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Thinking Quotes

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"Never try to discourage thinking, for you are sure to succeed."
Bertrand Russell
"Never try to discourage thinking, for you are sure to succeed."
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"One of the things I would like to do is make up stories that I would have enjoyed when I was a kid. So, if I'm thinking about an audience, it's usually a younger version of myself."
Matt Groening
"One of the things I would like to do is make up stories that I would have enjoyed when I was a kid. So, if I'm thinking about an audience, it's usually a younger version of myself."
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"It looks like I'm this huge shark going in for the kill... I don't know what I was thinking."
David Gest
"It looks like I'm this huge shark going in for the kill... I don't know what I was thinking."
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"Everyone was thinking it was going to be a bust. I felt redeemed."
Jim Caviezel
"Everyone was thinking it was going to be a bust. I felt redeemed."
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"I grew up thinking that you were supposed to read and write all your waking hours."
John Hope
"I grew up thinking that you were supposed to read and write all your waking hours."
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"Sometimes thinking too much can destroy your momentum."
Tom Watson
"Sometimes thinking too much can destroy your momentum."
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"A thinking woman sleeps with monsters."
Adrienne Rich
"A thinking woman sleeps with monsters."
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"I grew up thinking that whatever I wanted to do, I could do."
Victoria Principal
"I grew up thinking that whatever I wanted to do, I could do."
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"The things I enjoy most as I watch the movie are the things that came through without even thinking."
Beau Bridges
"The things I enjoy most as I watch the movie are the things that came through without even thinking."
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"All I'm thinking about today is cleaning my bathroom."
Linda Fiorentino
"All I'm thinking about today is cleaning my bathroom."
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"Today, if you are not confused, you are not thinking clearly."
Irene Peter
"Today, if you are not confused, you are not thinking clearly."
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"Basically, the start of my thinking process is: 'OK, if you didn't have to worry about re-election, what would you be doing?' That's kind of how I'm starting to think."
Ray Nagin
"Basically, the start of my thinking process is: 'OK, if you didn't have to worry about re-election, what would you be doing?' That's kind of how I'm starting to think."
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"It's awful to have to, but I've started thinking about that, you know. 86. I'm thinking, well, maybe I might make it to 90. At least I'd like to have my brains."
Marian McPartland
"It's awful to have to, but I've started thinking about that, you know. 86. I'm thinking, well, maybe I might make it to 90. At least I'd like to have my brains."
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"Calvin had finally taken a look at the ET tape, and he had reacted just as she had expected he would. He loved it; he loved me. Suddenly he was thinking of me for everything: underwear, jeans, suits, even the Escape fragrance campaign."
Michael Bergin
"Calvin had finally taken a look at the ET tape, and he had reacted just as she had expected he would. He loved it; he loved me. Suddenly he was thinking of me for everything: underwear, jeans, suits, even the Escape fragrance campaign."
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"Insomnia is a gross feeder. It will nourish itself on any kind of thinking, including thinking about not thinking."
Clifton Fadiman
"Insomnia is a gross feeder. It will nourish itself on any kind of thinking, including thinking about not thinking."
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"Everyone kept telling me, Just be yourself. Be yourself. I kept thinking, there's got to be more to it than that!"
Tony Danza
"Everyone kept telling me, Just be yourself. Be yourself. I kept thinking, there's got to be more to it than that!"
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"If everyone is thinking alike, then somebody isn't thinking."
George S. Patton
"If everyone is thinking alike, then somebody isn't thinking."
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"I'd met Dr Dre, he was thinking about his next album, we talked a little and he said, 'Let me give you some of these loops and see what you come up with'."
Burt Bacharach
"I'd met Dr Dre, he was thinking about his next album, we talked a little and he said, 'Let me give you some of these loops and see what you come up with'."
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"Whenever I write, I'm always thinking of the reader."
Manuel Puig
"Whenever I write, I'm always thinking of the reader."
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"You sort of start thinking anything's possible if you've got enough nerve."
J. K. Rowling
"You sort of start thinking anything's possible if you've got enough nerve."
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"NASA should start thinking about this planet."
Wally Schirra
"NASA should start thinking about this planet."
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"I am neither bitter nor cynical but I do wish there was less immaturity in political thinking."
Franklin D. Roosevelt
"I am neither bitter nor cynical but I do wish there was less immaturity in political thinking."
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"After all,'I've been thinking' meant she had previously identified the parameters and analyzed all the branching considerations."
G.S. Jennsen
"After all,'I've been thinking' meant she had previously identified the parameters and analyzed all the branching considerations."
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"I do some of my best thinking while pulling weeds."
Martha Smith
"I do some of my best thinking while pulling weeds."
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"A moment's thinking is an hour in words."
Thomas Hood
"A moment's thinking is an hour in words."
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"I'm standing up thinking. Anybody who wants to listen is welcome. If not, I'm happy to see them go."
David Antin
"I'm standing up thinking. Anybody who wants to listen is welcome. If not, I'm happy to see them go."
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"Linear thinking typifies a highly developed industry. It starts to get these patterns built into it somehow. I'm not sure how that happens, but certainly you take a look at dinosaurs."
