"Paradigms can be asked to show their worth, an some of them do not stand up."

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Source : "Think: A Compelling Introduction to Philosophy". Book by Simon Blackburn, 1999.

Simon Blackburn

#Shows Quotes #Paradigm Quotes

“When I'm on the couch, I usually have the TV on and my MacBook Air nearby. And sometimes, when my ADD is really kicking in, I have my iPad too. And my iPhone. And a magazine that I haven't gotten to. And a book under the pillow to my left.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Basically the subcultures formed in the U.K. because the mainstream was not satisfying the needs of certain people like myself. So through music and through style, we found our tribe, we found like-minded rebels.”
“In the 13 months I've been in the Senate, it has become apparent to me the single thing that Republican politicians hate and fear the most, and that is when they're forced to tell the truth. It makes their heads explode.”
“I made up my mind to be an actress when I was 4 years old.”
“Perhaps its not the world that is soundless but we who are deaf.”
“I'm just this kid from Toronto who got his start.”
“Success and failure are not true op-posites and they're not even in the same class; they're not even a couch and a chair.”
“The music business has changed so much. Collaborations are all over the Internet. The young people are keeping the old school alive. A lot of them run out of ideas so they grab these songs that we've had out for 50 years and bringing them back and making people rich again. That's a nice thing. A lot of artists don't have incomes after a certain time in their life because nobody's is buying the songs. This revival of their music has taken a lot of writers out of the poor house.”

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