Ian Hacking Quotes

Every moral teacher or spiritual adviser gives injunctions about how to live wisely and well. But life is so complicated and full of uncertainty that rules seldom tell us quite what to do.

Ian Hacking

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LifeLiveTeacherSpiritualRules

Sometimes, if I don't write for a day or two, I get backed up - it's like constipation.

Joe R. Lansdale

DaySometimesWriteTwoUpGet

I lived below the poverty line when I was young and starting out as a writer. But my wife and I kept trying to do things better, as anyone with ambition does. But just because you're trying doesn't mean you're always going to succeed.

Joe R. Lansdale

WifeAmbitionSucceedBetterYou

Looking back, letting my hair go natural was an amazing decision because I started getting major ad campaigns. I also signed with agencies in Europe and travelled to many different cities, which I loved. People would stop me in the street and say they loved my hair!

Maye Musk

DecisionPeopleAmazingMeHair

There are lots of dimensions to being a cancer patient. The overwhelming one is that it takes over your life.

Tom Brokaw

LifeOverPatientCancerBeingYour

It's good to feel stupid sometimes and do things that are out of your comfort zone.

Mary-Louise Parker

GoodStupidComfort ZoneFeelOut

I chose to not wear a wire and tape people. I chose to not get immunity until - were accepted, whatever - until the independent counsel's office was comfortable with what I said was the truth.

Monica Lewinsky

TruthPeopleSaidIndependentOffice

I got a script sent to me at this office and I got a call from a woman - Universal's doing a snowboarding movie. I'm not in it yet, but I'm supposed to meet with the director in New York soon. I'm waiting to hear back from them.

Jason Mewes

WomanNew YorkWaitingMeDoingNew

Nowadays people sell millions of records that can't sing.

Dee Snider

PeopleSellSingRecordsNowadays

I have good skin, but it's dry - drier than you would think, considering I have Latin skin. It's fairly transparent, too, so I'm constantly trying to give it nourishment and moisture, but nothing really holds.

Christy Turlington

GoodThinkTryingYouSkinNothing

You want to evaluate future borrowers, but in order to train an algorithm that will help you identify future defaults, you have to train it and evaluate it on past data.

Anthony Goldbloom

FuturePastDataHelpYouTrain

I've been asked to do 'American Idol' and 'X Factor.' I'm an Ed McMahon kind of girl. 'Star Search?' I'm in, all day long. It felt more authentic, and the market wasn't oversaturated with karaoke contests.

Pink

GirlDaySearchAmericanLongKind

We all have these emotions, but you never really want to own up to sadness. You want to bury it.

Phyllis Smith

SadnessYouEmotionsWantNeverOwn

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