Bernard Williams Quotes

The people I really do dislike are the morally unimaginative kind of evolutionary reductionists who, in the name of science, think they can explain everything in terms of our early hominid ancestors or our genes, with their combination of high-handed tone and disregard for history. Such reductive speculation encourages a really empty scientism.

Bernard Williams

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: philosopher
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: September 21, 1929 - June 10, 2003

Topics

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I think we can continue to do as much protesting as we want. Systemic racism needs to be changed from within.

Michael Ealy

RacismThinkWantWithinChanged

I've always had influences from all over the place, like Mr. Bungle and Primus. As a band, we try not to focus too much on where it's coming from, because we're always listening to music.

Johnny Christ

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I find the family the most mysterious and fascinating institution in the world.

Amos Oz

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When I got pregnant my foot grew, but I was denying it. I've been denying it for three years.

Julia Louis-Dreyfus

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Like the American soldiers who went before them, they are putting their lives on the line to protect ours.

Doc Hastings

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I don't think I'm too thin at all. I understand when people say, 'Well your face gets gaunt,' but to get your bottom half to be the right size, your face might have to be a little gaunt. You choose your battles.

Courteney Cox

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Economy's got to get moving, we've got to get the unemployment rate down. That may be the defining issue of the campaign.

Colin Powell

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If you're reading to find friends, you're in deep trouble.

Claire Messud

ReadingDeepFriendsYouFind

So much of the music I love is polarizing. People might either hate it or love it, but they remember it because it was different. That means it was pushing buttons and not just following trends.

Aubrie Sellers

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I was recruited by every school in the country for football and basketball. And an incident happened in high school, and all that was taken away. No other teams, no other schools were recruiting me anymore.

Allen Iverson

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Without women's equal access to positions of decision-making power and a clear process to get there, gender equality, global security, and peace will never be realized.

Winnie Byanyima

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In Spanish, I record a lot of single-voice tracks, and in English, I 'stack' a lot of voices, so it's very different, and I think I got so used to recording in Spanish for six years that it was really refreshing and challenging to get in and record 'Double Vision' in English.

Prince Royce

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