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“In the case of all other sciences, arts, skills, and crafts, everyone is convinced that a complex and laborious programme of learning and practice is necessary for competence. Yet when it comes to philosophy, there seems to be a currently prevailing prejudice to the effect that, although not everyone who has eyes and fingers, and is given leather and last, is at once in a position to make shoes, everyone nevertheless immediately understands how to philosophize.”

Source: Phenomenology of Spirit

“We keep putting on programmes about famine in Ethiopia; that’s what’s happening. Too many people there. They can’t support themselves — and it’s not an inhuman thing to say. It’s the case. Until humanity manages to sort itself out and get a coordinated view about the planet it’s going to get worse and worse.”

People Humanity Views Cases Support Planets Happenings Manage Famine Programmes Inhuman Ethiopia

Author:David Attenborough

“Bolkenstein, a Minister, was speaking on the Dutch programme from London, and he said that they ought to make a collection of diaries and letters after the war. Of course, they all made a rush at my diary immediately. Just imagine how interesting it would be if I were to publish a romance of the "Secret Annexe." The title alone would be enough to make people think it was a detective story.”

Source: The Diary of Anne Frank

“If the Irish programme did not insist on the Irish language I suppose I could call myself a nationalist. As it is, I am content torecognize myself an exile: and, prophetically, a repudiated one.”

Ifs Politics Language Nationalism Exile Programmes

Author:James Joyce

“If I can make programmes when I'm 95, that would be fine. But I would think I'll have had enough by then.”

Ifs Thinking I Can Enough Would Be Fine Had Enough Programmes

Author:David Attenborough

“If everything on television is, without exception, part of a low-calorie (or even no-calorie) diet, then what good is it complaining about the adverts? By their worthlessness, they at least help to make the programmes around them seem of a higher level.”

Ifs Helping Seems Levels Television Higher Lows Complaining Advertising Diets Exception Programmes Calories Higher Level Adverts Worthlessness

Book:America

Source: America

“I often get letters, quite frequently, from people who say how they like the programmes a lot, but I never give credit to the almighty power that created nature.”

People Giving Letters Credit Almighty Programmes

Author:David Attenborough

“In the old days... it was a basic, cardinal fact that producers didn't have opinions. When I was producing natural history programmes, I didn't use them as vehicles for my own opinion. They were factual programmes.”

Facts Use Natural My Own Opinion Producers Vehicle Old Days Programmes Cardinals Factual Natural History

Author:David Attenborough

“You can only get really unpopular decisions through if the electorate is convinced of the value of the environment. That's what natural history programmes should be for.”

Ifs Should Values Natural Decision Environment Convinced Programmes Electorate Natural History Unpopular Decisions

Author:David Attenborough

“The great scientific achievements are research programmes which can be evaluated in terms of progressive and degenerative problemshifts; and scientific revolutions consist of one research programme superceding (overtaking in progress) another. This methodology offers a new rational reconstruction of science.”

Science Term Progress Revolution Offers Achievement Research Rational Progressive Programmes Reconstruction Methodology Scientific Revolution Overtaking

Author:Imre Lakatos

“As president of the American Historical Association, I started a programme to make dissertations into e-books in 1999. Before I knew it, I was involved in other electronic projects. Harvard invited me to become director of the libraries in 2007.”

Book President Involved Directors Projects Historical Library Association Invited Harvard Programmes Dissertation

Author:Robert Darnton

“In a word, the free Church in a free State has been the programme which led me to my first efforts, and which I continue to regard as just and true, reasonable and practical, after the studies of thirty years.”

Years Firsts Has Beens States Religion Church Effort Study Regard Practicals Thirty Reasonable Thirty Years Programmes Free State

Author:Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour

“I hope you have read the election programme of the Labour Party...this is not socialism. It is Bolshevism run mad.”

Running Party Election Mad Socialism Labour Programmes Labour Party Bolshevism

Author:Edward Snowden

“The socially pernicious, racially wasteful, and soul-withering consequences of the working of mothers outside the home must cease. And this can only come to pass, either through the programme of institutional upbringing, or through the intimate renaissance of the home.”

Soul Home Mother Women Consequence Cease Intimate Upbringing Renaissance Programmes Pernicious Withering

Author:Ellen Key

“My programme, The Art of Creative Expression, empowers young people with tools to express themselves. We teach photography, art and drama, but it's not just the medium that's important, it's about what you are trying to say.”

People Trying Art Important Young Teach Creative Expression Drama Photography Tools Mediums Empowering Programmes Creative Expression

Author:Dawud Wharnsby Ali

“History is constantly repeating itself, making only such changes of programme as the growth of nations and centuries requires.”

Nations Growth History Century Programmes

Book:The works of James Abram Garfield. (2 Volumes) Volume 1

Source: The works of James Abram Garfield. (2 Volumes) Volume 1

“My mother was devoted to helping people - with my father's money! - who had great voices but didn't have the financial means to study music. He and my mum gave away dozens of music scholarships, and my mum opened a school in town, introduced opera to children and created fantastic programmes.”

