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“Beliefs constitute the basic stratum, that which lies deepest, in the architecture of our life. By them we live, and by the same token we rarely think of them.... One may symbolize the individual life as a bank of issue. The bank lives on the credit of a gold reserve which is rarely seen, which lies at the bottom of metal coffers hidden in the vaults of the building. The most elementary caution will suggest that from time to time the effective condition of these guaranties--of these credences, one might say, that are the basis of credit--be passed in review.”

“If I owned any of these Hot New Issues that have doubled, tripled, quintupled or umptupled within days and in some cases hours after they were issued, I most certainly would grab my fabulous windfall, thank my lucky stars and invest the money. It's utter nonsense to think any newly issued stock is really worth two, ten or 20 times the [offering] price.... A management so stupid as to sell shares [cheap], and an underwriter so obtuse as not to discern the real value, together would provide reason enough for a sensible man to get rid of his shares.”

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Author:Malcolm Forbes

“Managers thinking about accounting issues should never forget one of Abraham Lincoln's favorite riddles: How many legs does a dog have, if you call a tail a leg? The answer: Four, because calling a tail a leg doesn't make it a leg.”

Ifs Thinking Should Doe Answers Forget Issues Four Dog Calling Management Legs Managers Never Forget Tails Abraham Accounting Riddle

Book:Warren Buffett on Business: Principles from the Sage of Omaha

Source: Warren Buffett on Business: Principles from the Sage of Omaha

“At Gallaudet, deafness isn't an issue. You don't even think about it. Students can pay attention to accounting or psychology or journalism. But when a deaf person goes to another college, no matter how supportive it is, that person doesn't get the same access.”

Thinking Persons Matter Pay Attention Issues Psychology Students College Access Journalism Pay Attention Supportive Deaf Accounting Deafness Gallaudet

Author:I. King Jordan

“I think the way to change it is to handle issues individually when it's essential to do so.”

Thinking Way Issues Essentials Handle Teamwork

Author:Stephen Harper

“I tried to think about these two issues very freely. With sex, I think I can manage with that. With death, this is a more difficult theme for me. I'm not a believer, even though I'm baptized. I don't practice. I don't believe in God, so I feel very alone facing death. What I discovered is that the only way to recognize death is if you are part of life, if you are part of sexual pleasure, if you link it with sexual pleasure.”

Ifs Thinking Way Feels Believe I Can Two Sex Difficult Pleasure Practice Issues Don't Believe Believer Manage Theme Links Believe In God Parts Of Life Baptized Facing Death

Author:Pedro Almodovar

“If, two people have good minds and they're looking at problems, if they agree all the time it means one of them is not thinking. If they disagree all the time, it means one of them is not thinking. They're just allowing their political position to dictate their position on an issue. And I think that's unhealthy. And the public knows better.”

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Author:William J. Clinton

“Gay rights is just one of the social issues I'm interested in. I think that people might be less tense about it if we would all accept the fact that not everyone is wired the same way.”

People Ifs Thinking Way Facts Might Social Accepting Issues Rights Gay Just One Social Issues Tense Gay Rights

Author:Charlaine Harris

“Humans have changed little over time. We think we've invented the modern world but they were making better speeches 2,000 years ago and grappling with issues of empire and terrorism.”

Thinking World Years Humans Littles Issues Modern Changed Speech Years Ago Terrorism Empires Modern World Grappling

Author:Robert Harris

“I am, I fully grant, a phenomenon, but not because of any speed in composition. I asked myself the other day, "Who else, on so many issues, has been so right so much of the time?" I couldn't think of anyone.”

Thinking Has Beens Issues Speed Grants Phenomenon Composition

Author:William F. Buckley, Jr.

“I think it's the snack food industry that's really pushing the marijuana legalization issue in California.”

Thinking Issues Industry California Pushing Marijuana Snacks Food Industry Marijuana Legalization

Author:John Pappas

“Although pretend play is important, it is still the means to an end, not the end itself. Do not make the mistake of thinking a contrived, pretend drama can substitute for real interpersonal comfort in dealing with important emotional issues.”

