William James Quotes
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I think the silences we have on some issues are inductive of the fact that we need to write about them more, but I think there are some issues you have to write in a sensitive way and in a way that respects the reality of the situation. If you can't do that, you should leave them alone.
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For truth is precious and divine, too rich a pearl for carnal swine.
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I'm going to try and model myself after Kurt Russell and Jodie Foster.
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One of my favorite traditions is that my sisters and I, we all wear the same pajamas. I've even still got some from when I was 6. Also, I'll always remember cooking together in the kitchen and that no matter how busy our schedules are, we are all together for Christmas.
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I think any actor just wants to keep working, and for me, I want to work on projects that are with fun people.
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All things in the world come from being. And being comes from non-being.
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Do you think anybody knows that I'm Irish?
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Isn't she lovely made from love?
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We need to commit to serve the Lord and our communities with the same diligence and faith that the pioneers had. We must ever be on our guard that we do not become casual in keeping God's commandments, in abiding by His laws, and in being honest and trustworthy in all that we do.
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I've got a good man. He takes care of me. I don't have to be scared of anything because I know he will kick every ass... disrespect him and you've got a problem.
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It is a life of FAITH, not of intellect and reason, but a life of knowing Who makes us “go.
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We at Chrysler borrow money the old-fashioned way. We pay it back.
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Every TV show is a crapshoot, really. But every once in a while, a show gets anointed as 'the show.'
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Black people watch more television than anybody else, which makes it legitimate to talk about television. Its anesthetizing effect has been quite real. But that concern isn't new.
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I have issued the command, and I'll have anybody who utters but one word of criticism executed by a firing squad, that our war aim does not consist in reaching certain lines, but in the physical destruction of the enemy. Accordingly, I have placed my death's-head formation in readiness, for the present only in the East, with orders to them to send to death mercilessly and without compassion, men, women, and children of Polish derivation and language. Only thus shall we gain the living space which we need. Who, after all, speaks today of the annihilation of the Armenians?
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There is no us, and you know that as well as I do. There can’t be. This is just a dream we’re having. While all our friends sleep.
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The greatest threat to civility - and ultimately civilization - is an excess of certitude. The world is much menaced just now by people who think that the world and their duties in it are clear and simple. They are certain that they know what - who - created the universe and what this creator wants them to do to make our little speck in the universe perfect, even if extreme measures - even violence - are required.
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... the intellect, everywhere invasive, shows everywhere its shallowing effect.
