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William James Quotes

An act has no ethical quality whatever unless it be chosen out of several all equally possible.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

Quality Possible Whatever Out Act

Being gay, you're kind of forced to ask, I suppose, very existential questions from a very, very early age. Your identity becomes so important to you because you're trying to understand it, and, I think, from the age of, like, 9, you're being forced to ask questions... that other kids maybe don't have to ask.

Age Identity Think Questions You

Everything that makes man's life worthwhile - family, work, education, a place to rear one's children and a place to rest one's head - all this depends on the decisions of government; all can be swept away by a government which does not heed the demands of its people, and I mean all of its people.

Life Work Family Education Children

When I started Participant, I felt that the movie business was ripe for a company that dealt with big issues in a systemic way. I was a little surprised that nobody had done it before. But to most people, entertainment is escapism.

Business People Nobody Done Way Big

It is crystal clear to me that if Arabs put down a draft resolution blaming Israel for the recent earthquake in Iran it would probably have a majority, the U.S. would veto it and Britain and France would abstain.

Me Resolution Down Crystal Israel

I get butterflies before going out to ride every day, but they disappear as soon as I am on a horse, and I think that is the same for most jockeys. Then it is just down to you and the horse, and there is a certain freedom in that.

Freedom Day Ride I Am Think Horse

Over the years, quite a few TV producers proposed that I do a program, but I refused. I didn't want to work on a set that looked like a theater; I wanted a kitchen of the sort every chef dreams about.

Work Dreams Chef Kitchen Want Over

It is important for you to know who you are and who you may become. It is more important than what you do, even as vital as your work is and will be.

Russell M. Nelson

Work You Know Important Will Become

Reformation, like education, is a journey, not a destination.

Mary Harris Jones

Education Journey Destination Like

The sun too penetrates into privies, but is not polluted by them.

Sun Them Too Polluted

My father was a very warm, gregarious, sociable person who had many interests. He lived his life very much in the present, full of activities and the next project. He had many hobbies. He was not given to retrospection.

Life Father Present Warm Person

I know that if I were to take ugly photographs, no one would be interested in looking at them.

Ugly Looking Know Take Would Them

Oversized houses, like oversized cars, seem to be a particularly American fixation.

American Seem Like Houses

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