Ian Hacking Quotes
One of the things Kuhn said about normal science is that people 'expect' things to be discovered.
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'Sister Act' was my first audition out of school. I was 21 and cast as the understudy. It was non-Equity, so I lived in L.A. on $300 a week. I did that for a month and then came to New York to do a couple of gigs, including 'Hair' in the park, before going to London with 'Sister Act,' where I played the lead.
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It's no longer a question of staying healthy. It's a question of finding a sickness you like.
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Sometimes I try a Mai Tai. It's so fruity. It's a little embarrassing, but I like it.
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It is important to expect nothing, to take every experience, including the negative ones, as merely steps on the path, and to proceed.
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No god ever gave any man anything, nor ever answered any prayer at any time - nor ever will.
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There comes a time when money doesn't matter.
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I have just three things to teach: simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures.
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It is absolutely critical for competitiveness in the United States for us to really raise the bar in education, especially in math, in science, in technology.
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If you're going to sell stock and somebody wants to buy it at a price and that price is not a price you dictate, but demand dictates, sell it to them now.
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We're going to create a portable handheld environment, and you should expect the same things you've always expected from Playstation - a great quality product, versatility, great value to the consumer.
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When you're a kid, to be honest, you could be in the worst situation ever, but you're still going to have ways to enjoy it.
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When I was 13, I started working in a nightclub with Ray Charles. That's the greatest school in the world, the school of the streets. Ray taught me how to read in Braille. He was only two years older than me, but it was like he was 100 years older.
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I love the ubiquitous idly-dosa combination. In fact, that was my pet name as a kid! In school, I would bug the canteen boys to get me my daily quota of idly!
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I'm having the same problems today that I had when I first started, saying that outrageous adult animation works.
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When I joined Small Faces, we occasionally would bump into The Who. And Keith Moon and I became firm pals.
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I changed that system in Florida when I was the Speaker of the House - I was the Minority Leader; I saw for 16 years the way a power system works.
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I had an excellent math and physics teacher in high school named T.C. Patel, and in the university, I had truly dedicated professors in both physics and mathematics who gave me a sound foundation with which to pursue graduate studies.
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Moderate doesn't mean that you're a wimp - far from it. It means that you've chosen a path because you believe that's the only way for global harmony and peace.
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When I am home in L.A., I love to stop by a yoga class or Soul Cycle session. There is nothing like doing some cycling in the dark to club music and candle light.
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When you look like you stepped out of a catalog, that's never good. People shouldn't succumb to trend, they should interpret trend.
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The idea of an Afrikaner people as a cultural entity and religious group with a special language will be retained in South Africa as long as civilisation stands.
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I was always - maybe stupidly so - very confident.
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We must respect the interior laws of creation, of this Earth, to learn these laws and obey them if we want to survive.
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One of the things Kuhn said about normal science is that people 'expect' things to be discovered.
