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“I think it's a question which particularly arises over women writers: whether it's better to have a happy life or a good supply of tragic plots.”

Thinking Arise Tragic Plot Happy Life

Author:Wendy Cope

“I think it's a real danger, as an actor, when you try to make some statement through your career about what the business should be doing or ultimately what your image should be or how you want to be perceived. I look at every project that comes along and say, "Is this something I can sink my teeth into and can do a good job on?" That's really how I choose roles.”

Thinking Want Should Trying Looks I Can Real Jobs Actors Can Do Careers Roles Danger Projects Statements Teeth Good Job

Author:Leonardo DiCaprio

“I think it's a real debate how big NATO should be and whether or not it's more provocative than good. Whenever there's a war fought, our soldiers fight it and our dollars pay for it. And, really, our decisions need to be about our national security.”

Thinking Needs Should War Real Bigs Fighting Decision Pay Security Dollars Soldier Debate National Security Provocative Nato

Author:Rand Paul

“I think it's a real gift to be faced with man's potential for extreme cruelty but also man's resilience and the fact that love really does conquer everything. It's the only answer to these kinds of atrocities and it's not a passive thing.”

Thinking Men Kind Doe Real Facts Answers Extremes Resilience Cruelty Conquer Passive Atrocities

Author:Lupita Nyong'o

“I think it's a real shame so many schools have taken out the hands-on classes. Art, music, auto mechanics, cooking, sewing, these are all things that can turn into jobs. You know, wood shop, steel shop, welding. These are all things that can turn into great careers, get kids interested. Things they can do with other students. Other things for our word thinkers: journalism clubs, drama clubs.”

“I think it's a really admirable thing to be very sure of your own moral code and not waver from that. If you're sure of your moral code, your moral code is personal. Something that I admire about my TV character is being unapologetic and knowing who she is. That was empowering to play.”

Thinking Character Moral Admire Code Empowering Admirable

Author:Riley Keough

“I think it's a really excellent time to be a woman in music. A lot of the past was women fighting to be where women are now. Every once in a while I'll get the, "Oh, you're a pretty good guitar player for a girl," bullshit like that. But that's all changing.”

Thinking Past Girl Fighting Player Excellent Bullshit Guitar Player

Author:Emily Kokal

“I think it's a really good idea to be bumping into all kinds of people in all kinds of ways. So you make art with strangers. You give a reading. You move somewhere new and try to build a life. You grapple with humanity.”

People Thinking Way Giving Trying Kind Art Ideas Moving Humanity Reading Stranger All Kinds Good Ideas

Author:Laurel Nakadate

“I think it's a really good thing to put yourself in a situation where you feel really uncomfortable because I think things can come out of that discomfort.”

Thinking Feels Situation Good Things Uncomfortable Discomfort

Author:Laurel Nakadate

“I think it's a really important thing for women to be able to just put their hands up and go, I can't actually do any more.”

Thinking I Can Important Hands Able Important Things Hands Up

Author:Caitlin Moran

“I think it's a really sad situation when I have to lie to my doctor about what I need a medication for.”

Thinking Needs Lying Situation Doctors Healthcare Medication Really Sad

Author:Liz Miller

“I think it's a reflection of the music business in general, which to me seems very fragmented.”

Thinking Seems Business Reflection Valentine Valentine's Day Music Business Fragmented

Author:Kathy Valentine

“I think it's a relatable concept - when you have a long-term relationship or marriage, and you want to try to be friends with that person, because you kind of grew up with that person and they know you better than anyone, and how it's just impossible to make that transition seamlessly.”

Thinking Knows Want Trying Kind Persons Long Term Impossible Grew Grew Up Concepts Long Term Transition Relatable Long Term Relationship

Author:Rashida Jones

“I think it's a responsibility for everyone to give back.”

Thinking Giving Responsibility Giving Back

Author:Stacy Keibler

“I think it's a right that every American parent should have - choice and competition in education, and choice in schools are most important to me.”

Thinking Should Important School Choices Parent Should Have Competition

Author:Cindy McCain

“I think it's a room full of insecure actors, which is ultimately very comforting.”

Thinking Actors Rooms Insecure Comforting

Author:Jesse Eisenberg

“I think it's a sacrifice that you have to make, because you lay yourself open for people to accuse and disrespect you. But it's worth it. It's worth it because not too many people are too honest anymore.”

