- Nov 07, 2020
May Quotes
Words shaped by possibility and doubt.
These may quotes range from an honest admission of lingering insecurity carried from childhood, to a scientific point about how measurement affects what can be known about the past. Another notes that even the clearest concept only applies within limits. Related reflections continue in our April quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
The sharecropper may lower his eyes, but not because he's less of a man. That's just a condition of society that such things exist.
- History
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm going to teach high school. History and economics. I may even coach wrestling. Hey, Indiana Jones taught school, too.
- Getting
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- Nov 07, 2020
In a bad marriage, friends are the invisible glue. If we have enough friends, we may go on for years, intending to leave, talking about leaving - instead of actually getting up and leaving.
- Government
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- Nov 07, 2020
If banks anticipate government will come to the rescue should the credit market go badly awry, they may make loans that would otherwise be imprudent, e.g. subprime loans with little prospect of repayment.
- Innovation
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- Nov 07, 2020
In an industry with highly sequential innovation, it may be better for society to scrap patents altogether than try to tighten them.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Anything will worry me. I may not get a check for the light bill off in time and I just get to worrying. I'm a worrywart.
- High
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- Nov 07, 2020
Poul Anderson's 'The High Crusade' may have had a greater impact on my development as a writer than any other book I ever read.
- Disease
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- Nov 07, 2020
It may act as an ancillary factor, but by itself, the mutation in tau doesn't give you Alzheimer's disease. This is not to say the tau is not very important. It may be important in propagating the disorder from one cell to another. But as a causal mechanism, the evidence is strongest for beta amyloid abnormalities.
- Always
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- Nov 07, 2020
I may sing the same songs for over 40 years now but I always sing them in different ways in order to keep the excitement and passion alive.
- Current Situation
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- Nov 07, 2020
Americans have always evinced some distrust of government, but the current situation has exacerbated this to a degree that may be unprecedented.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
One of the reasons wrestling works is because it allows people to suspend their disbelief. They may know it's not real, but if it's done well enough, they get sucked into it emotionally. And that's why they watch.
- Live
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- Nov 07, 2020
The minuses of celebrity include having to live with security and the knowledge that you may be stalked.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020