Ian Hacking Quotes

As a political metaphor, a revolution could, in that sense, mean only a return to better times, or to the true constitution: a ridding of excess or usurpers.

Ian Hacking

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ConstitutionRevolutionBetterTrue

There is always tension in women's gymnastics between athleticism, grace, performance, and eros.

Meghan O'Rourke

WomenGracePerformanceAlwaysEros

Falsehood has an infinity of combinations, but truth has only one mode of being.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

TruthBeingInfinityOnlyFalsehood

I shop a lot online... and just the ease of it makes a lot more sense.

John Varvatos

MoreSenseEaseJustOnlineMakes

I'm afraid of happy people. They're chemically unbalanced.

Shirley Manson

HappyPeopleAfraidHappy People

I have high blood sugars, and Type 2 diabetes is not going to kill me. But I just have to eat right, and exercise, and lose weight, and watch what I eat, and I will be fine for the rest of my life.

Tom Hanks

LifeMeRestMy LifeExerciseLose

Stubborn and ardent clinging to one's opinion is the best proof of stupidity.

Michel de Montaigne

BestStupidityOpinionStubborn

There's a way about it: tearing people down, but not tearing them apart.

Michael Shanks

PeopleDownWayTearingApartAbout

I knew that discrimination existed, even though there were many individuals who were not prejudiced.

Joseph Stiglitz

DiscriminationWhoEvenKnewMany

I read up a lot about ceramics and collect them, but when you make something, it's very difficult to like it. I quite like appreciating and supporting what someone else does.

Jonathan Anderson

SomeoneYouDifficultUpSomething

'Driving while black' was taught to me at a young age.

Colson Whitehead

AgeMeBlackDrivingYoungTaught

You are bound to pick up influences.

Morrissey

YouUpInfluencesPickBound

'Rent' was the show that made me want to write. Or that showed me you're allowed to write.

Lin-Manuel Miranda

MeYouWantRentWriteShow

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