William James Quotes
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I have a romantic conception of the writer's life, and the sort of writer's life that I admire is probably a childless life, possibly a marriageless life, certainly a travelling life - I'm in awe of how much D.H. Lawrence managed to get around. But that's never been something I'm capable of doing.
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I like Dolce & Gabbana's fragrance Light Blue - it's my everyday perfume.
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You know Texas is - even more now that Enron has bit the dust - it's held up on the back of small businesses.
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The arms race is worse than it ever was, the dumping of creation down a military rat hole is worse than it ever was, the wars across the earth are worse than they ever were.
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I'm sort of contrary and stubborn sometimes. When everybody says, 'You have to read this book! You have to read this book!' I'm like 'Oh, I'll get around to it.'
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I would love to do some theater.
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I think God gave us senses of humor, and we should use them.
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Fame can be annoying, but there are perks too.
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I'm pretty much a thrift shop gal. Flea markets on Sundays.
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I thought I had the rights to The Lord of the Rings. I don't know how Jackson ended up with the rights.
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Measure your wealth by what you'd have left if you lost all your money.
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I may play some exhibition games so I don't want to quit the game of chess completely. I just decided and it's a firm decision not to play competitive chess anymore.
Garry Kasparov
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I am a born-again atheist, so there isn't going to be a funeral. I will be buried in a linen wrap in a cardboard coffin in my forest with an oak tree planted on my head.
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Sound is a huge influence on peoples' attention.
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Harvard was the most intimidating experience. I felt so out of my league there.
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As a kid I read Jules Verne, H. G. Wells, and a few others. As an adult have admired Leonardo da Vinci's drawings and notebooks.
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We midwives and physicians have a lot to teach each other.
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We'd all like to believe that perhaps people could stop killing each other.
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When Clint Eastwood walks into a room, you may not know his name. But you know who he is.
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I look back at the past as fond memories but I'm able to move forwards in a new light, like I'm reborn.
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A philosophical attempt to work out a universal history according to a natural plan directed to achieving the civic union of the human race must be regarded as possible and, indeed, as contributing to this end of Nature.
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I don't like your I-can-use-anything-as-an-adjective attitude.
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I believe that we have better ideas. But I also believe that good ideas don't matter if people don't hear them.
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Earnestness means willingness to live with energy, though energy bring pain.
