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 commonWilliam James
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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.
Pablo Picasso -
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.
Ingrid Newkirk -
Every director bites the hand that lays the golden egg.
Samuel Goldwyn -
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.
Babe Ruth -
We need not worry so much about what man descends from - it's what he descends to that shames the human race.
Hal Boyle -
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.
Sam Riley
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The shoes and the eyes are windows to a woman's spirit.
Edgardo Osorio -
If you follow reason far enough it always leads to conclusions that are contrary to reason.
Samuel Butler -
I have been the last space marine between earth and an alien invasion. I really just don't need to go there anymore.
Warren Spector -
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.
Landon Donovan -
As the president of Afghanistan I look at the suffering of our people as a whole.
Hamid Karzai -
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.
Tadashi Yanai
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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.
Nancy Kress -
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.
Jack Ramsay -
Seeing a man praying to Allah is enough for some people to assume he is a terrorist.
Damian Lewis -
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.
Quentin Tarantino -
The only prize much cared for by the powerful is power.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. -
People only watch my shows for me, and those shows have remained evergreen long after the guests are forgotten.
Barry Humphries
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I say I'm 5 feet 12 inches. I'm definitely 6 feet. In my heels, I'm 6 feet 3 inches.
Allison Janney -
The overwhelming number of police officers in Chicago are doing good work under difficult conditions. They put their lives on the line every day in situations none of us can fully comprehend or appreciate.
Rahm Emanuel -
Look at the movies of the sixties and seventies. They were making a different kind of movie then. Would 'Network' ever be made now? No. Would 'Kramer vs. Kramer' ever be made now? No. Would 'Tootsie' ever be made now? Probably not. Robert Altman films? Never.
Chris Pine -
Nothing is as good as it seems and nothing is as bad, but somewhere between reality falls.
Lou Holtz -
I claim to have been a lifelong and wholly disinterested friend of the British people.
Mahatma Gandhi -
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
William James