William James Quotes
Sobriety diminishes, discriminates, and says no; drunkenness expands, unites, and says yes. Not through mere perversity do men run after it.
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Every step and every movement of the multitude, even in what are termed enlightened ages, are made with equal blindness to the future; and nations stumble upon establishments, which are indeed the result of human action, but not the execution of any human design.
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I didn't want to be a number. I didn't want to be an object.
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I don't play anymore, because I know I'm not going to be a pro golfer. So there's no reason to golf.
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Even if a unity of faith is not possible, a unity of love is.
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I am a free man. I don't need to earn money. But I need to love what I do.
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Microsoft does platform, not really infrastructure, and they do a little bit of Saas.
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A chicken grows up in a little less time than an ostrich. An ostrich takes a whole year. A chicken takes a few months.
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I never sing in the shower either.
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Beware how you take away hope from another human being.
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Bikes and planes aren't about going fast or having fun; they're toys, but serious ones.
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I'm known as a kind of dramatic, serious, almost humorless actor and the fact is, I'm a funny guy, and I spend most of my life trying to find a lighter side of things, and on stage was given plenty of opportunity to do that.
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When I go home, I play with my baby dolls and strollers and diaper bags, and play with my sisters.
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I get half a million just to show up at parties. My life is, like, really, really fun.
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I feel people care so much about their appearance - which is important, and I do still care about my appearance, but not that much. There's far more to life than that.
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I've loved every minute I've spent in television. And I've had much more failure, as traditionally measured, than success in television. I've done four shows, and only one of them was the 'West Wing.'
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I do know some missed tackles usually that comes down to leverage, and I know those are correctable and fixable.
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Always read something that will make you look good if you die in the middle of it.
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It's hard to be funny when you have to be clean.
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Power corrupts, and there is nothing more corrupting than power exercised in secret.
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I have been, and will remain, outspoken in my insistence that Israel has a right to live in peace and security.
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I have picked the very, very best deputy that I could. David Parker is a fantastic guy. He's a person who I trust absolutely. He's got a wonderful sense for policy. He will be great on organisation, and I know that I could not have a better deputy.
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Can you go a whole day with joy in your heart? Joy and vitality are an inseparable combination. Joy is not concerned with having fun; it is an inner spiritual quality that overcomes despair, pain and defeat. You cannot turn on joy like an electric light, but you can prepare yourself to receive it.
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Sobriety diminishes, discriminates, and says no; drunkenness expands, unites, and says yes. Not through mere perversity do men run after it.
