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"Never abandon a theory that explains something until you have a theory that explains more."
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"I know what theory... the possibility of impossibility."
"My theory is this; I'm not a political songwriter. I'm an honest songwriter."
"They do not merely collect texts; they must also gather data about the context and the informant and, above all, write an analysis of the items based upon the course readings and lecture material on folklore theory and method."
"Never worry about theory as long as the machinery does what it's supposed to do."
"You know very well that unless you're a scientist, it's much more important for a theory to be shapely, than for it to be true."
"My theory is that if you look confident you can pull off anything - even if you have no clue what you're doing."
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"In human history, the desire for revenge and the desire for loot have often been closely associated."
"There is only one thing more harmful to society than an elected official forgetting the promises he made in order to get elected; that's when he doesn't forget them."
"Alas few socialists are either benevolent enough to work hard at these occupations out of benevolence or self-interested enough to work hard at them for money."
"Asking a critic to name his favorite book is like asking a butcher to name his favorite pig."
"The difference between a contemporary liberal and a socialist is that to a liberal the most beautiful word in the English language is 'forbidden', whereas to a socialist the most beautiful word is 'compulsory'."
"Hardly anyone has noticed that in the Northern Hemisphere people stir their drinks counterclockwise, whereas the same people stir their drinks clockwise when visiting the Southern Hemisphere."
"It is said that man doesn't live by bread alone. Sometimes this is unfortunate, because people who cannot live by bread alone too often kill other people in consequence of the fights they get into."
"Slogans rarely convince the unconvinced. However, they do rally the troops already on your side."
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