Ian Hacking Quotes
I have this extraordinary curiosity about all subjects of the natural and human world and the interaction between the physical sciences and the social sciences.
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I would like all French children to have unlimited opportunities opened up for them as French minister of education.
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The problem is that no ethical system has ever achieved consensus. Ethical systems are completely unlike mathematics or science. This is a source of concern.
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I find myself so easily discouraged. It is pathetic how easily I can be discouraged - easily discouraged by resistance, easily discouraged by opposition, easily discouraged by hardness of heart, easily discouraged by blindness.
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I love elephants! It's my favorite animal.
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What I've learned is that people have a desire to talk after the first line of reporters go away, and they are no longer speaking out of shock.
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Just because a rapper is white, I don't feel the need to attack them.
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I can go back to poverty if a situation comes. I have sailed through the worst days of my life, and I am prepared for any crisis.
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A filial son to his father can be a traitorous subject to his ruler.
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If you look at a lot of the songs I've been involved in, there's always been this retro vibe. I started getting worried that I wasn't moving forward very much, nor was I even in tune with the music today. I almost scoffed at it.
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It requires genius to make a good pun - some men of bright parts can't reach it.
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The guys in Kiss use some make up too so at first it was exiting. I've almost stopped using make-up nowadays.
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I'm a runner first before anything else.
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The real problem is deflation. That is the opposite of inflation but equally serious to the borrower.
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As a director on 'The Office,' there's a tremendous weight that comes with directing features. I was being asked to direct a show that had already won an Emmy for Best Comedy. Steve Carell and the cast had already won the Screen Actor's Guild Awards.
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I come from a background where money has never been an issue.
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When I hear theists and atheists pontificating on how they know God does or does not exist, I can only smile at the irrationality and, yes, vanity of the notion.
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The soul can split the sky in two and let the face of God shine through.
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Making films. It gave me a voice. Legitimately saved me.
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Although one is not inclined to be timid or nervous, it is nevertheless a trifle depressing to receive letters full of expostulation and entreaty: 'If you are determined to commit suicide, why not come home and do so in a quiet lady-like manner?'
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First in point of time and interest comes the mortgage debt, i.e. the claim for the return of money lent on the security of some tangible object. Such claims are among the earliest fruits of a commercial civilization, and are nearly always affected the same way, viz. by the deposit or pledge of the security with the creditor, to be redeemed or returned on the payment of the debt.
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Glamour is translucent — not transparent, not opaque. It invites us into the world but it doesn’t give us a completely clear picture.
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I spent seven years writing The Free World. There are a lot of things I accomplished there that I'm very proud of, but I didn't want to spend another seven years writing a book like that.
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Women in music have always been associated with pop - with prettiness, theatricality, melodic hooks and dance beats.
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I have this extraordinary curiosity about all subjects of the natural and human world and the interaction between the physical sciences and the social sciences.
