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Quote by William James
Every time a resolve or fine glow of feeling evaporates without be

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 emotions from taking the normal path of discharge. – William James

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Language is the most imperfect and expensive means yet discovered for communicating thought. – William James

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Language
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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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Dancing
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Truth, as any dictionary will tell you, is a property of certain of our ideas. It means their “agreement,” as falsity means their disagreement, with “reality.” – William James

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Reality
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The only questions worth asking today are whether humans are going to have any emotions tomorrow, and what the quality of life will be if the answer is no. – Lester Bangs

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Emotions

By starving emotions we become humorless, rigid and stereotyped; by repressing them we become literal, reformatory and holier-than-thou; encouraged, they perfume life; discouraged, they poison it. – Joseph Collins

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Emotions

Emotional intelligence, more than any other factor, more than I.Q. or expertise, accounts for 85% to 90% of success at work… I.Q. is a threshold competence. You need it, but it doesnt make you a star. Emotional intelligence can. – Warren Bennis

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Emotions

If you would have me weep, you must first of all feel grief yourself. – Horace

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Emotions

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I would sort out all the arguments and see which belonged to fear and which to creativeness. Other things being equal, I would make the decision which had the larger number of creative reasons on its side. – Katharine Butler Hathaway

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As a microbiologist, I am particularly concerned with Mr. Bushs blatant disregard for science. – Louise Slaughter

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Democracy and socialism have nothing in common but one word, equality. But notice the difference: while democracy seeks equality in liberty, socialism seeks equality in restraint and servitude. – Alexis de Tocqueville

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