William James Quotes
As a rule we disbelieve all the facts and theories for which we have no use.
William James
Quotes to Explore
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I always wanted to go to the Chavez school but I could never afford it when I was growing up so a lot of my learning came from magic books and watching other magicians. I was also very lucky that I had a couple of really good magic teachers.
Lance Burton
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To me, there's no point in writing merely to entertain.
Bebe Moore Campbell
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My job in this life is to give people spiritual ecstasy through music. In my concerts people cry, laugh, dance. If they climaxed spiritually, I did my job. I did it decently and honestly.
Carlos Santana
Santana
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In Hollywood, there's a network of creative executives, and when they hear something is good, it catches fire.
Patrick Whitesell
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I have never liked the 'Been there done that' thing... You hear that all the time from people, and I think it's just based on pure insecurity... Each person is going to have their own unique take on something.
Rachel Kushner
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There are goods so opposed that we cannot seize both, but, by too much prudence, may pass between them at too great a distance to reach either.
Samuel Johnson
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So I have this ability, if I may say so, to spot talent.
Sally Kirkland
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I grew up playing hockey and some football, and I always think about the first time you walk into the locker room on a new team. The cliques are looking at you funny, and you make one friend, but then they're trying to stab you in the back.
Aaron Douglas
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It was always my dream to write for a living.
Karin Slaughter
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When the dog looks at you, the dog is not thinking what kind of a person you are. The dog is not judging you.
Eckhart Tolle
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My current companion, Gerard de Battista, is the father of my two sons.
Victoria Abril
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Oddly, a search for 'jeggings' in my email inbox shows that my first exposure to the phenomenon came from - wait for it - Mike Allen of 'Politico,' who helpfully explained the concept on December 20, 2009.
Rachel Sklar
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I'm worried a lot of our work day as artists is a producer's creation - not an artist's creation.
Garth Brooks
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The distinction between reality and fiction in America seems like it is becoming really blurry. With its religious fanaticism, reality TV programs and fake news broadcasts being aired by the government, the States feel like they are entering the Dark Ages.
Dana Schutz
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I have had a few turning points, the first day I entered a gymnastics school at age 6.
Nadia Comaneci
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Ultimately, our goal was to be a band and be recognized for our songs and making records. And I think that has been the case.
Isaac Hanson
Hanson
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The ideals of the party were close to me, and I have tried to adhere to those principles all my life. In essence, they are the same as in the Ten Commandments in the Bible. I will never change my convictions.
Valentina Tereshkova
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When I was a kid, we weren't really supposed to listen to secular music. But one day, I found a 'Led Zeppelin IV' cassette tape in the garage, and it was just amazing-sounding music, not like anything I'd heard before. I remember thinking: 'Well, if God created music, why is his music in church not as good as this?'
Nathaniel Rateliff
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For these beings, fall is ever the normal season, the only weather, there be no choice beyond. Where do they come from? The dust. Where do they go? The grave. Does blood stir their veins? No: the night wind. What ticks in their head? The worm. What speaks from their mouth? The toad. What sees from their eye? The snake. What hears with their ear? The abyss between the stars. They sift the human storm for souls, eat flesh of reason, fill tombs with sinners. They frenzy forth. Such are the autumn people.
Ray Bradbury
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You can do anything as long as you have the passion, the drive, the focus, and the support.
Sabrina Bryan
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I'm tired of being your best friend. I'm tired of being second best. I won't settle for that anymore. It's all or nothing, Schuyler. You have to decide. Him or me. - Oliver Hazzard-Perry
Melissa de la Cruz
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Human society is part of the general order, and the more our knowledge increases the less we are inclined to believe that the birth or death of princes, the rise or fall of millionaires, are matters that cause the sun to stand still or even produce the appearance of comets in the sky.
Arthur Alfred Lynch
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You are young. No hungry generations tread you down.... The past does not mock you with the ruins of a beauty the secret of whose creation you have lost...
Oscar Wilde
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As a rule we disbelieve all the facts and theories for which we have no use.
William James
