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"But the scientific importance of a change in knowledge of fact consists precisely in j its having consequences for a system of theory."
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"The only way to change the world is to quit thinking it's a job for Superman. Real power lies in your own hands."
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"If the tranquillity is killing you, seek for the storm to save your life!"
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"There are no real start-overs, only start-from-heres."
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"The lowest ebb is the turn of the tide."
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"Like birds leaving the dangerous places man must also leave his dangerous ideas!"
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"The fate of every unusual thing is to be a usual thing quickly!"
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"There is nothing so stable as change."
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"I have noticed even people who claim everything is predestined, and that we can do nothing to change it, look before they cross the road."
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"To make an end is to make a beginning. The end is where we start from."
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"In a time of drastic change it is the learners who inherit the future. The learned usually find themselves equipped to live in a world that no longer exists."
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"A theoretical system does not merely state facts which have been observed and that logically deducible relations to other facts which have also been observed."
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"If there are four equations and only three variables, and no one of the equations is derivable from the others by algebraic manipulation then there is another variable missing."
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"Among those who are satisfactory in this respect it is desirable to have represented as great a diversity of intellectual tradition, social milieu and personal character as possible."
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"The importance of certain problems concerning the facts will be inherent in the structure of the system."
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"But the fact a person denies that he is theorising is no reason for taking him at his word and failing to investigate what implicit theory is involved in his statements."
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"From all this it follows what the general character of the problem of the development of a body of scientific knowledge is, in so far as it depends on elements internal to science itself."
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"Of course there may well be particular reasons why Spencer rather than others is dead, as there were also particular reasons why he rather than others made such a stir."
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"The functions of the family in a highly differentiated society are not to be interpreted as functions directly on behalf of the society, but on behalf of personality."
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"Special emphasis should be laid on this intimate interrelation of general statements about empirical fact with the logical elements and structure of theoretical systems."
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"But the scientific importance of a change in knowledge of fact consists precisely in j its having consequences for a system of theory."
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