#theoretically

Whenever anyone says, 'theoretically,' they really mean, 'not really.' ↗

— Dave Parnas

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I'm in a position where, theoretically, I could play the same ten concertos and make a very good living bouncing around playing Mendelssohn, Tchaikovsky and Barber, but I really think artists should keep pushing limits and trying new things. ↗

— Joshua Bell

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Democracy may mean something more than a theoretically absolute popular government, but it assuredly cannot mean anything less. ↗

— Herbert Croly

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If one introduces the concept of energy of an earthquake then that is a theoretically derived quantity. ↗

— Charles Francis Richter

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Faith means belief in something concerning which doubt is theoretically possible. ↗

— William James

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I think the brain is essentially a computer and consciousness is like a computer program. It will cease to run when the computer is turned off. Theoretically, it could be re-created on a neural network, but that would be very difficult, as it would require all one's memories. ↗

— Stephen Hawking

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Everyone knows nowadays that people 'have complexes'. What is not so well known, though far more important theoretically, is that complexes can have us. ↗

— Carl Jung

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The theoretically unrestricted right to develop power, to wage war against other states, is antisocial and is doubly dangerous, because the state as a mass entity represents a low moral and intellectual level. ↗

— Christian Lous Lange

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