Ian Hacking Quotes

Despite a certain amount of rhetoric, such as 'the second American Revolution,' there is a fair consensus about which events in the affairs of a people can rightly be called revolutions. It is also clear that such revolutions are proper objects of study for the historian.

Ian Hacking

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When fans of mine meet me, I can see the disappointment in their eyes. Every artist knows of this phenomenon.

John Banville

EyesDisappointmentMeArtistI Can

The whole future, I think, of Wyoming and the economy has to do with coal and our clean coal technology, and we're going to have the ability here in Wyoming to deal with all of the things of this so-called climate change.

John Barrasso

ChangeFutureTechnologyThinkClean

I have heard of Texas pioneers living without bread or anything made from the cereals for months without suffering, using the breast-meat of wild turkeys for bread. Of this kind, they had plenty in the good old days when life, though considered less safe, was fussed over the less.

John Muir

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I think Carrie Preston is one of the most talented actresses I've ever met in my entire life. I've seen her do a lot of other things, and she's fantastic.

Robert Kazinsky

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But if you can create an honorable livelihood, where you take your skills and use them and you earn a living from it, it gives you a sense of freedom and allows you to balance your life the way you want.

Anita Roddick

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Does the entry of Indian H-1B worker augur a change in the relations of production in the world of cybertechnology? No, but the presence of such workers - their skills and their histories - introduce contradictions into the system that are not always easily absorbed or dissolved.

Amitava Kumar

ChangeWorldSkillsAlwaysWorkers

Men are strong so long as they represent a strong idea they become powerless when they oppose it.

Sigmund Freud

MenStrongLongBecomePowerless

No matter what time it is, wake me, even if it's in the middle of a Cabinet meeting.

Ronald Reagan

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There's no doubt West Point impacted who I am... It has an enormous emphasis, not only on military aspects, but character development. Whether it's the honor code, or the interactions you have, both with the cadet leadership and the academy leadership, every place you are is a character test.

Mike Pompeo

LeadershipCharacterI AmHonorYou

I've always enjoyed writing, I graduated with a degree in English; I've done bits of journalism.

Michael York

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The biggest lesson that I've learned is that fashion is this tightrope where you have to be consistent but inconsistent. You need the connective thread but at the same time you need a sense of surprise.

Michael Kors

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Sebadoh were always kind of the un-band. We never really lived in the same town.

Lou Barlow

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