Imre Lakatos Quotes
Where theory lags behind the facts, we are dealing with miserable degenerating research programmes.
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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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Hawaiians want change, and if the Democrats don't offer change, Hawaiians are going to vote for the Republican who offers change.
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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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The finishing off of the encircled enemy army is to be left to the Luftwaffe.
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You could not give up a human heart as you could give up drinking. The drink was yours, and you could give it up: but your lover’s soul was not your own: it was not at your disposal; you had a duty towards it.
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One of the things that's important for anybody adapting source material that is primarily a male buddy picture is to find ways to latch on to strong female characters in the piece and bring them to the forefront and celebrate their point of view alongside the men; otherwise, it becomes a sausage party, and it's a singular point of view.
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The club scene is terrible.
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Where theory lags behind the facts, we are dealing with miserable degenerating research programmes.
