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Shows Quotes by William James
- The difference between an interesting and a tedious teacher consists in little more than the inventiveness by which the one is able to mediate these…
- If the topic be highly abstract, show its nature by concrete examples; if it be unfamiliar, make it figure as part of a story; if…
- Feed the growing human being, feed him with the sort of experience for which from year to year he shows a natural craving, and he…
- A new position of responsibility will usually show a man to be a far stronger creature than was supposed.
- The attitude of unhappiness is not only painful, it is mean and ugly. What can be more base and unworthy than the pining, puling, mumping…
- The most violent revolutions in an individuals beliefs leave most of his old order standing. Time and space, cause and effect, nature and history, and…
- Great emergencies and crises show us how much greater our vital resources are than we had supposed.
- If you wish to upset the law that all crows are black, you mustn't seek to show that no crows are; it is enough if…
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- I had a huge advantage when I started 50 years ago - my job was secure. I didn't have to promote myself.… — David Attenborough
- In nine cases out of ten, a woman had better show more affection than she feels. — Jane Austen