William James Quotes
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A person that says, 'Losing is not difficult,' I don't even want to be around that person. And obviously, that person has never won anything relevant in their life.
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I'm not a video brat. I don't derive all my inspiration through movies. I get it from a lot of other places, too.
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It is of course very difficult to see relations between America and Iran becoming increasingly tense and knowing that it is not the people of the countries but a subset of leaders and radicals that are causing such strife. I am hoping that the spirit of the people will triumph.
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I was a tomboy.
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Scepticism, that dry caries of the intelligence.
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Most families had four, five brothers. But because it was just me and Darryl, we had to be twice as strong.
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If science fiction is the mythology of modern technology, then its myth is tragic.
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Adele's like a beacon of honesty. Doesn't compromise, goes to America and she's still the same sweary cockney.
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I am a firm believer in the people. If given the truth, they can be depended upon to meet any national crisis. The great point is to bring them the real facts.
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Creative people are more prone to depression.
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I can be very ordinary looking.
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There's this sort of cloud that hangs where people are like: 'How long can you keep the heat of 'Homeland' going?' People have short memories is the truth, and Hollywood loves the new and shiny.
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I just happen to have one of those skill sets that allows me to work in my underwear.
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Where a city is only focused on one aspect, it becomes a city without a soul, not a city people want to live in.
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With only 2 percent of the world's proven reserves of oil, we in the United States can pump until we are blue in the face and it will not change the fact that we need more diverse and more secure sources of energy.
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I hold this to be the highest task for a bond between two people: that each protects the solitude of the other.
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We are like violins. We can be used as doorstops, or we can make music.
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Stephen Colbert used to be my friend. I even signed the poor baby's cast when he hurt his hand.
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It is requisite for the relaxation of the mind that we make use, from time to time, of playful deeds and jokes.
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I want every kid to go to college and be like a normal student. I want them to be able to go to a movie, go to a concert. I want them to be able to have that opportunity. But if you're paying kids, are you going to pay a lineman less than you're paying a quarterback? I don't know how to explain that stuff.
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Pandemonium Magazine, Vol#29 - April 1995: 'Layne Staley Unchained'
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At Christmas you can get real bargains. I saw one item marked down ten dollars. It was a yacht.
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How pleasant is the day when we give up striving to be young-or slender.