Ian Hacking Quotes
All peoples have evolved extraordinarily precise ways of settling issues about the things that matter to them.
Quotes to Explore
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What is art? Art talks about life; it's subversive.
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The cool thing about my profession is that I can do it until the day I die.
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I don't see divorce as a failure. I see it as the end to a story. In a story, everything has an end and a beginning.
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I'm more of a guy's girl. I like having a beer in a bar, and I don't bicker or sit down and do my nails.
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I used the diabetes as my weapon. Of course, I was only hurting myself and making myself sicker, but I guess it was something I had to go through. I never went overboard so much that I really hurt myself, but my early teenage years were very tough.
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There is no compromise when it comes to corruption. You have to fight it.
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I think that people who get to a certain position, and then try to ferociously defend it or build on it, it's kind of a dead-end street. You see people becoming miserable that way.
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I tell the government, if people have no jobs, you are in trouble. Government will be in trouble. My job is to help more people have jobs.
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Our new pro-growth tax policy will be like a shot of adrenaline into the heart of the Kansas economy.
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I don't worry about the things I can't change.
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Over the years, with all the experience, I've become more mature about the subjects I pick. I have a better understanding of what works at the box office. Once the story is finalised, I surrender to the director and follow him. After that, my performances speak for themselves.
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Antimatter is not a source of energy for us, it's a method of storing energy, compact but inefficient.
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Writers tell stories better, because they've had more practice, but everyone has a book in them. Yes, that old cliche.
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I still have in me the same awareness when I was 12 and chubby and a girl was spitting in my face. I'm the same person.
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Eddie Haas talked a lot about not hitting the ball in the air.
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My song 'Play It Again' is a perfect example of my music because the verses go so hard, and they're so urban; and then this pop hook comes out of nowhere and socks you in the face and makes you want to dance.
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I'd always wanted to be on Broadway one day, but it seemed like a dream that might be unattainable. This business has a lot of ups and downs and I learned that pretty quickly.
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And then, of course, most potters, they go in for earth tones and subdued things, and I like color.
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I'm not leaving you if you don't leave me.
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Picture this scene. A critic arrives at the gates of heaven. 'And what did you do?' asks Saint Peter. 'Well', says the dead soul. 'I criticised things'. 'I beg your pardon?' 'You know, other people wrote things, performed things, painted things and I said stuff like, "thin and unconvincing", "turgid and uninspired", "competent and serviceable,"...you know'.
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Even when things feel calm, there is still a risk.
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All peoples have evolved extraordinarily precise ways of settling issues about the things that matter to them.
