George Spencer-Brown Quotes
We take as given the idea of distinction and the idea of indication, and that one cannot make an indication without drawing a distinction. We take therefore the form of distinction for the form.
Quotes to Explore
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I'm opposed to fundamentalism in any form.
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Whenever a partnership is formed, there has to be a benefit to the partners; otherwise, they don't form it.
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Let me mention that not all sun-like stars host planets – perhaps about 30% of them are planet – builders. It's not so easy to form a planet!
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One of the most amazing things about mathematics is the people who do math aren't usually interested in application, because mathematics itself is truly a beautiful art form. It's structures and patterns, and that's what we love, and that's what we get off on.
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When you sing in English and Spanish, it's two completely different forms of expression and... even the people who don't speak Spanish love to hear me sing in Spanish.
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I don't think there is such a thing as being too raunchy when it comes to the art form of burlesque.
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Modification of form is admitted to be a matter of time.
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Telling is not selling; never make a statement if you can phrase it in the form of a question.
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Energy cannot be destroyed. It just takes on different forms.
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The only possible form of exercise is to talk, not to walk.
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Implementation is the sincerest form of flattery.
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The process of writing, any form of creativity, is a power intensifying life.
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I'm yet to discover any form of theocracy that isn't homophobic, that isn't bigoted to the out group.
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To remember everything is a form of madness.
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If he were just able to cross everything off, he'd start to get a little cocky, I'm sure. He'd start to rush it and maybe get a little too overly confident. He still gets tossed around in the process. That's sort of to me an indication that he still has a long way to go.
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We haven't gotten an indication that it would be worth our while.
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As a member of our team you played the game. Now you form a team with a man of your heart for the highest natural purpose.
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The soul is the form of the body.
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Games are the most elevated form of investigation.
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We need to make sure we're making a distinction between violent felons who are in this country illegally and children who were brought here through no fault of their own, who have grown up here in America.
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Economically, legally, and politically powerless throughout much of western history, women have been linked to nature and the unknowable through metaphors of the body while the masculine has signified culture and mental activity.
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If there is a single quality that is shared by all great men, it is vanity. But I mean by vanity only that they appreciate their own worth. Without this kind of vanity they would not be great. And with vanity alone, of course, a man is nothing.
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We take as given the idea of distinction and the idea of indication, and that one cannot make an indication without drawing a distinction. We take therefore the form of distinction for the form.
