Ian Hacking Quotes

The public debate about evolution itself, as opposed to whether to teach it, is something else. It is boring, demeaning, and insufferably dull.

Ian Hacking

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When the new becomes commonplace, people become accustomed to it. That's a tribute to our sense of adventure.

John Glenn

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It's rare in Hollywood to get the chance to work on something that you actually care about. The tragedy of the place is all these talented people trying to get excited about stuff they themselves would only view at gunpoint.

Stephen Gaghan

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If you want to be an actress or an astronaut or a doctor or anything in between, I just want to let kids know - and especially kids that look like me know - that you can do it. Even though you're not seen, you can make yourself seen.

Storm Reid

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It's really fun to have a convection oven, even it if it's a little convection toaster oven. It really changes the way you bake.

Tom Douglas

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Sometimes I wonder what would have happened if I hadn't become an actor. If perhaps I'd stayed on at university and become an academic.

Rory Kinnear

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If you look good, you can act in a Bollywood movie, you don't have to be able to act; and Aishwarya Rai is a great example of this. She is a beautiful woman... You look at her, I want to look at her. Damn, she is fine; but stop acting or stop trying to act.

Russell Peters

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Art is a direct reflection of the life you live. What you experience comes out in your work.

Dianne Reeves

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Like most early enthusiasts, I always thought the way the Internet encouraged multitasking made users less vulnerable to manipulation, while simultaneously exploiting even more of our brain's capacity than before. Apparently not.

Douglas Rushkoff

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You are watching what greatness is all about.

Brent Musburger

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We all enjoy a magic show, but we don't demand a Q&A afterward explaining how it was done.

Brie Larson

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I came from a farming background, and my career was teaching.

Seamus Heaney

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The desires of adults are not more important than the needs of children.

Tim Walberg

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