William James Quotes
Most people live, whether physically, intellectually or morally, in a very restricted circle of their potential being.
Quotes to Explore
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Arab leaders worry more about making money from the profits they get from oil and gas that they turn the other way when Lebanon is being destroyed right next to them. Their neighbours are being murdered, but they only make calculations for their own benefit.
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When I'm making music, I can hear all the parts, all the instruments. I can hear what it should be.
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There is a role and function for beauty in our time.
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All of the characters in my films, they share one commonality. It doesn't matter whether they are good or bad, it doesn't matter whether they are smart or stupid, these characters all take responsibility for their own behavior. I'm much the same.
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The discovery of deuterium and the marked differences in the physical and chemical properties of hydrogen and deuterium, together with an efficient method for the separation of these isotopes, have opened an interesting field of research in several of the major branches of science.
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Technology is vital. We have to have development in new technology if we're going to solve these environmental problems without throwing humanity back in poverty.
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The composition of the primary is so different than when I was first elected governor in 1978.
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Entrenched scriptural literalism is, in my opinion, completely out of touch with reality.
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There's not some idea I'm going to create a work that's going to change everybody's consciousness.
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I go back and forth between indie and studio because I feel like it, not because I feel obligated to do one or the other.
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Despite overwhelming support for the United States to adopt English as its official language, we have still not taken that important step.
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I love the crowds at festivals because they're so chilled out.
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There has been no persecution I have not tasted, no oppression I have not suffered. I neither care for Paradise nor fear Hell. If I see my nation's belief secured, I will not even care about burning in Hell, for while my body is burning, my heart will be as if in a rose garden.
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Even though I hadn't read a word of it, I grew up hating 'Moby-Dick.'
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I don't like Botox. It makes a very strange forehead.
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When you seek the presence of your creative Spirit and are filled with passion about virtually everything you undertake, you'll successfully remove the roadblocks from your life and enjoy the active presence of Spirit.
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Before prognostication, a disclaimer: I have never been able to pick a winner. Not that it has ever stopped me from trying to. Well, it has stopped me from buying stock, but let's not talk about that.
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I started coming up to New York at age 17. There was a girl I met over the summer somewhere; I was chasing her. I would drive up to D.C., where I had made some friends, which was about four hours away, and we would take the bus up to New York.
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What does dating mean?
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I've often wished when I started a book I knew what was going to happen. I talked to writers who write 80-page outlines, and I'm just in awe of that.
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Most Americans, like most Japanese, view their dogs, cats, and other animal companions as family members, and rightly so.
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I know for a fact that if there's a role which I am suited for, I'll be signed on. I'll never go begging.
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There's a lot of people who don't understand the circle crops in England. Pure enigma.
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Most people live, whether physically, intellectually or morally, in a very restricted circle of their potential being.
