William James Quotes
A man may not achieve everything he has dreamed, but he will never achieve anything great without having dreamed it first.
Quotes to Explore
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I'm as radical as libertarians come.
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As you probably know, I've written a lot about the presidency, so it's obviously exciting when you get to interview a president and write about it.
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I have no sense of direction at all. Thank the Lord for my TomTom, otherwise I'd spend my whole life lost.
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I was working in restaurants as a captain and as a waiter.
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I don't know why, but I respond well to tortured characters.
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My candle burns at both ends; it will not last the night; but ah, my foes, and oh, my friends - it gives a lovely light!
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PETA's campaign should be included in school curricula. If we can open children's hearts and minds to animals' needs, teach them to treat a dog or a chicken as if they feel fear and love and pain - as they do - then they will grow up to understand that we are all worthy of respect.
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The American dream is more about opportunity than anything else.
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Government is the ultimate monopoly. And monopolies, as any economist will tell you, often breed complacency and a lack of innovation.
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One of my big fears is people saying my songs are all starting to sound the same.
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I hate Valentine's day. It is a day for nothing but disappointment.
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I think a lot of women, especially ones that want to achieve career goals, tend to worry. I don't want anyone to worry their life away - time goes by so fast, and worry is really wasted time and energy.
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It's like deja-vu, all over again.
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Now, we occupy a lowly position, both in space and rank in comparison with the heavenly sphere, and the Almighty is Most High not in space, but with respect to absolute existence, greatness and power.
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Yes, I help my kids with their homework. But I also get bored doing it. I will sit and listen to my children pontificate and discuss their ideas till the day is long because it warms my heart, but I really don't want to do math!
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I have had the problem of seeing my male model go to Italy and... stay there.
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Getting an audience requires luck as well as talent. Some artists are private and shy. It costs them too much.
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I don't expect anybody to know who I am.
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That's when America soars, when we look out for one another and we take care of each other, when we root for one another's success, when we strive to do better and to be better than the generation that came before us and try to build something better for generations to come, that's why we do what we do. That's the whole point of public service.
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On the whole, yes, I would rather be the Chief Justice of the United States, and a quieter life than that which becomes at the White House is more in keeping with the temperament, but when taken into consideration that I go into history as President, and my children and my children's children are the better placed on account of that fact, I am inclined to think that to be President well compensates one for all the trials and criticisms he has to bear and undergo.
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I know this is maybe naive, but one day I hope there will be peace in the world. Maybe one day the flowers will come back.
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During my time I had some very difficult years, and I had very pronounced competition, all by men.
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From the early 1960s to the mid-1980s - the era of military dictatorship when South Korea was rebuilding itself from a postwar economic basket case to a humming, modern nation - military schools were the track of choice for ambitious young men.
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A man may not achieve everything he has dreamed, but he will never achieve anything great without having dreamed it first.
