Imre Lakatos Quotes
The classical example of a successful research programme is Newton's gravitational theory: possibly the most successful research programme ever.
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I never race for records. The motivation to try to beat the record is not enough to continue. You have to enjoy it.
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There are no classes in life for beginners; right away you are always asked to deal with what is most difficult.
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If you solve both the consumer problems and the corporate problems, you can win at this game. If you reinvent what a corporation is currently selling, it can often make the leap.
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I do feel as if... Look, I think I'm a very kind of ordinary person, and it seems to me that things that are of interest to me will probably be of interest to other people. I'm not exceptional; I don't have exceptional thoughts.
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It wasn't until I went to college and I got my first motorcycle that I understood the thrill of speed.
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You don't send a man to his death because you want a hero.
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The first time I saw E.T., the actual image of an alien, and he was so sweet-looking. I wanted him. I wanted E.T.
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I think singing and acting go hand in hand. Take an R&B singer: one song says, 'I love you,' the next is, 'Baby, don't leave me', the next is, 'If you leave me I don't care.' You have to drop in and out of different perspectives.
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You can't make a living as a playwright. You can barely scrape by.
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International friendlies, they mean something, but what you want is to play on the biggest stage, play under the lights.
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And it just made me realize again because I have know it for some time, that you never get comfortable in this. No matter who you are. No matter who... how successful you are.
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My father taught me many important giving lessons, but two stand out. First, always give as much as you possibly can. And second, give equally from among your resources - your time, your mind and your capital. These are principles I live by.
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Everybody's idea of a great book is different, of course. For me it's one that makes my jaw drop on every page, the writing is so original.
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Though the male can be noble in reason and infinite in faculties, he is also easily amused by shiny toys, especially ones that do dumb things on his desk.
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It's totally viable to envisage a million Jews living in Judea and Samaria.
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In 1966, thoughts about playing games using an ordinary TV set began to percolate in my mind.
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There is lasting kindness in Heaven when no kindness is found upon earth.
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If God is not sending earthquakes, destroying economies and inflicting pain upon human beings, what is God doing? God works through people, calling them to help their neighbors in need. God comforts His people, walking with them even 'through the valley of the shadow of death.'
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My family is more important than my party.
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Another big problem with any Australian emissions reduction scheme is that it would not make a material difference to atmospheric carbon concentrations unless the big international polluters had similar schemes.
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Everybody puts their best foot forward usually. Plus, everyone has their set of negative qualities. It’s best to focus on the positives. It’s not like I have to marry the person. I have many negative qualities too. So if you like a few good qualities about someone, stick to those. Let the negatives be.
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I had heard blues and jazz all my life but I was never aware that it was associated with nightclubs and drinking.
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The main problem is that for a boycott to be effective, you must first persuade thousands - maybe even millions of others - to go along, which is a lot of work and usually not successful.
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The classical example of a successful research programme is Newton's gravitational theory: possibly the most successful research programme ever.
