William James Quotes
Our belief at the beginning of a doubtful undertaking is the one thing that assures the successful outcome of any venture.
William James
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I grew up hiking and horseback riding in Tennessee, so I love being outside. I will joyfully run 12 miles, but I'm not very good at boot camps. When they start yelling, I start laughing.
Rachel Boston
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The mind moves in the direction of our currently dominant thoughts.
Earl Nightingale
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If anyone has followed my career, they know that there's been a lot of obstacles and a lot of ups and down through my career. But day in and day out, and in the square circle, I went out there and always did my best.
Floyd Mayweather, Jr.
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The mystery of government is not how Washington works but how to make it stop.
P. J. O'Rourke
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I build community. However, I do it wearing a number of hats.
Cameron Sinclair
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On 'Death Valley,' I fought this werewolf, and he was picking me up and slamming me down. They put padding down in the garbage so he could really slam me down. They're flying around and I'm doing these jumping flying triangles pulling the guy down. It's just fun.
Caity Lotz
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Evidence points out that if you raise tariffs too much it will increase smuggling.
P. Chidambaram
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As the future is never known with certainty, the evaluation of the prospective benefits requires the formation of expectations. An acceptable house, partner or job, then, is one that offers an expected stream of future benefit that has a value in excess of the option to continue to search for an even better alternative.
Dale T. Mortensen
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Eventually, I decided that if I was going to really write a novel, I couldn't do it in New York City while holding down a job. You need a constant money source to live in New York City unless you're independently wealthy, which I'm not.
Rachel Kushner
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I suppose leadership at one time meant muscles; but today it means getting along with people.
Mahatma Gandhi
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I try to get them to remember that they're not just athletes, but student-athletes.
Earl Campbell
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The experts who managed the original Marshall Plan say Afghanistan needs a commitment of at least $5 to $10 billion over 5 to 10 years, coupled with occupation forces of 250,000 Allied soldiers to keep the peace throughout the country.
Ted Rall
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Yesterday, the Pentagon warned U.S. reporters that they should get out of Baghdad as soon as possible because the U.S. could attack at any time. Then the Pentagon added, 'Whatever you do, don't tell Geraldo.'
Conan O'Brien
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I've always had ambition, and the acting was successful and put my name on the map, but it was never the plan to stop there.
Idris Elba
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Only in movement do we find the true essence of things. Today we can no longer believe in permanent laws, defined religions, durable architecture or eternal kingdoms. Immutability does not exist. All is movement. All is static.
Jean Tinguely
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I think playback singing has a lot to do with voice acting. I would suggest to all the youngsters to understand the character, situation, and the story behind the songs. That is when you can add soul to the rendition which, I think, is missing in today's music.
Lata Mangeshkar
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If you want a transcript of tonight's program, get a pen and write down everything I said.
Kevin Nealon
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Our belief at the beginning of a doubtful undertaking is the one thing that assures the successful outcome of any venture.
William James
