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“I think a child may be the only thing that could give me true happiness.”

Thinking Giving May Children Give Me True Happiness Pure Happiness

“Perhaps the prevalence of pedantry may be largely accounted for by the common error of thinking that, because useful knowledge should be remembered, any kind of knowledge that is at all worth learning should be remembered too.”

Thinking Should Kind May Common Errors Remembered Pedants Pedantry Useful Knowledge

Author:Albert J. Nock

“..(T)here are two opposite reasons for being a democrat. You may think all men so good that they deserve a share in the government of the commonwealth, and so wise that the commonwealth needs their advice. That is, in my opinion, the false, romantic doctrine of democracy. On the other hand, you may believe fallen men to be so wicked that not one of them can be trusted with any irresponsible power over his fellows.”

“Many of you know that I got my name, Barack, from my father. What you may not know is Barack is actually Swahili for 'That One.' And I got my middle name from somebody who obviously didn't think I'd ever run for president.”

Thinking Knows May Running Political Father Names President Middle Barack Krypton

Author:Barack Obama

“I think that the failures of Enron and WorldCom and other companies are partially failures of investors to recognize companies that are selling for a thousand times nothing, but chances are they may be worth only that.”

Thinking May Chance Company Thousand Selling Investors Chances Are Enron

Author:Arthur Levitt Jr

“Even though New York may be a more inspiring city, I get more inspired thinking of L.A., in a way. My life there was so much more simple in mind, and quiet.”

Thinking Way Mind May Simple Cities New York Quiet Inspired

Author:Aleksa Palladino

“I think 'tradition' is in the past - and how can someone really 'fear' a color? A man may prefer navy to turquoise, but a self assured man could wear any color and he knows that. It's a distinction of confidence.”

Thinking Knows Men May Self Past Color Tradition Distinction Assured Navy Turquoise

Author:Jean Pigozzi

“I believe in God and not religion, because I believe religion is the double cross. Because I've been double crossed by three religions, so I think I can safely say that religion - there is maybe something wrong with religion. Every temple that's put up may not be a holy one, so watch out.”

Thinking Believe May I Can Three I Believe Watches Holy Crosses I Believe In Temples Believe In God I Believe In God

Author:Ja Rule

“I think there's a suspicion in the South of people putting on airs. You see it in most successful Southern politicians, but you also see it in someone like Richard Petty, who may be a multimillionaire stock car driver, but he's also beloved because he has a nice self-deprecatory way about him.”

People Thinking Way May Self Successful Nice Air Car Politician South Beloved Drivers Southern Suspicion Petty

Author:John Shelton Reed

“When people say that college isn't worthwhile and paying all this money isn't worthwhile, I really disagree. I think those experiences and those classes that may not necessarily seem applicable in the moment end up coming back to you time and time again.”

People Thinking May Ends Moments Seems Class College Disagree Worthwhile Coming Back

Author:Kevin Systrom

“I think I will always stay involved in tennis and would like to give back by helping out young players. I have done a little commentary and may one day enjoy doing that again.”

Thinking Giving May Littles Done Helping Young Enjoy Player Involved One Day Tennis Giving Back Commentary

Author:Samantha Stosur

“I think it makes people in the Pentagon kind of nervous to know that chemical agents and environmental factors could cause so much damage in terms of what may happen in the future.”

People Thinking Knows Kind May Happens Causes Term Environmental Factors Nervous Agents Damage Chemicals Pentagon Environmental Factors

Author:Bernie Sanders

“When the time comes for a change, you will find it occurring without having created it yourself. You may think that you are the doer and that you are creating the change. That's nonsense.”

Thinking May Buddhism Balance Creating Nonsense Doers

Author:Frederick Lenz

“Happiness only comes when you let go of who you think you are. If you think you're wealthy and powerful and noble and truthful or horrible and demonic, whatever it may be, it's all a waste of time. Take it from the Zen Master. He knows.”

Ifs Thinking Knows May Happiness Powerful Masters Buddhism Letting Go Waste Noble Horrible Wealthy Wasting Time Truthful Demonic Zen Master

Author:Frederick Lenz

“I came seriously close to getting married four times, and each time I backed off in fear or for one reason or another. Each occasion was different, but in hindsight when I look at the people involved, it wasn't a bad thing what I did. I think it may have been more complex had the marriage taken place.”

People Thinking Looks May Has Beens Different Reason Taken Four Involved Married Complexes Occasions Bad Things Hindsight Getting Married

Author:Ratan Tata

“Humans may be the only creatures on Earth who spend significant time thinking about the fact that someday their lives will end.”

Thinking Humans May Ends Facts Earth Creatures Significant Someday

Author:Joan D. Vinge

“I do think that the abiding mystery of my origins has definitely had a profound effect upon my writing. There is that thing in the back of my mind where I think I don't really know who I am. And it may make it a little easier to shift around in my narrative voice.”

