William James Quotes
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My folks were drunks, and I had a rough childhood - really rough - in fact, rougher than I thought about.
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Since I started playing at the Olympics in 2000, I have always wanted to do a dress based on Wonder Woman. It should be interesting to wear. And hopefully, it will get me a gold medal.
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If you're going to learn a new language, you can't try to be perfect. You'll stop yourself from talking. You just have to let go.
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It is not easy to get parts in mainstream films for most people of color. Hollywood and British writers are not writing parts for us, or the directors are not interested in casting us in parts that are color-blind.
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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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What I want is for people to really grab hold of language and not be nervous about it. 'The Word Spy' is all about diving in and playing with words.
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Service to others seems the only intelligent choice for the use of wealth.
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Knowledge has outstripped character development, and the young today are given an education rather than an upbringing.
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Stronger by weakness, wiser men become.
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Let not him who is houseless pull down the house of another, but let him work diligently and build one for himself, thus by example assuring that his own shall be safe from violence when built.
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If people think I look good, it's the make-up.
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I never thought of myself doing period. When you're in your acting classes, and you think about the kind of roles you want to play, it's always 'modern relationship drama'-type things.
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Our music comes from our hearts - and it always has.
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It's every boy's dream to play a superhero.
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If there is to be any hope of prosperity for this country it is by reversing that policy which made us simply the kitchen garden for supplying the British with cheap food.
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I don't want to be satisfied with where I'm at or happy about what I've done. I want to keep pushing it.
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I gave in, and admitted that God was God.
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He who looks the higher is the more highly distinguished, and turning over the great book of nature (which is the proper object of philosophy) is the way to elevate one's gaze.
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There's something so free about being a fan and being enthusiastic about stuff - you attract all the other people who are also loving and enthusiastic when you're sending out signals of love. When you start to communicate cynicism and hatred, it leads you down a completely different path.
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I'm really lucky in that I can do lots of different things. It must be really hard to just be a poet or just be a novelist - a constant cycle of effort and exhaustion and recuperation.
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So there might be a kind of collective effort that allows for those risks to be taken, pose a certain danger but not a suicidal one.
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The blame is his who chooses: God is blameless.
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Your decision to be, have and do something out of ordinary entails facing difficulties that are out of the ordinary as well. Sometimes your greatest asset is simply your ability to stay with it longer than anyone else.
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Keep the faculty of effort alive in you by a little gratuitous exercise every day.
