William Stanley Jevons Quotes
Repeated reflection and inquiry have led me to the somewhat novel opinion, that value depends entirely upon utility.
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My career is a black comedy of sorts. I spent a lot of time explaining myself to various different groups. But more and more, I'm finding that the desire to communicate, which all these audiences share, is a powerful thing.
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This field is not necessarily glamorous, nor does it often produce immediate results, but it seeks to increase our basic understanding of living processes.
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We are so Post-Modern that we don't realize how Post-Modern we are anymore.
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I can never really remember what I look like. I'm just sort of neutral. I don't think I'm sort of, you know, hideous.
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Hope is the most important four-letter word in the language.
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My optimism is not based primarily on the successful march of democracy in recent times but rather is based on the experience of having lived in a fear society and studied the mechanics of tyranny that sustain such a society.
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The soul has illusions as the bird has wings: it is supported by them.
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You know, my faith is one that admits some doubt.
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Myself, I really like the iPad mounted as a frame, with a happy slideshow cycling through.
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The more people learn about the proposed Keystone XL tar sands pipeline, the worse it looks.
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Yes, I did and a lot of my friends who are in the same program as I were very much supportive, and the most important thing they said to me is do not let this interfere with what you have to do in taking car of yourself. That was the most important thing.
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I'm really an outdoorsy girl. People think I can't go anywhere without getting all primped up, but I love to go camping, and I'm totally fine with not doing my hair or makeup, not taking a shower and just hiking.
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These are the things of which men think, who live: of their own selves and the dwelling place of their fathers; of their neighbors; of work and service; of rule and reason and women and children; of Beauty and Death and War.
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The use of pirated software in China is really quite a sizeable loss to our software producers.
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South Africa never leaves one indifferent. Its history, its population, its landscapes and cultures - all speak to the visitor, to the student, to the friend of Africa.
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When I grew up, my family, we sat down, all of us to watch 'Good Times,' 'Sanford and Son,' all those shows that were out at that time.
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Every fight brings out something different in me, and it will be no different in this one. I have learned and gained from all of those experiences. And as I've often said, the public hasn't seen the best of me yet. I need someone like Mayweather to bring that out of me.
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When I'm not running, I cycle about 30 miles a day. I use the biking as cross training. I'm kind of a maniac. I race everybody.
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The fewer the facts, the stronger the opinion.
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I'm starting to cry. I'm remembering those years I struggled with my weight, those times when I saw my reflection in a store window and didn't know who that fat person was, years when it was a big accomplishment for me to exercise at two dots on the StairMaster. And now I'm finishing a 26-mile race. Damn! This is better than winning an Emmy!
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Those fields which most depend upon authoritative opinion for their data least contain known natural law.
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Every man, in his own opinion, forms an exception to the ordinary rules of morality.
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I'm like the man who is always supposed to fight, but never ends up fighting. He just spends money.
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Repeated reflection and inquiry have led me to the somewhat novel opinion, that value depends entirely upon utility.
