Talcott Parsons Quotes

If there are four equations and only three variables, and no one of the equations is derivable from the others by algebraic manipulation then there is another variable missing.

Talcott Parsons

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ThreeOthersManipulationMissing

It's not that anything has changed about me, and, it's a cliche, but I think that as you get older, you learn to accept who you are, and you feel more comfortable in your own skin.

Joanne Froggatt

MeThinkFeelLearnYouSkin

I don't think I have ever worked in my life, because work to me means that you are really doing something that you don't like.

John Kluge

LifeWorkMeThinkMy LifeDoing

My reputation is as a fiscal hawk. At least, I hope that it is.

Mick Mulvaney

HopeReputationHawkLeastFiscal

Even when I was very depressed, I could hold on to something. It seems that I have always had that streak of gold that I could hold on to.

Michael Schenker

GoldAlwaysHoldSomethingSeems

The Foxhall jaw has now been missing for many years.

Louis Leakey

NowYearsMissingBeenManyJaw

Like, I kind of developed my musical style in a vacuum. Even though I listen to a lot of stuff, the way I wrote was in my bedroom, really privately. It's still the way I write, actually.

Liz Phair

StyleKindWayListenWriteBedroom

God made everything out of nothing, but the nothingness shows through.

Paul Valery

GodReligionNothingEverythingOut

In a democracy, in a functioning democracy, what would be happening is that popular organizations, unions, political groupings, others would be developing their programs, putting them forth, insisting that their representatives implement those programs.

Noam Chomsky

DemocracyPoliticalOthersUnions

If I made a mistake in terms of running for president, the mistake was not in refusing to run in '91.

Mario Cuomo

MistakeRunPresidentMadeRunning

Every Christian who strives for holiness of life experiences dryness of soul. It is to most people a heart-rending experience. It is a paradox, for the soul becomes confused when it realizes the harder it strives the further away Jesus seems to be.

Mother Angelica

LifeExperienceSoulPeopleConfused

I will work with whoever is leader of the DUP.

Martin McGuinness

WorkLeaderWillWhoever

A British director directed 'American Beauty,' an important film about American life, and it didn't matter. What only mattered was everyone's sensibility.

Kevin Spacey

LifeBeautyAmericanImportantFilm

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