William James Quotes
Every sort of energy and endurance, of courage and capacity for handling life's evils, is set free in those who have religious faith.
Quotes to Explore
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I think the meaning of abortion is what the woman says it is: For a woman who wants a child but can't have this one, it can be sad; for a woman who doesn't want a baby, it can feel like a huge relief, like having your whole life given back to you.
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I'm a spiritual person and a religious person. But for me, it's all a personal thing. I'm not someone who'll say, 'This is what I believe, and you should too!' It's more of an internal, quiet, grounded, fulfilling thing for me.
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It's not complicated to embrace life. You just have to make the choice.
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Cooking for people is an enormously significant expression of generosity and soulfulness, and entertaining is a way to be both generous and creative. You're sharing your life with people. Of course, it's also an expression of your own need for approval and applause. Nothing wrong with that.
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I've been snowboarding my whole life. My wife's really good, and I just try to keep up with her.
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Many women, sometime in their life, are going to get to a point where they have to admit infidelity.
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After my 10th standard, my life took me into the world of cinema, but I never severed my ties with my love for reading.
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He, who every morning plans the transactions of the day, and follows that plan, carries a thread that will guide him through a labyrinth of the most busy life.
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My dad's the one who's always been there; he's my hero, you could say. Even when he was working, he'd do anything for me. He's been the biggest influence in my life.
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Generally, I like making my own mistakes and learning from them because that's what I think life is about.
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I have both joyful and heartbreaking moments in life, even now. Stardom doesn't give us everything.
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Most of us have far more courage than we ever dreamed we possessed.
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Everyone's like, 'Oh, you must live in L.A., the glamorous life,' and I really don't. I'm in a small house, in Pittsburgh, in the snow.
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You will always be fond of me. I represent to you all the sins you have never had the courage to commit.
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My therapy has come from paying attention to my life.
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Even though many couples are choosing to marry later in life, our laws haven't been updated to address dating partner abuse.
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Some people look for a certain structure in their lives that they're comfortable with. People who work hard on the road as truckers, people who work hard using their hands. Then there are people who are fortunate enough to have my life, people who play these characters who embody these qualities.
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Discomfort levels in our societies are rising, or so it would seem. In theory, we invoke diversity and tolerance. But in real life, we raise our hackles and withdraw into ourselves.
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My life would have gone along perfectly well, politically speaking, if it hadn't been for girls.
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I grew up always having dessert after dinner. Always. It's such a hard habit for me to break. It's fine to have dessert every once in a while, but not seven days a week!
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Leisure time is that five or six hours when you sleep at night.
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Personal independence is a virtue and it is the soul out of which comes the sturdiest manhood. But there can be no independence without a large share of self-dependence, and this virtue cannot be bestowed. It must be developed from within.
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I have been so electrically occupied of late that I feel as if hungry for a little chemistry: but then the conviction crosses my mind that these things hang together under one law & that the more haste we make onwards each in his own path the sooner we shall arrive, and meet each other, at that state of knowledge of natural causes from which all varieties of effects may be understood & enjoyed.
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Every sort of energy and endurance, of courage and capacity for handling life's evils, is set free in those who have religious faith.
