William James Quotes

From a pragmatic point of view, the difference between living against a background of foreigness (an indifferent Universe) and one of intimacy (a benevolent Universe) means the difference between a general habit of wariness and one of trust.

William James

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• You can only learn by opening yourself up to engage with different sources of information. How can you learn something if you never see it, read it, or hear it?

  

  Fran Tarkenton
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• I believe that we are at a very low level of consciousness, and we do not know how to treat each other as human beings. We are caught up in our own lives, our own needs, our own ego gratification. I feel a strong sense of responsibility in delivering that message.

  

  Madonna Breakfast Club
  • Up
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• The way women today are treated in Saudi Arabia is a direct result of the education our children, boys and girls, receive at school.

  

  Basmah bint Saud
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• I don't find much influence in opera. It was such a different part of me.

  

  Zola Jesus
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• I did not have any money, so when I came to New York, I just dressed myself with whatever I could find and the Army-Navy store.

  

  Babette March
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• I don't live by all these rigid, weird rules that make me feel all fenced in. I just like the way that I feel like, and that makes me feel very free.

  

  Taylor Swift
  • Live
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• Spaces I love to do - the uglier the better - tend to be really old, dated basements - especially from the '60s to the '80s. I love those.

  

  Candice Olson
  • Better
  • Especially
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• I'm going to be acting all my life. But, while doing that, I will try to avoid the trappings of fame.

  

  Randeep Hooda
  • Life
  • Acting
  • My Life

• The real political life in Russia unfortunately is not in the parliament but on the streets and in the media.

  Garry Kasparov
  • Life
  • Real
  • Political

• Peace along with freedom and justice are the pillars for attaining both security and stability and will pave the way towards the eradication of oppression, extremism, and terrorism in our world.

  

  Najib Mikati
  • World
  • Freedom
  • Peace

• There's nothing more adult than being ripped away from friends and family, you know? Having to manage a life when you're not fully there, manage a life when you don't make a lot of money. It's very adult.

  

  Jack Antonoff Fun.
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• Blacks have had to learn to protect themselves by being cynical but not cynical enough to slam the door on potential opportunities. We go through life walking a tightrope to prevent too much disillusionment.

  

  Jackie Robinson
  • Life
  • Door
  • Walking

• Whoever stands by a just cause cannot possibly be called a terrorist.

  

  Yasser Arafat
  • Just
  • Cause
  • Stands

• In high school, we used to sign to each other during the game, signaling different plays and stuff like that. It was kind of fun. It was definitely unique.

  

  Zach LaVine
  • Different
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  • Fun

• Skin has become inadequate in interfacing with reality. Technology has become the body's new membrane of existence.

  

  Nam June Paik
  • Reality
  • Technology
  • Body

• I think, like a lot of people on this issue, I have really changed my thinking here to, ‘I don’t ever want to stand in front of anybody’s happiness.’ That’s not my job, okay? If that word – ‘marriage’ – is really, really that important to you, I can go with it.

  

  Caitlyn Jenner
  • People
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• Nor is it the irrationality of the form which is taken as characteristic. On the contrary, one overlooks the irrational.

  

  Karl Marx
  • Taken

• Vainglory, however, no matter how much medieval Christianity insisted it was a sin, is a motor of mankind, no more eradicable than sex. As long as combat was desirable as the source of honor and glory, the knight had no wish to share it with the commoner, even for the sake of success.

  

  Barbara W. Tuchman
  • Long
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• Was it probably true that reasoning beings were equal? It seemed more like a belief than a fact, even if I agreed with it. If you followed logic all the way back to its origin, did you inevitably end up at point of illogic, an article of faith?

  

  Rachel Hartman
  • Up
  • True
  • Way

• Great directors can understand the staging in such a way that can make a scene come alive. Others have a certain way of pacing the scene.

  

  Al Pacino
  • Great
  • Alive
  • Scene

• Our healthcare environment is incredibly complex and is changing rapidly.

  

  Kathy Giusti
  • Environment
  • Health care

• There is not a need to prove anything to anyone with your words. Let that which you are - that which you are living - be your clear example to uplift others.

  

  Esther Hicks
  • Needs
  • Prove
  • Example

• From a pragmatic point of view, the difference between living against a background of foreigness (an indifferent Universe) and one of intimacy (a benevolent Universe) means the difference between a general habit of wariness and one of trust.

  

  William James
  • Mean
  • Habit
  • Intimacy