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With no attempt there can be no failure; with no failure no humiliation.

William James

Time itself comes in drops.
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Come Drop Philosophical Itself
Organization and method mean much, but contagious human characters mean more in a university.
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Character Mean Organization
Effort is the one strictly undervalued and original contribution we make to this world.
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Contribution Effort World
All religions begin with the cry Help.
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Cry Helping Religion
Every individual existence goes out in a lonely spasm of helpless agony.
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Agony Individual Lonely
Mankind’s common instinct for reality has always held the world to be essentially a theatre for heroism.
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Heroism Reality Theatre
Most people live, whether physically, intellectually or morally, in a very restricted circle of their potential being.
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Circles People Sith
What would be better for us to believe!’ This sounds very like a definition of truth
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Believe Sound Truth
A sense of humor is just common sense dancing.
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Common Dance Humor Sense
The emotions aren’t always immediately subject to reason, but they are always immediately subject to action.
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Action Emotional Feelings
To change ones life: Start immediately. Do it flamboyantly.
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Change Life Philosophical
The difference between objective and subjective extension is one of relation to a context solely.
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Differences Extensions Relation
If you care enough for a result, you will most certainly attain it.
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Leadership Motivation Philosophical
Footnotes — little dogs yapping at the heels of the text
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Dog Littles Writing
There’s nothing so absurd that if you repeat it often enough, people will believe it.
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Believe People Propaganda
We forget that every good that is worth possessing must be paid for in strokes of daily effort.
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Best Effort Forget Hard Work

With no attempt there can be no failure; with no failure no humiliation.

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