Imre Lakatos Quotes
Where theory lags behind the facts, we are dealing with miserable degenerating research programmes.
Quotes to Explore
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It was pride that changed angels into devils; it is humility that makes men as angels.
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You can really taste the difference between a shop-bought and a good homemade mayo.
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Never count on the crowd to take care of you.
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No one is India.
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I have just joined the Board of the Population Institute because I am convinced that early stabilization of the world's population is important for the attainment of this objective.
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I didn't feel the kind of joy every day playing drums that I thought you were supposed to feel.
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The sheriff is at the cash register, and if I don't get a hit soon, I don't know what I'll do.
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If the world's leaders are serious about improving collective well-being, we'd better get serious about prioritizing education in our nations and in our global discussion.
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I have much more to offer than my physical appearance, and a hijab protects me against 'You're too skinny,' 'You're too thick,' 'Look at her hips,' 'Look at her thigh gap.' I don't have to worry about that.
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I can forgive the body breaking down. It's a little tougher to forgive that mental lapse.
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I like for my home to reflect my fashion. I love adding earthy pieces to something very glamorous, and I love having things with a history or a story sitting alongside an uber-modern piece.
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Distracting a politician from governing is like distracting a bear from eating your baby.
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A lot of pop music is about stealing pocket money from children.
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It's wrong to try and convert tribal societies. What should the empirical evidence for religion be? It should produce peaceful, strong, secure people who are right with God and right with the world. I don't see that evidence very often.
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What I need to write well is a combination of heat, light and solitude.
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I sometimes think that never blows so red The Rose as where some buried Caesar bled; That every Hyacinth the Garden wears Dropt in her Lap from some once lovely Head.
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…enjoyed Dravidian transports.
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Painting is not what my life is about, but it is very important to me, and I am very lucky to be able to give some time to it. The time that I devote to painting is not a lot of time, but I do it 100 percent while I am working, and then there's nothing else that counts.
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The plain man is familiar with blindness and deafness, and knows from his everyday experience that the look of things is influenced by his senses; but it never occurs to him to regard the whole world as the creation of his senses.
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Well, the bottom line is that I'm extremely pleased with 'The Stupids.' I'm pleased that it's coming out, and it should look good. It's nice looking, with the colors and stuff. I made it for kids, and I really would like them to see it.
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Men who love themselves hate those who would dim their glory.
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I knew as a young boy that addiction and alcoholism afflict people - good, loving people - in profound ways, and that some people - usually from those rare "normal" families that I longed for as a child and as an adult wonder if they even exist - didn't understand this and sort of looked down their noses at people suffering with addiction.
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We have to be aware of our fragilities as human beings - when we see cruelty, to understand that in certain conditions, we could be cruel, too.
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Where theory lags behind the facts, we are dealing with miserable degenerating research programmes.
