William James Quotes
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Fitzgerald was a modernist.
Baz Luhrmann -
I come bearing an olive branch in one hand, and the freedom fighter's gun in the other. Do not let the olive branch fall from my hand.
Yasser Arafat -
The mystery of government is not how Washington works but how to make it stop.
P. J. O'Rourke -
Literature is one of the most interesting and significant expressions of humanity.
P. T. Barnum -
The cultural decoding that many American writers require has become an even harder task in the age of globalisation. The experience they describe has grown more private; its essential background, the busy larger world, has receded.
Pankaj Mishra -
I tried to play rugby but was never very good.
Ralph Fiennes
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I love comedy; I'm very goofy and spontaneous.
Victoria Justice -
After conducting Wagner, Beethoven's triple concerto is like taking an Alka Seltzer.
Zubin Mehta -
The thing about being a mystery writer, what marks a mystery writer out from a chick lit author or historical fiction writer, is that you always find a mystery in every situation.
Tana French -
Going to hospital is rather like going to an alien planet.
Quentin Blake -
When kids are met with the highest expectations and given the extra supports they need, they can be as motivated as kids anywhere.
Wendy Kopp -
Women are, in my view, natural peacemakers. As givers and nurturers of life, through their focus on human relationships and their engagement with the demanding work of raising children and protecting family life, they develop a deep sense of empathy that cuts through to underlying human realities.
Daisaku Ikeda
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Anyone who reads my work will see that there are often difficult relationships between fathers and sons.
Salman Rushdie -
It's a weird scene. You win a few baseball games and all of a sudden you're surrounded by reporters and TV men with cameras asking you about Vietnam and race relations.
Vida Blue -
Touring is an incredibly isolated situation. I don't know how people tour for years on end. You find a lot of people who can't stop touring, and it's because they don't know how to come back into life. It's sort of unreal.
Kate Bush -
Conversations about money certainly are not sexy, but they should give each of you some clarity and enable you to enter into your marriage with a better understanding of each other and what is important. Work and home responsibilities, joint or separate accounts, budgets, etc. are all subjects which should be discussed.
Laura Wasser -
In the '60s, I did many satirical portraits of dictators.
Fernando Botero -
I believe the classified section of a newspaper - especially the 'Business Opportunities' column - can tell you more about your city 'business-wise' than any other publication.
E. Joseph Cossman
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I was partly old-fashioned and partly modern.
Eric Allin Cornell -
We would normally play it to Cynthia or whoever was around
Paul McCartney The Beatles -
Two actors that I had particularly fantastic experiences with include Chris Doubek, a notable indie journeyman who also happened to live in the trailer behind my house, and Violett Beane.
Keith Maitland -
I don't know of a soul who packed more living into 72 years than Charles Lindbergh did.
A. Scott Berg -
My style was established in the Forties and Fifties, then got dragged through the decades and picked up a couple more things on the way.
Andra Day -
Tell him to live by yes and no - yes to everything good, no to everything bad.
William James