William James Quotes
At bottom, the whole concern of religion is with the manner of our acceptance of the universe.
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When I took over the ministry for science and technology, our weather systems were in shambles. Nobody believed in the IMD. Nothing was in digital mode. I changed all that. We got automatic rain gauges, automatic weather stations, Doppler radars.
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The modern economy is becoming a place where women hold the cards.
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I absolutely welcome a full investigation into the for-profit schools because I think a majority of them are predatory.
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Since 1989, we have been deploying on an average of every 18 months.
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I don't really look forward to movie stardom or doing a $200-million movie or winning an Academy Award.
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I would like to tell the young men and women before me not to lose hope and courage. Success can only come to you by courageous devotion to the task lying in front of you.
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I usually sleep just a few hours a night.
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And they will tell you unequivocally that if we have a chemical or biological attack or a nuclear attack anywhere in this country, they are unprepared to deal with it today, and that is of high urgency.
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The Self-Educated are marked by stubborn peculiarities.
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I like having a bunch of different experiences. I don't want to do just one thing for the rest of my life.
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For us Indians, I don't think English can ever exude that magic of emotions which our mother tongue can.
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Thirty years ago dinner theatre used to be much more of a going concern than it is now.
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I decided to write 'True Refuge' during a major dive in my own health. Diagnosed with a genetic disease that affected my mobility, I faced tremendous fear and grief about losing the fitness and physical freedom I loved.
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Nature herself has never attempted to effect great changes rapidly.
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People ask what are my intentions with my films - my aims. It is a difficult and dangerous question, and I usually give an evasive answer: I try to tell the truth about the human condition, the truth as I see it. This answer seems to satisfy everyone, but it is not quite correct.
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My mom is not trying to live vicariously through me.
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Being the leader of a division is a pressure, but it's one that I feel I am ready for.
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We remained in Texas leading a quiet home life until 1889.
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And then, one by one, they came onto the screen late in the day to pontificate about how we were going into a moral sewer. How this image of a breast at a family halftime show was not only disgusting, it was disturbing, it was shocking, it was indecent. I thought 'Uh, it's just a tit. And none of those adjectives really fucking apply.'
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For every story you hear that's tragic, there's another that's equally tragic or more so. I think you come to look at it as part of life.
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I heard the old, old, men say 'all that's beautiful drifts away, like the waters.'
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To remember who you are sometimes you have to forget what others think.
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A short saying often contains much wisdom.
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At bottom, the whole concern of religion is with the manner of our acceptance of the universe.
