Ian Hacking Quotes

Some people say they use images to help them remember intricacies. Others say they just remember. If they are able to form an image of the face, it is because they remember how it was: it is not that an image guides memory, but that memory produces an image, or the sense of imaging. We have no agreed way to talk clearly about such things.

Ian Hacking

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Because, in opera, I have to sing for people that are very far from me, instead of, when I sing a song, I try to imagine to sing like in an ear of a child.

Andrea Bocelli

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What's most explosive about historical fiction is to use the fictional elements to pressure the history to new insights.

Matthew Pearl

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Awards are important for all directors because they improve your working conditions. You're only as good as your last film, so if you get prizes or large audiences, then you get more money for your next film.

Michael Haneke

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My biggest accomplishment was playing 'Lark' on the daytime drama Port Charles because it was the most regular acting job I have had, and I had to step in and fill someone else's shoes.

Amy Weber

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It's good Xerox is known for its copying machines, and it's good Jim Carrey is known for comedy.

Steve Guttenberg

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Some people think it's a reality that black fathers don't take care of their children, but that's not true.

Sinbad

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Celebrity despicability is a precious thing.

Rob Sheffield

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I'd be cheating everyone here, the staff and rest of my teammates, if I wasn't able to stay on top of my work. It was almost like therapy, to come back and get in an environment I'm comfortable with.

Roger Clemens

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In the off season, you work out for two hours a day, and then you got all this other time off. I like doing other stuff. Football obviously isn't going to last a lifetime either, so it's always cool to get in front of a camera, do commercials, and do endorsements for products that you love.

Rob Gronkowski

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I went to a drama club when I was little, but it was more of an excuse to flirt with girls than anything else. We never put on plays.

Rupert Friend

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I'm very fond of piano players.

Michael Parkinson

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Prayer is simply talking to God like a friend and should be the easiest thing we do each day.

Joyce Meyer

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