William James Quotes
We are stereotyped creatures, imitators and copiers of our past selves.
William James
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Right now I'm so old that if I had a big gush of money, I don't know what I'd do with it. I don't travel anymore. I don't need anything, don't want anything. I'd give it to my son, I guess, and let him enjoy it.
Jack Vance
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My big thing is to make sure the lipsticks taste good when you kiss. And, well, so far they taste pretty darn good.
Patrick Dempsey
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I'm one of those pesky Brits.
Damian Lewis
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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.
Garry Marshall
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I'm definitely not a super great guitarist. Ultimately, I just write a lot of love songs.
Vance Joy
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I can change a light fixture, and I can do certain things. But I'm really bad in terms of construction. I can't do any of it on my own.
Nate Berkus
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'Miss Rumphius' has been, perhaps, the closest to my heart. There are, of course, many dissimilarities between me and Alice Rumphius, but, as I worked, she gradually seemed to become my alter ego. Perhaps she had been that right from the start.
Barbara Cooney
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A closed mind is a dying mind.
Edna Ferber
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I have legendary massive breakfasts at hotels. I don't hold back. I'll get there at 7A.M. and I'll be the last out at 11 A.M., having gone up and down the buffet seven times.
Calvin Harris
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In Hollywood, the women are all peaches. It makes one long for an apple occasionally.
W. Somerset Maugham
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My great inspiration has always been Studs Terkel, who is a wonderful American oral historian. He was a radio DJ at first, interviewed a lot of jazz musicians, and at some point started to interview Americans about work.
Hans-Ulrich Obrist
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When I was a kid, I wrote music - from the age of 11 until the age of 18.
Harrison Birtwistle