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Mankind’s common instinct for reality has always held the world to be essentially a theatre for heroism.

William James

The teachers of this country, one may say, have its future in their hands.
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Country Teacher Teaching
I don’t sing because I’m happy; I’m happy because I sing.
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Happiness Music Philosophical
Asceticism may be a mere expression of organic hardihood, disgusted with too much ease.
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Asceticism Ease Expression
A sense of humor is just common sense dancing.
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Common Dance Humor Sense
The lunatic’s visions of horror are all drawn from the material of daily fact.
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Facts Insanity Vision
It is our attitude at the beginning of a difficult task which, more than anything else, will affect its successful outcome.
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Inspirational Motivational Positive
The difference between objective and subjective extension is one of relation to a context solely.
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Differences Extensions Relation
A new opinion counts as true just in proportion as it gratifies the individual’s desire to assimilate the novel in his experience to his beliefs in stock
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Belief Desire Truth
Is life worth living? It all depends on the liver.
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Humorous Life Philosophical
Our faith is faith in someone else’s faith, and in the greatest matters this is most the case.
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Cases Matter Philosophical
The minute a man ceases to grow, no matter what his years, that minute he begins to be old.
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Growth Men Years
Tension is a habit. Relaxing is a habit. Bad habits can be broken, good habits formed.
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Broken Funny Habit
Genius is the capacity for seeing relationships where lesser men see none.
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Capacity Genius Men
There can be no difference anywhere that does not make a difference somewhere.
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Differences Making Somewhere
But facts are facts, and if we only get enough of them theyare sure to combine.
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Combine Enough Fact Facts
The discovery of the power of our thoughts will prove to be the most important discovery of our time
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Discovery Important Positive

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