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Among those who are satisfactory in this respect it is desirable t

Among those who are satisfactory in this respect it is desirable to have represented as great a diversity of intellectual tradition, social milieu and personal character as possible. – Talcott Parsons

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The hypothesis may be put forward, to be tested by the s subsequent investigation, that this development has been in large part a matter of the reciprocal interaction of new factual insights and knowledge on the one hand with changes in the theoretical system on the other. – Talcott Parsons

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The conception that, instead of this, contemporary society is at or near a turning point is very prominent in the views of a school of social scientists who, though they are still comparatively few, are getting more and more of a hearing. – Talcott Parsons

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From all this it follows what the general character of the problem of the development of a body of scientific knowledge is, in so far as it depends on elements internal to science itself. – Talcott Parsons

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When people do not respect us we are sharply offended yet in his private heart no man much respects himself. – Mark Twain

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In England, with all due respect, we have some of the plainest actresses in the entire world as our greatest. – Minnie Driver

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There is no excuse for perjury – never, never, never. There is truth, and the truth demands respect. – Kenneth Starr

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I have found that the players who have played in that game really do have respect for their adversaries. – Darrell Royal

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