Thinking Knows Writing Mind May Littles Voice Mystery Effects Easier Profound Who I Am Narrative Abiding Of My Mind Narrative Voice

Author:Gillian Welch

“I think there's great potential for autonomy, but we have to remember that we live in a world where people may have free will but have not invented their circumstances.”

People Thinking World May Remember Circumstances Free Will Autonomy

Author:Thomas Frank

“As a human being you are capable of a higher level of perception than you may now be cognizant of. You are not really who you think you are. There are many selves inside you, not just one.”

Thinking Inspirational Humans May Self Human Beings Levels Buddhism Higher Perception Capable Just One Higher Level Cognizant

Author:Frederick Lenz

“Man is flawed; universe is imperfect; the functioning of the cosmos is defective! Everything seems to be severely punished by the imperfection! May be the real challenge of men is to correct all these flaws! It is possible to think that God is an evolutionary perfectionist! He creates things as unimportant and faulty; then let them all alone and fateless to evolve to perfection!”

Thinking Men May Real Seems Universe Challenges Perfection Evolve Cosmos Flaws Imperfection Imperfect Flawed Unimportant Perfectionist All Alone Defective

Author:Mehmet Murat Ildan

“You may think it's very presumptuous, but I really hope that my movies are going to turn people into better people.”

People Thinking May Turns Presumptuous

Author:Patrice Leconte

“I think a lot of people think that my parents' deaths is why I write such sad songs, but that's not true. Those songs may just be the woman I am.”

People Thinking Writing May Song Parent Sad Song

Author:Shelby Lynne

“However far fiction writers stray from their own lives and experiences - and I stray pretty far from mine - I think, ultimately, that we may be writing what we need to write in some way, albeit unconsciously.”

Thinking Way Needs Writing May Fiction Mines Fiction Writers

Author:Wally Lamb

“I've definitely seen that Texas is certainly a right-wing area politically. I think if you talk to the average Texan, some people may still think that alternative energy is some sort of hippie mumbo-jumbo, you know. I think there's still a strong movement to continue to drill and continue to find these other sources of oil within the country.”

People Ifs Thinking Knows May Stills Country Energy Strong Movement Source Areas Wings Average Oil Alternatives Texas Hippie Right Wing Drills Texan Alternative Energy

Author:Jesse Metcalfe

“I think you always have to keep your eye open and take advantage of anything that may come your way.”

Thinking Way May Eye Advantage

Author:Robert Morse

“I’m instantly mortified by my fat, uncontrollable mouth, but that’s when it occurs to me that my humor is a self-defense mechanism. Even though I may come off like a stark raving asshat, being funny is the most important tool I have to stay sane. The ability to say what I think is the key to allowing me to feel in control.”

Thinking Feels May Important Self Ability Keys Mouths Tools Defense Fats Allowing Mechanism Sane Self Defense Starks Being Funny Uncontrollable Defense Mechanisms

Author:Jen Lancaster

“I may think I have inalienable rights to be alive and happy but I don't - life is a blessing.”

Thinking May Life Is Alive Rights Blessing Inalienable Rights

Author:Terrence McNally

“Feminism … I think the simplest explanation, and one that captures the idea, is a song that Marlo Thomas sang, 'Free to be You and Me.' Free to be, if you were a girl—doctor, lawyer, Indian chief. Anything you want to be. And if you’re a boy, and you like teaching, you like nursing, you would like to have a doll, that’s OK too. That notion that we should each be free to develop our own talents, whatever they may be, and not be held back by artificial barriers—manmade barriers, certainly not heaven sent.”

“The only, the only possibility would be if the Republicans are in the majority and they can offer me something that would be especially advantageous to Maine. Somebody said, 'You may be a committee chair.' I don't think so. I don't think anybody would want me that much.”

Ifs Thinking Want May Said Would Be Possibility Republican Offers Majority Chairs Want Me Committees Maine

Author:Angus King

“You may think you don't have talents, but that is a false assumption, for we all have talents and gifts, every one of us. The bounds of creativity extend far beyond the limits of a canvas or a sheet of paper and do not require a brush, a pen, or the keys of a piano. Creation means bringing into existence something that did not exist before-colorful gardens, harmonious homes, family memories, flowing laughter.”

“There may be a long list of things to do, but really, there is just one thing on the list at any time. If you think of it like that, the whole world looks different and you can stay quite calm. Maybe everything will get done eventually and maybe not. You can always have hope.”

Ifs Thinking World Looks May Long Different Done Whole One Thing Calm Lists Whole World Things To Do Just One Having Hope

Author:Zoketsu Norman Fischer

“As the biggest library if it is in disorder is not as useful as a small but well-arranged one, so you may accumulate a vast amount of knowledge but it will be of far less value to you than a much smaller amount if you have not thought it over for yourself; because only through ordering what you know by comparing every truth with every other truth can you take complete possession of your knowledge and get it into your power. You can think about only what you know, so you ought to learn something; on the other hand, you can know only what you have thought about.”

