William James Quotes
Both thought and feeling are determinants of conduct, and the same conduct may be determined either by feeling or by thought.
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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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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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My candle burns at both ends; it will not last the night; but ah, my foes, and oh, my friends - it gives a lovely light!
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I really love New York, but I have to say, the humidity during the summer is a nightmare for a cartoonist. Not only am I sweating in my studio, my bristol board is curling up, the drafting tape is peeling off the board, my Rapidograph pens bleed the minute I put them to paper... it's a disaster.
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A novel is, hopefully, the starting point of a conversation, one in which the author engages readers and asks that they see things from a different point of view than they might otherwise.
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The evolution of man is the evolution of his consciousness, and 'consciousness' cannot evolve unconsciously. The evolution of man is the evolution of his will, and 'will' cannot evolve involuntarily.
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Read not Milton, for he is dry; nor Shakespeare, for he wrote of common life.
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Years steal fire from the mind as vigor from the limb; and life's enchanted cup but sparkles near the brim.
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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.
