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Quote by William James
Man lives for science as well as bread. - William James

Man lives for science as well as bread. – William James

Other quotes by William James

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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William James
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The god whom science recognizes must be a God of universal laws exclusively, a God who does a wholesale, not a retail business. He cannot accommodate his processes to the convenience of individuals. – William James

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Business
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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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Other Quotes from
Science
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Anecdotal thinking comes naturally science requires training. – Michael Shermer

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Science

The science linking the increased frequency and severity of extreme weather to the climate crisis has matured tremendously in the last couple of years. – Al Gore

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Science

Better to die in the pursuit of civilized values, we believed, than in a flight underground. We were offering a value system couched in the language of science. – John Charles Polanyi

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Science

As soon as questions of will or decision or reason or choice of action arise, human science is at a loss. – Noam Chomsky

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Science

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Age is only a number, a cipher for the records. A man cant retire his experience. He must use it. Experience achieves more with less energy and time. – Bernard Baruch

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Age

Moving between the legs of tables and of chairs, rising or falling, grasping at kisses and toys, advancing boldly, sudden to take alarm, retreating to the corner of arm and knee, eager to be reassured, taking pleasure in the fragrant brilliance of the Christmas tree. – T. S. Eliot

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Christmas

Listen to your inner-voice: Surround yourself with loving, nurturing people. Fall in love with your art and find yourself. Music is the great communicator. – Glenn Hughes

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Art

The first essential in writing about anything is that the writer should have no experience of the matter. – Isadora Duncan

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Experience