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But the moment a bird was dead, no matter how beautiful it had been in life, the pleasure of possession became blunted for me.


John James Audubon

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JAMES DEAN There is no way to be truly great in this world. We are all impaled on the crook of conditioning.
JAMES DEAN The gratification comes in the doing, not in the results.
JAMES DEAN You try to be yourself, do only what you've always done and like to do, and right away, you'...
JAMES DEAN Racing is the only time I feel whole.
JAMES DEAN Death can't be considered because, if you're afraid to die, there's no room in your life...
JAMES DEAN I'm a serious-minded and intense little devil, terribly gauche and so tense I don't see how ...
JAMES DEAN Thanksgiving, man. Not a good day to be my pants.
KEVIN JAMES The silent killer of all great men and women of achievement - particularly men, I don't know why...
JAMES WOODS I've done a lot of work in the gym preparing myself for what is certain to be pretty strenuous p...
JAMES HIBBERD Knowledge about life is one thing; effective occupation of a place in life, with its dynamic current...
WILLIAM JAMES Words played an important part in my growing up. Not only the written word... but words that flew th...
JAMES HOWE The world we see that seems so insane is the result of a belief system that is not working. To perce...
WILLIAM JAMES Our nation stands at the crossroads of liberty. Crushing national debt, rampant illegal immigration,...
JAMES LANKFORD I'm a big cardigan sweater guy.
JAMES FRANCO No one forgets their first love. You're experiencing all those endorphins and all that dopamine ...
JAMES MARSDEN I loved all the princess films, and I grew up with them, and I think it's really cool how they&#...
LILY JAMES You can't fuel real economic growth with indiscriminate credit. You can only fuel it with well-a...
JAMES SUROWIECKI Early investment in the lives of disadvantaged children will help reduce inequality, in both the sho...
JAMES HECKMAN Acceptance of what has happened is the first step to overcoming the consequences of any misfortune.
WILLIAM JAMES No temptation can gravitate to a man unless there is that is his heart which is capable of respondin...
JAMES ALLEN A man is literally what he thinks.
JAMES ALLEN The man who sows wrong thoughts and deeds and prays that God will bless him is in the position of a ...
JAMES ALLEN The law of harvest is to reap more than you sow. Sow an act, and you reap a habit. Sow a habit and y...
JAMES ALLEN I am just happy to be part of the Nike family.
LEBRON JAMES There is a lot of pressure put on me, but I don't put a lot of pressure on myself. I feel if I p...
LEBRON JAMES I'm confident with my ability.
LEBRON JAMES Where I grew up - I grew up on the north side of Akron, lived in the projects. So those scared and l...
LEBRON JAMES But now, being a parent, I go home and see my son and I forget about any mistake I ever made or the ...
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