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To change one's life: 1. Starte immediately, 2. Do it flamboyantly, 3. No exceptions. -William James.


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FRANCES MAYES Each of us literally chooses, by his way of attending to things, what sort of universe he shall appe...
WILLIAM JAMES How long were you standing there?"

"Long enough to know you will be leaving soon. I thoug...
JUDITH JAMES He groaned and leaned his forehead against hers, “You drive me mad, Elizabeth. I dream I am holdin...
JUDITH JAMES You missed a fine opportunity there."

Her heart raced as she whirled around. The hoarse v...
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JUDITH JAMES For our purposes, we define (William James) theory of pragmatism to mean that instead of just talkin...
ANDY STOLL You endure what is unbearable, and you bear it. That is all.
CASSANDRA CLARE William James, who believed the decisive thing about us was not intelligence, strength, or wealth. �...
GEORGE SHEEHAN She hated that will had this effect on her. Hated it. She knew better. She knew what he thought of h...
CASSANDRA CLARE She mowed them down. 1-2-3, 1-2-3.
TOM JONES George Washington, Andrew Jackson, William Henry Harrison, Zachary Taylor, Ulysses Grant, Rutherford...
JEFF GREENFIELD I’m William James Carter. My friends call me Will,” he says. “I’m Lucy Janette Phillips,” ...
IF I WAKE A Christian when begs emotionally, disappoints the Almighty God in atleast 3 ways: 1. By Denying the...
SANTOSH THANKACHAN I had the idea in my twenties that a writer could immediately become the late Henry James. Henry Jam...
CYNTHIA OZICK He is a great artist. He may be the finest artist among American writers since William Faulkner and ...
HAROLD BLOOM There's no telling what James can do next year. The sky's the limit for James and a bunch of other y...
CHARLIE WHITEHURST Many of the writers who have inspired me most are outside the genre: Humorists like Robert Benchley ...
JOHN SCALZI Three life lessons:
1.No one will see you.
2.No one will say anything.
3.No one will ...
ELIZABETH SCOTT A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare: 1599
JAMES SHAPIRO I was raised with James Bond. I love James Bond movies. I would love to do a James Bond movie one da...
DENIS VILLENEUVE To Do Today, 1/17/08
1. Sit and think
2. Reach enlightenment
3. Feed the cats
JAROD KINTZ Even after 3 1/2 hours (spent) my calendar is not cleaned up. I'm waiting for others to make the cha...
MICHAEL CASE The four things that matter in life: 1) love 2) honesty 3) faith 4) courage.
BILL BUTTERWORTH I don't think I have one particular favourite writer. I have many whose works I will always buy ...
IAN RANKIN If you fulfill the royal law according to the Scripture, You shall love your neighbor as yourself, y...
BIBLE If you fulfill the royal law according to the Scripture, You shall love your neighbor as yourself, y...
BIBLE Everyone must be quick to hear, slow to speak and slow to anger. (James 1:19)
ALEX KENDRICK This one may be the worst because No. 1, it was Minnesota; No. 2, it was at home; and No. 3, it was ...
AARON KAMPMAN No really great man ever thought himself so. - William Hazlitt,
WILLIAM HAZLITT There are three ways to get something done: (1) Do it yourself. (2) Hire someone to do it for you....
UNKNOWN From William of Orange to William Pitt the younger there was but one man without whom English histor...
ALBERT BUSHNELL HART But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. James 1:22
BIBLE Every student, Shadowhunter and mundane alike, knew the name Herondale. It was Jace’s last name. I...
CASSANDRA CLARE Three levels of organizational vision: 1. The Do-able 2. The Conceivable 3. The Previously Unthinkab...
SOURCE UNKNOWN How about we call it lovingly fucking your brains out?
R.K. LILLEY He's like a throwback the way he can serve and volley. He puts shots away, and him and William (a so...
DAN CORBIN On the day that James disappeared I had to disappear too. Because I wasn't seen, a big part of James...
DAN HUNT The starter is really hurting people. You're supposed to be down for 1 1/2, 2 seconds at the most. W...
KIP CARPENTER Life isn't just fair. It's just fairer than death, that's all. -William Goldman
ANN BRASHARES The life and works of William Owens are worthy of accolades and celebration,
JAMES CONRAD When my stomach blew up, I immediately went to my gynecologist. I thought maybe it was because of th...
LISA MUHS It was a dark period of my life when William Hung was the most famous Asian man.
ALAN YANG It took us 3 1/2 hours by boat to get to some of those places, with no place to stay, no roads to ge...
