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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I'm not ridiculously wealthy, but I don't squander money either.
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Burdens are for shoulders strong enough to carry them.
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Our intellect is not the most subtle, the most powerful, the most appropriate, instrument for revealing the truth. It is life that, little by little, example by example, permits us to see that what is most important to our heart, or to our mind, is learned not by reasoning but through other agencies. Then it is that the intellect, observing their superiority, abdicates its control to them upon reasoned grounds and agrees to become their collaborator and lackey.
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You who have received so much love, show your love by protecting the sacredness of life. The sacredness of life is the greatest gifts that God has given us.
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He will punish all the evil deeds of men, although they have not been prohibited by a prophet, if common sense warns against them, as e.g., injustice and violence. ...it is distinctly added that he who does a good thing without being commanded, receives nevertheless his reward. The same principle is expressed in all the sayings of our Sages.
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... the intellect, everywhere invasive, shows everywhere its shallowing effect.
