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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Greens are not expected to be anything but nice.
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We believe we will be made whole by our accomplishments, our possessions, or our social status. It's written in the fabric of our DNA that life used to be beautiful and now it isn't, and if only this and only that, it would be beautiful again.
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Social Security not only helps Americans enjoy a secure retirement, it has also kept millions of Americans out of poverty.
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The idea of infection began to be taken far more seriously than it ever had before. Hospitals transformed themselves in response to the new plague - sometimes for the better, but often for the worse, as when, in fear, they cast their ulcerated patients out into the streets.
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I don't think you should exploit your own pain.
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Earnestness means willingness to live with energy, though energy bring pain.
