William James Quotes
A winner's attitude: it may be difficult, but it's possible. A loser's attitude: It may be possible, but it's too difficult.
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I am completely in favour of dialogue and engagement. But it must be a true, open dialogue.
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I think, for me, Julian Schnabel set a great precedent in being able to cross over so successfully. I feel like his artwork is kind of big, grand, and bombastic, yet the films that he makes are very beautifully sensitive, and I just feel that his filmmaking sensibility is very different from his artwork.
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Loser lit antiheroes aren't well intentioned or earnest; they don't care whether you like them or not. They're self-mocking, ironic and inventive; they narrate their downfalls with manic wordplay, rampant metaphors, wisecracks, and escalating flights of spleen-fueled lyricism.
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Countries that intervene militarily rarely do so out of pure altruism.
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A career in showbiz is like a distance run. You have to have patience and pace yourself.
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You don't boo at a Kemp rally. You boo at football games.
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To stay interested in tennis, I have to mix it up with other things.
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If I give five flops, I won't get a job. You have to perform at the box office when you are at the top. No one is running a charity here. People are putting huge amounts of money to make movies, and they want the films to be successful. They have invested money in you, so it is your duty to make sure the film does well.
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It's a very good historical book about history.
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I don't sit under the tattoo gun unless I'm sold on it completely and it will define me as a person.
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We're all interconnected. For example, a simple lack of fresh water can lead to population dislocation, which can lead to political radicalization, which can lead to great pressure on the states that receive refugees because of a migrating population.
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Let me tell you, my career went from zero to 900. Its hard keeping up with that pace, but I wouldn't trade it for anything else in the world.
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Men think a woman should not have an opinion.
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I was born in India - but never really lived there.
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Music is like my security blanket.
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Rauner needs to tell Illinoisans what essential health benefits he intends to keep covering in Illinois.
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When I'm writing, I like to seal everything off and face the wall, not to look outside the window. The only way out is through the sentences.
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I was raised a Christian. I'd like to think I have Christian values. I don't attend church.
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Nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation are not utopian ideals. They are critical to global peace and security.
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I do not understand why we are not raised to celebrate our bodies as children. Why we are told to be shy or awkward or self-conscious.
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We started off with a set of objectives for what we needed to communicate with the company's identity, created several proposals intended to meet those objectives, and picked the one that did the best job.
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I can't talk about my style. It us kind of difficult for me. I don't like styles. I only like taking photos and expressing myself through them.
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You've got to be strong enough for love. It's very easy to be cool and cynical. It's very difficult to just let yourself go and be in love. You've got to be strong enough for that.
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A winner's attitude: it may be difficult, but it's possible. A loser's attitude: It may be possible, but it's too difficult.
