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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I just stay focused, and I always think about gymnastics. I am just doing what I always do... working really hard and pushing myself to the maximum and keeping myself motivated.
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Every new stroke of civilization has cost the lives of countless brave men, who have fallen defeated by the dragon, in their efforts to win the apples of the Hesperides, or the fleece of gold. Fallen in their efforts to overcome the old, half sordid savagery of the lower stages of creation, and win the next stage.
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Language is not only the vehicle of thought, it is a great and efficient instrument in thinking.
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Good friends are often our lifelines. Mine have seen me through heartbreak, through the deaths of loved ones, and through that phase in college when I was obsessed with denim jumpsuits and matching fingerless gloves.
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Ma générosité cède enfin à sa haine.
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Where theory lags behind the facts, we are dealing with miserable degenerating research programmes.
