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philosophy signals
The terminology and the signals were going to be different, but the philosophy was the same, Richie Williams
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The Yankees' philosophy has always been quality pitching and timely hitting. I don't know if we have the pitching this year.
philosophy responsibility excuse
We must exchange the philosophy of excuse - what I am is beyond my control for the philosophy of responsibility. Barbara Jordan
philosophy heart men
So one time when I was working in this motel one of the toilets leaked and I had to replace the flapper ball. Here's what it said on the package; I kept it till I knew it by heart: 'Please Note. Parts are included for all installations, but no installation requires all of the parts.' That's kind of my philosophy about men. I don't think there's an installation out there that could use all my parts. Barbara Kingsolver
philosophy views religion
Philosophy has no end in view save truth; faith looks for nothing but obedience and piety. Baruch Spinoza
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I do not presume that I have found the best philosophy, I know that I understand the true philosophy.
philosophy history pageant
History is a pageant and not a philosophy. Augustine Birrell
philosophy practice style
Those of us whose parenting style can be described as "a series of reflexes, instincts, and minute-by-minute adjustments," as Julie of A Little Pregnant puts it, rather than as a philosophy, are less invested in our own practices. What we do is often less a matter of conviction than one of convenience. What we need to remember is that there is no need to apologize for that, even in the face of the most red-faced outrage. Ayelet Waldman
philosophy men needs
The men who are not interested in philosophy need it most urgently; they are most helplessly in its power. Ayn Rand
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As far as I know I'm doing a book with him on the Jackson trial. All I can say is that he is a character. If there is a suit, it sounds like he's flip-flopping again.
book books-and-reading far jackson
As far as I know I'm doing a book with him on the Jackson trial.
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As a state legislator, I had worked with Republicans and Democrats to pass a number of bills, including some related to higher education and juvenile justice; I'd created what would become San Antonio's largest book drive and literacy campaign.
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As a young actor, I booked a movie in the U.S. I didn't speak any English at the time, so I learned my lines phonetically when I auditioned for it. Demian Bichir
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A very great deal is written about the future of book publishing - much more than on its present or past - and the only takeaway from all these oracles seems to be that a great empire will be destroyed.
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At San Jose State I got very interested in the work of Stephen Wolfram, who wrote a pretty famous book called A New Kind of Science. Rudy Rucker
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A wise man poor Is like a sacred book that's never read, - To himself he lives, and to all else seems dead Thomas Dekker
book useful
At least you will know how useful the book has been. Alan Titchmarsh
book people
Raney ... Describes more people I know than any book I've read. Clyde Edgerton
science views scientific-method
Induction for deduction, with a view to construction. Auguste Comte
science reality technology
Einstein's space is no closer to reality than Van Gogh's sky. Arthur Koestler
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We [entrepreneurs] required that you leave us free to function -- free to think and work as we choose ... -- free to earn our own profits and make our own fortunes ... Such was the price we asked, which you chose to reject as too high.
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All exact science is dominated by the idea of approximation. Bertrand Russell
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Organic life, we are told, has developed gradually from the protozoon to the philosopher, and this development, we are assured, is indubitably an advance. Unfortunately it is the philosopher, not the protozoon, who gives us this assurance.
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Hollywood wants to go for the flash, because that's what a lot of them think science fiction is.
science supposing-that forever
It is characteristic of the unlearned that they are forever proposing something which is old, and because it has recently come to their own attention, supposing it to be new. Calvin Coolidge
science ideas errors
People see the wrongness in an idea much quicker that the rightness. Charles Kettering
science firsts honest
Every honest researcher I know admits he's just a professional amateur. He's doing whatever he's doing for the first time. That makes him an amateur. He has sense enough to know that he's going to have a lot of trouble, so that makes him a professional.