James De Mille famous quotes
Last updated: Sep 5, 2024
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Horror is a feeling that cannot last long; human nature is incapable of supporting it. Sadness, whether it be from bereavement, or disappointment, or misfortune of any kind may linger on through life
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Above all, there was Almah. Everything combined to make her most dear to me. My life has been such that I never before had seen anyone whome I loved; and here Almah was the one congenial and sympathetic, and I loved her dearly, even before I understood what my feelings were. One day I learned all, and found that she was more precious to me than all the world.
-- James De Mille -
Horror is a feeling that cannot last long; human nature is incapable of supporting it.
-- James De Mille
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The wise expect nothing, hope for nothing, thus avoiding all disappointment and anxiety.
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As much as a disappointment this was, I can only learn from it and become a better fighter.
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The outcome of fear is disappointment and shyness is frustration.
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Whatever is meant to be will be and you just have to trust that things happen for a reason. It's made handling disappointments that much easier because I just remember my mom's words and know that something better is meant to come my way.
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Whatever you resist you become. If you resist anger, you are always angry. If you resist sadness, you are always sad. If you resist suffering, you are always suffering. If you resist confusion,you are always confused. We think that we resist certain states because they are there, but actually they are there because we resist them.
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The largest part of what we call 'personality' is determined by how we've opted to defend ourselves against anxiety and sadness".
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We're taught to be ashamed of confusion, anger, fear and sadness, and to me they're of equal value to happiness, excitement and inspiration.
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I'm consumed by the chill of solitary.
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As long as you want anything very much, especially more than you want God, it is an idol.
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So long as the human spirit thrives on this planet, music in some living form will accompany and sustain it and give it expressive meaning.
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