People Thinking Sacrifice Honest Lays Worth It Disrespect

Author:Ronnie Radke

“I think it's a scandal what has been happening in the school system so far as lower income classes. The dropout rates, the illiteracy rate, you know literacy in the United States was a lot higher in 1890 than it is now.”

Thinking Knows Has Beens States School United Class United States Higher Happenings Rate Income Literacy Scandal School System Illiteracy Dropouts

Author:Milton Friedman

“I think it's a scary sign of the times that pop culture and social media is so involved [in presidential election ], where it feels like a reality show. I have hope that the right decision will be made.”

“I think it's a scary thing for a lot of people to think of the government not being involved in their lives, particularly single women.”

People Thinking Government Involved Scary Single Women Scary Things

Author:Rush Limbaugh

“I think it's a sensible thing not to read your fan mail - not to take it too seriously.”

Thinking Fans Sensible Mail Fan Mail

Author:Robin Trower

“I think it's a shame that something as creative and vital to the nature of the human species as story-telling is largely controlled by the soulless cretins known as publishers.”

Thinking Humans Stories Known Creative Shame Species Controlled Publishers Human Species Soulless

Author:Piers Anthony

Source: How Precious Was That While

“I think it's a shame when pop culture forgets that theatricality is a big part of it. When Neil Young is fumbling around in his pocket looking for the right harmonica, it doesn't matter that he's a dude in the hat who is a man of the people - there's a theatricality there. You don't have to be David Bowie or the Kabuki theater to have that theatricality going on.”

People Thinking Men Culture Forget Shame Pop Culture

Author:Johnny Marr

“I think it's a shame when the arts have to suffer because of corporate greed. People will always strive to make film, and the only important thing is that we keep trying to make ourselves heard and keep making our films, no matter what the climate is.”

People Thinking Trying Art Important Matter Film Suffering Heard Shame No Matter What Important Things Climate Strive Greed Corporate Keep Trying Corporate Greed

Author:Paddy Considine

“I think it's a shame when you come across young actors and musicians who haven't had the time to learn their craft. It doesn't matter if it's acting or music, you really have to learn how to do it from the bottom up because unless you have a great work ethic... fame is a terrible thing to have.”

Ifs Thinking Matter Young Actors Acting Havens Terrible Fame Musician Ethics Shame Bottom Crafts Work Ethic Great Work Terrible Things Young Actors Great Work Ethic

Author:Denis Leary

“I think it's a sign of a gotcha political system that's looking to take down public interest candidates that they make a big deal out of a comment to a parent concerned about the exposure of young children to Wi-Fi. Now it turns out that Wi-Fi is actually untested. A large study by the NIH [National Institutes of Health] released a month ago raised serious questions about whether kids ought to be exposed, whether young children ought to be exposed to Wi-Fi. And you know, I'm not saying they should or they shouldn't but that this should be studied. Absolutely it should be studied.”

“I think it's a sign that the establishment is going to have to change. For too long they never thought about the average person, because the average person is not organized.”

Thinking Persons Long Average Organized Establishment Average Person

Author:Michael Bloomberg

“I think it's a sin to sit down and let your life go without making a try for it.”

Thinking Trying Sin Down And

Author:Ayn Rand

Source: Atlas Shrugged

“I think it's a slightly crazy time actually, it's very difficult to satirise because each of politicians is in their own way enacting a commentary on the world of politics anyway. To then comment on them just feels like adding another layer. I find it very difficult to do jokes about current politics because for me it's all about... I actually genuinely want people to be involved properly, you know? I mean, the number of people who don't vote... Frightening, really.”

People Thinking World Mean Difficult Crazy Politician Jokes Vote Comment Frightening

Author:Armando Iannucci

“I think it's a slippery slope to fabricate a different life.”

Thinking Different Slippery Slopes Different Life Slippery Slope Fabricate

Author:Luke Evans

“I think it's a style of acting that you trust. You trust the instincts.”

Thinking Acting Style Instinct

Author:Jeff Daniels

“I think it's a terrible mistake to only think in terms of a degree "buying" you something.”

Thinking Term Mistake Terrible Degrees Buying

Author:Rebecca Mead

“I think it's a terrible shame that politics has become show business.”

Thinking Shows Politics Terrible Shame Show Business Nerd

Author:Sydney Pollack

“I think it's a terrible system, but money in politics is like water running downhill -- it finds its way.”

