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A little cooling down of animal excitability and instinct, a little loss of animal toughness, a little irritable weakness and descent of the pain-threshold, will… — William James
Success, in my view, is the willingness to strive for something you really want. The person not reaching the top is no less a success… — Fran Tarkenton
The contented and economically comfortable have a very discriminating view of government. Nobody is ever indignant about bailing out failed banks and failed savings and… — John Kenneth Galbraith
My view is pensioners don't have the one option that people of working age have. They can't really increase their income, because they are no… — Iain Duncan Smith
In relation to God, we are like a thief who has burgled the house of a kindly householder and been allowed to keep some of… — Simone Weil
Satire must not be a kind of superfluous ill will, but ill will from a higher point of view. Ridiculous man, divine God. Or else,… — Paul Klee
From the dog's point of view, his master is an elongated and abnormally cunning dog. — Mabel Robinson
True, there are architects so called in this country, and I have heard of one at least possessed with the idea of making architectural ornaments… — Henry David Thoreau
I believe that this is not only the view of the people on both sides of the Strait. It is also the common expectation of… — Chen Shui-bian
Borne out of this, starting around the 17th Century was the Baroque era. It is my view that it is one of the architectural peak… — Harry Seidler
First of all, Buddhism is neither pessimistic nor optimistic. If anything at all, it is realistic, for it takes a realistic view of life and… — Walpola Rahula
The body, the mind, and the spirit don't form a pyramid, they form a circle. Each of them runs into the other two. The body… — Jane Smiley
The great subversive works of children's literature suggest that there are other views of human life besides those of the shopping mall and the corporation.… — Alison Lurie
Are people more important than the grizzly bear? Only from the point of view of some people. — Edward Abbey
I say, 'If I had a serious brain injury I might well write a children's book', but otherwise the idea of being conscious of who… — Martin Amis
I cannot stand forward, and give praise or blame to any thing which relates to human actions, and human concerns, on a simple view of… — Edmund Burke
I view great cities as pestilential to the morals, the health, and the liberties of man. — Thomas Jefferson
The pre-Socratic Greek philosopher Parmenides taught that the only things that are real are things which never change... and the pre-Socratic Greek philosopher Heraclitus taught… — Philip K. Dick
Our knowledge of the historical worth of certain religious doctrines increases our respect for them, but does not invalidate our proposal that they should cease… — Sigmund Freud
Music is worth doing just because. It doesnâ€™t have to be justified by some political point of view, and itâ€™s kind of insulting to the… — Elliott Smith

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