George Perle Quotes
I would not want you to suppose that my rejection of Allen Forte's theory of pitch-class sets implies a rejection of the notion that there can be such a thing as a pitch-class set. It is only when one defines everything in terms of pitch-class sets that the concept becomes meaningless.George Perle
Quotes to Explore
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In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is.
Yogi Berra -
We have confirmed something we only knew in theory, namely that revolution, in which uncontrolled and uncontrollable forces operate imperiously, is blind and destructive, grandiose and cruel.
Federica Montseny -
Even for practical purposes theory generally turns out the most important thing in the end.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. -
Essential to the theory of evolution is the premise that everything has come into being by itself.
Walter Lang -
Many, many, many small moves of many kinds can bring a way to manage change. The theory can come later.
Flora Lewis -
The whole theory of the universe is directed unerringly to one single individual.
Walt Whitman
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The evolutionary theory of senescence can be stated as follows: while bodies are not designed to fail, neither are they designed for extended operation.
S. Jay Olshansky -
I'm a bit of a romantic. In theory!
Olga Kurylenko -
I was pretty lucky to get into Berklee at all. I never really had any theory or music-reading capabilities; I was completely by ear.
Madi Diaz -
I have a theory that self-made, first-generation actresses don't feel entitled to success.
Natasha Lyonne -
The most beautiful fate of a physical theory is to point the way to the establishment of a more inclusive theory, in which it lives on as a limiting case.
Albert Einstein -
Then I would have felt sorry for the dear Lord. The theory is correct.
Albert Einstein
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The theory of our modern technic shows that nothing is as practical as theory.
J. Robert Oppenheimer -
In terms of art, the only real answer that I know of is to do it. If you don't do it, you don't know what might happen.
Harry Callahan -
I have a theory of relatives, too. Don't hire 'em.
Jack Warner -
Everyone who becomes a psychotherapist eventually adopts a theory that suits his needs.
Alexander Lowen -
Self-esteem comes from being able to define the world in your own terms and refusing to abide by the judgments of others.
Oprah Winfrey -
When girls can be honest with each other, they can make mistakes on their own terms and discover through experience - and not through knee-jerk adult intervention - what a healthy friendship should look like.
Rachel Simmons
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I thought our kids came out with a purpose. We did a good job of getting hands in the passing lane and keeping them off the glass.
J. M. Roberts -
You cannot lift others to virtue on the one hand if you are entertaining vice on the other.
D. Todd Christofferson -
Dreams are the royal road to the unconscious.
Sigmund Freud -
I would not want you to suppose that my rejection of Allen Forte's theory of pitch-class sets implies a rejection of the notion that there can be such a thing as a pitch-class set. It is only when one defines everything in terms of pitch-class sets that the concept becomes meaningless.
George Perle