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It is your friends who make your world.

William James

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William James
Age: 68 †
Born: 1842
Born: January 11
Died: 1910
Died: August 26
Philosopher
Physician
Psychologist
University Teacher
W. James
Meaningful
Friends
Make
World

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Our beliefs and our attention are the same fact.
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I am only a philosopher, and there is only one thing that a philosopher can be relied on to do, and that is, to contradict other philosophers.
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It is as important to cultivate your silence power as your word power.
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