William James Quotes
The greatest discovery of the 20th Century is that our attitude of mind determines our quality of life, not circumstances.
Quotes to Explore
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I build community. However, I do it wearing a number of hats.
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My mom says that when I was a little kid, I always used to say I wanted to be an actor, but I don't remember that.
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I want to live in a country that is not just a place but also an idea, and Jerusalem is the heart of the idea. There may be practical considerations, but a country cannot exist without an ethos, and Jerusalem is an ethos.
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People don't believe in me very much, but I have my teammates and my family that believe in me so much; they see how hard I work.
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Remember that children, marriages, and flower gardens reflect the kind of care they get.
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Police are not all bad guys. Nobody is all bad guys.
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Listen to my voice - I sound like I'm permanently congested.
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You parents of the wilful and the wayward! Don't give them up. Don't cast them off. They are not utterly lost. The Shepherd will find his sheep. They were His before they were yours - long before He entrusted them to your care; and you cannot begin to love them as He loves them.
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Our laboratory is a place that celebrates diversity and is totally open to all differences, not just sex but also age, ethnicity, religion and other traditions.
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Enjoy every sandwich.
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I'm trying to encourage more women to be themselves, rather than what men want them to be. I don't believe in patronizing either sex.
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I never met a woman I didn't like. I love 'em all, in their different ways.
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Stay focused on the mission.
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I'm an optimist. My own fiction, while it has its own dark warnings about pitfalls ahead, depicts the potential of science to improve society by networking human minds.
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Because my business life is so busy, my home is really my sanctuary. That is where I reflect and spend quality time with my girls.
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It's like running a marathon race. We train all hours of the day. When you are taking a bath, you are thinking of the flight.
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Imagine if everyone was able to help just one child who needs to be listened to, needs to be respected, and needs to be loved - we could make such a huge difference for an entire generation.
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Happiness, true happiness, is an inner quality. It is a state of mind. If your mind is at peace, you are happy. If your mind is at peace, but you have nothing else, you can be happy. If you have everything the world can give - pleasure, possessions, power - but lack peace of mind, you can never be happy.
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I think in terms of 20-year horizons.
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I don't really consider my work, on the whole, 'fringe' in my own mind; science fiction and fantasy have been pretty solidly in the mainstream for a while.
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Kindness is the No. 1 quality I look for in a man. You can see in how he treats anyone - from a CEO to a housekeeper - and it's a reflection of how nice a guy is. Funniness and confidence come after that... When a guy approaches me, it's fantastic if he can make me laugh.
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I did come from a pretty independent-minded family.
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The Attorney General made another astonishing claim, that there were Pakistani terrorists possibly coming on these boats from Haiti. No one has ever seen a Pakistani coming on a boat from Haiti yet.
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The greatest discovery of the 20th Century is that our attitude of mind determines our quality of life, not circumstances.
