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Few scientists would treat their cars as badly as they treat their conceptual schemes.


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Hubris calls for nemesis, and in one form or another it's going to get it, not as a punishment from outside but as the completion of a pattern already started.

Hubris calls for nemesis, and in one form or another it's going to get it, not as a punishment from outside but as the completion of a pattern already started.



The world in which the kestrel moves, the world that it sees, is, and always will be, entirely beyond us. That there are such worlds all around us is an essential feature of our world.

The world in which the kestrel moves, the world that it sees, is, and always will be, entirely beyond us. That there are such worlds all around us is an essential feature of our world.



Morally as well as physically, there is only one world, and we all have to live in it

Morally as well as physically, there is only one world, and we all have to live in it



None of us can study anything properly unless we do it with our whole being.

None of us can study anything properly unless we do it with our whole being.



It is extremely urgent to try and adapt our thoughts realistically to a world which has no fixed general direction either upward or downward, but is likely to vary largely according to what we do.

It is extremely urgent to try and adapt our thoughts realistically to a world which has no fixed general direction either upward or downward, but is likely to vary largely according to what we do.





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Hopefully one day I can be up there with Peyton in terms of history.

Hopefully one day I can be up there with Peyton in terms of history.



I don't believe that wishing works. I think we get the things we work for.

I don't believe that wishing works. I think we get the things we work for.



Sweet discourse makes short daies and nights. [Sweet discourse makes short days and nights.]

Sweet discourse makes short daies and nights. [Sweet discourse makes short days and nights.]



Past mistakes cannot create a present pain; no mistake in life has the power to make us ache any more than the echo of someone crying can shed tears.

Past mistakes cannot create a present pain; no mistake in life has the power to make us ache any more than the echo of someone crying can shed tears.



We have come into this exquisite world to experience ever and ever more deeply our divine courage, freedom and light!

We have come into this exquisite world to experience ever and ever more deeply our divine courage, freedom and light!



Broadcast TV is still the mothership and it will be for the foreseeable future. Audiences may be declining slightly but revenues are going up and profits are going up.

Broadcast TV is still the mothership and it will be for the foreseeable future. Audiences may be declining slightly but revenues are going up and profits are going up.



When you have only 10 episodes to do and you know there's so many fun things that you have left unresolved, you have to figure out what happens to all of your supporting characters.

When you have only 10 episodes to do and you know there's so many fun things that you have left unresolved, you have to figure out what happens to all of your supporting characters.



Militant feminists, I take my hat off to them, they don't like that.

Militant feminists, I take my hat off to them, they don't like that.



You have to conquer the mountain if you are going any futher

You have to conquer the mountain if you are going any futher



Misery still delights to trace Its semblance in another's case.

Misery still delights to trace Its semblance in another's case.




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