People Mean Children Helping School Mother Father Voice Study Towns Financial Fantastic Dozen Opera Devoted Mum Helping People Scholarship Programmes Great Voice

Author:Salma Hayek

“There is no "playing with truth" in the Charkha programme, for satyagraha is not predominantly civil disobedience but a quiet and irresistible pursuit of Truth.”

Quiet Pursuit Disobedience Irresistible Programmes Civil Disobedience Satyagraha

Book:Young India, 1924-1926

Source: Young India, 1924-1926

“Without a belief in my programme and without an acceptance of my condition, you will ruin me, ruin yourselves and ruin the cause.”

Faith Belief Causes Conditions Acceptance Ruins Programmes

Book:Collected Works

Source: Collected Works

“Decency requires that when a programme is approved by the majority, all should carry it out faithfully.”

Should Faith Majority Decency Approved Programmes

Book:The Moral and Political Writings of Mahatma Gandhi: Non-Violent Resistance and Social Transformation

Source: The Moral and Political Writings of Mahatma Gandhi: Non-Violent Resistance and Social Transformation

“Even if masses of people were to burn khadi publicly and say that it is an insane programme, I will declare that those people have gone mad.”

People Ifs Gone Mass Mad Insane Programmes

Book:Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi

Source: Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi

“To my mind, Swaraj based on nonviolence is the fulfillment of the constructive programme.”

Mind Fulfillment Nonviolence Constructive Programmes

Author:Mahatma Gandhi

“The power of nonviolent resistance can only come from honest working of the constructive programme.”

Honest Resistance Nonviolence Constructive Programmes Nonviolent Resistance

Book:The Moral and Political Writings of Mahatma Gandhi: Non-Violent Resistance and Social Transformation

Source: The Moral and Political Writings of Mahatma Gandhi: Non-Violent Resistance and Social Transformation

“Prosecution of the constructive programme means constructing the structure of Swaraj.”

Mean Structure Constructive Programmes Prosecution

Book:Collected Works

Source: Collected Works

“Ours is a civil fight, and imprisonment as a civil prisoner has got to be earned by the strict observance of the programme.”

Fighting Prisoner Strict Disobedience Programmes Civil Disobedience Imprisonment Observance

Book:Collected Works

Source: Collected Works

“Execution of the constructive programme in its entirety means more than Swaraj. It means Ram Raj, Khudai Sultanat or the Divine Kingdom.”

Mean Reason Divine Kingdoms Execution Constructive Programmes Entirety Rams

Author:Mahatma Gandhi

“If the people resolve and carry out this programme of boycott and Swadeshi, they would not have to wait for Swaraj even for a year.”

People Ifs Years Waiting Resolve Programmes Boycott

Author:Mahatma Gandhi

“You make a great, very great mistake, if you think that psychology, being the science of the mind's laws, is something from which you can deduce definite programmes and schemes and methods of instruction for immediate schoolroom use.”

Ifs Thinking Mind Art Use Law Mistake Psychology Teaching Method Instruction Schemes Definite Programmes Great Mistakes Teaching Art

Book:Talks to Teachers on Psychology: And to Students on Some of Life's Ideals

Source: Talks to Teachers on Psychology: And to Students on Some of Life's Ideals

“In the west we think of yoga as an exercise programme, when actually where it's from in India it's a whole philosophy. The Asanas and the exercise programme are one tiny aspect of it, and so it really, really fascinates me.”

Thinking Philosophy Whole Exercise Yoga Aspect India West Tiny Programmes Asana

Author:Jayne Middlemiss

“As a presenter, while I might suddenly want to start talking about something completely different, I have to stick to what we've agreed in order for all these other people to get their bits into the programme. So you have to be quite disciplined.”

People Want Different Might Order Bits Talking Sticks Programmes Presenter

Author:Jill Douglas

“The evidence would suggest that there are some great alternative certification programmes and some lousy ones. There are some wonderful traditional education schools, and some that aren't so effective. What's important is less the pathway than the impact on students.”

Important School Wonderful Students Evidence Impact Traditional Alternatives Pathways What's Important Programmes Traditional Education

Author:Wendy Kopp

“Space may seem distant, but is an integral part of our daily life. It drives our modern communication and connects even the remotest family to the ordinary. India's space programme is a perfect example of our vision of Scale, Speed and Skill.”

May Seems Space Perfect Vision Technology Modern Example Communication Skills Ordinary India Speed Scales Daily Life Programmes Information Technology Modern Communication

Author:Narendra Modi

“Today, India's cooking gas subsidy is the world's largest Cash Transfer Programme.”

World Today India Cooking Gas Cash Governance Transfers Programmes Subsidies

Author:Narendra Modi

“Keeping technology at the forefront, we need to further speed up our defence programme & keep pace with the world.”

World Needs Motivation Technology India Speed Pace Defence Programmes

Author:Narendra Modi

“Our space programme has overcome many hurdles. At the same time it is one of the most cost effective programmes. This should make us proud.”

