Imre Lakatos Quotes
The classical example of a successful research programme is Newton's gravitational theory: possibly the most successful research programme ever.
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I never race for records. The motivation to try to beat the record is not enough to continue. You have to enjoy it.
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There are no classes in life for beginners; right away you are always asked to deal with what is most difficult.
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I was a tomboy and didn't pay too much attention to my clothes.
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If you solve both the consumer problems and the corporate problems, you can win at this game. If you reinvent what a corporation is currently selling, it can often make the leap.
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I do feel as if... Look, I think I'm a very kind of ordinary person, and it seems to me that things that are of interest to me will probably be of interest to other people. I'm not exceptional; I don't have exceptional thoughts.
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It wasn't until I went to college and I got my first motorcycle that I understood the thrill of speed.
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You don't send a man to his death because you want a hero.
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The first time I saw E.T., the actual image of an alien, and he was so sweet-looking. I wanted him. I wanted E.T.
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I think singing and acting go hand in hand. Take an R&B singer: one song says, 'I love you,' the next is, 'Baby, don't leave me', the next is, 'If you leave me I don't care.' You have to drop in and out of different perspectives.
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You can't make a living as a playwright. You can barely scrape by.
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International friendlies, they mean something, but what you want is to play on the biggest stage, play under the lights.
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And it just made me realize again because I have know it for some time, that you never get comfortable in this. No matter who you are. No matter who... how successful you are.
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My father taught me many important giving lessons, but two stand out. First, always give as much as you possibly can. And second, give equally from among your resources - your time, your mind and your capital. These are principles I live by.
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Everybody's idea of a great book is different, of course. For me it's one that makes my jaw drop on every page, the writing is so original.
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Though the male can be noble in reason and infinite in faculties, he is also easily amused by shiny toys, especially ones that do dumb things on his desk.
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It's totally viable to envisage a million Jews living in Judea and Samaria.
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In 1966, thoughts about playing games using an ordinary TV set began to percolate in my mind.
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There is lasting kindness in Heaven when no kindness is found upon earth.
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When you were straight, evil thoughts and memories came pouring up out of the darkness inside you; buzzing black flies clinging to the insides of your skull.
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I have a company attitude about my work. I don't like to do just one thing; I like to do a lot of things.
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I give a little wave back because it's more mature then giving him the finger.
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I have a theory that theories are destructive.
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True optimization is the revolutionary contribution of modern research to decision processes.
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The classical example of a successful research programme is Newton's gravitational theory: possibly the most successful research programme ever.