William James Quotes
Each of us literally chooses, by his way of attending to things, what sort of universe he shall appear to himself to inhabit.
Quotes to Explore
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Baseball can be slow in many ways. The action starts with when the pitcher delivers the ball. But the action really starts when the crack of the bat happens.
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If we are a metaphor of the universe, the human couple is the metaphor par excellence, the point of intersection of all forces and the seed of all forms. The couple is time recaptured, the return to the time before time.
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I feel like acting is a ton of fun. It's the freest and most alive you can be.
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In uniform, I had to make judgments about the best course of action in combat when the only choices were 'bad' or 'worse.' As a member of the media, I only had to decide how to get the best 'shot' - preferably without getting shot.
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The physical part of comedy is as hard as a lot of action movies. It scares me, but in a way that I like.
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My mum is my biggest critic. She said I was good for the first film, but I can still be better, and I need to polish my acting skills.
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I'd like to do something where there's a strong female character and some action. I've done a few stunts in the past.
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Our enemies can deal a blow to us any time they wish. They did not wait for permission to do this. They do not deal a blow with prior notice. They do not take action because they can't.
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I don't think you have to be in these serious, heavy, independent little movies to be an actor. Some of the most interesting acting I've seen is on cable television.
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Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage. If you want to conquer fear, do not sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy.
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I'm shy, and I can hide behind my acting and discover the truth about myself because it's cathartic in that way. But I tend not to read reviews.
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Acting is about going into the space, and there are just some places that I'm not willing to go.
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The ancestor of every action is a thought.
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I love acting so much that I have to have that as much as I have to have my time with my kid.
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Owing to some peculiarity in my nervous system, I have perception of some things, which no one else has; or at least very few, if any... I can throw rays from every quarter of the universe into one vast focus.
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I don't know what I would have done without believing in God. His support gives me power and energy to continue to be optimistic, to smile, not to be depressed. Sometimes, if things are not going so well, I don't cry. I say maybe it's meant to be.
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I did think that acting would be much more like being a pop star. Now I'm here, I can't think of anything more different.
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Acting is equal parts talent and perseverance.
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With modelling, you provide an image that is fake; with acting you have to provide an image that's real.
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Marketing isn't done by computers, it's done by people. And people who sense opportunity and have the confidence to be remarkable will always defeat defensive actions by people who have given up.
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The 1913 law is an artifact of an era of trying to block racial equality. It's serving its mission of discrimination.
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People make music to get a reaction. Music is communication.
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I think of reading like a balanced diet; if your sentences are too baggy, too baroque, cut back on fatty Foster Wallace, say, and pick up Kafka as roughage.
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Each of us literally chooses, by his way of attending to things, what sort of universe he shall appear to himself to inhabit.