Thinking Mean Stills Important Real Ends Play Mistake Issues Emotional Comfort Drama Substitutes Means To An End Interpersonal

Author:Stanley Greenspan

“Some Englishmen, of whom Kitchener was chief, believed that a rebellion of Arabs against Turks would enable England, while fighting Germany, simultaneously to defeat Turkey. Their knowledge of the nature and power and country of the Arabic-speaking peoples made them think that the issue of such a rebellion would be happy: and indicated its character and method. So they allowed it to begin.”

Thinking Made Country Character Would Be Fighting Issues England Method Defeat Chiefs Germany Rebellion Turkeys Englishmen

Author:Edward Thomas

“No matter what the issue is, don't try to justify why you don't feel good. And don't try to justify why you should feel differently. Don't try to blame whatever it is you think the reason is that's keeping you from feeling good. All of that is wasted effort. Just try to feel better right now.”

Thinking Feels Should Trying Matter Reason Feelings Effort Healing Issues Right Now No Matter What Blame Feel Good Uplifting Justify Feel Better Encouraging Words Of Encouragement

Author:Esther Hicks

“I mean five thousand years ago people emerge out of nowhere -sproing!- with brains and everything and begin wrecking the planet. You'd think we'd give the issue a little more thought than we do.”

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Author:Douglas Coupland

“I think that's very important for romantic comedies, that they do deal with [modern]issues.”

Thinking Important Deals Issues Comedy Modern

Author:Jennifer Lopez

“I think people often underestimate the power of consumers. But I equally say that consumers are like shock troops: You can't keep them agitated and motivated and committed and active forever. There are pulses where they switch on to a particular issue, and just inevitably they switch off.”

People Thinking Forever Issues Particular Committed Active Consumers Shock Motivated Troops Underestimate Pulse

Author:John Elkington

“I think the issue of income and wealth inequality is in fact a moral issue.”

Thinking Facts Wealth Moral Issues Income Inequality Moral Issues Wealth Inequality

Author:Bernie Sanders

“The heart of the issue is an issue of the heart. And that's why I'm a pastor, not a politician. Because I think only - only God can change hearts. And only God can take the evil out. I don't think you can legislate the evil out of people.”

People Thinking Heart Evil Issues Politician Pastor

Author:Rick Warren

“There are some issues where ministers should come and talk to the prime minister, if the prime minister hasn't already talked to them. Any issue which a minister thinks is going to be profoundly controversial, where we do not have a clear existing position, it is important that there be a conversation between the minister and the prime minister. I think they all understand that and I think it is working very well.”

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Author:Tony Abbott

“I think the essence of humor has not changed. It's all about surprise, facilitating follows. But the context of humor has changed. Previously, the jokes were more related to current issues, political. Today people make about each other either funny or about people like Kim Kardashian. It's brutal. Everything is so much vielschmutziger.”

People Thinking Today Political Issues Changed Jokes Essence Surprise Currents Related Brutal Kim

Author:Bette Midler

“There's a strong victim mentality in my generation. I think it's spiritual laziness. They will agree that God is sovereign over all, but then they will say, "Well, I wish he would sovereignly take away my lust issue." There's just not a lot of fortitude, not a lot of fight in them.”

Thinking Wells Spiritual Fighting Strong Wish Issues Generations Agree Victim Lust Mentality Laziness Sovereign Fortitude My Generation Victim Mentality

Author:Matt Chandler

“I think the issue of women's choice is essential for a woman being able to have their lives - if they cannot control their own bodies by choosing if or when to have a child, then they cannot control their working life or anything around them.”

Ifs Thinking Children Body Able Choices Issues Essentials Working Life

Author:Tavis Smiley

“When I was growing up, we didn't have this super-skinny, flawless image to compete with. I find it unfortunate that young women may look at those images and think that is the ideal of beauty. It can cause a lot of problems and self-esteem issues if we don't remind girls that being healthy and exactly who you are is the main thing. I'm grateful I didn't grow up with those images.”

