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The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can

The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitudes. – William James

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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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Faith means belief in something concerning which doubt is theoretically possible. – William James

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Unfortunately, the attitude of many towards the press, humanitarians included and especially government workers, is often one of suspicion, if not outright fear. – Alvin Adams

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Animals have a much better attitude to life and death than we do. They know when their time has come. We are the ones that suffer when they pass, but its a healing kind of grief that enables us to deal with other griefs that are not so easy to grab hold of. – Emmylou Harris

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In the depths of winter I finally learned there was in me an invincible summer. – Albert Camus

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I will not let anyone walk through my mind with their dirty feet. – Mahatma Gandhi

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Come out is so funny to me because Ive never been in. – Adam Lambert

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It has been said that figures rule the world; maybe. I am quite sure that it is figures which show us whether it is being ruled well or badly. – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, 1830, translated

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If you desire faith, then you have faith enough. – Elizabeth Barrett Browning

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Most wives think of their husbands as bumbling braggarts with whom they happen to be in love. – Jackie Gleason

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