Ian Hacking Quotes
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The point is to change one's life. The point is not to give some vent to the emotions that have been destroying one; the point is so to act that one can master them now.
Barbara Deming
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People want to see a movie that casts a mature woman across from a mature man.
Karen Allen
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Many leaders of big organizations, I think, don't believe that change is possible. But if you look at history, things do change, and if your business is static, you're likely to have issues.
Larry Page
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There is surely nothing other than the single purpose of the present moment. A man's whole life is a succession of moment after moment. If one fully understands the present moment, there will be nothing else to do, and nothing else to pursue. Live being true to the single purpose of the moment.
Yamamoto Tsunetomo
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I believe in miracles. At the age of 13, I was on holiday in Moscow with my mother. It was the only trip I took in my whole childhood. We stepped off a metro train and were approached by a talent scout who told me that she wanted to sign me to her modeling agency.
Olga Kurylenko
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No one could ad lib like Peter. You would think that it was all scripted, he was so poetic, but it wasn't.
Barbara Walters
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Natural selection is not gene centrist and nor is biology all about genes; our comprehending minds are a result of our fast evolving culture.
Daniel Dennett
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I got fired for giving coffee away. It was just my regulars. I'd say, 'Don't worry about it,' and they'd put down a dollar tip. Technically, I was stealing. Ethically, I was boosting morale!
Jack McBrayer
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I did a lot of things as a Muslim that I am sorry for now.
Malcolm X
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I do want to lose weight for my children. I don't want them to think being fat is okay.
Ram Kapoor
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When you are a successful business person, you are only as good as your team. No one can do every deal alone.
Magic Johnson
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We are not a TV station that only concentrate on those who are always under light. We are not a TV station for celebrities and for grand politicians and superstars. We are a TV station for the ordinary person. The normal people, ordinary people in the Arab world sees Al Jazeera as their voice.
Wadah Khanfar
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Idealism, unrealistic idealism, is always contrasted with the reality of the people, of the man in the street. The details of daily life are always more convincing than the political fantasies of the earlier generations.
Orhan Pamuk
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I've got no respect for any young man who won't join the colors.
Nathan Bedford Forrest
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Back in May of 2008, the Kindle was still quite new, and we focused on that.
Walt Mossberg
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Two truths are all too often overshadowed in today's political discourse: Public service is a most honorable pursuit, and so is bipartisanship.
Olympia Snowe
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I've always felt so fortunate to have writing to turn to every day. I'm obsessed with it.
Patrick deWitt
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I'm pretty mad at horror films for ruining my childhood.
Haley Bennett
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Every DC or Marvel property is constantly getting reinvented because we love these characters. They're so iconic, and we want to watch them over and over again.
D. J. Cotrona
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You shouldn't have to have money to have a luxury fragrance.
Lady Gaga
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There is simply too much of my life that is involved in my work that I couldn't replicate in any other way.
Frances McDormand
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Even as a kid in drawing class, I had real ambition. I wanted to be the best in the class, but there was always some other feller who was better; so I thought, 'It can't be about being the best, it has to be about the drawing itself, what you do with it.' That's kind of stuck with me.
Damien Hirst
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If you believe in God, He will open the windows of heaven and pour blessings upon you.
Mahalia Jackson
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We do not need to have a way to talk clearly about other people's images.
Ian Hacking