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To an intellectual who is adrift in politics, a theory is an aim; to a true politician his theory is a boundary.
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Christianity is not a theory or speculation, but a life; not a philosophy of life, but a life and a living process.
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I should point out, however, that at first some difficulty was experienced in observing the phenomena predicted by the theory, owing to the extreme smallness of the variations in the period of oscillation.
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Today the theory of evolution is about as much open to doubt as the theory that the earth goes round the sun.
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America traditionally represents the greatest possibility of someone’s going from nothing to something. Why? In theory, if not practice, the government stays out of the way and lets individuals take risks and reap rewards or accept the consequences of failure. We call this capitalism – or, at least, we used to.
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Rational behavior requires theory. Reactive behavior requires only reflex action.
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Your theory is crazy, but it’s not crazy enough to be true.
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THE rich possess ample means to realize any theory they may chuse to adopt in the education of their children, regardless of the cost; but it is not so with him whose Subsistence is derived from industry.
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Technique! The very word is like a shriek of outraged Art. It is the idiot name given to effort by those who are too weak, too weary, or too dull to play the game. The mighty have no theory of technique.
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You buy any book on color theory today, and it’s just complete poppycock. Everybody comes out of school painting pink, purple and green. The whole damn cartoon industry has pink purple and green on their mind.
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