William James Quotes
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When I was right out of college, I felt competitive with some of the guys in my class over career stuff.
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My brothers and I love playing outside and climbing trees. We really love sports, too - I think football's probably my favorite.
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A boy doesn't have to go to war to be a hero; he can say he doesn't like pie when he sees there isn't enough to go around.
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Fiction about mining has a long tradition - Emile Zola's 'Germinal' and Upton Sinclair's 'King Coal' come to mind - and most readers will be aware of the industry's harsh conditions.
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As the law minister, I had ensured that the government's right to natural resources was protected. The result was evident. The honourable Supreme Court gave the landmark decision in RIL vs RNRL case that the government is the owner of all natural resources.
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I wasn't a ladies' man.
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I have got to the point in my life when a lot of people I know have died or are dying, so I realise that somewhere outside the pearly gates is a queue, shuffling nearer and nearer to the celestial box office.
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I went to an all-girls Catholic high school. The three things that they focused on were reading, writing, and arithmetic. My goodness, this is a novel idea in this modern society. I was really good at all three of these things. I was particularly good at math.
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Sometimes we question things that we have done in our lives but how many times do we question what we haven't done in someone else's.
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Never eat spinach just before going on the air.
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I actually opened for Chris Rock at the Funny Bone one time.
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We must improve our lives and we will do it together - all of our citizens and myself as president of Ukraine.
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We are a country of artisans and a country of manufacturing. I think Japanese textile technology is the best in the world.
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I have a grim outlook on the world, and in particular on humanity. Spent years denying it, but I am very misanthropic. And I live alone on a mountain for a reason.
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I'm a black Catholic raised in Decatur, Georgia, which was very gang-infested. Then, I went to an all-white private high school and excelled in sports and wrote poetry, then played football at the University of Georgia, minoring in drama.
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I like to see a man proud of the place in which he lives. I like to see a man live so that his place will be proud of him.
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The leading rule for the lawyer, as for the man of every calling, is diligence.
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There were uncles in my life that definitely knew the street life.
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The most important key to successful investing can be summed up in just two words-asset allocation.
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I do love gymnastics, but it's such an intense sport and you have to be so committed. It's such a commitment that it's really hard to do anything else other than gymnastics as people progress.
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The thing that is cool about my come up is that I dealt with fame and having money gradually. It didn't happen overnight. It was something that took a while to happen. It was something that humbled me and made me very appreciative of my blessings more than I would have been if it had happened faster and easier.
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Studying whether there's life on Mars or studying how the universe began, there's something magical about pushing back the frontiers of knowledge. That's something that is almost part of being human, and I'm certain that will continue.
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Thus if the First Amendment means anything in this field, it must allow protests even against the moral code that the standard of the day sets for the community. In other words, literature should not be suppressed merely because it offends the moral code of the censor.
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What the whole community comes to believe in grasps the individual as in a vise.
