William James Quotes

Our normal waking consciousness, rational consciousness as we call it, is but one special type of consciousness, whilst all about it, parted from it by the filmiest of screens, there lie potential forms of consciousness entirely different.

William James

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: philosopher
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: January 11, 1842 - August 26, 1910

Topics

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I've always worked on the machines, especially the 125 and 250 which are really difficult to set up.

Joey Dunlop

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Nuclear weapons kill Americans - they don't kill Republicans or Democrats - they kill Americans.

Joe Wilson

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You have to be a bastard to make it, and that's a fact. And the Beatles are the biggest bastards on earth.

John Lennon

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I'm not arrogant enough to look back on my career and criticize my choices. It's really not my place.

Matthew McConaughey

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Hyperbole has been part of elections since the days of John Adams, and there's nobody better than Joe Biden to give us a little hyperbole, as we all know.

Stephen Pagliuca

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Apparently, the line you take on Israel trumps everything else in life.

Tony Judt

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Filmmaking is a chance to live many lifetimes.

Robert Altman

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The person who comes up to you and makes the most noise and is the most intrusive is invariably the person in the room who has no respect for you at all, and it's really all about them.

Robbie Coltrane

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The truth is I hate cocktail parties when the only person I know is my supposed date, and he abandons me the minute we come in the door.

Mary Higgins Clark

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I was working at this club in downtown L.A. from four to eight at night, just Eddie Rubin, the drummer, and I.

Johnny Rivers

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I grew up watching 'Rocky.' I still love that movie, the original one.

Antoine Fuqua

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Islam and democracy can function together.

Ali Babacan

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