William James Quotes
Pretend what we may, the whole man within us is at work when we form our philosophical opinions.
Quotes to Explore
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Just look at 'K-pop' - who would've expected American fans to embrace it? It's really cool to be one of those artists who can break through the American market. I'm not trying to conquer America; I just want to make music and see if people like it.
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There is no problem that is not improved by effort, and no effort that is too paltry to be worth undertaking.
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As a filmmaker, I really want to utilize the tools to carry the voice - my voice, and the voice of the characters.
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I really connect to strong feminist writers that make their ideas accessible for the rest of the world.
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Michael Jordan and Magic and myself all learned how to play the game in college programs that emphasized the team.
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The fact is that since you're a divine creation who originated in the world of Spirit, you have exactly the right amount of smarts to accomplish all that you need and want to do while you're here on earth. It's all perfect... and so are you!
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I just realized the best way to live your life is to just be you, as cliche as it sounds. I grew up trying to please everyone.
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I'd like to explore the more abstract side of people's minds, as opposed to the usual sitcom stuff. I don't want to do the typical sitcom-type humor. I'd want to do stuff like go bowling with pineapples.
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I think it's the responsibility of a major opera house not only to cultivate debate and get people thinking, but also to be interfaced with things that challenge them. To challenge its audience and not just deliver things that they know, even though some of those things are wonderful.
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I find it hard to act other than the way I feel.
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Based on the Gaza precedent, Israel should not simply be expected to withdraw from territory and let it devolve into a state of anarchy. The West Bank is simply too close to Israel's major population centers and infrastructure to allow it to become another launching pad for rockets.
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Follow that will and that way which experience confirms to be your own.
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The ultimate mystery is one's own self.
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Of course, in the United States, which at the time was a very young country, there were also class distinctions. They weren't as pronounced, but they quickly evolved as well.
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Billy Crystal knows how to make people laugh. He's got 30 years on stage... there's no telling him what's funny.
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There used to be a time - it isn't so much the case now - that vegetarianism was some kind of religion, and either you belong or you don't belong.
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For the U.S., as the largest player in the global environment, unintended consequences are magnified.
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Painting is a blind man's profession. He paints not what he sees, but what he feels, what he tells himself about what he has seen.
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A lot of times, you're interacting with people for whom you're one of the very few veterans that they've met or had a lot of interactions with, and there's a temptation for you to feel like you can pontificate about what the experience was or what it meant, and that leads to a lot of nonsense.
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If God seems slow in responding, it is because He is preparing a better gift. He will not deny us. God withholds what you are not yet ready for. He wants you to have a lively desire for His greatest gifts. All of which is to say, pray always and do not lose heart.
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I liked Truffaut a lot, I've felt a lot of admiration for his way to address the audience, and his storytelling.... La nuit américaine is adorable, and another film I like to see is L'enfant sauvage, with its fine humanism.
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'You bloody fool, you've killed the wrong man.'
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Pretend what we may, the whole man within us is at work when we form our philosophical opinions.
