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"The problem with defending the purity of the English language is that English is about as pure as a cribhouse whore. We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary."-- James D. Nicoll
Dream as if you'll live forever. Live as if you'll die today.-- James Dean
Be one of those upon whom nothing is lost.-- Henry James
Human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind.-- William James
We are all inclined to judge ourselves by our ideals; others by their acts.-- Harold Nicolson
Sixty minutes of thinking of any kind is bound to lead to confusion and unhappiness.-- James Thurber
"Public opinion sets bounds to every government, and is the real sovereign in every free one."-- James Madison
A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices.-- William James
So where are all the lust-crazed engineering groupies that my college recruiter talked about ?-- James Knowles
A age is called dark not because the light fails to shine, but because people refuse to see it.-- James Michener ("Space")
Do just once what others say you can't do,
and you will never pay attention to their limitations again.-- James R. Cook
The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds, and the pessimist fears this is true.-- James Branch Cabell
"It is a besetting vice of democracies to substitute public opinion for law. This is the usual form in which masses of men exhibit their tyranny."-- James Fenimore Cooper