William James Quotes
Both thought and feeling are determinants of conduct, and the same conduct may be determined either by feeling or by thought.
Quotes to Explore
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The realities are, there are - you can be entertaining and you can be fun, and you can say things that actually appeal to people. You still have to figure out a way to get to 270 electoral votes. Get votes in Iowa, New Hampshire, and South Carolina.
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Every generation comes with a unique athlete, I don't think anybody wants to be the next Nadia; they want to be themselves.
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I managed to slip two children out in the middle of my career and have been lucky with all the work.
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After six years without seeing one, I love just seeing a smile - every smile I see gives me hope.
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When you are honest and open with young people, they let you in.
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Dissent is the native activity of the scientist, and it has got him into a good deal of trouble in the last years. But if that is cut off, what is left will not be a scientist. And I doubt whether it will be a man.
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Let's all understand that these guiding principles cannot be discarded for short-term political gains. They represent what this country is all about. They are indigenous to the American idea. And these are principles which are not negotiable.
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The horror genre is not my favorite. I think it's fun, there's a great place for it and I get a kick out of it, but some stuff I'm too old for. You can't just take 10 guys and stick them in a cabin and off them one at a time - I'm not vested.
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We need to ask who is the enemy, and the enemies are terrorists.
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I freakin' hate Twitter, man. I honestly don't understand the purpose of it.
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Doctrines provide an architecture for both Republican and Democrat presidents to carry out policies.
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Our relationships with our computers are almost sexual, they're so close. They're just such a huge part of our lives.
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Fighting, I guess, was never the real reason I read comic books as a kid. The fighting was an important part, an integral part of it; I don't know I would've read it without it.
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The first time you meet someone, the conversation is sort of on life support. You're just trying to live another moment in the life of the conversation.
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The job as a coach is difficult.
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I'm not as thrilled with myself as I used to be.
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I'm sure my father had more to do with my career than I would like to give him credit for. I would love to think it was all me!
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I was working in restaurants as a captain and as a waiter.
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In other days people chose a church on the basis of their doctrinal convictions. Now, lacking doctrinal convictions, they choose for social reasons.
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...commerce, which is mistakenly classified among the productive forms of work, ought to be ranked first among the parasitical professions like those of monk, soldier, lawyer etc.
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We all decry prejudice, yet are all prejudiced.
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I believe that providing options - not mandates - is the best way to reduce costs and improve the quality of our health care.
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That's what you need for your writing - to learn how to be present, learn how to be calm. So take that nap, do that meditation.
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Both thought and feeling are determinants of conduct, and the same conduct may be determined either by feeling or by thought.
