William James Quotes
In the deepest heart of all of us there is a corner in which the ultimate mystery of things works sadly.
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.'
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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.
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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.
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Michael Lewis has the amazing ability to take complex formulas and concepts and turn them into page-turners.
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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.
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I didn't do it, nobody saw me do it, there's no way you can prove anything!
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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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If your heart is in love, you can do anything.
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The fact is that Superman isn't around because he is the oldest superhero. He's still around because he is a great superhero. He's the guy that spawned the entire genre, and that didn't happen because it was a mediocre idea.
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The ruling in the Paula Jones case is so silly.
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When people are in the midst of really heavy stuff and still have a sense of humor, I admire that.
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Finding your place as an artist is the hardest thing. You come out of college with what feels like a Mickey Mouse degree that qualifies you for nothing in the real world.
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My work is through my emotions, so everything kind of goes together.
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I'm not afraid of death, but I resent it. I think it's unfair and irritating. Every time I see something beautiful, I not only want to return to it, but it makes me want to see other beautiful things. I know I'm not going to get to all the places I want to go.
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Anyone who tells you they don't need to rewrite, they're usually the ones who need it worst.
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I would love to tell you that it's been absolutely perfect, that I've been a man that's been super Christian. But I've had mistakes, dumb things I've regretted, so it's not a perfect life. But it's one that has helped me make better decisions.
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My accent is... sort of an Edinburgh sort of soft southwest Scottish accent. It could almost be English.
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Roger Ballen is pretty much a member of Die Antwoord, it would be safe to say.
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A man that should call everything by its right name would hardly pass the streets without being knocked down as a common enemy.
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I really like accompanying. I like working with vocalists, I've worked with a lot of poets.
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We old bachelors smell like dogs, do we? So be it. But I must take issue with your claim that doctors who treat female illnesses are womanizers and cynics at heart. Gynecologists deal with savage prose the likes of which you have never dreamed of.
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Falling in love for the first time, and then the heartbreak of having it end, is difficult, but I don't think it would ever hurt as much as when my mother was killed in the boating accident. I feel a part of my heart has already been broken, and that place is reserved for mother.
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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.