Should Motivation Space Proud Cost Overcoming India Programmes Hurdle

Author:Narendra Modi

“You hope people won't be tricky or miserable. If you're in public life, it's important not to be. If someone says, 'I like your programme, thank you,' you should be grateful. I am. Why be nasty?”

People Ifs Should Important Like You Grateful Miserable Nasty Be Grateful Tricky Public Life Programmes I Like You

Author:Alan Titchmarsh

“Last year the National Sorry Day Committee consulted with stolen generations people in every State and Territory, and concluded that programmes set up in response to the Bringing Them Home Report are reaching only a small fraction of those they are intended to help.”

People Years States Helping Home Lasts Generations Response Sorry Reports Reaching Territory Last Year Committees Stolen Fractions Programmes

Author:Malcolm Fraser

“And for those of you who watched the last programme, I hope all your doughnuts turn out like Fanny's.”

Lasts Turns Programmes Olympic Games Doughnut

Author:David Coleman

“Red Bull are backing a spinal-injury research charity called Wings For Life, which I am an ambassador for, with a programme called Faces for Charity that will run at this year's British Grand Prix.”

Years Running Faces Research Red Wings Charity British Injury Bulls Ambassadors Programmes Grand Prix Red Bull

Author:Mark Webber

“Marriage is like the witness protection programme: you get all new clothes, you live in the suburbs, and you're not allowed to see your friends anymore.”

Clothes Protection Witness Suburbs Programmes New Clothes

Author:Jeremy Hardy

“Teaching 23-year-olds in an MBA programme strikes me as largely a waste of time. They lack the background of experience. You can teach them skills - accounting and what have you - but you can't teach them management.”

Years Teach Teaching Skills Waste Management Strikes Backgrounds Wasting Time Accounting Programmes Mba

Author:Peter Drucker

“Faffing of course does not fit the programme. We are supposed to be busy, productive citizens.”

Doe Courses Citizens Fit Busy Supposed To Be Productive Programmes

Author:Tom Hodgkinson

“The Washington leadership has put aside non-proliferation programmes and devoted its energies and resources to driving the country to war by extraordinary deceit, then trying to manage the catastrophe it created in Iraq.”

Trying War Country Energy Resources Extraordinary Iraq Driving Manage Deceit Devoted Catastrophe Programmes Proliferation

Author:Noam Chomsky

“For memetics to be a reasonable research programme, it should be the case that copying, and differential success in causing the multiplication of copies, overwhelmingly plays the major role in shaping all or at least most of the contents of culture. Evolved domain-specific psychological dispositions, if there are any, should be at most a relatively minor factor that could be considered part of background conditions.”

Ifs Should Play Culture Roles Cases Conditions Majors Research Backgrounds Psychological Factors Reasonable Copies Minors Disposition Domain Programmes Copying Multiplication

Author:Dan Sperber

“NCS - National Citizen Service is a fantastic programme. I want it to be available for every young person in the country.”

Want Persons Country Young Citizens Available Fantastic Programmes

Author:David Cameron

“... it is a lonely programme. The very virtues you cultivate become walls that inevitably separate you from your kind.... A new danger comes to your soul, and intolerance and impatience with those who are as you have been all but destroy that which you have taken such pains to build up. Not alone are there spiritual barriers between you and the friends that you have, but your business training has made your mind incisive. In the swift rush of business you have no time for small debates and petty dilemmas.”

“I think the most extraordinary thing about fans is the level of excellence that they show in the work that they do. I mean, if you go onto the internet and see some of the fan videos that have been put together, they're just extraordinary; they could be programmes in their own right.”

Ifs Thinking Mean Has Beens Shows Together Levels Fans Internet Excellence Extraordinary Video Programmes Extraordinary Things

Author:Peter Capaldi

“I certainly treasure the memory and indeed the picture, which still hangs in my house in Scotland, of Ronnie Barker and I with the Choir when we came to Wales to shoot our Welsh choir section of the "Two Ronnies" programme. You are very close to my heart.”

Heart Stills Two House Memories My Heart Treasure Sections Scotland Programmes Choir Wales Welsh Close To My Heart

Author:Ronnie Corbett

“What decides the purpose of life is simply the programme of the pleasure principle. This principle dominates the operation of the mental apparatus from the start. There can be no doubt about its efficacy, and yet its programme is at loggerheads with the whole world, with the macrocosm as much as with the microcosm.”

World Whole Life Is Purpose Pleasure Principles Doubt Whole World Operations No Doubt Purpose Of Life Programmes Efficacy Microcosm

Book:The standard edition of the complete psychological works of Sigmund Freud

Source: The standard edition of the complete psychological works of Sigmund Freud

“One may rationally stick to a degenerating research programme until it is overtaken by a rival and even after. What one must not do is to deny its poor public record... It is perfectly rational to play a risky game: what is irrational is to deceive oneself about the risk.”

May Play Games Poor Records Risk Research Sticks Oneself Deny Rational Deceiving Irrational Rivals Programmes

Book:The Methodology of Scientific Research Programmes: Volume 1: Philosophical Papers

Source: The Methodology of Scientific Research Programmes: Volume 1: Philosophical Papers

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