Quotes with free-thought

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  • Georges Bernanos A thought which does not result in an action is nothing much, and an action which does not proceed from a thought is nothing at all.
    Georges Bernanos
    French writer (1888 - 1948)
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  • C. J. Cherryh A warrior is free to be a hero and pull off daring do and the soldier is irresponsible if he does it.
    C. J. Cherryh
    American writer (1942 - )
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  • Oliver Wendell Holmes A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged, it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and the time in which it is used.
    Oliver Wendell Holmes
    American writer and poet (1809 - 1894)
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  • Ronald Reagan Above all, we must realize that no arsenal, or no weapon in the arsenals of the world, is so formidable as the will and moral courage of free men and women. It is a weapon our adversaries in today's world do not have.
    Ronald Reagan
    American politician and actor (1911 - 2004)
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  • Henry Brooks Adams Absolute liberty is absence of restraint; responsibility is restraint; therefore, the ideally free individual is responsible to himself.
    Henry Brooks Adams
    American historian (1838 - 1918)
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  • Tacitus Abuse if you slight it, will gradually die away; but if you show yourself irritated, you will be thought to have deserved it.
    Tacitus
    Roman senator and historian (56 - 117)
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  • Glenda Jackson Acting is not about dressing up. Acting is about stripping bare. The whole essence of learning lines is to forget them so you can make them sound like you thought of them that instant.
    Glenda Jackson
    British actress and politician (1936 - 2023)
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  • Joseph Conrad Action is consolatory. It is the enemy of thought and the friend of flattering illusions.
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    Joseph Conrad
    In Poland born English writer (1857 - 1924)
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  • Dietrich Bonhoeffer Action springs not from thought, but from a readiness for responsibility.
    Dietrich Bonhoeffer
    German church leader and resistance fighter (1906 - 1945)
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  • Samuel Johnson Adversity is the state in which man mostly easily becomes acquainted with himself, being especially free of admirers then.
    Samuel Johnson
    English writer (1709 - 1784)
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  • Caroline Lawrence After I had written seventeen full-length mysteries, two volumes of mini-mysteries, a travel guide and some quiz books, not to mention a spin-off Roman Mystery Scrolls series, I thought it was time I moved to new historical pastures.
    Caroline Lawrence
    English American author (1954 - )
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  • Becki Newton After leaving school, I travelled around Europe for about six months. In Denmark, I thought that was my chance to get an amazing haircut, so I went to what I thought was a great hairdresser. It turned out to be the car wash of hairdressers, and I walked out sporting yet another pudding bowl, but this time with a stripe bleached down the centre.
    Becki Newton
    American actress (1978 - )
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  • Brandi Chastain After the '96 Olympics, we all started believing that this is bigger than we thought, and we were willing to do the work. We knew that it was up to us, the players, to make soccer successful.
    Brandi Chastain
    American soccer player (1968 - )
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  • Thomas Jefferson Agriculture, manufactures, commerce, and navigation, the four pillars of our prosperity, are then most thriving when left most free to individual enterprise. Protection from casual embarrassments, however, may sometimes be seasonably interposed.
    Thomas Jefferson
    American statesman (1743 - 1826)
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  • Bjarke Ingels All comic books take place in built environments, and I was very good at drawing people and animals, and stuff like that, but I hadn't spent much energy drawing buildings. So I thought, maybe I could, and then I became an architect.
    Bjarke Ingels
    Danish architect and businessman (1974 - )
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  • John F. Kennedy All free men, wherever they may live, are citizens of Berlin, and therefore, as a free man, I take pride in the words "Ich bin ein Berliner!
    Speech West-Berlin, 26-06-1963
    John F. Kennedy
    American politician (1917 - 1963)
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  • Bruce Cockburn All I ever thought was, 'I'm going to do this as long as I can, and if I can't get paid at it, I'll be a bum doing it.' And so, here I am.
    Bruce Cockburn
    Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (1945 - )
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  • Barry Levinson All I try to do is create an atmosphere that seems comfortable enough, that it removes tension and everyone feels free. If they feel free then behaviour happens, small moments happen and that's what ultimately works the best for me.
    Barry Levinson
    American filmmaker, screenwriter, and actor (1942 - )
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  • Abraham Lincoln All my life I have tried to pluck a thistle and plant a flower wherever the flower would grow in thought and mind.
    Abraham Lincoln
    American statesman (1809 - 1865)
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  • Jean-Jacques Rousseau All of my misfortunes come from having thought too well of my fellows.
    Jean-Jacques Rousseau
    French writer and philosopher (1712 - 1778)
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