to believe that we can't press much further on this question than we have managed to date.
