Refers Quotes
107 quotes by 102 authors
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To the extent math refers to reality, we are not certain to the extent we are certain, math does not refer to reality.
— Albert Einstein
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Empathy in broadest sense refers to the reactions of one individual to the observed experiences of another
— Mark H. A. Davis
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The term blowback, which officials of the Central Intelligent Agency first invented for their own internal use, . . . refers to the unintended consequences…
— Chalmers Johnson
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When a belief becomes dominant in American psychological circles one can be sure of one thing: that belief refers to something that no longer exists.
— Walter A. Davis
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Everything has already begun before, the first line of the first page of every novel refers to something that has already happened outside the book.
— Italo Calvino
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It is the function of science to discover the existence of a general reign of order in nature and to find the causes governing this…
— Dmitri Mendeleev
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At one year of age the child says his first intentional wordhis babbling has a purpose, and this intention is a proof of conscious intelligenceHe…
— Maria Montessori
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Books connect us with others, but that connection is created in solitude, one reader in one chair hearing one writer, what John Irving refers to…
— Lewis Buzbee
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The publisher Jeff Johnson, who has offered not a word of explanation to me, has privately told people that he hated every word that I…
— Robert Scheer
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The word 'creative' refers simply to the use of literary craft in presenting nonfiction—that is, factually accurate prose about real people and events—in a compelling,…
— Lee Gutkind
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Human nature refers to what is in people but which they cannot study or work at achieving.
— Xunzi
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The "magic if" is a tool invented by Stanislavski, the father of acting craft, is to help an actor make appropriate choices. Essentially, the "magic…
— Bruce Miller
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A patriot is he whose public conduct is regulated by one single motive, the love of his country; who, as an agent in parliament, has,…
— Samuel Johnson
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The word detox does not appear in the main textbook on cancer or the main medical textbook...the word in medicine refers to heroin addicts and…
— Ralph W. Moss
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Insecurity refers to a profoud sense of self-doubt-a deep feeling of uncertainty about our basic worth and our place in the world. Insecurity is associated…
— Beth Moore
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Chickenshit refers to behavior that makes military life worse than it need be: petty harassment of the weak by the strong; open scrimmage for power…
— Paul Fussell
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A member of my family, who shall remain nameless, refers to all newborns as ‘blobs’.
— Cordelia Fine
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Interest refers to student’s affinity, curiosity, or passion for a particular topic or skill.
— Carol Ann Tomlinson
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The word 'experienced' often refers to someone who's gotten away with doing the wrong thing more frequently than you have.
— Laurence Gonzales
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'Moonwalking with Einstein' refers to a memory device I used when I memorized a deck of playing cards at the U.S. Memory Championship. When I…
— Joshua Foer
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102 authors contributed a total of 107 Refers Quotes, led by these top contributors: