William James Quotes

We have to live today by what truth we can get today and be ready tomorrow to call it falsehood.

William James

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

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Rush Limbaugh, we expect nonsense from him. But the Vatican, that's another story. When the Vatican is so threatened that it launches attacks on nuns, well, you know what they say in politics, a hit dog hollers.

Jennifer Granholm

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I wasn't a good rule-breaker when I was younger.

John Gallagher, Jr.

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I read James Joyce's short story 'The Dead,' and I love that movie for many reasons. It was the last film I made with my father, and it's emotional for me as well as a movie I'm proud of.

Anjelica Huston

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Sometimes, you can not click with somebody, and it can feel awkward.

Jeff Bridges

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What we call 'the news' always has tried to tell a story, and it's always told the story it wanted or, put most positively, whatever story it believed needed telling.

Steve Erickson

StoryNewsAlwaysWhateverTell

I am highly variable in my devotion. From a doctrinal point of view or a dogmatic point of view or a strictly Catholic adherent point of view, I'm first to say that I talk a good game, but I don't know how good I am about it in practice.

Stephen Colbert

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I've always considered transcribing to be an invaluable tool in the development of one's musical ear and, over the years, I have spent countless glorious hours transcribing different kinds of music, either guitar-oriented or not.

Steve Vai

MusicDevelopmentAlwaysOverYears

Unfortunately for me, most of the books I'd want to reprint were written for savvy publishers like Harlequin and Berkley who have held on to electronic rights. But I do have another option: Publish new e-books myself.

Ruth Glick

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I think my music has always been a mixture, depending on whom I'm working with - what band, what musicians, what producer.

Matisyahu

MusicThinkMusiciansBandAlways

How can you run for president if you don't know the job description?

Mohamed ElBaradei

JobYouKnowRunPresidentHow

Man loves liberty, even if he does not know that he loves it. He is driven by it and flees from where it does not exist.

Jose Marti

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The pope dies, you get another pope.

Dino De Laurentiis

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