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If, then, you wish to insure the interest of your pupils, there is only one way to do it; and that is to make certain… — William James
Success lulls you. It makes the most ambitious of us complacent and sloppy. In a way, you have to cultivate a kind of amnesia and… — Pat Summitt
A cherished cause and a general who inspires confidence by previous success are powerful means of electrifying an army. — Antoine-Henri Jomini
How often I admire the taste shown in the garden which, within the house, may be indifferent. Here is an art which is today probably… — William Rothenstein
I like to look on the bright side: Every day I beat my own previous record for number of consecutive days I've stayed alive. — Scott Frank
In cases in which the related previous personality had committed suicide, the subject has shown an inclination to contemplate and threaten suicide. — Ian Stevenson
How interesting it would be to write the story of the experiences in this life of a man who killed himself in his previous life;… — Leo Tolstoy
It is well-known that those who have charge of young infants, that it is difficult to feel sure when certain movements about their mouths are… — Charles Darwin
If it is the great delusion of moralists to suppose that all previous ages were less sinful than their own, then it is the great… — Louis Kronenberger
I never tell one client that I cannot attend his sales convention because I have a previous engagement with another client; successful polygamy depends upon… — David Ogilvy
The thing about family disasters is that you never have to wait long before the next one puts the previous one into perspective. — Robert Breault
I then began to study arithmetical questions without any great apparent result, and without suspecting that they could have the least connexion with my previous… — Henri Poincare
The reason people blame things on the previous generation is that there's only one other choice. — Doug Larson
All varieties of interference with the market phenomena not only fail to achieve the ends aimed at by their authors and supporters, but bring about… — Ludwig von Mises
Knowledge must be gained by ourselves. Mankind may supply us with facts; but the results, even if they agree with previous ones, must be the… — Benjamin Disraeli
The more experiences and experiments accumulate in the exploration of nature, the more precarious the theories become. But it is not always good to discard… — Georg C. Lichtenberg
My father in the film - which we probably haven't seen in previous movies, and in British Asian movies you could probably count on one… — Parminder Nagra
Hung verdict would have meant anger against previous govt; Clear verdict to BJP shows people voted for hope and aspiration. — Narendra Modi
More may have been learned about the brain and the mind in the 1990s - the so-called decade of the brain - than during the… — Antonio Damasio
On girls night in we talk about dating; the ups and downs of the previous week. Our collective laughter is uncontrollable and tearful, even the… — Cilla Black

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