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The positive heuristic of the programme saves the scientist from becoming confused by the ocean of anomalies.
Ecology and economy are becoming inextricably entwined, and the world is becoming more conscious of this fact.
Article Five: If you have no reason or ability to accomplish anything, then just practice the art of becoming.
You can't help getting older, but you can help yourself from becoming old and infirm, in mind as well as body.
The question is: Particularly in the post-9/11 era, are societies becoming more liberal or more authoritarian?
I think British science is becoming more like American science - and then there is everybody else, I'm afraid.
I'm sure that my father becoming seriously ill when I was 14 had a lot to do with my going from chubby to fat.
There always comes a time when one must choose between contemplation and action. This is called becoming a man.
Not a having and a resting, but a growing and becoming, is the character of perfection as culture conceives it.
People going overseas and becoming radicalized, coming back maybe people have an increased interest in weapons.
Having the ambition of becoming Olympic champion is a whole different ambition from wanting to be the greatest.
I think to find an escape route out of a music industry that is becoming more and more focused on making money.
You have to look out for becoming trapped in a place where people want to see you all the time doing one thing.
Historically, the stuff of the universe goes on becoming concentrated into ever more organized forms of matter.
Nothing about becoming indispensable is easy. If it's easy, it's already been done and it's no longer valuable.
I'm very much aware of the dangers of becoming a cliche. Mr. Anger, someone who gets meaner, angrier on record.
We are not on the way to greater individualism, but are becoming an increasingly manipulated mass civilization.
I saw that I was in danger of becoming ordinary, and I understood that from now on I would have to be vigilant.
Having rationally endeavored to control nature, is he not now becoming the slave of the objects which he makes?
I think that my sensibilities are becoming slightly less delicate and I'm venturing out in a storytelling world.
Catty is not cool. I can't think of anything less becoming than a man who talks about people behind their backs.
I really had no aspirations for becoming a DJ, and now I find myself having to campaign to be in the DJ Top 100.
My Spanish is coming along, I understand everything. I've been working on becoming more confident when speaking.
A profound thought is in a constant state of becoming; it adopts the experience of a life and assumes its shape.
By its very nature, the novel indicates that we are becoming. There is no final solution. There is no last word.
Only the freedom of mind can prevent the state from becoming totalitarian and from issuing totalitarian demands.
There is a season for wildness and a season for settledness, and this is neither. This season is about becoming.
I try to factor solitude into my life because more and more, that's becoming a very precious and rare commodity.
Most men with nothing would rather protect the possibility of becoming rich than face the reality of being poor.
When you're at your best, you're analyzing yourself and becoming increasingly isolated from a broader narrative.
Acting, for me, is a process of metamorphosis. It's about forgetting who I am and becoming someone entirely new.
In 1920 [H.G. Wells] described human history as becoming more and more a race between education and catastrophe.
For nothing is more commendable, nothing more becoming in a preeminently great man than courtesy and forbearance.
Success means being satisfied with what you do every day. It's being proud of the better person you are becoming.
I had no intention of becoming an academic. How could a person who was having trouble reading become an academic?
I think footwork is one of the most important things to becoming a great fighter. That's where everything starts.
I considered going into business or becoming a lawyer - not for the money, but for the thrill of problem-solving.
When I caution you against becoming a miser, I do not therefore advise you to become a prodigal or a spendthrift.
In knowing ourselves to be unique, we possess the capacity for becoming conscious of the infinite. But only then!
Before becoming an actor I kind of just wanted to paint and live somewhere and do something low-key and artistic.
There were a lot of things I thought of doing as I was growing up, from becoming a singer to a priest to a pilot.
[The poll tax] was a classic case of a good idea being entrusted to Chris Patten and becoming a terrible failure.
Becoming the new feminine ideal requires just the right combination of insecurity, exercise, bulimia and surgery.
The chasm between rich and poor is becoming larger, and I think it's interesting terrain to talk about and expose.
We are smart enough to realise that we are stupid, and stupid enough to make the problem of becoming smarter hard.
And maybe it is only by finding yourself that you can feel the true intensity of becoming close to another person.
We're becoming so much better at destigmatizing all sorts of things, including mental illness in 'Silver Linings'.
I don't think you should ever start a business and move in a direction where you can't see it becoming a business.
Becoming vegan is the most important and direct change we can immediately make to save the planet and its species.
The truth of art keeps science from becoming inhuman, and the truth of science keeps art from becoming ridiculous.