Michael Nesmith
"Linear thinking typifies a highly developed industry. It starts to get these patterns built into it somehow. I'm not sure how that happens, but certainly you take a look at dinosaurs."
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"I think we have got to start thinking about banding together in terms of interested groups."
Arthur Levitt
"I think we have got to start thinking about banding together in terms of interested groups."
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"We were worried about that actually. The cast was thinking that they'd lose their minds. But we didn't."
Erika Christensen
"We were worried about that actually. The cast was thinking that they'd lose their minds. But we didn't."
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"I'm still the same person, thinking the same way, so it's possible I will invent something."
Erno Rubik
"I'm still the same person, thinking the same way, so it's possible I will invent something."
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"You don't do anything thinking that it's going to stick."
Ray Liotta
"You don't do anything thinking that it's going to stick."
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"I'm taking it step by step and not thinking at all about a new contract."
Paul Ince
"I'm taking it step by step and not thinking at all about a new contract."
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"I could come up with 50 stories that I am thinking about."
Gay Talese
"I could come up with 50 stories that I am thinking about."
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"But, I would always be thinking of how pictures are constructed and colour, how to use it, I mean you're using it for constructing, makes you think about it, the place did as well."
David Hockney
"But, I would always be thinking of how pictures are constructed and colour, how to use it, I mean you're using it for constructing, makes you think about it, the place did as well."
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"You know, all writers are vampires and they'll look around and they watch you when you're not even thinking they're watching you and they'll slip stuff in."
James Gandolfini
"You know, all writers are vampires and they'll look around and they watch you when you're not even thinking they're watching you and they'll slip stuff in."
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"Start thinking for yourself, ask 'why?' and even venture to say 'why should I?' and pretty soon you will have half the world at your throat for being a 'trouble maker'."
Christina Engela
"Start thinking for yourself, ask 'why?' and even venture to say 'why should I?' and pretty soon you will have half the world at your throat for being a 'trouble maker'."
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"I'm against sloppy, emotional thinking."
Herman Kahn
"I'm against sloppy, emotional thinking."
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"I'm in a constant process of thinking about things."
Richard Brautigan
"I'm in a constant process of thinking about things."
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"All there is to thinking is seeing something noticeable, which makes you see something you weren't noticing, which makes you see something that isn't even visible."
Leo Strauss
"All there is to thinking is seeing something noticeable, which makes you see something you weren't noticing, which makes you see something that isn't even visible."
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"My way of thinking is very particular and concrete. It doesn't follow a continuous path."
David Antin
"My way of thinking is very particular and concrete. It doesn't follow a continuous path."
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"When I got to filmmaking, the most democratic of environments where anybody could say anything, those were the best environments, but what you don't want to assume is that you know what the audience is thinking."
Rick Moranis
"When I got to filmmaking, the most democratic of environments where anybody could say anything, those were the best environments, but what you don't want to assume is that you know what the audience is thinking."
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"I'm always thinking about what I might want to do next, but there's still things I want to do with Powerpuff - so I can keep going with this one for awhile."
Craig McCracken
"I'm always thinking about what I might want to do next, but there's still things I want to do with Powerpuff - so I can keep going with this one for awhile."
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"So when I looked at pictures and produced my calendar and edited the pictures, it wasn't just about looking at myself and thinking I'm attractive. I try to take myself out of it and get into the whole process of putting it all together."
Brooke Burke
"So when I looked at pictures and produced my calendar and edited the pictures, it wasn't just about looking at myself and thinking I'm attractive. I try to take myself out of it and get into the whole process of putting it all together."
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"Sometimes you have to stop thinking. Sometimes you shut down completely. I think that's true in any creative field."
Maya Lin
"Sometimes you have to stop thinking. Sometimes you shut down completely. I think that's true in any creative field."
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"I'm against fashionable thinking."
Herman Kahn
"I'm against fashionable thinking."
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"In early 1993, a hostile observer might have had grounds for thinking that the Unix story was almost played out, and with it the fortunes of the hacker tribe."
Eric S. Raymond
"In early 1993, a hostile observer might have had grounds for thinking that the Unix story was almost played out, and with it the fortunes of the hacker tribe."
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"The screen magnifies everything, even the way you are thinking."
Bela Lugosi
"The screen magnifies everything, even the way you are thinking."
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"When I think of all the years in my 30s when I starved myself... but when I got the role of Lois, I stopped thinking about my looks and was just myself."
Jane Kaczmarek
"When I think of all the years in my 30s when I starved myself... but when I got the role of Lois, I stopped thinking about my looks and was just myself."
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"I like to cook, but mostly Greek. When I am confused or tired, I think about what I can cook. It takes you away from everything, as you are thinking only of your dish."
Nana Mouskouri
"I like to cook, but mostly Greek. When I am confused or tired, I think about what I can cook. It takes you away from everything, as you are thinking only of your dish."
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"If you're struggling to "think outside the box remember the box is self-imposed. Who says it has to be a box? Why not a bowl of petunias?"
Ryan Lilly
"If you're struggling to "think outside the box remember the box is self-imposed. Who says it has to be a box? Why not a bowl of petunias?"
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