William James Quotes

Truth lives, in fact, for the most part on a credit system. Our thoughts and beliefs pass, so long as nothing challenges them, just as bank-notes pass so long as nobody refuses them.

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 am two fools, I know, for loving, and for saying so in whining poetry.

John Donne

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We need more justices who will uphold the Constitution, follow the rule of law, and protect our Montana way of life.

Matt Rosendale

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I learned early in life that you get places by having the right enemies.

John Shelby Spong

LifeYouEarlyPlacesRightEnemies

Books externalise our brains and turn our homes into thinking bodies.

John Updike

ThinkingTurnBrainsBooksOur

I came to L.A. when I was 19, and my two roommates were blue-eyed, blond dudes. I helped coach them, and they both landed pilots.

Michael Pena

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You look at the large problems that we face - that would be overpopulation, water shortages, global warming and AIDS, I suppose - all of that needs international cooperation to be solved.

Molly Ivins

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I have all the rhythm in my left hand, and I use the rhythms that Gene Krupa did on his drums.

Dick Dale

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I really have to make sure that I'm staying true to who I am, and that I know my responsibilities to current N.B.A. players, to future N.B.A. players, to our past and retired N.B.A. Players.

Derek Fisher

FuturePastI AmKnowTrueSure

I love acting. It's my playground, it let's me explore. But my happiness in this world - my level of peace - is never going to be dictated by acting.

Chris Evans

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I wanted to draw and do costumes. I was prepared to train for that, but I needed something to do on my time off from high school, so I called an agent without telling anyone and started working with her.

Clemence Poesy

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I've been quite lucky in that the roles that I've been able to play are all kind of outsiders. And, you know, I belong to so many places and belong to none of them at the same time, so there's this sense of displacement - I very much understand what it is to not fit in or belong somewhere.

Anya Taylor-Joy

TimeYouPlayKnowKindUnderstand

We are not going to achieve a new world order without paying for it in blood as well as in words and money.

Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.

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