Quote by William James
There must be something solemn, serious, and tender about any atti

There must be something solemn, serious, and tender about any attitude which we denominate religious. If glad, it must not grin or snicker if sad, it must not scream or curse. – William James

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If merely feeling good could decide, drunkenness would be the supremely valid human experience. – William James

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Language is the most imperfect and expensive means yet discovered for communicating thought. – William James

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Look, everything that you experience as a kid is the foundation of how you are today. I was brought up in a working class family in Leeds and when it comes to money both my parents worked hard and instilled the same attitude into me. – Melanie Brown

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If you go on stage with the wrong attitude, or something in your performance is off, you can lose an audience in the first minute. That first minute is crucial. – Allan Carr

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Each experience through which we pass operates ultimately for our good. This is a correct attitude to adopt and we must be able to see it in that light. – Henry S. Haskins

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Liberalism is an attitude rather than a set of dogmas – an attitude that insists upon questioning all plausible and self-evident propositions, seeking not to reject them but to find out what evidence there is to support them rather than their possible alternatives. – Morris Raphael Cohen

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A man growing old becomes a child again. – Sophocles

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Edible – good to eat and wholesome to digest, as a worm to a toad, a toad to a snake, a snake to a pig, a pig to a man, and a man to a worm. – Ambrose Bierce

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I do Yoga. Id like to say I do it every morning, but I dont, I just dont have the time. – Radha Mitchell

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