Quote by William James
It is well for the world that in most of us, by the age of thirty,

It is well for the world that in most of us, by the age of thirty, the character has set like plaster, and will never soften again. – William James

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[Thinking is] what a great many people think they are doing when they are merely rearranging their prejudices. – William James

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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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You can have a spiritual awakening and discover a new side of you at any age. And best of all, love can happen at any age. Life can just start to get exciting when youre in your 40s and 50s. You have to believe that. – Salma Hayek

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The golden age is before us, not behind us. – William Shakespeare

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Everybody looks like clones and the only people you notice are my age. I dont notice anybody unless they look great, and every now and again they do, and they are usually 70. – Vivienne Westwood

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We are in an electronic technology age now and its about time we put away the old stuff. – Monica Edwards

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Home is a shelter from storms — all sorts of storms. – William J. Bennett

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I didnt want to be one of those women who wake up at 63 years old and realize theyve missed the window of opportunity for marriage and children. – Alanis Morissette

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We know more about war than we know about peace, more about killing than we know about living. – Omar N. Bradley

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I am not the same man I was 35 years ago. And I hope that five years and ten years from now, Ill be a better man, a more mature man, a wiser man, a more humble man and a more spirited man to serve the good of my people and the good of humanity. – Louis Farrakhan

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