William James Quotes
The most ancient parts of truth . . . also once were plastic. They also were called true for human reasons. They also mediated between still earlier truths and what in those days were novel observations. Purely objective truth, truth in whose establishment the function of giving human satisfaction in marrying previous parts of experience with newer parts played no role whatsoever, is nowhere to be found. The reasons why we call things true is the reason why they are true, for to be true means only to perform this marriage-function.
Quotes to Explore
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I do have friends who make movies, but for the most part, I never really wanted to feel like I was part of an industry.
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I doubt I'll ever have another traditional print deal.
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There are really two kinds of optimism. There's the complacent, Pollyanna optimism that says, 'Don't worry - everything will be just fine,' and that allows one to just lay back and do nothing about the problems around you. Then there's what we call dynamic optimism. That's an optimism based on action.
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Susan B. Anthony must be turning in her grave if she knew that millions of women who have the right to vote are not exercising it. Why? Because they haven't got the interest or the time, or they have just given up hope.
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During a movie, chemistry is so important, and yet they just assume actors can fake their way through it. That doesn't always work.
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To avoid being mistaken for a sellout, I chose my friends carefully. The more politically active black students. The foreign students. The Chicanos. The Marxist professors and structural feminists and punk-rock performance poets.
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Basically, I have a gift as an actress, and I want to present the sophisticated side of me as an actress and a person.
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I just do whatever I do, and put it out there without tryin' to cater to anybody. If you like it, you like it.
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A 'conservative believer' must be someone who believes that Jesus was truly human as well as truly divine.
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Only he can take great resolves who has indomitable faith in God and has fear of God.
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Creative people are more prone to depression.
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Freedom is never dear at any price. It is the breath of life. What would a man not pay for living?
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We are like violins. We can be used as doorstops, or we can make music.
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I'm just trying to say that it should reassure us that the inevitable traumas of being human do end up producing some good. Otherwise, the human condition is overwhelmingly depressing.
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I'm not going to be horrible just for the sake of having attitude or make other people feel small just to make me feel bigger.
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Kindness and intelligence don't always deliver us from the pitfalls and traps: there are always failures of love, of will, of imagination. There is no way to take the danger out of human relationships.
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A true community is not just about being geographically close to someone or part of the same social web network. It's about feeling connected and responsible for what happens. Humanity is our ultimate community, and everyone plays a crucial role.
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I have jeggings to wear and worlds to conquer.
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The words of truth are always paradoxical.
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Americans are somehow obsessed with her, and something about me hit a spot with people in Japan.
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The world is filled with successful small businesses that stay small.
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The basic idea underlying religion is to create an atmosphere for the spiritual development of the individual. This being the situation, it is clear that you cannot develop your personality at all in Hinduism.
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The Romans held Britain from the invasion of Julius Caesar till their voluntary withdrawal from the island, A.D. 420,- that is, about five hundred years.
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The most ancient parts of truth . . . also once were plastic. They also were called true for human reasons. They also mediated between still earlier truths and what in those days were novel observations. Purely objective truth, truth in whose establishment the function of giving human satisfaction in marrying previous parts of experience with newer parts played no role whatsoever, is nowhere to be found. The reasons why we call things true is the reason why they are true, for to be true means only to perform this marriage-function.
