William James Quotes
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I am a proud Zionist. I can tell you about every blossom that grows in this land. I know the history and the Bible.
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I spend my own money, not other people's money.
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I always loved cars. I don't know why, I can't explain it to you. It has always been with me.
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My dinner spot is usually in front of the TV. I'll grill a steak and whip up a salad and watch 'Hoarders'. I love it because a) I'm kind of voyeuristic, and b) every time I see an episode, I go to the one room where all my unpacked boxes wound up, and I throw out a box of stuff.
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For me, my home is a peaceful place where I can rest, and it gives me back energy.
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One of the banners I would put up in front of any American president and new administration is 'Do not overreact to your predecessors' policies.'
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Now, everybody knows my music. So that's really cool. A lot of kids know it. Now, when I go to a sports game, everybody knows my name.
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Nothing exists except through language.
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One's own religion is after all a matter between oneself and one's Maker and no one else's.
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Highly functioning self-actualized people simply never imagine what it is that they don't wish to have as their reality.
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I am very lucky I got fans, and I interact with them personally. I know that they have poured their love on me unconditionally, and all I can do is work hard and be kind to them.
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When I arrived at Barcelona, I was following a dream, but I now realize sometimes it's better to be content with what you have rather than follow a dream which nearly kills you.
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To know all is not to forgive all. It is to despise everybody.
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The great thing about Gospel is that you don't have to have an album every year in order to keep working.
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I need this wild life, this freedom.
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The main problem is that for a boycott to be effective, you must first persuade thousands - maybe even millions of others - to go along, which is a lot of work and usually not successful.
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Empathy is a virtue, but it should not be a guiding judicial principle.
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I'm ready to do something with Lady Gaga or Andrea Bocelli. I'm really grateful that nothing is out of the realm of possibility.
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Even if I flop, I still qualified for the Games, and that was my goal. My target was to be at an Olympics for the third time with people I like.
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Eventually I just want to live a normal life. I want to get married and have children and cook, wash... all the things that I do now. My background is very normal and steady, and that's what I like.
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The first 13 years of my life, I lived in China. My parents were missionaries there, and I was an only child. Often I felt lonely and out of place. Writing for me became my private place, where no one could come.
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It is not badness, it is the absence of goodness, which, in Art as in Life, is so depressing.
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And that's it; that's why I want to teach; that's the one and only compensation: to make a permanent difference in the life of a child.
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Is life worth living? It all depends on the liver.