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Quote by William James
The history of philosophy is to a great extent that of a certain c

The history of philosophy is to a great extent that of a certain clash of human temperaments. – 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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We have to live today by what truth we can get today and be ready tomorrow to call it falsehood. – William James

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Wise Words
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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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Attitude
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The great enemy of clear language is insincerity. When there is a gap between ones real and ones declared aims, one turns, as it were, instinctively to long words and exhausted idioms, like a cuttlefish squirting out ink. – George Orwell

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It is great to be a blonde. With low expectations its very easy to surprise people. – Pamela Anderson

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Our bodies are shaped to bear children, and our lives are a working out of the processes of creation. All our ambitions and intelligence are beside that great elemental point. – Saint Augustine

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Those that have had great passions esteem themselves for the rest of their lives fortunate and unfortunate in being cured of them. – Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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What is important is to believe in something so strongly that youre never discouraged. – Salma Hayek

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Many who have spent a lifetime in it can tell us less of love than the child that lost a dog yesterday. – Thornton Wilder

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pet

We are supposed to enjoy the good stuff now, while we can, with the people we love. Life has a funny way of teaching us that lesson over and over again. – Sheena Easton

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You know what makes me feel old? When I see girls who are 20-something, or the new crop of actresses, and think, Arent we kind of the same age? – Jennifer Aniston

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