"In degenerating programmes, however, theories are fabricated only in order to accommodate known facts"

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Source : Imre Lakatos, John Worrall, Gregory Currie (1980). “The Methodology of Scientific Research Programmes: Volume 1: Philosophical Papers”, p.5, Cambridge University Press

Imre Lakatos

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“The people are the only ones capable of transforming society.”
“The end of their passion consists of loving uselessly at the moment when it is pointless.”
“Fashion is so subjective, and I think it should be playful.”
“At one point, my house was a school for autistic children. I opened up my doors to about 30 kids and their families at the time. I was turning into Mary Poppins because I had to do something for these kids who have nowhere to go. So my house was the school for two years.”
“It's hard for a man to live with a successful woman - they seem to resent you so much. Very few men are generous enough to accept success in their women.”
“In 1995 the whole political situation was very complicated. I was the first deputy prime minister, and at the same time I had very low influence in the government.”
“What you deny to others will be denied to you, for the plain reason that you are always legislating for yourself; all your words and actions define the world you want to live in.”
“I hate the stress of leaving. Even though I have everything I need, I always feel like I'm forgetting something.”

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