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Reference Quotes by Douglas Hofstadter
- No reference is truly direct—every reference depends on SOME kind of coding scheme. It's just a question of how implicit it is.
- In the end, we self-perceiving, self-inventing, locked-in mirages are little miracles of self-reference.
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- The core issue here is that the Israeli government refuses to commit to terms of reference for the negotiations that are based… — Mahmoud Abbas
- With reference to the younger generation..."If the experience of their exhausted, insomniac, dispirited elders makes them decide they'd prefer not to go… — Anna Quindlen
- Small people delight in what they call consistency-that is, it gives them immense pleasure to say that they believe now exactly as… — Robert Green Ingersoll
- When we are going to enter the water ... in the presence of the congregation and under the hand of the president,… — Tertullian
- For it is not cell nuclei, not even individual chromosomes, but certain parts of certain chromosomes from certain cells that must be… — Unknown Author
- Martin, Dave, and I get together and rough out a few songs and put them on cassettes for some reference...With the actual… — Ian Anderson
- There was reference made to a book written in Greek by a former Rabbi who had been converted to Christianity. There was… — Julius Streicher
- Two phrases I hate in reference to female characters are 'strong' and 'feisty.' They really annoy me. It's the most condescending thing.… — Helen Mirren