Thinking Way Running Politics Water Terrible Money In Politics

Author:Jonathan Alter

“I think it's a terrible thing to write and not enjoy it. It's a sad thing. But of course a lot of people do work because they need to eat. And we all need to eat, but that's not the only reason to work. You couldn't have paid me not to write.”

People Thinking Needs Writing Reason Courses Enjoy Terrible Paid Terrible Things Sad Things

Author:Anne Perry

“I think it's a theory... the theory of evolution and I don't accept it as a theory.”

Thinking Accepting Theory Evolution Theory Of Evolution

Author:Ron Paul

“I think it's a total fallacy for people to say, "You couldn't make those old movies today." I think there's more ways to get a movie made today than ever in the history of the entertainment industry. It's a very exciting time to work in movies, if you're a creative person looking to make a very personal, weird vision.”

People Thinking Today Vision Creative Exciting Fallacy Old Movie

Author:Edward Norton

“I think it's a tough road if you're a stay-at-home mom, a working mom, if you have a partner, if you don't. It's the best job in the world, and the toughest job in the world all at the same time.”

Ifs Thinking World Home Jobs Mom Tough Partners Best Job Stay At Home Working Mom Stay At Home Mom

Author:Angela Kinsey

“I think it's a tragedy that our schools don't teach kids about money. I think it's a tragedy that it has to come to an emergency before we evolve.”

Thinking Kids School Teach Tragedy Evolve Emergencies

Author:Robert Kiyosaki

“I think it's a trial balloon to see what happens, and I'm not impressed with it.”

Thinking Happens Trials Impressed Balloons Not Impressed

Author:Jim McDermott

“I think it's a tribute to the artistic importance of hip-hop culture and what hip-hop has brought into music and fashion and jewelry that it is being adapted or imitated or is inspiring variations or new types of art or new types of music.”

Thinking Art Culture Fashion Type Importance Hip Hop Artistic Hips Hops Variation Jewelry Tribute Adapted

Author:Simon de Pury

“I think it's a typical hidden agenda of the Liberal party... They had the courts do it for them, they put the judges in they wanted, then they failed to appeal -- failed to fight the case in court... I think the federal government deliberately lost this case in court and got the change to the law done through the back door.”

Thinking Done Government Wanted Law Fighting Lost Party Cases Doors Judging Court Appeals Agendas Typical Federal Government Back Doors Liberal Party

Author:Stephen Harper

“I think it's a universal thing in every family, that people have their own specific versions of pivotal events or even small memories.”

People Thinking Memories Events Universal Versions Pivotal

Author:Sarah Polley

“I think it's a universal truth that most chefs I know are happiest eating simple, unadorned good things.”

Thinking Knows Simple Eating Universal Good Things Chef Universal Truth

Author:Anthony Bourdain

“I think it's a very bad idea for someone to start writing for a readership.”

Thinking Writing Ideas Bad Ideas Readership

Author:Joshua Ferris

“I think it's a very central tenet to it yes, it is. I can't bear it, I can't bear inequality, I can't bear bad behaviour to other people. I cannot bear it that people are mean to people who can't help what they are.”

People Thinking Mean I Can Helping Bears Inequality Behaviour

Author:Janet Suzman

“I think it's a very firm part of human nature that if you surround yourself with like-minded people, you'll end up thinking more extreme versions of what you thought before.”

People Ifs Thinking Humans Ends Human Nature Extremes Versions Firm Surround Surround Yourself

Author:Cass Sunstein

“I think it's a very healthy thing to learn from what's happened in the past. But only if you look at what happened and think, 'How could I have dealt with that differently?' Then let it go.”

Ifs Thinking Looks Past Happened Healthy Let It Go

Author:Chris Pine

“I think it's a very important collaboration between the conductor and the orchestra - especially when the conductor is one more member of the orchestra in the way that you are leading, but also respecting, feeling and building the same way for all the players to understand the music.”

Thinking Way Important Feelings Player Building Members Collaboration Orchestra Conductor

Author:Gustavo Dudamel

“I think it's a very important function of art to challenge accepted reality, especially when that reality is created by powerful interest groups.”

Thinking Art Important Reality Interest Challenges Powerful Groups Function Accepted Interest Groups

Author:Salman Rushdie

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