William James Quotes
We never fully grasp the import of any true statement until we have a clear notion of what the opposite untrue statement would be.
Quotes to Explore
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If men can quilt and take over the kitchen, then women can pick up a wrench and fix a leaky pipe.
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I think country needs to have a sporting culture. I think if sports were taken as curriculum in school and are encouraged in right way like government of Maharashtra and Haryana have done given Marks for Sports and encouraging them with good jobs.
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You don't go into politics unless you want to win.
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So smoking is the perfect way to commit suicide without actually dying. I smoke because it's bad, it's really simple.
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People are intrigued when they discover you date a footballer - women especially.
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I never quite toed the line. I was a bit disruptive. All my early school reports from the age of 5 were 'Daniel must learn not to distract others.' And now, that's what I do for a living.
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Only the consciousness of a purpose that is mightier than any man and worthy of all men can fortify and inspirit and compose the souls of men.
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All Hollywood corrupts; and absolute Hollywood corrupts absolutely.
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I punish myself more than anybody else does if I am stupid about my actions, and I suffer, really suffer.
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In a city, it's very hard to do a restaurant, an avant-garde-cuisine restaurant, where each year you need to change the whole menu.
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I'm not super into sports.
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I've always felt so fortunate to have writing to turn to every day. I'm obsessed with it.
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That's what's interesting about the Lower East Side: It's New York, but it's also edgy. It's not as stuffy as Tribeca or Soho.
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That's just a symbol of how you should deal with a breakup. You can cry for a little bit, eat some ice cream, but I think, after that, it's like, get up, listen to some powerful music and do something that makes you happy, be productive.
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Wherever I go, people recognize me, call my name, cheer me.
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Public appearances are a headache. I hold mine down to a minimum.
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Food is not a means toward resolution. It can't cure heartbreak or solve untenable dilemmas.
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You'll see a lot more blood in 'Saw' movies or something like that than you will in either of the 'Last House' movies. I kind of think it owes more to 'The Virgin Spring' which is the original source material, the Bergman movie.
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Boys in their twenties are a waste of time. They have nothing to offer conversationally; they're immature. I feel like I have a better shot with someone in his thirties.
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I have very strongly this feeling... that our everyday life is at one and the same time banal, overfamiliar, platitudinous and yet mysterious and extraordinary.
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People enjoy making fun of people who are famous; they love putting people down.
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He who remains unmarried impairs the divine image.
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Truth is not always injured by fiction.
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We never fully grasp the import of any true statement until we have a clear notion of what the opposite untrue statement would be.