“There is no doubt that the issue of race is always present in American politics and in the politics of any multiracial society. There is also no doubt that for some people it is an element in the manifested hostility to Obama. But I don't think it is the major theme at all. Obama is right when he reminds people: By the way, I was black before the election.”

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Author:Al Gore

“There are tons of gay issues that are important, from gay marriage to adoption rights to work-place discrimination and more... but I think the biggest gay issue is the level of involvement of the gay community to demand change. So many gays think that other gays will take care of it. To fix this, people need to realize that they CAN make a change, but no one person can do it alone.”

“People normally view my work as fantasy, which on some level is true, but I do think that my work is more magical realist than fantasy. I believe in the fantasies within each of our realities, i.e., I portray very relatable human issues in a very realistic tone, yet in a magical setting.”

People Thinking Believe Humans Reality I Believe Levels Views Fantasy Issues I Believe In Setting Settings Tone Realistic Relatable Realist

Author:Shahad Ameen

“There are people with a lot of prejudice, a lot of fear of the unknown. They think that immigration is a danger, when really it is a solution. This is an interesting issue, because it will be a central question of our time.”

People Thinking Interesting Issues Danger Solutions Prejudice Immigration Our Time Fear Of The Unknown

Author:Mario Vargas Llosa

“I think jokes are a perfectly viable form of literature. Some critics take issue with me because I make my points and discuss my ideas with jokes, rather than with oceanic tragedy.”

Thinking Ideas Form Literature Issues Jokes Tragedy Critics

Author:Kurt Vonnegut

“With the advent of this kind of TMZ culture, it sadly seems to have infiltrated the vanguard of film commentary. I see these reviews sometimes where I think, well, you have a right to say whatever you want about my work, and I will listen whether it's good or bad and see if there's something that I might work with, but personal issues don't have a place in film commentary.”

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Author:Nicolas Cage

“One of the problems with watching TV is that you've got a fairly low level of language operating all the time. Quite a small vocabulary and really no conceptual or abstract thinking. That's an issue. If you've got a wide vocabulary, you can learn. The complexities of grammar, in themselves, force you to think about time in a particular way. Force you to widen your outlook on the world.”

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Author:Jeanette Winterson

“Although I write screenplays, I don't think I'm a very good writer. I'm very interested in studying cultures and social issues, but as an academic I don't think I would have been too successful.”

Thinking Writing Has Beens Culture Social Study Issues Successful Very Good Academic Social Issues Screenplays Good Writers

Author:George Lucas

“I never think about issues when I'm working on a novel. Issues are things that happen to people in sufficient numbers to elicit widespread attention; in other words, they're just life happening. That's what I think about: life, and telling a story.”

People Thinking Stories Happens Numbers Attention Novel Issues Happenings Sufficient Life Happens

Author:Anna Quindlen

“I was in a conversation and someone said: "You know, we were talking about the whole issue of transgender and how it has become so accepted now, and somebody said, 'You know the Oprah show, I think has had a big impact.'" I said, I don't think so. We did several transgender [shows], but we didn't do as much for transgender as I did for, say, abused kids or battered women. And they said, "But no, you started the conversation. You started the conversation and the conversation has led us to here."”

Thinking Knows Said Whole Shows Bigs Kids Talking Issues Conversation Impact Accepted They Said Transgender Battered Big Impact Battered Women

Author:Oprah Winfrey

“Hope is such a powerful thing. We all have hope for different things, but I think sometimes we need to share our hope with other people. We're sometimes in our own issues, and it isolates us, but when we come together and encourage each other and give a little bit of hope, it can, like it says in the song, go a long way.”

People Thinking Way Needs Giving Littles Long Different Sometimes Together Song Bits Powerful Issues Share Little Bit Different Things Long Way Having Hope

Author:Natasha Bedingfield

“You start to worry about what happens if you don't win. You start to fear man because you want praise from man. You start thinking about how winning will lead to more money. There are a lot of sin issues inside of that. So now when I go into competition, I have to take my thoughts captive and use God's Word to fight that battle.”

