“I do think that the legacy of the Norman conquest is still strong in Britain. Our hereditary monarchy, our established church, our ancient county structures, though hollowed out in many ways, are a direct result of what happened in 1066.” ThinkingWayStillsStrongChurchResultsHappenedDirectStructureAncientLegacyBritainConquestMonarchyCountyHereditaryNorman Conquest Author:Paul Kingsnorth
“I do think that the long poem speaks for an inner need for continuity. We live in a time of so many losses, disruptions, and distractions, that the need for a sense of the ongoing is quite real. The long poem is very satisfying in offering the psyche a model of coherence.” ThinkingNeedsLongRealSpeakLossModelsSatisfyingDistractionOfferingOngoingContinuityDisruptionCoherence Author:Alison Hawthorne Deming
“I do think that the modern India does belong to writers who are living in India.” ThinkingDoeModernIndiaModern India Author:Kiran Desai
“I do think that the more takes you have the more opportunity to experiment [but] at a certain point, there are diminishing returns. There's only so much variety you offer.” ThinkingCertainOpportunityReturnOffersExperimentsVarietyDiminishing Returns Author:Julia Stiles
“I do think that the Republican Party is in a crisis right now, a crisis of confidence about who we are.” ThinkingPartyRepublicanCrisisRepublican Party Author:Jeff Flake
“I do think that the role of the Internet, and the way it's bringing everything into the home, has made a parent's job much more difficult. And it's harder to know what to do and how to do it. It's much, much harder.” ThinkingKnowsWayMadeHomeJobsParentDifficultRolesInternetHarder Author:William J. Clinton
“I do think that the sense of being opposed to the present moment, that sense of the rub of history, invigorates the writing I find most exciting, and maybe precisely in being equally allegiant to an inward fineness of sensibility and an outward-facing rigor of protest or critique.” ThinkingWritingMomentsExcitingProtestPresent MomentInwardSensibilityCritiqueRigorBeing Equal Author:Garth Greenwell
“I do think that the standard media is controlled by the conventional wisdom about global warming. We've come to believe - from reading a lot of articles and talking to a lot of scientists - that there's another side to be heard.” ThinkingBelieveWisdomReadingSidesTalkingHeardMediaStandardsScientistGlobal WarmingControlledArticlesConventionalConventional Wisdom Author:Steven Levitt
“I do think that the Trump presidency, even for the resistance, there is pre-Charlottesville and a post-Charlottesville moment, and Donald Trump's response to Charlottesville was a kind of extraordinarily shameful moment, I think, actually for the country.” ThinkingKindCountryMomentsResponseShameful Author:Neera Tanden
“I do think that the U.S. has an opportunity as a democracy to really exemplify what a religiously diverse society can be when it embraces the pluralism.” ThinkingOpportunityDemocracyEmbraceDiversePluralismDiverse Society Author:Diana L. Eck
“I do think that theater is a great venue for science fiction, and not just adaptations but also original work. I also think some of the greatest classics of theater have elements of SF, but in theater, as in publishing, sometimes people make arbitrary distinctions.” PeopleThinkingSometimesFictionElementsTheaterOriginalsScience FictionDistinctionPublishingAdaptationArbitraryVenues Author:Edward Einhorn
“I do think that there are - again, gross generalization - more women than men that can tolerate that or that are OK with that.” ThinkingMenTolerateGrossGeneralization Author:Maryann Brandon
“I do think that there are cultural differences in the extent to which we value having more and more choice.” ThinkingValuesChoicesDifferencesCultural Differences Author:Sheena Iyengar
“I do think that there are people who are able to connect with and empathize with anyone who is going through something difficult, just naturally. I don't think it's a world of effort for everyone.” PeopleThinkingWorldAbleDifficultEffort Author:Mahershala Ali
“I do think that there has to be a legal solution, a legal solution on the part of the nation's legislative branch, an immigration proposal.” ThinkingNationsSolutionsImmigrationBranchesProposalLegislative Branch Author:Marco Rubio
“I do think that there is a big difference between family farms and agri-business, and one of the distressing things that I think has occurred is with consolidation of farm lands. You've seen large agri-businesses benefit from enormous profits from existing farm programs, and I think we should be focusing most of those programs on those family farmers.” ThinkingShouldBigsDifferencesLandBenefitsProgramProfitEnormousFarmsFarmersAgricultureDistressingConsolidationFamily Farms Author:Barack Obama
“I do think that there is a real crisis of masculinity that's happening in America. I think the problem is - the way it's being framed is that there's a problem with masculinity because women are too powerful, or women are taking up too much space.” ThinkingWayRealProblemAmericaSpacePowerfulToo MuchHappeningsCrisisMasculinityFramed Author:Jessica Valenti
