William James Quotes
To some of us the thought of God is like a sort of quiet music playing in the background of the mind.
Quotes to Explore
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Republicans rarely criticize Obama for lack of empathy - in part because liberals have traditionally been seen as standing up for the weak and the vulnerable. Conservatives can be just as empathetic. But they believe that, in most cases, it's not government's role to be the primary dispenser of empathy.
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Democracy opens new vistas and opportunities. We should use the opportunities it offers to correct past mistakes not to blunder anew.
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It's great when a director like Cameron Crowe can take what you do and fit it into what he's doing. If someone's a fan of you already, they can take what you do and make it work for what they're doing. You don't know their vision, and you're thinking, 'How is this guy going to take what I do and make it work in this movie?'
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My public in Guadalajara and the people from Guadalajara, they've supported me since day one.
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I'm not much of a jokester.
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These activists who support immigrants inadvertently become part of this international human-smuggling network.
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I write 'by the seat of my pants.' I love to do research. I am inspired by contemporary writers and contemporary events. I live in the real world.
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My mom has helped me nurture my interest and hone my talent.
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I am interested in the way that we look at a given landscape and take possession of it in our blood and brain. None of us lives apart from the land entirely; such an isolation is unimaginable.
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I laugh at what I used to think was cool when I was growing up. In all seriousness, I thought having braces was cool.
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If I could gain 1,000 pounds and be healthy, I would love to do that.
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It may well be our brains are wired up to be slightly more optimistic than they should be.
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In dating, the question is how many Tinder knockoffs are we going to have, and are any of them going to take off?
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I am so proud of being a Paralympian because I think the Games are a very good platform for disabled persons to perform themselves. Within the Paralympics movement, it's not just talk about excellence; it's not just talk about the competition. It's also talk about the equality and how your world accepts those disabled people.
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If an organization values innovation, you can assume it's safe to speak up with new ideas, leaders will listen, and your voice matters.
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There are no limits to our future if we don't put limits on our people.
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Where I live, nobody who's fourteen is having sex and doing major drugs. And I think if you see it in the movies, you may be influenced by it. I think it's so important to preserve your innocence.
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A theory is no more like a fact than a photograph is like a person.
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Oh external worshiper, know that worship without heart is motions. Oh seeker of knowledge, know that knowledge without purification is a dangerous weapon of the ego. Oh activist, know that work without orientation of heart is fruitless. Oh lover, know that love without God is pain.
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My position is a naturalistic one; I see philosophy not as an a priori propaedeutic or groundwork for science, but as continuous with science. I see philosophy and science as in the same boat--a boat which, to revert to Neurath's figure as I so often do, we can rebuild only at sea while staying afloat in it. There is no external vantage point, no first philosophy.
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Everyone has this vision of Jones as a maniacal ogre. Wrong. He was charming, sweet, and a fabulous speaker.
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The most powerful force in the world is compound interest.
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Small amounts of philosophy lead to atheism, but larger amounts bring us back to God.
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To some of us the thought of God is like a sort of quiet music playing in the background of the mind.
