William James Quotes
First... a new theory is attacked as absurd; then it is admitted to be true, but obvious and insignificant; finally it is seen to be so important that its adversaries claim that they themselves discovered it.William James
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Kings are more prone to mistrust the good than the bad; and they are always afraid of the virtues of others.
Sallust -
Be present. Be meditative. Form real friendships. Stay away from business networking events or friendships where there is always an underlying business angle.
Naval Ravikant -
For about 175,000 people, Chiranjeevi Blood Bank has supplied blood for free in times of emergency. This is because of the service-oriented attitude of Mega fans.
Ram Charan -
Take the attitude of a student, never be too big to ask questions, never know too much to learn something new.
Og Mandino -
Whether or not we establish freedom rests with ourselves.
Florence Ellinwood Allen -
It's very easy to have slogans and rhetoric that people will follow, but eventually the slogans fall away.
Saad Hariri
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Me writing about tennis is like a baker baking bread.
Ion Tiriac -
Language as a communication tool is the primary element from which literature is created. Even in pre-literate societies, it exists as songs, riddles, or epics that are chanted.
F. Sionil Jose -
You know, we don't have any decorative sprigs of rosemary; we're not placing little matchstick radishes onto an hors d'oeuvre... The food's gotta taste good. The concept's gotta taste good.
Nadia Giosia -
I have a little basement studio set up here at my house, and I do probably 80 percent of the recording here on my own. With multi-tracking technology, I can play various parts on top of one another.
Washed Out -
Sometimes I can be misunderstood. I'm really competitive.
Ed Belfour -
Looking at the way the game is played, I'm envious of the conditions. We played on some ropey World Cup surfaces. I genuinely never look back and wish I earned the money they do today, but I do think of that element.
Gary Lineker
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Horrors, I believe, should be original - the use of common myths and legends being a weakening influence.
H. P. Lovecraft -
I think that art is still a site for resistance and for the telling of various stories, for validating certain subjectivities we normally overlook. I'm trying to be affective, to suggest changes, and to resist what I feel are the tyrannies of social life on a certain level.
Barbara Kruger -
I don't like to take a lot of stuff since I'm really sensitive to medications.
Kate Walsh -
I would be the worst acting coach ever, because I have no idea what I'm doing.
Aaron Douglas -
I am sure it does not hurt that Mitt Romney is my dad. I'm sure it's opened a lot of doors for me. But I think I've been pretty effective once I've gotten through the door at doing a pretty good job.
Tagg Romney -
I grew up in a two-parent household. We all played sports, all sports, which cost a lot of money. My pops was an attorney; he went to College of the Holy Cross with Clarence Thomas. My mom worked a bit, then gradually came home and took care of us full time.
Omari Hardwick
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My mum has lived in Australia for 22 years now, and we have a rocky relationship. But at the same time it's one I want to maintain. I need her to be my mum. The relationship took a lot of rebuilding.
Sam Taylor-Wood -
I like the type of culture that the Internet allows to happen. And, of course, for some bizarre reason, that is cats!
Cory Arcangel -
If you calculate the price of everything in this world, you will miss out on the real important things.5
Lee Hsien Loong -
I live the life of a farmer. I don't see how I could wear Lagerfeld's designs while feeding my goats. I have respect for Lagerfeld as a man, but I would have so much more for him if he, in turn, respected animals. We do not live in the same world.
Brigitte Bardot -
First... a new theory is attacked as absurd; then it is admitted to be true, but obvious and insignificant; finally it is seen to be so important that its adversaries claim that they themselves discovered it.
William James