William James Quotes
The good or bad is not in the circumstance, but only in the mind...that encounters it.
William James
Quotes to Explore
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I wanted to go into prison and come out a better person - mentally, physically. So, I read a lot of books, got my GED while I was in there, and worked out every day. Strong body, strong mind.
Ja Rule
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I had no intention of becoming a performer, and yet under miraculous circumstances I was brought into the music industry fold. If divine powers hadn't intervened, I'd still be living in China working in some area of Sino-American comparative law.
Abigail Washburn
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I was just mind-blown to find that New Orleans is just so much more fun and interesting than I had ever thought.
Harold Perrineau
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Love me or hate me, both are in my favour. If you love me, I will always be in your heart, and if you hate me, I will be in your mind.
Qandeel Baloch
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I can write all the way through the morning, when my mind is clear, and there are no distractions.
Karen Thompson Walker
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Christmas is not a time nor a season, but a state of mind. To cherish peace and goodwill, to be plenteous in mercy, is to have the real spirit of Christmas.
Calvin Coolidge
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You need people around you that care about you and are thinking about you in your best interest. And keep your mind straight.
Q'orianka Kilcher
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If there is anything that keeps the mind open to angel visits, and repels the ministry of ill, it is human love.
Nathaniel Parker Willis
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The thing with Stephen King is that everyone dies, and everyone comes back to life. So you never know with his mind where things go. It's the same with Steven Spielberg, too.
Natalie Martinez
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Fencing is a game of living chess, a match where reflexes only work in combination with intent, and mind and body must work together at every moment.
V. E. Schwab
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There are hundreds of books about Woodrow Wilson, but I have an image of him in my mind that is unlike any picture I have seen anywhere else, based on material at Princeton and 35 years of researching and thinking about him.
A. Scott Berg
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Iggy Pop, or should I say Iggy's people, had reached out to me saying he was a True Blood fan, and if any opportunities come up, to please keep Iggy in mind. We sent Iggy the demo of 'LB&R'. He loved it and said, 'Sign me up.'
Gary Calamar