ROLAND GUIDRY Characteristics of a leader: 1. Servanthood 2. Discipleship 3. Obedience
RYAN DE LA ROSA The Rule of Sibs: If your sibling gets something you want, you (1) try to take it; (2) break it; or ...
PATRICIA FLEMING I can change a No. 1 diaper in 30 seconds and a No. 2 in a minute.
JOHN TESH Consider it all joy, my brethren, when you encounter various trials, knowing that the testing of you...
BIBLE The first time I met James Franco, he was dressed like James Dean. He was James Dean, literally, fil...
BILL HADER 1+1 may not be 2, depending on your mindset. As 2+3*4 may be 14 or 20 depending on your calculator.
KIMTO OCHE EMMANUEL James Brown died owing me $50,000. But I loved James Brown.
DON KING I speak BASIC to clients, 1-2-3 to management, and mumble to myself.
ANON. This is why it was a great day. No. 1, Snitsky didn't kill anyone. No. 2, Coach didn't win. No. 3, C...
JOHN CENA What my first son James did was allow me to care for something in this world when I couldn't car...
COLIN FARRELL In the 18th Century William Blake saw the world in a grain of sand. Most people nowadays can't even ...
DEAN CAVANAGH He had the most beautiful face she had ever seen. Tangled black hair and eyes like blue glass. Elega...
CASSANDRA CLARE He wanted to sit and listen to her talk about books until his ears fell off.
CASSANDRA CLARE I watch Jace Herondale play, and I see the ghosts that rise up in the music. Don't you?" "Ghosts are...
CASSANDRA CLARE Perhaps," he said, "we should discuss our arrangements, then.
CASSANDRA CLARE Such a fuss ofer a few mundanes." Mrs Dark chuckled and moved to stand beside her sister, so that Wi...
CASSANDRA CLARE Sometimes the only choice is between acceptance and madness.
CASSANDRA CLARE Beauty fades, but cooking is eternal.
CASSANDRA CLARE I hate ingratitude more in a man
than lying, vainness, babbling, drunkenness,
or any taint...
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE My name is not 'William Shatner.'
CHRIS PINE There is no greater mistake in life than seeing things or hearing them at the wrong time. Shakespear...
AGATHA CHRISTIE Life is a long lesson in humility. -James M. Barrie.
JAMES M. BARRIE James gave his life for the city, for this country.
JOSEPH ZADROGA Feast of William Law, Priest, Mystic, 1761 Commemoration of William of Ockham, Franciscan Friar, ...
WILLIAM LAW 2 to 1

2 hearts 1 beat
2 lips will meet
2 birds 1 stone
2 never b alone CLARISSA CLEMENS William Shatner just reeks of cool.
MAGGIE LAWSON William Eggleston in the Real World
MICHAEL ALMEREYDA Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything. Jame...
BIBLE Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything” (J...
CRAIG GROESCHEL You spen 1/3 of your life sleeping, 1/3 of your life working and the other 1/3 wondering why your ar...
MICKAVELI No, I had the Levis guy on my wall, not a picture of William, sorry.
KATE MIDDLETON Can you see 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 toes, one right here.
LARRY RICHARDSON This the best shot we have seen in 3-1/2 years.
JEFFREY KAGAN Warning signs that lover is bored:
1. Passionless kisses
2. Frequent sighing
3. Moved, l...
MATT GROENING That last hole was crucial, ... We could have been no worse placed than 3-2 down, but now it's 4-1.
COLIN MONTGOMERIE Im James Bond. Im Jason Bourne. Im Super-freaking-Mario come to life.
JOHN DAVID ANDERSON Two basic rules of life: 1. Change is Inevitable 2. Everyone Resists Change. Remember this: When you...
SOURCE UNKNOWN The work of Henry James has always seemed divisible by a simple dynastic arrangement into three reig...
PHILIP GUEDALLA We found a way to lose it at the end. We had played well for 3 1/2 quarters.
BRIAN URLACHER The purpose of a man's heart are deep waters, but a man of understanding draws them out. James 1:19
BIBLE William McKinley was a man made to be managed.
BARBARA W. TUCHMAN I first met William McInnes in 1986.
ANDREW GILBERT It was a good first run. In the second run, just do the same as the first. Hopefully I'll be there f...
FRANCOIS BOURQUE I'd love to do something with somebody like James Blake.
HOZIER She can play the 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5 [position] for us.
JOYCE WALKER How to win in life:
1 work hard
2 complain less
3 listen more
4 try, learn, g...
GERMANY KENT Life is a series of calculated risks, James. I happen to think that this one is worth it.
LISH MCBRIDE Raphael paints wisdom, Handel sings it, Phidias carves it, RALPH WALDO EMERSON 1)You remind me of the babe. 2)What babe? 1)The babe with the power. 2)What power? 1)The power of vo...
