William James Quotes
What a teacher needs to know about psychology "might almost be written on the palm of one's hand."

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I don't think I knew that you could be a novelist. I think a lot of my students are in the same condition. I thought it was unreachable, that it was sort of dead people. It took me a long time - I think I was well into novel writing before I really thought, 'Actually, this is a valid pastime.'
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The only difference between the Republican and Democratic parties is the velocities with which their knees hit the floor when corporations knock on their door. That's the only difference.
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I used to watch movies - silent movies - and stock companies and theater whenever I could.
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I am young, and I think all young guys would love to play a superhero - any superhero - it doesn't matter. I could be a superhero that would just turn into a big blob or something like that, but I could tell all the ladies, 'Hey, I am superhero!'
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As many of you know I travel a good bit and do not get to see my friends and family as much as I would like.
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When I'm in 'Man vs. Wild' mode, it's not pleasure. Every sensor is firing and I'm on reserve power all the time and I'm digging deep - and that's the magic of it as well, and that's raw and it's great.
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Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. And moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.
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Since belief determines behavior, doesn't it make sense that we should be teaching ethical, moral values in every home and in every school in America?
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I've written a screenplay that is a series of monologues and songs; they form this sort of human tapestry across time and place. The form is strange, but I find it really fascinating.
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Somehow I got the feeling at an early age that I had to do something important with my life.
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A lasting two-state solution requires two credible partners, and not just one side - Israel - taking superficial steps simply to placate world opinion.
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Anyone who's seen me before knows that when it's fight time, I don't have much to say.
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Different directors offer you different things, and it's not necessarily the most obvious things.
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I came to Hollywood and I loved it. It was a great time, but in my head I was still elsewhere, in Europe. I believed in a certain cinema, which I still do believe in - a certain European cinema - and as a young woman being in America, I thought I was being taken away from that.
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In reality, those rare few cases with good forensic evidence are the ones that make it to court.
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I think media people know we're good at making content and how we can be smart about how to consume it. It's always a balance.
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As investors, we want to believe we are smart, insightful and uniquely talented - even though we often fail to do the heavy lifting, put in the long hours, and make the uncomfortable but necessary decisions to achieve success.
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Be soft, even if you stand to get squashed.
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And everything seems to have gone terribly wrong that can.But one breath at a time is an acceptable plan,She tells herself.
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I started playing full-equipment football when I was 6 years old. My mom actually got me started in it.
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Do not fear. Look beyond what's dying to what's being born.
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I've discovered this new electronic technique that creates new speech out of stuff that's already there.
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Painting is like having a bad mistress who spends and spends and it's never enough ... I tell myself that even if a tolerable study comes out of it from time to time, it would have been cheaper to buy it from somebody else.
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What a teacher needs to know about psychology "might almost be written on the palm of one's hand."