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Art1 quote
I don't paint out of responsibility. I paint out of need. — Jim Dine · 2010Artistic expression1 quote
I don't paint out of responsibility. I paint out of need. — Jim Dine · 2010Bill of Rights1 quote
I know it when I see it. — Potter Stewart · 1964Constitutional law1 quote
I know it when I see it. — Potter Stewart · 1964First Amendment1 quote
I know it when I see it. — Potter Stewart · 1964Good writing1 quote
Omit needless words. Vigorous writing is concise. A sentence should contain no unnecessary words, a paragraph no unnecessary sentences, for the same reason that a drawing should have no unnecessary lines and a machine no unnecessary parts. This requires not that the writer make all his sentences short, or that he avoid all detail and treat his subject only in outline, but that every word tell. — William Strunk, Jr. · 1919Life1 quote
Life is a game... And you keep score with dollars. — Ted Turner · 1978Money1 quote
Life is a game... And you keep score with dollars. — Ted Turner · 1978Nature of life1 quote
Life is a game... And you keep score with dollars. — Ted Turner · 1978Obscenity1 quote
I know it when I see it. — Potter Stewart · 1964Painting1 quote
I don't paint out of responsibility. I paint out of need. — Jim Dine · 2010Science1 quote
As in political revolutions, so in paradigm choice-there is no standard higher than the the assent of the relevant community. To discover how scientific revolutions are effected, we shall therefore have to examine not only the impact of nature and of logic, but also the techniques of persuasive argumentation effective within the quite special groups that constitute the community of scientists. — Thomas Kuhn · 1962Scientific progress1 quote
As in political revolutions, so in paradigm choice-there is no standard higher than the the assent of the relevant community. To discover how scientific revolutions are effected, we shall therefore have to examine not only the impact of nature and of logic, but also the techniques of persuasive argumentation effective within the quite special groups that constitute the community of scientists. — Thomas Kuhn · 1962Self-expression1 quote
I don't paint out of responsibility. I paint out of need. — Jim Dine · 2010Vocation1 quote
I don't paint out of responsibility. I paint out of need. — Jim Dine · 2010