LABYRINTH I have only read very classic traditional English ghost stories, other than Henry James, who wrote s...
SUSAN HILL The Four Rules of Life:
1. Show Up 2. Pay Attention 3.Tell the Truth 4. Don't be upset at the res...
JOAN BORYSENKO You're right, you know," he says. "You're just right for me. And I'd bet my life that we've done thi...
SUZANNE YOUNG Journalism consists largely in saying Lord James is dead to people who never knew Lord James was ali...
G. K. CHESTERTON

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WILLIAM JAMES Acceptance of what has happened is the first step to overcoming the consequences of any misfortune.
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WILLIAM JAMES Our normal waking consciousness, rational consciousness as we call it, is but one special type of co...
WILLIAM JAMES Everybody should do at least two things each day that he hates to do, just for practice.
WILLIAM JAMES Is life worth living? It all depends on the liver.
WILLIAM JAMES We are doomed to cling to a life even while we find it unendurable.
WILLIAM JAMES This life is worth living, we can say, since it is what we make it.
WILLIAM JAMES Nothing is so fatiguing as the eternal hanging on of an uncompleted task.
WILLIAM JAMES The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook.
WILLIAM JAMES If you want a trait, act as if you already have the trait.
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WILLIAM JAMES We are like islands in the sea, separate on the surface but connected in the deep.
WILLIAM JAMES We forget that every good that is worth possessing must be paid for in strokes of daily effort. We p...
WILLIAM JAMES Action may not always bring happiness, but there is no happiness without action.
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WILLIAM JAMES I am done with great things and big things, great institutions and big success, and I am for those t...
WILLIAM JAMES We have grown literally afraid to be poor. We despise anyone who elects to be poor in order to simpl...
WILLIAM JAMES Most people live, whether physically, intellectually or morally, in a very restricted circle of thei...
WILLIAM JAMES Compared to what we ought to be, we are only half awake. We are making use of only a small part of o...
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WILLIAM JAMES Everyone knows that on any given day there are energies slumbering in him which the incitement's of ...
WILLIAM JAMES If any organism fails to fulfill its potentialities, it becomes sick.
WILLIAM JAMES Metaphysics means nothing but an unusually obstinate effort to think clearly.
WILLIAM JAMES A little cooling down of animal excitability and instinct, a little loss of animal toughness, a litt...
WILLIAM JAMES To be a real philosopher all that is necessary is to hate some one else's type of thinking.
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WILLIAM JAMES Philosophy is at once the most sublime and the most trivial of human pursuits.
WILLIAM JAMES As there is no worse lie than a truth misunderstood by those who hear it, so reasonable arguments, c...
WILLIAM JAMES Most people never run far enough on their first wind to find out they've got a second. Give your dre...
WILLIAM JAMES Success plus Self-esteem equals Pretensions.
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WILLIAM JAMES We don't laugh because we're happy -- we're happy because we laugh.
WILLIAM JAMES We, the lineal representatives of the successful enactors of one scene of slaughter after another, m...
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WILLIAM JAMES Belief creates the actual fact.
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WILLIAM JAMES The greatest discovery of my generation is that human beings can alter their lives by altering their...
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WILLIAM JAMES Much of what we call evil is due entirely to the way men take the phenomenon. It can so often be con...
WILLIAM JAMES A man has as many social selves as there are individuals who recognize him.
WILLIAM JAMES When you have to make a choice and don't make it, that in itself is a choice.
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WILLIAM JAMES I have often thought the best way to define a man's character would be to seek out the particular me...
WILLIAM JAMES It is well for the world that in most of us, by the age of thirty, the character has set like plaste...
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WILLIAM JAMES Often quoted in forms that correspond only loosely to Hugo's original words, for example: No army ca...
WILLIAM JAMES Give up the feeling of responsibility, let go your hold, resign the care of your destiny to higher p...
WILLIAM JAMES Events are influenced by our very great desires.
WILLIAM JAMES If you care enough for a result, you will most certainly attain it.
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WILLIAM JAMES To give up pretensions is as blessed a relief as to get them ratified.
WILLIAM JAMES Our faith is faith in someone else's faith, and in the greatest matters this is most the case.
WILLIAM JAMES Faith means belief in something concerning which doubt is theoretically possible.
WILLIAM JAMES It is wrong always, everywhere, and for everyone, to believe anything upon insufficient evidence.
WILLIAM JAMES I am often confronted by the necessity of standing by one of my empirical selves and relinquishing t...
WILLIAM JAMES Failure, then, failure! so the world stamps us at every turn. We strew it with our blunders, our mis...
