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Quote by William James
Common sense and a sense of humor are the same thing, moving at di

Common sense and a sense of humor are the same thing, moving at different speeds. A sense of humor is just common sense, dancing. – William James

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Pure experience is the name I gave to the immediate flux of life which furnishes the material to our later reflection with its conceptual categories. – William James

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Experience
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William James
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From a pragmatic point of view, the difference between living against a background of foreigness (an indifferent Universe) and one of intimacy (a benevolent Universe) means the difference between a general habit of wariness and one of trust. – William James

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Universe, The
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William James
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Dance is the only art of which we ourselves are the stuff of which it is made. – Ted Shawn, Time, 25 July 1955

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Dancing

Dancing is just discovery, discovery, discovery. – Martha Graham

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Dancing

I could believe only in a God who would know how to dance. – Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900), “Of Reading and Writing,” Thus Spake Zarathus

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Dancing

The truest expression of a people is in its dance and in its music. Bodies never lie. – Agnes de Mille

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