William James Quotes
In the last analysis, then, we believe that we all know and think about and talk about the same world because we believe our PERCEPTS are possessed by us in common
Quotes to Explore
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One does a whole painting for one peach and people think just the opposite - that particular peach is but a detail.
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Bulls can do nothing to demand justice. They can only defend themselves as best they can in a fight with a pre-determined ending and die never knowing why they were forced to endure such a painful and prolonged death. It's up to us, as a civilized society, to call for an end to the Running of the Bulls and bullfighting.
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Every director bites the hand that lays the golden egg.
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I'll promise to go easier on drinking and to get to bed earlier, but not for you, fifty thousand dollars, or two-hundred and fifty thousand dollars will I give up women. They're too much fun.
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We need not worry so much about what man descends from - it's what he descends to that shames the human race.
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I feel quite safe and isolated in Germany. My wife is very well known there. But I am only looked at when I am holding her hand.
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The shoes and the eyes are windows to a woman's spirit.
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The emperor is in the Church, not above the Church.
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If you follow reason far enough it always leads to conclusions that are contrary to reason.
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I have been the last space marine between earth and an alien invasion. I really just don't need to go there anymore.
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As athletes, we all have egos, we all think we can help, and when you're not given that chance, it's hard to watch.
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As the president of Afghanistan I look at the suffering of our people as a whole.
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Forty-five years ago, when I was 18, I came to San Francisco by boat and took two weeks to get here. I had a great impression. I think San Francisco is the welcoming gate for people from Asia.
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Many novice writers try to avoid using 'said' by substituting synonyms: 'he uttered,' 'she murmured,' 'he questioned.' It's true that any word repeated too often becomes monotonous, but substitutions for 'said' can be worse than its repetition.
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You didn't hear anything about 'Celtic Pride' when they had Sidney Wicks and Curtis Rowe and they were only winning 32 games a year.
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Seeing a man praying to Allah is enough for some people to assume he is a terrorist.
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I have loved movies as the number one thing in my life so long that I can't ever remember a time when I didn't.
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The only prize much cared for by the powerful is power.
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I need my time to be lonely.
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I truly hope readers learn to believe in their imaginations and their ability to shape their own lives. That's what 'The Girl Who Smiled Beads' means to me.
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Old maids like the houseless and unemployed poor, should not ask for a place and an occupation in the world: the demand disturbs the happy and the rich.
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I try to act out of faith.
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In the last analysis, then, we believe that we all know and think about and talk about the same world because we believe our PERCEPTS are possessed by us in common
