If I can procure three hundred good substantial names of persons, or bodies, or institutions, I cannot fail to do well for my family, although I must abandon my life to its success, and undergo many sad perplexities and perhaps never see again my own beloved America.


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JAMES DYSON
Begin to be now what you will be hereafter.
WILLIAM JAMES
To avoid entangling alliances has been a maxim of our policy ever since the days of Washington, and ...
JAMES BUCHANAN
A man is not rightly conditioned until he is a happy, healthy, and prosperous being; and happiness, ...
JAMES ALLEN
The days when the words 'Hollywood actor' framed Ronald Reagan like bunny fingers as an ID t...
JAMES WOLCOTT
It is only when the people become ignorant and corrupt, when they degenerate into a populace, that t...
JAMES MONROE
We're in a world where masculinity, especially with these big spectacle movies, is often pushed ...
THEO JAMES
In the old days, you would have one lawyer to handle everything: speeding tickets, buying a house, c...
JAMES BELUSHI
An actor should be judged by his performance only.
JAMES DEAN
I think the one thing this picture shows that's new is the psychological disproportion of the ki...
JAMES DEAN
When an actor plays a scene exactly the way a director orders, it isn't acting. It's followi...
JAMES DEAN
To me, acting is the most logical way for people's neuroses to manifest themselves, in this grea...
JAMES DEAN
To grasp the full significance of life is the actor's duty; to interpret it his problem; and to ...
JAMES DEAN
Trust and belief are two prime considerations. You must not allow yourself to be opinionated.
JAMES DEAN
The only greatness for man is immortality.
JAMES DEAN
An actor must interpret life, and in order to do so must be willing to accept all the experiences li...
JAMES DEAN
I used to fly around quite a bit, you know? I took a lot of unnecessary chances on the highways. And...
JAMES DEAN
I want to be a Texan 24 hours a day.
JAMES DEAN
Studying cows, pigs and chickens can help an actor develop his character. There are a lot of things ...
JAMES DEAN
I don't want anything seventy-thirty. Fifty-fifty's always good enough for me. I don't w...
JAMES DEAN
I also became close to nature, and am now able to appreciate the beauty with which this world is end...
JAMES DEAN
The only way to make a scene realistic is to do it the way you know it would really happen.
JAMES DEAN
Being an actor is the loneliest thing in the world. You are all alone with your concentration and im...
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 ...
LEBRON JAMES