Ian Hacking Quotes

Cutting up fowl to predict the future is, if done honestly and with as little interpretation as possible, a kind of randomization. But chicken guts are hard to read and invite flights of fancy or corruption.

Ian Hacking

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There was all of about 30 kids where I went to school; we were all one clique.

Jessie Usher

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One thing that you hope for when you want to be a musician is that you have that recognizable sound.

Jerry Cantrell

HopeYouWantSoundOne ThingThing

All novels must be autobiographical because I am the only material that I know. All of the characters are me. But at the same time, a novel is never autobiographical even if it describes the life of the author. Literary writing is a completely different medium.

John Banville

LifeTimeI AmMeWritingKnow

I came to parenting the way most of us do - knowing nothing and trying to learn everything.

Mayim Bialik

ParentingLearnTryingNothingWay

We are all are equal, but some pay higher tax rates than others.

Jeff Rich

TaxOthersEqualPayThanHigher

I have a 6-year-old daughter, and we never look through magazines. But when we're on a plane, that's the one time we have screen-time and magazine-time sometimes. And I do not open a magazine with her without saying: 'Now remind me, are these real pictures?'

Alysia Reiner

DaughterTimeMeSayingLookNever

Investing in living-wage jobs and reducing the inequities between local school districts would give young people more, not less, incentive to postpone childbearing and more possibilities for independence.

Stephanie Coontz

SchoolPeopleIndependenceYoung

I'm guessing that ability to withstand peer pressure and adhere to one's values might translate to the kind of backbone necessary for a successful lifelong relationship.

Steven Crowder

RelationshipPressureValuesKind

Our government is printing money, and it's degrading the living standard of every person in America. It's the cause of frustration, anger, and confusion.

Steve Wynn

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I was a big 'Charlie Brown' fan as a kid.

Trey Parker

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Today, if you do put out a record on a label, traditionally, most people are going to hear it via a leak that happens two weeks - if not two months - before it comes out. There's no real way around that.

Trent Reznor

TodayPeopleYouWayRealOut

During the 2008 campaign, I strongly endorsed Barack Obama for president. I did so early, when many Democratic leaders - including many prominent African-American politicians - believed the safe bet was to back then-front-runner Hillary Clinton.

Douglas Wilder

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