William James Quotes
The emotions aren't always immediately subject to reason, but they are always immediately subject to action.
Quotes to Explore
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I can hardly eat meat because it has to look like something what it was not when it was alive.
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Nuclear power is not a miracle key for the future.
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My friends tell me I have an intimacy problem. But they don't really know me.
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The survival of artistic modes in which we recognize ourselves, identify ourselves and place ourselves will survive as long as humanity survives.
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I've always been fond of acoustic music.
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Man, y'know, I'm a music guy. I like a lot of different things. It depends on the time of the day and the situation.
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All I remember is the last time I played a videogame, it was Space Invaders.
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I like the map feature on the iPhone that tells me where I am, because I travel a lot.
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But what I really like are old Hollywood movies. Very often I watch AMC.
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I'm an actress, and that's my work and my passion.
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The glorification of sisters, mothers as the selfless Indian women who will do 'agni pariksha' and the one who sees her own betterment only in the betterment of their husbands and fathers, that has to stop. It's very regressive.
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With 'The Simpsons,' people didn't know what they were gonna see. They didn't have a clue.
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I have my own past and my own personality. I'm going to relate to the material in a completely different way than somebody else might.
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You don't make houses cheaper by making them more expensive to build.
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No matter who the prime minister is, incremental changes take place. The economy moves on.
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I cannot cure myself of that most woeful of youth's follies - thinking that those who care about us will care for the things that mean much to us.
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Just because you're not famous, doesn't mean you're not good.
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My mom is a sculptress.
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After almost 30 years of playing this sport, I've learned something. I've learned that, no matter what happens, or happened... or where you are, or where you've been... at the end of the day: tennis is tennis. It's always, always tennis. And there's nothing better.
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I always wanted to live alone for a month in a lakeside cabin. In my fantasy, I enter a state of perfect peace and grow my own kale and stuff, but in real life, I think I might be very bored after four days.
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The only time that I am really truly happy—when I feel at my best—is when I'm on the stage.
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In tactics, action is the governing rule of war.
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The emotions aren't always immediately subject to reason, but they are always immediately subject to action.
