William James Quotes
In the deepest heart of all of us there is a corner in which the ultimate mystery of things works sadly.
William James
Quotes to Explore
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So many boys and girls talk the same way, listen to the same music, look the same. If I'm out, I'll notice the person who looks different before I notice the person who's, 'really hot.'
Jack Antonoff
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As the ancient commander addressed his soldiers before battle, so should the moralist speak to men in the struggle of the era.
Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
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At 10, I heard Neil Diamond's 'Solitary Man' and it moved me so deeply I stood, frozen in place during school recess, feeling such empathy for the narrator in Diamond's masterpiece that my heart was smashed.
Dan Hill
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Michael Lewis has the amazing ability to take complex formulas and concepts and turn them into page-turners.
Adam McKay
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I often feel like not writing! Sometimes I overcome it by just sitting there until writing happens. Sometimes I don't write, because books often need periods of percolation.
Nancy Pickard
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I didn't do it, nobody saw me do it, there's no way you can prove anything!
Nancy Cartwright
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When you write a story, it just flows and you don't control it. It's subconscious.
Imtiaz Ali
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I always knew I was a writer. And I always thought to myself, 'Well, why not me?' Someone has to be on the best-seller list, 'Why not me?' Someone has to write for the 'New Yorker,' 'Why not me?' And I didn't really get much positive reinforcement as a kid, so I thought, 'Well let me show you what I can do.'
Elizabeth Wurtzel
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Love sees with the heart and not with mind.
William Shakespeare
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The phrase 'mad as a hatter' was coined because hat makers were poisoned by the high levels of mercury used in felt processing; these workers developed a strange, uneven gait as well as strange alterations in their personalities - traits that resembled mental instability.
Frances Beinecke
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Doubleday is used to my talking about manners because I am, after all, known for that, and that's my persona.
Letitia Baldrige
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In the deepest heart of all of us there is a corner in which the ultimate mystery of things works sadly.
William James