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Emotion Quotes by William James
- The emotions aren't always immediately subject to reason, but they are always immediately subject to action.
- When thoughts do not neutralize an undesirable emotion, action will.
- Every time a resolve or fine glow of feeling evaporates without bearing fruit, it is worse than a chance lost; it works to hinder future…
- If you believe that feeling bad or worrying long enough will change a past or future event, then you are residing on another planet with…
- Or if the hypothesis were offered us of a world in which Messrs. Fourier's and Bellamy's and Morris's Utopias should all be outdone, and millions…
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- Like everything which is not the involuntary result of fleeting emotion but the creation of time and will, any marriage, happy or… — Wystan Hugh Auden
- A poem records emotions and moods that lie beyond normal language, that can only be patched together and hinted at metaphorically. — Diane Ackerman
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- Man is lost and is wandering in a jungle where real values have no meaning. Real values can have meaning to man… — Sai Baba
- I listen to music for emotion and I get zero emotion from rap. — Sebastian Bach
- A man that studieth revenge keeps his own wounds green. — Francis Bacon
- I thought the Billie Holiday comparison was beautiful. I think, Wow, what a wonderful, creative, helpful spirit. She's someone who wanted to… — Erykah Badu