William James Quotes

Could the young but realize how soon they will become mere walking bundles of habits, they would give more heed to their conduct while in the plastic state.

William James

• Giving
• Walking
• Habit
• Realizing

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• My story is endless. I put in a teletype roll, you know, you know what they are, you have them in newspapers, and run it through there and fix the margins and just go, go - just go, go, go.

  

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• I wanted my children to have the same exposure to the water I had. My strongest memories of Northeast Harbor are going in a small Whaler with my dad, looking for osprey.

  

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• I don't really write jokes down. I tend to have a premise that I work out and test on stage.

  

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• I started wearing all black around the time I got into Nirvana. I first heard 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' when I was about 12, and I remember jumping on my bed, so excited about it.

  

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• My health is fine.

  

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• I have been fortunate to experience a wide range of characters. What more can an actor ask for?

  

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• I believe the collapse of the House of Windsor is tied in with the collapse of the Church of England.

  

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• The great mass of women throughout history have been confined to the cultural level of animal life in providing the male with sexual outlet and exercising the animal functions of reproduction and care of the young.

  

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• I think a lot of playwrights have a script in their bottom drawer that hopefully no one will ever see about a bunch of young people sharing a flat and getting up to crazy stuff.

  

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• I like Disney Channel a lot, and I also like to watch 'Full House.'

  

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• I actually wanted to first direct and produce, but then I got this very cool opportunity to be in front of the camera once.

  

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• Love is the flower of life, and blossoms unexpectedly and without law, and must be plucked where it is found, and enjoyed for the brief hour of its duration.

  

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• I may have had a lot of luck in my life, but I still need to find a challenge in the game.

  

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• Life is just so much fun and so filled with humor.

  

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• If you have read me for any length of time, you know I am less than enthralled with much of what passes for financial news.

  

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• The roundness of life's design may be a sign that there is a presence beyond ourselves.

  

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• I've never been on a television show as a regular before.

  

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• The great thing about revision is that it's your opportunity to fake being brilliant.

  

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• The Chinese have a habit of reading. Many families regard books as the most valuable family asset.

  

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• If my ruling disposition is self-interest, I perceive that everything that happens to me is always for or against my self-interest; if, on the other hand, my ruling disposition is obedience to God, I perceive Him to be at work for my perfecting in everything that happens to me.

  

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• I just see too many people retire and say, 'I'm going to take off, travel, spend time with my family' and they are just miserable. They end up dying. People who work and stay active, and like what they are doing, live longer.

  

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• Could the young but realize how soon they will become mere walking bundles of habits, they would give more heed to their conduct while in the plastic state.

  

  William James
  • Giving
  • Walking
  • Habit