William James Quotes
It is so human a book that I don't see how belief in its divine authority can survive the reading of it.
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There is a recurring temptation for any nation, and for any writer who operates within its field of force, to make an ornament of the past: to turn the losses to victories and to restate humiliations as triumphs.
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I was making comebacks every single year. That makes it difficult mentally. It causes a lot of stress.
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I know Dark Phoenix is a huge part of the X-Men saga, so I'm assuming they're at least going to want to touch on it, but I don't know and I don't know whether I would want to be involved. That depends on many different things.
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As long as I have my health, I want to be reporting somewhere.
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I started making music for fun, but I had two parents who were very much in the business. I didn't run around trying to get the spotlight. I was very shy. I never sang in front of people 'til I was about 17 years old.
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When I was little, I got into a little accident, and it gave me congenital glaucoma in both of my eyes.
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As an actor, I've always said, half the audience is going to love you, half is going to hate you so just live with it. It's easier that way.
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I admit I do have some drawbacks and limitations as a candidate. Although I am a professional comedian, some of my critics maintain that this is not enough. I cannot deny that I stand before you untested and inexperienced - I only spent two years in television, never as a romantic lead or a song and dance man.
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All that hullabaloo about somebody's net worth is just stupid, and it's made my life a lot more complex and difficult.
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I'm all about a flat shoe. It takes a lot to get me into a heel!
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If the constitution goes, I go.
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I can only hope that my future movies will do well.
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It's funny how you can be thought of as somebody who humanizes bad guys, and I'll take that, but it is something that gave me pause, and I started speaking to my team about finding a good guy.
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I'm very much against war; I'm very much against terrorism of any kind. I find terrorism to be one of the most appalling things that can exist in society.
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Every sentence spoken by Napoleon, and every line of his writing, deserves reading, as it is the sense of France.
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I never had little brothers, so I was totally not used to hearing a lot of cussing at a young age! I learned what 'pull my finger' meant the hard way.
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The current prohibition laws are forcing drug disputes to be played out with guns in our streets. We need to put a stop to this criminal drug element in our country.
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I love Canada. Canada is a great neighbour. Canada has been a great friend and neighbor for many, many years.
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The only thing is we didn't have the supporting cast.
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The trouble with censors is that they worry if a girl has cleavage. They ought to worry if she hasn't any.
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A careful reading of 50 Simple Things leaves you wondering whether you're going to die from environmental disaster or intellectual annoyance. Failing either, you can worry yourself to death.
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Counting the ways the Book of Mormon brings peace to the soul is like counting the sand on the seashore.
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I really love the traditional aspects of Judaism. My wife is born and raised a Catholic and I enjoy celebrating those rituals as well. I am very spiritual but not in any way religious, no.
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It is so human a book that I don't see how belief in its divine authority can survive the reading of it.
