William James Quotes
He who refuses to embrace a unique opportunity loses the prize as surely as if he had failed.
William James
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When I first got back from the war, I said, 'I'm gonna write the Great American Novel about the Vietnam War.' So I sat down and wrote 1,700 pages of sheer psychotherapy drivel. It was first person, and there would be pages about wet socks and cold feet.
Karl Marlantes
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But now that I'm a blonde, guys are so blatant about coming on to me.
Laura Prepon
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I don't think at Pixar we'd ever make something that was too scary for general audiences.
Dan Scanlon
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I don't think about the future. I don't think about the past. I just think of what comes into my head at the time. So that might be about the past, that might be about the future. Or, the present.
Yoko Ono
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I'd say, if you want to be an artist, start with your art; start with making great music and it will, hopefully, eventually cut through all of the nonsense that is out there.
Queen Latifah
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Everyone always says, 'When you look at a boy band, one of them has to be gay.' No, they don't.
AJ McLean
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Mr. Obama's approach to engagement to some degree makes him dependent on people who wish neither him nor America well. This doesn't have to end badly and I hope that it doesn't - but it's not an ideal position after one's first year in power.
Walter Russell Mead
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I think I'm a good judge of character.
Tamara Ecclestone
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One must act in painting as in life, directly.
Pablo Picasso
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In Valdosta, Ga., during a mini-tour event, a player named James Black bet me $20 he could put five golf balls in his mouth and then close his mouth all the way. I tried it but could get only two in there.
Gary McCord
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Facts are, directors are not thinking of me; they think I only act in my films, because they're stupid. Or they think I'm a control freak, that I will try to, I don't know, pimp their scripts and just change everything, which I will never do.
Xavier Dolan
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Everyone should change; otherwise, you can't grow as a person in life.
Mahesh Babu
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Man ... can go up against gravitation in a balloon, and why should he not hope that ultimately he may be able to stop or accelerate his drift along the Time-Dimension, or even turn about and travel the other way.
H. G. Wells
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We're at unique point in history where the things that we are building are going to significantly impact our social, political, economical, and personal lives.
Anita Borg
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The advice that I can give anyone wanting to be in the biz: do all the work, learn your craft. There are no shortcuts. If you stay with it, you will get an opportunity.
Christopher Judge
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A lot of my fans, and a lot of country music fans, they still wear boots.
Jon Pardi
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Inconsistency on the part of pastors and the faithful between what they say and what they do, between word and manner of life, is undermining the Church's credibility.
Pope Francis
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He who refuses to embrace a unique opportunity loses the prize as surely as if he had failed.
William James
