William James Quotes
Our lives are like islands in the sea, or like trees in the forest. The maple and the pine may whisper to each other with their leaves ... But the trees also commingle their roots in the darkness underground, and the islands also hang together through the ocean's bottom.
Quotes to Explore
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There is definitely a way in which women are raised to be less proactive, less business-oriented, and less willing to jump into creative no man's land. I think media has more of an influence on how we perceive gender identity than anything else.
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I really found this campaign odious. I couldn't get up for it. The quality of the candidates and the campaign, I just found the whole thing second-rate. I didn't know how to explain to my granddaughter that I was spending my dotage writing about Al Gore and George W. Bush.
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I'm always on the phone because I'm usually not with the people I want to be with.
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I never pile a plate to the point where it overflows. I'd rather have a small plate with small portions and then get up for more if I'm still hungry.
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When you've heard one bagpipe tune, you've heard them both.
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My first name, with the rare two-r spelling, came from a sportswriter named Garry Schumacher. My parents didn't know him personally, but my mother liked the spelling.
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I chose the most explosive dress I could find. I put a ton of makeup on and some great round earrings. I looked like Jennifer Jones in Duel in the Sun.
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I have perfectly symmetrical ankles.
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We are constantly competing with the monsters from the id.
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I've been grateful that 'Time's' reach and mandate is so broad; anything you're interested in, you can usually write about.
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In Hollywood, the women are all peaches. It makes one long for an apple occasionally.
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People come up to me in bars and on street corners and they say to me, 'Hey, Paulsen, have you got any change?'
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Cuba never had advisors in Vietnam. The military there knew very well how to conduct their war.
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I've got a publicist at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt who's been working little miracles for me, but it's true the budgets aren't what they once were in terms of advertisement and book tours.
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So a failed movie is not going to ruin my career.
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When I have an argument with someone, even with someone I am not very close with, I can't sleep at night thinking about it. It's terrible. But I still manage speak out frankly because I have also been gifted with the ability to read people. I can sense when they start to get irritated with me, and then, I shift.
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I believe in glamour. I am in favor of a little vanity. I don't rely on just my genes.
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My instinct is to write under the cloak of an opaque historical setting.
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As a business person, I want the world to share the prosperity together.
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There is a very big difference between writing for children and writing for young adults. The first thing I would say is that 'Young Adult' does not mean 'Older Children', it really does mean young but adult, and the category should be seen as a subset of adult literature, not of children's books.
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The last few years I became a lot more into sports. Growing up, the sports I liked were independent sports, like skateboarding. I was really into skateboarding, and not necessarily team televised sports.
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I can certainly put myself in Israel's shoes. They are humans just like we are. They want peace and security inside their borders.
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People have given their lives to this industry to make movies compelling.
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Our lives are like islands in the sea, or like trees in the forest. The maple and the pine may whisper to each other with their leaves ... But the trees also commingle their roots in the darkness underground, and the islands also hang together through the ocean's bottom.
