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Knowledge about life is one thing effective occupation of a place

Knowledge about life is one thing effective occupation of a place in life, with its dynamic currents passing through your being, is another. – William James

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The community stagnates without the impulse of the individual. The impulse dies away without the sympathy of the community. – William James

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Sympathy
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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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Where quality is the thing sought after, the thing of supreme quality is cheap, whatever the price one has to pay for it. – William James

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Worth
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My advice to women in general: Even if youre doing a nine-to-five job, treat yourself like a boss. Not arrogant, but be sure of what you want – and dont allow people to run anything for you without your knowledge. – Nicki Minaj

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It is the province of knowledge to speak, and it is the privilege of wisdom to listen. – Oliver Wendell Holmes

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We may take it to be the accepted idea that the Mosaic books were not handed down to us for our instruction in scientific knowledge, and that it is our duty to ground our scientific beliefs upon observation and inference, unmixed with considerations of a different order. – Asa Gray

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If one must fight or create, it is necessary that this be preceded by the broadest possible knowledge. – Karel Capek

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No pillows so soft as Gods Promise. – Anon.

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Religion is the solid basis of good morals therefore education should teach the precepts of religion, and the duties of man toward God. – Gouverneur Morris

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I look up to people who succeed in accomplishing their dreams. – Joanna Noelle Levesque

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In the Garnethill trilogy, people always forget that Maureen ODonnells dad was a journalist and she did art history at uni and her brother did law, but no-one ever thinks theyre middle-class – theyre just working class because they speak with accents. – Denise Mina

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