William Stanley Jevons Quotes
The whole value of science consists in the power which it confers upon us of applying to one object the knowledge acquired from like objects; and it is only so far, therefore, as we can discover and register resemblances that we can turn our observations to account.
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Of course, I want to be number one. But being happy and healthy is the most important thing.
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Part of the inhumanity of the computer is that, once it is competently programmed and working smoothly, it is completely honest.
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Service to others seems the only intelligent choice for the use of wealth.
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The older you get, the more comfortable you become with yourself, and you accept what you have physically.
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I don't have a competitive bone in my body, so the last thing I want to do is be competing with people.
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I took a whole stunt course and pretty much got certified as a stunt driver. It's ridiculous how easy it is once you understand the car and know how to do it.
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When you dance and move around it creates a different reaction from the audience - they love it.
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When I work on a movie, I never aim for records, collections or the number one position. I always concentrate on my work and look for ways to improve my acting abilities. I also advise my co-stars not to concentrate on these pretty issues and just focus on acting.
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The key to America's economic future is educating kids as early in their lives as we can.
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Sometimes people think Y Combinator has big ideas about themes. But really, we just fund the best startups.
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I hate birthdays.
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I love home. I'll stay up there for days on end, I won't even go down the driveway to look for the mail.
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I would like to think I'm a good secret-keeper, when it comes to friends. I'm quite loyal like that.
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Test cricket is for batsmen, not bowlers. Bowlers are like slaves,' Kapil Dev.
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Pushing people forward simply because of their colour, irrespective of merit, would be most unfortunate and would of course lead to disaster. It would mean that Rhodesia would then develop into a kind of banana republic where the country would in no time be bankrupt.
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Is anything more certain than that in all those vast times and spaces, if I were allowed to search them, I should nowhere find her face, her voice, her touch? She died. She is dead. Is the word so difficult to learn?
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If the government can round up someone and never be required to explain why, then it's no longer the United States of America as you and I always understood it. Our enemies have succeeded beyond their wildest dreams. They have made us become like them.
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Any man in the company of two women is outnumbered four to one however amiable they may be.
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I don't drink liquor, but I do like chocolate ice cream soda.
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I did go to an MFA program, at Bowling Green State University in Ohio. For me, it worked perfectly. It was a small program. They only take five fiction writers a year, and they fund all of us - you don't go into debt to get an MFA. It's not like getting an MBA - you're not going to buy yourself out.
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Most people affirm pleasure to be the good, but the finer sort of wits say it is knowledge.
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No one is so cowardly that Love could not inspire him to heroism.
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The whole value of science consists in the power which it confers upon us of applying to one object the knowledge acquired from like objects; and it is only so far, therefore, as we can discover and register resemblances that we can turn our observations to account.
