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Ian Hacking Quotes

Great books are rare.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: philosopher
Nationality: canadian
Birth: February 18, 1936

Topics

Great Rare Books

My eccentricity became direction.

Jean Paul Gaultier

Direction Eccentricity Became

I had a mother I could only seem to please with verbal accomplishments of some sort or another. She read constantly, so I read constantly. If I used words that might have seemed surprising at a young age, she would recognize that and it would please her.

Mother Age Words Young She Seem

Even my basic, basic wardrobe is still pathetically colour coordinated. It just is. That is just me.

Me Colour Just Still Even Basic

Spooning a seasonal fruit relish onto a plate of grilled king salmon is very much my style - flavorful, straightforward, and unfussy. I also like the way fresh, ripe fruit balances the richness of the salmon.

Style King Fruit Way Fresh Salmon

I didn't start writing music until I was a sophomore in college. I would steal my roommate's guitar and sit on the front porch and kind of blend this weird spoken word and these little melodies over simple chords; that really started my whole journey as a musician.

Music Journey Simple College Start

That which is given with pride and ostentation is rather an ambition than a bounty.

Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Ambition Pride Rather Than Given

Our entire life - consists ultimately in accepting ourselves as we are.

Life Our Accepting Ourselves Entire

I have always been strong. My mentality is just that way; that's why I've been around so long.

Strong Long Why Way Always Been

If you look beyond the short term violence and instability, you do see significant activities on the part of the Iraqi people that indicate they understand the commitment necessary to govern themselves. It's not clear how they will do it, but it never is.

Commitment People Short You Look

My understanding of the creative process is simply that all cultures and all concerns meet at a certain point, the human point in which everything is related to one another. That has been my creative experience. I never know who's influencing me at any time.

Time Experience Creative Me Process

When you're starting out, you know, you have to do something on a very limited budget. You're not going to be able to have great actors, and you're most likely not going to have a great script.

Great Budget You Know Starting Out

Well, you don't make any demands to Steven Spielberg.

You Well Make Demands Any Spielberg

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