#sentiment

No matter how full a reservoir of maxims one may possess, and no matter how good one's sentiments may be, if one has not taken advantage of every concrete opportunity to act, one's character may remain entirely unaffected for the better. ↗

— William James

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I don't ever want to be a sentimentalist. I prefer to be a realist. I'm not a romantic really. ↗

— James Earl Jones

#i #prefer #realist #really #romantic

I am not a sentimental person. ↗

— Jack Kevorkian

#i #i am #person #sentimental

What a man calls his "conscience" is merely the mental action that follows a sentimental reaction after too much wine or love. ↗

— Helen Rowland

#after #calls #conscience #follows #his

He who draws noble delights from sentiments of poetry is a true poet, though he has never written a line in all his life. ↗

— George Sand

#delights #draws #his #life #line

Gay marriage is the last bastion of, to me... as a legal, ceremonial, sentimental and religious side, it's one of the last steps. Retaining your job being one of the earlier steps, like, not getting kicked out of your job because you're gay. ↗

— Gus Van Sant

#being #ceremonial #earlier #gay #gay marriage

I mean, I think I'm pretty sentimental. ↗

— Gus Van Sant

#i think #mean #pretty #sentimental #think

I think that in some cases, I've made films that have a sentimental quality, at least as part of the film. ↗

— Gus Van Sant

#film #films #i #i think #least

I remember how much - when I was a small boy I was taken to see a version of 'Peter Pan.' I detested it. I mean, the sentimental idea that anybody would want to remain a boy. ↗

— Maurice Sendak

#boy #detested #how #i #i remember

I try to open up my heart as much as I can and keep a real keen eye out that I don't get sentimental. I think we're all afraid to reveal our hearts. It's not at all in fashion. ↗

— Paul Simon

#eye #fashion #get #heart #hearts