William James Quotes
How many of us persist in a precipitate course which, but for a moment of heedlessness we might never have entered upon, simply because we hate to change our minds.
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Art breathes into life a surplus that is both vital and extraordinary.
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I am not saying we are categorizing Ellen White in the biblical context of a false prophet.
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I am fighting vigorously for less spending, less waste and limited government. I strongly believe that the more government grows, the less freedom Americans have.
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These activists who support immigrants inadvertently become part of this international human-smuggling network.
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And for the few that only lend their ear, That few is all the world.
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Our duties and responsibilities as human beings must be shown to be so incontrovertible that even atheists must recognize them. There are ultimate taboos.
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A career in sport is almost impossible to manage without the support, and guidance, and reassurance of family and friends. During tough times, and there always are, this is whom we go to.
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I never know what is going to have that 'X' factor and what isn't.
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It may well be our brains are wired up to be slightly more optimistic than they should be.
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When I was a kid, I read many of my mom's books. Sometimes, there were mysteries, but there were no delineations, and my mother never talked about book genres. Nor did we differentiate genres in school.
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Enable every woman who can work to take her place on the labour front, under the principle of equal pay for equal work.
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Within a lot of African-American households, I think, there's an idea that black men don't want to take an active participation in the lives of their children. That if they do, there has to be some sort of ulterior motive.
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The Japanese bureaucracy is unique. It is also very powerful, although it is now the object of so much criticism. Many of Japan's brightest made it a pillar of strength and continuity.
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We are driven by providing technology to enterprise customers.
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I don't wanna be Courtney Love - I wanna be Kurt Cobain.
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Ghostery lets you spy on the spies in your computer. For each web page you visit, this extension uncloaks some - but not all - of the invisible tracking software that is working behind the scenes.
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Negligence is the rust of the soul, that corrodes through all her best resolves.
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The gifts of nature are infinite in their variety, and mind differs from mind almost as much as body from body.
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I always knew that if I was ever going to perform something that I wrote in front of an audience, I was going to do the thing I most like to experience as an audience member, which is to be tricked.
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It's curious how we act in moments of personal despair.
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Ladies like improv stilts, and I think men like improv giant cocks. But one of the great things about improv is that you get to play some roles you'd never get to play otherwise, you know, like the old Italian pizza-maker who's passing on the business down to his son. You get to play it all when you improvise.
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In order to get around the $500 cap, it's common knowledge that either potential candidates or public officials simply create these organizations, accumulate large sums of money which are then used in support of their campaign or to contribute to their campaign. They were trying to close that loophole.
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The heart is cooking a pot of food for you. Be patient until it is cooked
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How many of us persist in a precipitate course which, but for a moment of heedlessness we might never have entered upon, simply because we hate to change our minds.