“I do think that there is a very unclear level of conduct in the Trump administration. That's one reason you're seeing this among so many different secretaries. Again, Trump himself has been bending ethics rules left and right.” ThinkingDifferentReasonEthicsSecretary Author:Ezra Klein
“I do think that there is an almost more old fashioned mentality to the way musical theatre people and actresses especially are treated.” PeopleThinkingWayMusicalActressesTheatreTreatedMentalityOld FashionedMusical Theatre Author:Laura Benanti
“I do think that there is an innocence to people who are searching for things. It's a beautiful thing when you leave yourself vulnerable to discover anything and everything.” PeopleThinkingBeautifulDiscoveryVulnerableInnocenceBeautiful ThingsAnything And Everything Author:Kate Hudson
“I do think that there is pressure in various constituencies to reject the president.” ThinkingPresidentVarious Author:Anthony Scaramucci
“I do think that there is such a thing as human nature, and that the things that we have in common are perhaps greater than the things that divide us.” ThinkingHumansCommonGreaterHuman NatureDivides Author:Salman Rushdie
“I do think that there's a special connection between Australia and America. It's kind of unexplainable. It's just one of those things. It's all about God's timing. We're thankful to be a part of it.” ThinkingKindAmericaSpecialConnectionsJust OneAustraliaTimingUnexplainable Author:Reuben Morgan
“I do think that there's art that is tortured, but I prefer art that has the joy in it.” ThinkingWritingArtJoy Author:Josh Ritter
“I do think that there`s very little coverage of a lot of the people on Hillary Clinton`s side that aren`t - well, let`s just start with Hillary Clinton, herself who lies for a living.” PeopleThinkingLyingClinton Author:Kellyanne Conway
“I do think that this represents a kind of shift towards myth, a recovery of myth, largely through the popularity of writers like Philip Pullman. Somehow myths have returned as a serious subject. It used to be scorned...really scorned. It was part of a nursery tradition, and it was also rather tainted - but not in an immovable way - by the association with right-wing ideologies after the World Wars.” ThinkingWorldWayKindWarUsedSubjectsSeriousTraditionWingsMythRecoveryUsed To BeIdeologyWar Of The WorldsAssociationPopularityRight WingNurseryPhilipTaintedScornedSerious Subjects Author:Marina Warner
“I do think that this whole area of cyber is something that at an international level we have to work on and develop frameworks and international norms so that we don't see a cyber arms race.” ThinkingWholeLevelsRaceArmsAreasInternationalNormFrameworkCyberArms Race Author:Barack Obama
“I do think that we are sometimes, as directors, guilty of portraying or asking our actors to behave in certain ways that are perhaps not very morally acceptable. I'm not the only one.” ThinkingWaySometimesCertainActorsDirectorsAskingGuiltyBehaveAcceptablePortraying Author:Abbas Kiarostami
“I do think that we have this incredible opportunity because being on-line - the Internet is a relatively new space - we do have this incredible opportunity to change that dynamic, to make sure that women are present in all sorts of spaces, not just women-only spaces.” ThinkingOpportunityLinesSpaceInternetIncrediblesOpportunity To Change Author:Jessica Valenti
“I do think that we have to be careful not to assume that getting a perm or wearing a blonde wig is a desire for whiteness. It may or may not be. Listen, I live in a poor black neighborhood where women wear blue hair, green hair, and all kinds of stuff. So, I simply see it as a different set of choices.” ThinkingKindMayDifferentDesireChoicesStuffBlackPoorHairBlueGreenAssumingCarefulAll KindsNeighborhoodBe CarefulBlondeWigsWhitenessPermsBlue Hair Author:Melissa Harris-Perry
“I do think that we may be looking at a period in the next few years where the two-party system will fracture.” ThinkingYearsMayTwoNextPartyPeriodsFractureTwo Party System Author:Jonathan Tasini
“I do think that we'd do better if we just offered all the bureaucrats in the Department of Education very attractive early retirements. But whether you want to abolish the department is another matter. Maybe there's room for recruiting a lot of visionary people who would do very good things: develop new techniques, new ideas, foster innovative models, disseminate those ideas.” PeopleIfsThinkingWantIdeasMatterRoomsModelsGood ThingsVery GoodTechniqueAttractiveDepartmentRetirementNew IdeasInnovativeVisionariesAbolishBureaucrats Author:Seymour Papert
“I do think that we're pretty future-obsessed right now, and I think that capitalism works best when we have a very short memory of the past, when we can just go forward seamlessly into a future of ever-new products and ever-new experiences - even though they're exactly the same, just on a watch instead of on a phone or whatever.” ThinkingPastMemoriesCapitalismPast Memories Author:How to Dress Well