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WILLIAM JAMES We must make automatic and habitual, as early as possible, as many useful actions as we can...in the...
WILLIAM JAMES The minute a man ceases to grow, no matter what his years, that minute he begins to be old.
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WILLIAM JAMES There can be no existence of evil as a force to the healthy-minded individual.
WILLIAM JAMES We forget that every good that is worth possessing must be paid for in strokes of daily effort. We p...
WILLIAM JAMES Smitten as we are with the vision of social righteousness, a God indifferent to everything but adula...
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WILLIAM JAMES Fatalism, whose solving word in all crises of behavior is All striving is vain, will never reign sup...
WILLIAM JAMES Only necessity understood, and bondage to the highest is identical with true freedom.
WILLIAM JAMES Be willing to have it so. Acceptance of what has happened is the first step to overcoming the conseq...
WILLIAM JAMES We want all our friends to tell us our bad qualities; it is only the particular ass that does so who...
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WILLIAM JAMES Where quality is the thing sought after, the thing of supreme quality is cheap, whatever the price o...
WILLIAM JAMES If the grace of God miraculously operates, it probably operates through the subliminal door.
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WILLIAM JAMES No matter how full a reservoir of maxims one may possess, and no matter how good one's sentiments ma...
WILLIAM JAMES The best argument I know for an immortal life is the existence of a man who deserves one.
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WILLIAM JAMES Hardly ever can a youth transferred to the society of his betters unlearn the nasality and other vic...
WILLIAM JAMES Individuality is founded in feeling; and the recesses of feeling, the darker, blinder strata of char...
WILLIAM JAMES To study the abnormal is the best way of understanding the normal.
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WILLIAM JAMES There is a voice inside which speaks and says: This is the real me!
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WILLIAM JAMES It is only by risking our persons from one hour to another that we live at all.
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WILLIAM JAMES Believe that life is worth living, and your belief will help create the fact.
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WILLIAM JAMES A cowboy is a man with guts and a horse.
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WILLIAM JAMES There is no worse lie than a truth misunderstood by those who hear it.
WILLIAM JAMES He who refuses to embrace a unique opportunity loses the prize as surely as if he had failed.
WILLIAM JAMES A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices.
WILLIAM JAMES To give up pretensions is as blessed a relief as to get them gratified.
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WILLIAM JAMES For morality life is a war, and the service of the highest is a sort of cosmic patriotism which a...
WILLIAM JAMES Many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices.
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WILLIAM JAMES Every man who possibly can should force himself to a holiday of a full month in a year, whether h...
WILLIAM JAMES He who refuses to embrace a unique opportunity loses the prize as surely as if he had failed.
WILLIAM JAMES Spiritual energy flows in and produces effects in the phenomenal world.
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WILLIAM JAMES There is no more miserable human being than one in whom nothing is habitual but indecision.
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WILLIAM JAMES Man can alter his life by altering his thinking.
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WILLIAM JAMES Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.
WILLIAM JAMES I don't sing because I'm happy. I'm happy because I sing.
WILLIAM JAMES Human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind.
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WILLIAM JAMES Time itself comes in drops.
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WILLIAM JAMES An idea, to be suggestive, must come to the individual with the force of revelation.
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WILLIAM JAMES Religion is a monumental chapter in the history of human egotism.
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WILLIAM JAMES The stream of thought flows on; but most of its segments fall into the bottomless abyss of oblivion....
WILLIAM JAMES The most immutable barrier in nature is between one man's thoughts and another's.
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WILLIAM JAMES The great use of a life is to spend for something that outlasts it.
WILLIAM JAMES The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook.
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WILLIAM JAMES How can the moribund old man reason back to himself the romance, the mystery, the imminence of great...
WILLIAM JAMES Wisdom is learning what to overlook.
WILLIAM JAMES To spend life for something which outlasts it.
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WILLIAM JAMES If you believe that feeling bad or worrying long enough will change a past or future event, then you...
WILLIAM JAMES The sovereign cure for worry is prayer.
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WILLIAM JAMES Seek out that particular mental attribute which makes you feel most deeply and vitally alive, along ...
WILLIAM JAMES Faith means belief in something concerning which doubt is theoretically possible
WILLIAM JAMES Ninety-nine hundredths or, possibly, nine hundred and ninety-nine thousandths of our activity is pur...
WILLIAM JAMES No human being ever learns to live until he has awakened to the dormant powers within him
WILLIAM JAMES The history of philosophy is to a great extent that of a certain clash of human temperaments.
WILLIAM JAMES Tell him to live by yes and no -- yes to everything good, no to everything bad.
WILLIAM JAMES 'Pure experience' is the name I gave to the immediate flux of life which furnishes the mater...
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