Ian Hacking Quotes

I think it's unfortunate when people say that there is just one true story of science. For one thing, there are many different sciences, and historians will tell different stories corresponding to different things.

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• Journalists write because they have nothing to say, and have something to say because they write.

  

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• Our parents all experimented with raising us in a fairly loose, unorthodox way. A huge emphasis was placed on creativity, and our artistic efforts were never dismissed as childish. There was a sense that we - kids and grown-ups - all had the potential to make something of value. Our drawings were not simply destined for the refrigerator.

  

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• I study what's happening in music. I want to sound different than everybody else.

  

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• Movies are a big part of our Indian culture.

  

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• Creativity runs across many categories in life, from the arts-and-crafts project a mum or dad does with their kids, to the bestselling author's manuscript, to the designs of the hairdresser, to the creations of the computer programming genius.

  

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• We can have a World War, I see absolutely no reason why we shouldn't have a World Party.

  

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• I've been called Mr. Patient Money because I have the patience to work through challenging circumstances.

  

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• It's no secret that I've been reluctant to use my name for things.

  

  Sally Ride
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• I've been living. I've been doing the writing thing. I've been being the family man. I've been traveling the world. I been to, like, 18 cities last year. I've been getting my thoughts together, trying to figure out what's going on with hip-hop itself.

  

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• But I was very, very unhappy because my mother was very charming and generous, but to me, very dominating.

  

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• In England we have come to rely upon a comfortable time-lag of fifty years or a century intervening between the perception that something ought to be done and a serious attempt to do it.

  

  H. G. Wells
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• Sometimes, whether you like it or not, people elevate you. It's real easy to fall.

  

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• One thing I detest most about the financial press is the lack of accountability. All sorts of nonsense is said without penalty.

  

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• In football, there were drinks available everywhere you looked. On a golf tournament, you could find one free anywhere you wanted it. In tennis and NBA basketball, everybody had a hospitality suite, and so you could go there and load up if you wanted to.

  

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• As actors, we put in our best, but when people don't like a film, you have to learn to deal with it. I've learnt not to get too emotional.

  

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• I am proud to be a Sikh and am a true disciple of Guru Gobind Singh, who sacrificed his entire family for the Sikh religion.

  

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• Everyone has noticed how hard it is to turn our thoughts to God when everything is going well with us... While what we call 'our own life' remains agreeable, we will not surrender it to Him. What, then, can God do in our interests but make 'our own life' less agreeable to us, and take away the plausible sources of false happiness?

  

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• If we're having a tough day, we'll bring the babies on, and suddenly, these crew guys who have, like, tattoos all over their necks are cooing and fawning.

  

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• I can't wait until we get to the stage where we don't have to explain anymore.

  

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• I definitely feel most at home in New York City, although I get stir-crazy if I'm here too long.

  

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• When I'm filming, I keep my hair in cornrows so that they can fit a wig on top of my hair.

  

  Teyonah Parris
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• People need jobs, people need happy and successful lives; there should be marriage between one man and one woman, there should the value of person from conception until natural death.

  

  Alveda King
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• I think it's unfortunate when people say that there is just one true story of science. For one thing, there are many different sciences, and historians will tell different stories corresponding to different things.

  

  Ian Hacking
  • People
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