“I do think that what's wonderful in life is that we gain perspective as we take on different roles that are mind and heart opening.” ThinkingMindHeartDifferentLife IsRolesWonderfulPerspectiveGainsOpeningHeart And MindHeart Opening Author:Uma Thurman
“I do think that when we're looking at Putin's actions, we really need to look further into what his point is. Because I think there is a misconception that this is kind of reigniting the Cold War and Putin's a bully. And he's just, you know, sort of lashing out at Ukraine when actually I think that this goes much deeper to that.” ThinkingKindWarActionColdCold WarBullyMisconception Author:Clarissa Ward
“I do think that when you go into red states, they're - so-called red states - I think they're troubled with certain excesses with respect to the Patriot Act, but they're also concerned with making sure we're secure against terrorism.” ThinkingStatesCertainRedConcernedTerrorismSecureExcessPatriotPatriot Act Author:Barack Obama
“I do think that when you make repeated mistakes, it's usually because you're just not coming to grips with something.” ThinkingMistake Author:Ben Folds
“I do think that when you're specifically working in a country like South Africa, you have to be able to be aware of the cultural truth of what people are raised in and believe in and how they function within their society.” PeopleThinkingBelieveCountryAbleFunctionSouthRaisedSouth Africa Author:Charlize Theron
“I do think that with any kind of infidelity, on some level - unless you're dealing with a sociopath - there's always a reason.” ThinkingKindReasonLevelsInfidelitySociopath Author:Jessica Capshaw
“I do think that women could make politics irrelevant; by a kind of spontaneous cooperative action the like of which we have never seen; which is so far from people’s ideas of state structure or viable social structure that it seems to them like total anarchy — when what it really is, is very subtle forms of interrelation that do not follow some heirarchal pattern which is fundamentally patriarchal. The opposite to patriarchy is not matriarchy but fraternity, yet I think it’s women who are going to have to break this spiral of power and find the trick of cooperation.” PeopleThinkingKindIdeasStatesSeemsActionFormSocialBreakOppositesStructurePatternsTricksSubtleCooperationAnarchySpontaneousPatriarchyIrrelevantSpiralsFraternityCooperativesSocial StructureMatriarchy Author:Germaine Greer
“I do think that you're starting to see young people pay attention to some longterm issues that they feel Washington has neglected.” PeopleThinkingFeelsYoungPayAttentionIssuesYouthStartingPay AttentionNeglected Author:Barack Obama
“I do think that's one of the reasons that acting appealed to me so much: the idea of letting go of control in a controlled environment. Being able to go through the range of intense emotions and jump off the cliff, metaphorically, but in a creative way, and in a way where the structure was really solid.” ThinkingWayIdeasReasonAbleActingEmotionCreativeEnvironmentLetting GoStructureIntenseRangeControlledCliffsIntense Emotions Author:Carla Gugino
“I do think that's one of the strengths of the show is every year there's sort of the giant rock gets thrown into the stream and Selina has to figure out how to get around the rock. It's in Veep's DNA, whether anyone realized it or not, to constantly be changing.” ThinkingYearsShowsRocksFiguresGiantsStreamsThrownDna Author:David Mandel
“I do think that's so much a part of what being a director is - in working with actors - to really try and be sensitive to what each actor needs to get to where he wants to be.” ThinkingWantNeedsTryingActorsDirectorsSensitive Author:Bill Condon
“I do think that, at one time, being an actress was the equivalent almost of being a prostitute. It garnered roughly the same respect. That's changed a lot, thank goodness.” ThinkingChangedGoodnessActressesOne Time Author:Michelle Pfeiffer
“I do think the attempt to raise consciousness has succeeded. People are very aware of gender concerns now” PeopleThinkingConsciousnessConcernRaisesGender Author:Clifford Geertz
“I do think the author ought to be able to give a good reason for the way things are in his poem. Not a bad question to ask oneself.” ThinkingWayGivingReasonAbleAsksOughtOneself Author:James Dickey
“I do think the bars That kept my spirit in are burst - that I Am sailing with thee through the dizzy sky! How beautiful thou art!” LovePoetry Author:John Keats Source: The Complete Poems
“I do think the best thing for companies like Google and Facebook, if they are afraid of this ethical trap of advertising, is they should start letting people pay who want to pay and avoid some of the advertising.” PeopleIfsThinkingWantShouldPayCompanyAdvertisingBest ThingsEthicalGoogleTraps Author:Tim Wu