William James Quotes
A new idea is first condemned as ridiculous and then dismissed as trivial, until finally, it becomes what everybody knows.William James
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General Giap was one of the most brilliant military strategists of our era, who in Dien Bien Phu was able to place missile launchers in remote, mountainous jungles, something the yankee and European military officers considered impossible.
Fidel Castro -
I don't get offered leading parts. I suppose I've become a kind of character actor or sideman. I think it had to do with probably in the '90s, I refused so many leading roles that they gave up on me, or I just became unpopular, or I became old. All those reasons.
Sam Shepard -
I think most families have a few secrets or some strange aspect to their history. We're all fascinated by family dynamics, but I'd much rather sit in an audience and watch someone else's problems!
Ed Harris -
You're going through the horror of it, you're going through the isolation of it but you're being empowered by reminding yourself that you're connected to everybody else.
Adam Arkin -
I grew up in the '80s. I was a kid, but all my favorite movies came out of that period.
Dan Fogler -
A Nicklaus Design golf course is done by the guys in my company that I work with, that have been trained in my vision, and they do what they think I might do. They might come in the office and ask me questions and I'd certainly answer their questions, but I'm not involved in the site visits or anything else.
Jack Nicklaus
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In the future, I want to have super-fights.
Rafael dos Anjos -
Lesser artists borrow, great artists steal.
Igor Stravinsky -
Luck can be assisted. It is not all chance with the wise.
Baltasar Gracian -
One morning I woke up and was plunged into psychological shock. I had forgotten I was free.
Jack Henry Abbott -
Sex is a bad thing because it rumples the clothes.
Jackie Kennedy -
I learned that we can do anything, but we can't do everything... at least not at the same time. So think of your priorities not in terms of what activities you do, but when you do them. Timing is everything.
Dan Millman
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Nothing is as frustrating as arguing with someone who knows what he's talking about.
Sam Ewing -
I'm such a boots-jeans-tops-blazer girl.
Yvonne Strahovski -
I think any artist that's going to become anything in this world faces humility: with great humility comes great success.
Yelawolf -
I saw stars like Helen Hayes, Maurice Evans, Tallulah Bankhead and Cornelia Otis Skinner. It was enchanting. I knew that was the world I wanted to be in.
Sada Thompson -
I was always more interested in story songs, things with a point of view... and things that informed me.
Nanci Griffith -
Disneyland is a work of love. We didn't go into Disneyland just with the idea of making money.
Walt Disney
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Sticking your head in the sand might make you feel safer, but it’s not going to protect you from the coming storm.
Barack Obama -
When you develop yourself to the point where your belief in yourself is so strong that you know that you can accomplish anything you put your mind to, your future will be unlimited.
Brian Tracy -
It has been a long trip," said Milo, climbing onto the couch where the princesses sat; "but we would have been here much sooner if I hadn't made so many mistakes. I'm afraid it's all my fault.
Norton Juster -
I think the fact that we, as writers, don't engage with resource-level questions is a symptom of our society where we just don't know where our stuff comes from.
Paolo Bacigalupi -
A new idea is first condemned as ridiculous and then dismissed as trivial, until finally, it becomes what everybody knows.
William James