Ian Hacking Quotes
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I wanted to be a director and producer and writer, but in the early '40's the union wouldn't let you get through the gates. You couldn't get on a crew, or even learn to direct.
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It seems to me that 'women's writing' by nature would not seek equivalence in the male world. It would be a writing that sought to express a distinction, not deny it.
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I've spoken with friends who are rabbis and priests and we've agreed that most people have an emotional attachment to their faith, a desire to fulfill their spiritual longings, but they are not experts in understanding the history of their religion.
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I don't do negative things.
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In the theater, everything is ephemeral. Everything is almost weightless and without a very clear definition of how you made it.
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It was my very good fortune to find a mentor, Clay Felker, who started my career at the 'New York Magazine' as a freelance writer when I had to quit my job at the 'Herald Tribune' to stay home with my young daughter.
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The craft Emmys are kind of the kids' table at Thanksgiving. You're not really invited to the big dance. It's still really, really exciting, and the statue still counts.
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At night, I love dressing up. I love putting on an outfit.
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Before my son was born, I use to tell people that I was looking forward to no longer being the star of my own movie; then Harry came along, and it was like, 'Whoa, I'm really not!'
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I've always fought as a heavyweight, and I didn't see any reason to fight at a lighter weight.
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Both my parents are creative. My dad did act when he was younger, but they're both very creative.
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The original and brilliant idea of an MBA was the opportunity for students to study the theory and application of business and management principles.
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The highest revelation is that God is in every man.
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I think every professor and writer is in some way an exhibitionist because his or her normal activity is a theatrical one. When you give a lesson the situation is the same as writing a book. You have to capture the attention, the complicity of your audience.
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I connect with people on a daily basis.
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My mum told me once I was a Hindu.
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Serve yourself, put the food away, then eat.
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It would appear that love is dead. Or very likely in a bad way.
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Don't get me wrong: I'm с with my career to date. But perhaps I could have done more. Mostly, I just did whatever the directors told me to do.
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One marvels why the middle classes still insist on so much discomfort for their children at such expense to themselves.
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Make no mistake: conversion therapy is not about 'praying away the gay.' It's an emotional torture against our most innocent citizens: our children.
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All my records - 'By the Time I Get to Phoenix,' 'Wichita Lineman,' 'Galveston,' 'Rhinestone Cowboy,' 'Dreams of the Everyday Housewife' - they all had strings on them.
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Oh, I offended you with my opinion? You should hear the the ones I keep to myself.
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Opinion is the companion of probability within the medieval epistemology.
