Quote by William James
As a rule reading fiction is as hard to me as trying to hit a targ

As a rule reading fiction is as hard to me as trying to hit a target by hurling feathers at it. I need resistance to celebrate! – William James

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There is but one cause of human failure. And that is mans lack of faith in his true Self. – William James

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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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What holy cities are to nomadic tribes — a symbol of race and a bond of union — great books are to the wandering souls of men: they are the Meccas of the mind. – G.E. Woodberry

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How vast an estate it is that we came into as the intellectual heirs of all the watchers and searchers and thinkers and singers of the generations that are dead! What a heritage of stored wealth! What perishing poverty of mind we should be left in without it! – J.N. Larned

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The title of a book fills the place of the face in a human being. – Gustav Boehm, “A Discourse on Title Page Composition,” in The Inland Printer (Ch

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Sit bona librorum copia. – Horace (There are plenty of good books. Let me have a good supply of books.)

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I dont know why someone elses marriage has anything to do with me. – Elizabeth Edwards

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The average woman would rather have beauty than brains, because the average man can see better than he can think. – Author Unknown

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Forgive, son men are men they needs must err. – Euripides

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Forgiveness

I film quite a bit of footage, then edit. Changes before your eyes, things you can do and things you cant. My attitude is always let it keep rolling. – Terrence Malick

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Attitude