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Quote by William James
Our faith is faith in someone elses faith, and in the greatest mat

Our faith is faith in someone elses faith, and in the greatest matters this is most the case. – William James

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No matter how full a reservoir of maxims one may possess, and no matter how good ones sentiments may be, if one have not taken advantage of every concrete opportunity to act, ones character may remain entirely unaffected for the better. With good intentions, hell proverbially is paved. – William James

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Intention
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William James
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[Thinking is] what a great many people think they are doing when they are merely rearranging their prejudices. – William James

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Thinking
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The sway of alcohol over mankind is unquestionably due to its power to stimulate the mystical faculties of human nature, usually crushed to earth by the cold facts and dry criticisms of the sober hour. – William James

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Nature
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Science has sometimes been said to be opposed to faith, and inconsistent with it. But all science, in fact, rests on a basis of faith, for it assumes the permanence and uniformity of natural laws – a thing which can never be demonstrated. – Tryon Edwards

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Bushs faith in the rightness of his strategy in the broader war is deep-seated. It is a product of faith. – Rich Lowry

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Im a Christian. I go to church when I can. I was raised Baptist. I went to a Lutheran school. Im a nondenominational practicing Christian. I have a lot of faith. – Brittany Murphy

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The Afghans did not have sophisticated weapons like the Soviets did, but with their faith they defeated a superpower. – Abu Bakar Bashir

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Recklessness is a species of crime and should be so regarded on our streets and highways. – Marlen E. Pew

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Many smart folks seem to think that if you just get your metaphors and messages right, youll win. That if you start describing what you favor as a moral value – affordable health care is a moral value etc., – then youll appeal to red-state voters. – Eric Liu

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People are fed up with the politics where candidates just rip each other apart and then the voters lose in the end because no one really knows what anybody stands for. – Dennis Kucinich

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When I announced the development of Perl 6, I said it was going to be a community design. I designed Perl, myself. Its limited by my own brain power. So I wanted Perl 6 to be a community design. – Larry Wall

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