Bertrand de Jouvenel Quotes
... the social scientist who lacks a mathematical mind and regards a mathematical formula as a magic recipe, rather than as the formulation of a supposition, does not hold forth much promise. A mathematical formula is never more than a precise statement. The chief merit of mathematization is that it compels us to become conscious of what we are assuming.
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I don't even know what my favourite food is anymore, as they are all such bad foods!
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The greatest desire of my heart was for the Lord to manifest His will concerning me.
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Steve Jobs changed my life. He also changed the life of every designer.
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We acquire the strength we have overcome.
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Exercise is roughly equivalent to an oil lube and a filter for a car. You don't have to do it, but when you do, it makes the car run a lot better.
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I really have become convinced that nuclear fusion is our energy future. It's so powerful. I mean, it is the power of the stars. If we could bring that down to the laboratory and to the power plant on Earth, that would be an incredible thing.
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It is not just for a few states to sit and veto global approvals.
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I've been singing and writing songs only a little longer than acting. I really enjoy both.
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I invented rock & roll. Jimi Hendrix was my guitar player. James Brown was my vocalist.
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There's a Place in the Sun, where there's hope for everyone.
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What are you going to do now? You'll collect loves like stamps. You've got doubles and no one will trade with you. And you've got damaged ones
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Sourav's greatest strength is his mind. He is hardworking - not only in the nets but also mentally. He bounces back.
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You can't always come up with the optimal solution, but you can usually come up with a better solution.
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We need to reduce our dependence on foreign oil by ending the subsidies for oil companies, and doubling down on clean energy that generates jobs and strengthens our security.
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I am the entertainer and I know just where I stand Another serenader and another long haired band Today I am your champion, I may have won your hearts, But I know the game, you'll forget my name, And I won't be here in another year If I don't stay on the charts.
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One day, I remember it was in television. I was a fan of the Rolling Stones. One of the members, the guitarist, had died from an overdose of drugs. I cried tears – my model had died. After this, an exciting new group, the Radha Krishna Temple, came on and sang the Hare Krishna mantra. I immediately felt deep solace.
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One of the greatest superstitions of our time is the belief that it has none.
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The morphological characteristics of plant and animal species form the chief subject of the descriptive natural sciences and are the criteria for their classification. But not until recently has it been recognized that in living organisms, as in the realm of crystals, chemical differences parallel the variation in structure.
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In experimental philosophy, propositions gathered from phenomena by induction should be considered either exactly or very nearly true notwithstanding any contrary hypotheses, until yet other phenomena make such propositions either more exact or liable to exceptions.
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... the social scientist who lacks a mathematical mind and regards a mathematical formula as a magic recipe, rather than as the formulation of a supposition, does not hold forth much promise. A mathematical formula is never more than a precise statement. The chief merit of mathematization is that it compels us to become conscious of what we are assuming.
