William James Quotes
Effort is the one strictly undervalued and original contribution we make to this world.
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The use of slave women as day workers naturally broke up or made impossible the normal Negro home, and this and the slave code led to a development of which the South was really ashamed and which it often denied, and yet perfectly evident: the raising of slaves in the Border slave states for systematic sale on the commercialized cotton plantations.
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Time spent on any item of the agenda will be in inverse proportion to the sum involved.
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And it was then that I realized wow, I'm able to write lyrics and sing and stuff like that.
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I didn't write the book to sell the book, but to tell my experiences.
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Americans should be wary of the Muslim Brothers in Egypt but not scared of them.
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The last thing you want to do when you are about to film a scene is think, 'Oh my God, so many people are going to watch this.'
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Maybe I was unpopular a bit because I was a teacher's pet. But even the teachers complained about me. They would say to my parents, 'For every one question any pupil asks, Walter asks 10.'
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He was just trying to tease me - I knew that later - but he said he'd have to leave because it wasn't fair to have anyone in the room who was going to make fun of what he had to say. He had a good sense of humor, really.
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Unfortunately, the Senate Democrats have become an extreme party. They have become a party that has abdicated their responsibilities. Under Harry Reid and the Senate Democrats, we have a do-nothing Senate.
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We all have our strengths and our failings.
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I'm not attached to things at all. I'm very lucky to have quite a few beautiful things, but if I look back at my life, I was often happiest when I had very little.
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There have been weeks when I've not been hydrating properly or not eating properly or training too hard. When I do that, I don't feel good. It has to be the exact formula.
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See, Ebola, like all threats to humanity, it's fueled by mistrust and distraction and division. When we build barriers amongst ourselves, and we fight amongst ourselves, the virus thrives. But unlike all threats to humanity, Ebola is one where we're actually all the same. We're all in this fight together.
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I am forever grateful for 'Cheers.'
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One of the greatest gifts I've ever gotten is my daughter.
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I'm a runner first before anything else.
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I missed the television train at some point. I don't know what happened, but now I've created a complex about it. I'm missing out on what everybody's watching, and now I can't even begin to think about starting to watch a television show because it's been so long. I don't even have a Netflix account.
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I love who I am and I love my life, but if I could be someone else, I'd be Beyonce in two seconds.
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I'm a Mexican girl from California, and I never grew up thinking I could be in a Rodgers and Hammerstein musical. I didn't really see myself in that. Not that I didn't grow up loving Rodgers and Hammerstein, but I don't know - I just never put myself there.
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Praise does wonders for our sense of hearing.
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People have habits about what they think songs should be like. There's the folky thing of: "Poor me, I'm a sensitive person in a cruel world." Or the pop thing of: "Hey, look at me, I'm sexy."
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You have to get up and plant the seed and see if it grows, but you can't just wait around, you have to water it and take care of it.
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I know a lot of people would disagree with this, and I understand that. For me, personally, I felt like it was a decision that I had to make. I think we've got a situation where two quarterbacks can win ball games for us. ... I know this is something that Patrick doesn't agree with - he's a very competitive guy - but it's something we're going to have to work through.
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Effort is the one strictly undervalued and original contribution we make to this world.
