William James Quotes
The discovery of the power of our thoughts will prove to be the most important discovery of our time
William James
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Iggy Pop has a voice that's somehow simultaneously self-mocking, wild, precise, amused, righteous, cool, contained and bold. I don't know how he does what he does.
Kate Christensen
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The kindest word to describe my performance in school was Sloth.
Harrison Ford
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When I first came out with my fans and the wind hit me, I almost took off.
Sally Rand
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Trying to think about the rest of the team over myself or my scoring is something that I never really had to do before.
J. R. Smith
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One of the first pieces of advice I was ever given, on my first job was, you should always buy something to treat yourself to say well done for getting the job! However I've not followed on that through yet... I've always wanted a tattoo, something to mark my experience.
Sam Claflin
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In order to lead a country or a company, you've got to get everybody on the same page and you've got to be able to have a vision of where you're going. America can't have a vision of health care for everybody, green economy, regulations - can't have a bunch of piece-meal activities. It's got to have a vision.
Jack Welch
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I ain't scared to do another dating show, but I ain't really trying to. I want to do a talk show or something. I've done enough dating on television. I'm ready to spread my wings, and go down other avenues.
Flavor Flav
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I'm lucky enough to do what I like for work - not everyone's that fortunate.
Rafael Nadal
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When their city was occupied by the Gauls, and the Romans, who were besieged in the Capitol, had made military engines from the hair of the women, they dedicated a temple to the Bald Venus.
Lactantius
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Take, for example, the African jungle, the home of the cheetah. On whom does the cheetah prey? The old, the sick, the wounded, the weak, the very young, but never the strong. Lesson: If you would not be prey, you had better be strong.
G. Gordon Liddy
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I have nothing against priests. In fact, I tried for a time to be one... It should be clear, then, that I respect, and am often fond of, the many priests in my life.
Garry Wills
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I've always been interested in the camera and the effects of it - that's what drew me to film in the first place.
Sam Raimi
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There's way more pressure cooking for cooks than rowing at the Olympics.
Bryan Volpenhein
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It was weird at first but then it was kind of fun. I was just laughing and cracking jokes, being a cheerleader.
Braylon Edwards
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If you want to know your true opinion of someone, watch the effect produced in you by the first sight of a letter from him.
Arthur Schopenhauer
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My mother gave me a piece of bread, which was love and encouragement. The correction was the meat, the substance. And then she would sandwich that, sandwich that with another piece of bread, which was love and encouragement. That was very important in shaping and molding our morality, our understanding of ourselves, making sure that we didn’t think we were better than or less than anyone, feeling no more worthy or no less worthy than anyone else.
Lauryn Hill
Fugees
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Casting, to me, is always the same. It's a very important part of a director's job. I pick people that I sense I'd like to be in a room with and will enjoy the rehearsal process with because that's the best part.
Scott Ellis
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The discovery of the power of our thoughts will prove to be the most important discovery of our time
William James