William James Quotes
True is the name for whatever idea starts the verification process, useful is the name for its completed function in experienceWilliam James
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History is not a long series of centuries in which men did all the interesting/important things and women stayed home and twiddled their thumbs in between pushing out babies, making soup and dying in childbirth.
Tansy Rayner Roberts -
I think shoppers are looking for newness and creativity. Look at C. Wonder, for instance. They're dancing in our stores. We don't believe in retail like retail was done in the past. We believe in disrupting the whole environment, offering them amazing value in an amazing package of fun, excitement and whimsy.
J. Christopher Burch -
Most of Google's home technologies have failed to catch on in a major way.
Barry Ritholtz -
So long as you do not achieve social liberty, whatever freedom is provided by the law is of no avail to you.
Babasaheb -
I find my earliest memories covering the anachronistic features of a previous incarnation. Clear recollections came to me of a distant life, a yogi amidst the Himalayan snows. These glimpses of the past, by some dimensionless link, also afforded me a glimpse of the future.
Paramahansa Yogananda -
I'm easily entertained.
Abdullah II of Jordan
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The simplest toy, one which even the youngest child can operate, is called a grandparent.
Sam Levenson -
I was afraid I would see someone from my past who thought I was this big athlete, and then I end up being just normal.
Victor Cruz -
I don't want to be 'Halsey: America's Sweetheart,' or 'Halsey: Bad Girl.' If you can sum up my career in a clickbait headline, I've done something wrong.
Halsey -
Bipolar disorder, manic depression, depression, black dog, whatever you want to call it, is inherent in our society. It's a product of stress and in my case over-work.
Adam Ant Adam and the Ants -
I'm a believer in things happening for a reason.
Fleur East -
I love chocolate chip cookies - really anything with chocolate will do!
Laura Wilkinson
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Creative people are more prone to depression.
Adam Ant Adam and the Ants -
In a world awash in debt, power shifts to creditors.
Fareed Zakaria -
A new, a vast, and a powerful language is developed for the future use of analysis, in which to wield its truths so that these may become of more speedy and accurate practical application for the purposes of mankind than the means hitherto in our possession have rendered possible.
Ada Lovelace -
People don't usually compliment your character.
Taylor Swift -
What I care about is readers because without readers I can't make a living... And I think it's a bad thing for the world if people don't read anymore. I want people to read a lot.
Barry Eisler -
Most of the time I like to start an album abroad, not at home, just to avoid the pressure, to not wake up and think, 'OK, it's the first of recording this album.' I like to avoid that.
Yann Tiersen
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I have a driver's licence, but the truth is that I hardly ever drive. I prefer to get around by taxi.
Ferran Adria -
This idea that things are designed to go back to nature or industry for ever which is our articulation of these two metabolisms are actually a discovery not an invention.
William McDonough -
Bid a singer in a chorus, Know Thyself; and will he not turn for the knowledge to the others, his fellows in the chorus, and to his harmony with them?
Epictetus -
I read a lot, but I read about the areas that I'm interested in.
Sanford I. Weill -
True is the name for whatever idea starts the verification process, useful is the name for its completed function in experience
William James