William James Quotes
The subjectivist in morals, when his moral feelings are at war with the facts about him, is always free to seek harmony by toningdown the sensitiveness of the feelings.
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I suspect I am like most people on the Internet in that I sign up for all sorts of sites and frequently use the same passwords.
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I would say the secret is to be enthusiastic about everything that comes into your life. To care, to care about people. To be excited about everything that comes close to you. I love to read. And I love to write, mostly.
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As patients and consumers, we are better informed today about our health care than any previous generation.
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People are not really that forgiving when they pay for tickets to come see you and you don't show up.
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I don't like possessions.
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The sound of the blades on the ice in the morning is like smelling fresh coffee.
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It's just like heirloom tomatoes; this is heirloom music. We used to have all kinds of diversity in our poultry, in our vegetables, in our fruits, and slowly but surely the monoculture beast comes in. I'm saying that's not a good idea. And if it means that I gotta do it on my own, then I do it on my own.
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For all of the continued awareness of systemic violence and oppression, there isn't a lot of talk about that psychological toll of racism, at least in white circles and white media.
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I think I've been a great citizen.
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I remember my father, who was 'somebody' in the synagogue, bringing home with him one of the poor men who waited outside to be chosen to share the Passover meal. These patriarchal manners I remember well, although there was about them an air of bourgeois benevolence which was somewhat comic.
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One day, I'll be listening to a bunch of Ray Charles, the next day it's nothing but Red Hot Chili Peppers. The next day it might be Tupac all day.
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The soldier who gropes for glory must submit himself to discipline. Subordination gives strength and security to an army. He that will not submit to it when corrected and improved by the experience of ages does not deserve the proud appellation of a soldier.
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We cannot do everything at once, but we can do something at once.
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A safe fairyland is untrue to all worlds.
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I don't want to play games with anybody, to our fans, to Pierre Lacroix, or any other NHL team that might have interest in me.
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I'm pretty good at sticking to what I know. You don't see me social commentating on health-care or presidential debates. I talk about what I know because I'm petrified of being wrong.
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I don't think you can beat your audience over the head with hard-hitting cartoons day after day after day.
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We have fought for social justice. We have fought for economic justice. We have fought for environmental justice. We have fought for criminal justice. Now we must add a new fight - the fight for electoral justice.
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The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are as much every U.S. citizen's wars as they are the veterans' wars. If we don't assume that civilians have just as much ownership and the moral responsibilities that we have as a nation when we embark on something like that, then we're in a very bad situation.
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America and Mexico are both a nation of immigrants and we are a nation of laws and we can act accordingly.
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Only one man ever betrayed my confidence, and that only in a minor matter.
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Each time I make a movie, it's like a paid scholarship to a different university course.
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These days we're all hyper-aware of the canonical way in which stories are supposed to play out - people are taught all about three-act scripting and where to put the reversal and all of that - and I think we can do more interesting narratives.
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The subjectivist in morals, when his moral feelings are at war with the facts about him, is always free to seek harmony by toningdown the sensitiveness of the feelings.
