Ian Hacking Quotes
Until the seventeenth century there was no concept of evidence with which to pose the problem of induction!
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A good indignation brings out all one's powers.
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Unless and until you inspire the people, you will not get results. Imposition will never give you the results. Inspiration will always give you the results.
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Gymnastics, especially in my family, is more than a sport. It's our life, it's our careers, it's our family business.
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My favorite actresses were Geraldine Paige, Anne Bancroft and Kim Stanley.
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I can change a light fixture, and I can do certain things. But I'm really bad in terms of construction. I can't do any of it on my own.
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At 12, turned 13, made a movie with Sex Pistols and The Clash. Learned about a lot of things I never knew and hope will never know again. Don't know how my parents let me do that.
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I'm like a kid in a sweet shop every day. It's slightly cringey how much fun I have.
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I think my knowledge of music theory is rooted in jazz theory, and a lot of the writers of standards - Rodgers and Hart, and Gershwin.
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I am the same on camera as I am off. I can't imagine being any other way.
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You can have anything you want, but not everything. If it was really important to spend an afternoon at my daughter's school, I had to think, how was I going to organize my life to do that? How could I become more efficient? I always tried to put my priorities on the table, personal and professional, and work around them.
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They're called 'angels' because they're in heaven until the reviews come out.
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My mom told me if I ever got a tattoo, she was going to take it off with a potato peeler.
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Everyone is always telling me that I must be exhausted, but I've learned how to use my time well, and that includes holidays to recharge. I always try to give myself big chunks of time to think about what the next project is going to be.
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We all hope for breakthrough rebirth moments.
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My goal is to send a message to Muslim women and young women everywhere that it's okay to break stereotypes and be yourself.
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I don't want to die an old lady.
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I started doing impressions of Steve Urkel and Ed Grimley as my way of getting through the fear of rejection.
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Every picture has been a learning opportunity for me.
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You are all a lost generation. [with credit to Gertrude Stein]
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My values tend to gravitate toward the older ways. There is a high degree of honor in being a troubadour. You sure can't be doing it for the money.
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Our task, of course, is to transmute the anger that is affliction into the anger that is determination to bring about change. I think, in fact, that one could give that as a definition of revolution.
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The question 'What is Life?' is... a linguistic trap. To answer according to the rules of grammar, we must supply a noun, a thing. But life on Earth is more like a verb. It repairs, maintains, re-creates, and outdoes itself.
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Of course I am political. You 'ave to be don't you? Every day it is about your future, your right to that future. 'Ow can people ignore this? We 'ave to leave a good world for our children, n'est-ce pas?
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Until the seventeenth century there was no concept of evidence with which to pose the problem of induction!
