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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I'd love to have time to do my hair, honestly. I'd love to be Victoria Beckham just for one day - to look that good. But I can't.
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[the difference between the old and the new education being] in a word, the old was a kind of propagation-men transmitting manhood to men; the new is merely propaganda.
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There's something about Warren Wilson. You can gain a lot of very important things and skills that you carry over into whatever you decide to do.
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The mistake we make, is when we seek to be beloved, instead of loving.
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Prayer did not come easily to me for I always feel that prayer is a silent things, and opening of the heart. To ask for earthly benefits, to reel out a list of requirements and expect them to be supplied is not prayer. It is putting God in the same category as an intelligent grocer.
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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.