Ifs Thinking Men Want God Use Happens Fighting Winning Fear Sin Money Worry Issues Battle Praise Competition More Money My Thoughts Richness Captives

Author:David Boudia

“Oceans need more attention because climate change IS an ocean issue. Our oceans will be the first victim, and sea life will suffer dramatically. Detailed proof is hard in ocean science, but I think we're already seeing big ocean changes caused by climate change, such as starvation of whales, seabirds, and other animals off the coast US west coast.”

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Author:Mark Powell

“I think it's important for us to recognize that although historically black communities have been very progressive with respect to issues of race and with respect to struggles for racial equality, that does not necessarily translate into progressive positions on gender issues, progressive positions on issues of sexuality and in the latter 1990s we have to recognize the intersectionality, the interconnectedness of all of these institutions and attitudes.”

“I think we have to really focus on the issues much more than we may have in the past. I think we have to seek to create coalitional strategies that go beyond racial lines. We need to bring black communities, Chicano communities, Puerto Rican communities, Asian American communities together.”

Thinking Needs May Together Past Black Community Lines Issues Focus Strategy Asian Asian American Black Community

Author:Angela Davis

“Consciousness is anything you define it as. I tell people instead of waiting, just take any definition that you like, and use that, and run with it! So I don't think the issue is that we don't know what consciousness is. The issue is we don't have a consensus on what consciousness is. Far from it.”

People Thinking Knows Use Running Waiting Consciousness Issues Definitions Consensus

Author:Stanley Krippner

“I feel good when I'm engaged in what I think are the core issues of the society, and those core issues to me are what's happening to poor folks in this society.”

Thinking Feels Poor Powerful Issues Happenings Folks Core Feel Good Engaged This Society I Feel Good

Author:Barack Obama

“Bringing up issues that are hard to deal with is a challenge for me, and I think that's what draws me to song writing.”

Thinking Writing Hard Song Challenges Deals Issues Draws

Author:Brett Dennen

“For some reason I can articulate my feelings better in song. I wish it would come out better in regular life too though. The issue is that I struggle with is that I'm worried about what people think, or how they'll react to whatever it is I have to say, and obviously that's not a good thing.”

People Thinking I Can Reason Feelings Song Wish Struggle Issues Good Things Worried Feel Better

Author:Brett Dennen

“When people think the issue can be solved, it becomes a moral imperative to be part of the solution. We can do a lot more within our school districts to recruit aggressively, select people according to high standards, invest in their training and development, and foster and reward their leadership. Once we invest more in attracting, developing and retaining teachers, potential recruits will begin to see it as a profession worth considering.”

“It was a long road [trying to get pregnant a secong time]. I would go to the doctor in Beverly Hills every day at five in the morning to get tested to see if I was ovulating. I was trying everything: I did acupuncture and got a nutritionist to eat healthier, thinking that was an issue.”

Ifs Thinking Trying Morning Issues Five Doctors Hills Tested Beverly Hills Nutritionist Acupuncture Trying Everything

Author:Kim Kardashian

“Believe it or not, I supported Richard Nixon on the issue of presidential privilege. How could anyone conceive of being the president of the United States and think that every single thing that you say or do can become a part of the public record? It just seems so stupid to me.”

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Author:Jack Nicholson

“I think that what I was talking about was that as a woman growing up in a Mormon tradition in Salt Lake City, Utah, we were taught - and we are still led to believe - that the most important value is obedience. But that obedience in the name of religion or patriotism ultimately takes our souls. So I think it's this larger issue of what is acceptable and what is not; where do we maintain obedience and law and where do we engage in civil disobedience - where we can cross the line physically and metaphorically and say, "No, this is no longer appropriate behavior."”

“I try to do everything from thinking about big issues like how a building fits into the larger stream of architectural history to practical issues such as how it feels to navigate your way through its interior.”

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Author:Paul Goldberger

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