Quotes with think

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  • Bret Easton Ellis A child should never even think about being a "good son." A parent decides that fate for the child. The parent encourages that. Not the child himself. And the perfect dad? I shudder at thinking what that may be.
    Bret Easton Ellis
    American author, screenwriter, short-story writer, and director (1964 - )
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  • George Bernard Shaw A conquered nation is like a man with cancer: he can think of nothing else.
    George Bernard Shaw
    Irish-English writer and critic (1856 - 1950)
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  • William James A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices.
    William James
    American philosopher (1842 - 1910)
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  • Burning Spear A lot of things encouraged me to start my label. I think it's very important for an artist to know how many records they've sold and where they've sold. I know that I have never been treated the way I'm supposed to be treated - like an artist. That's why I do things for myself. I feel like I'm a free man.
    Burning Spear
    Jamaican reggae singer-songwriter, vocalist and musician (1945 - )
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  • Confucius A man who does not think and plan long ahead will find trouble right at his door.
    Confucius
    Chinese philosopher (551 - 479)
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  • Bertrand Russell A truer image of the world, I think, is obtained by picturing things as entering into the stream of time from an eternal world outside, than from a view which regards time as the devouring tyrant of all that is.
    Bertrand Russell
    English philosopher and mathematician (1872 - 1970)
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  • Ben Carson And I've always said, 'If two people think the same thing about everything, one of them isn't necessary.' We need to be able to understand that if we're going to make real progress.
    Ben Carson
    American politician, and author (1951 - )
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  • Norman Vincent Peale Any fact facing us is not as important as our attitude toward it, for that determines our success or failure. The way you think about a fact may defeat you before you ever do anything about it. You are overcome by the fact because you think you are.
    Norman Vincent Peale
    American minister and author (1898 - 1993)
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  • Brent Scowcroft But, if you believe we should go around the world overturning regimes to make little United States, I don't agree with that, because I don't think we're capable of doing that.
    Brent Scowcroft
    American US Air Force officer (1925 - 2020)
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  • Bill Watterson Calvin: Sometimes when I'm talking, my words can't keep up with my thoughts. I wonder why we think faster than we speak. Hobbes: Probably so we can think twice.
    Bill Watterson
    American cartoonist (1958 - )
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  • Abraham Lincoln Character is like a tree and reputation like its shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.
    Abraham Lincoln
    American statesman (1809 - 1865)
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  • David Seabury Don't follow any advice, no matter how good, until you feel as deeply in your spirit as you think in your mind that the counsel is wise.
    David Seabury
    American psychologist, author, and lecturer (1885 - 1960)
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  • Bruno Mars Don't you love it that Prince doesn't use Twitter? Don't you think he's somewhere on a unicorn?
    Bruno Mars
    American singer, songwriter, record producer and dancer (1985 - )
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  • Kofi Annan Drugs have destroyed many lives, but wrongheaded governmental policies have destroyed many more. I think it's obvious that after 40 years of war on drugs, it has not worked. There should be decriminalization of drugs.
    Kofi Annan
    Ghanaian diplomat (1938 - 2018)
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  • Socrates Enjoy yourself - it's later than you think.
    Socrates
    Greek philosopher (469 - 399)
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  • Carol Burnett Everybody I know who is funny, it's in them. You can teach timing, or some people are able to tell a joke, though I don't like to tell jokes. But I think you have to be born with a sense of humor and a sense of timing.
    Carol Burnett
    American actress, comedian, singer, and writer (1933 - )
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  • Ann Bancroft For me, the greatest obstacles are never on the ice itself. That's the area I excel in. That's where my passion is. I think we all strive to push ourselves, to overcome our struggles. And when we do, we get to know ourselves better.
    Ann Bancroft
    American author, teacher, adventurer (1955 - )
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  • Adolf Hitler How fortunate for governments that the people they administer don't think.
    Adolf Hitler
    German politician (1889 - 1945)
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  • Abraham Lincoln I am naturally anti-slavery. If slavery is not wrong, nothing is wrong. I can not remember when I did not so think, and feel.
    Letter to Albert G. Hodges, 4 April 1864
    Abraham Lincoln
    American statesman (1809 - 1865)
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  • Henry David Thoreau I am sorry to think that you do not get a man's most effective criticism until you provoke him. Severe truth is expressed with some bitterness.
    Henry David Thoreau
    American writer (1817 - 1862)
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