Ifs Thinking Knows Wells May Hands Values Ought Amount Library Possession Compare Disorder

Author:Arthur Schopenhauer

“Obviously if you want to get good at something which is competitive, you have to think about it and practice a lot. You have to keep learning because world keeps changing and competitors keep learning. You have to go to bed wiser than you got up. As you try to master what you are trying to do – people who do that almost never fail utterly. Very few have ever failed with that approach. You may rise slowly, but you are sure to rise.”

People Ifs Thinking World Want Trying May Practice Failing Masters Bed Approach Wiser Competitors Keep Learning

Author:Charlie Munger

“Do nothing in haste; look well to each step; and from the beginning think what may be the end.”

“When some incident has shattered the career you’ve mapped out for yourself, a folly, a crime or a misfortune, you mustn’t think you’re down and out. It may be a stroke of luck, and when you look back years later you may say to yourself that you wouldn’t for anything in the world exchange the new life disaster has forced upon you for the dull, humdrum existence you would have led if circumstances hadn’t intervened.”

Ifs Thinking World Years Looks May Existence Careers Crime Circumstances Down And Luck Disaster Dull Folly Misfortunes Strokes New Life Incidents Shattered Humdrum

Author:W. Somerset Maugham

“Physically my brain is in great shape. My motor functions are fine, but I think going through the whole ordeal... coming pretty close to death, may have affected my priorities.”

Thinking May Whole Brain Fine Shapes Function Priorities Affected Motor Ordeals Close To Death

Author:Bill Berry

“Although he may not be human, it’s good that Messi still thinks he is.”

Thinking Humans May Stills Messi

Author:Javier Mascherano

“People tend to put entertainers on pedestals. We're human beings, just like you. You may see us smiling, and whether we have money or not, we still have bills to pay, we still have our stresses. I think a lot of people want to focus on others' shortcomings to make themselves feel better. And it's a very sad thing.”

People Thinking Want Feels Humans May Stills Human Beings Pay Focus Like You Stress Bills Feel Better Entertainers Shortcomings Pedestal Very Sad Sad Things Bills To Pay

Author:Janet Jackson

“Our economic order is tightly woven around the exploitation of animals, and while it may seem easy to dismiss concern about animals as the soft-headed mental masturbation of people who really don't understand oppression and the depths of actual human misery, I hope to get you to think differently about suffering and pain, to convince you that animals matter, and to argue that anyone serious about ending domination and hierarchy needs to think critically about bringing animals into consideration.”

“The way you build trust with your people is by being forthright and clear with them from day one. You may think people are fooled when you tell them what they want to hear. They are not fooled.”

People Thinking Way Want May Clear Fooled

Author:Dick Costolo

“When you see evil do not form ideas that are in the likeness of that evil; do not think of the evil as bad, but try to understand the forces that are back of that evil—forces that are good in themselves, though misdirected in their present state. By trying to understand the nature of the power that is back of evil or adversity, you will not form bad ideas, and therefore will feel no bad effects from experiences that may seem undesirable. At the same time, you will think your own thought about the experiences, thereby developing the power of the master mind.”

Thinking Feels Trying Mind May Ideas States Seems Form Evil Force Effects Masters Adversity Developing Bad Ideas Undesirable

Book:Your Forces and How to Use Them

Source: Your Forces and How to Use Them

“The main aim of education should be to send children out into the world with a reasonably sized anthology in their heads so that, while seated on the lavatory, waiting in doctors' surgeries, on stationary trains or watching interviews with politicians, they may have something interesting to think about.”

Thinking World Should May Children Waiting Interesting Education Politician Doctors Aim Train Interviews Surgery Anthology Something Interesting Stationary Aim Of Education

Author:John Mortimer

“You and I who read and write books have very little effect upon language. We may think about it, write about it, and read about it, but it goes on without us, or in spite of us.”

Thinking Writing May Littles Book Language Effects Goes On Spite

Author:Charlton Laird

“There is a magic power in your own hands. Take your vital decisions-they may be grave and momentous and far-reaching in their consequences. Think a hundred times before you take any decision, but once a decision is taken, stand by it as one man.”

Thinking Men May Hands Decision Taken Magic Hundred Consequence Graves Reaching One Man Magic Powers

Author:Fatima Jinnah

“Prayers prayed in the Spirit never die until they accomplish God's intended purpose. His answer may not be what we expected, or when we expected it, but God often provides much more abundantly than we could think or ask. He interprets our intent and either answers or stores up our prayers. Sincere prayers are never lost. Energy, time, love, and longing can be endowments that will never be wasted or go unrewarded.”

Thinking May Spirit Purpose Dies Asks Energy Lost Prayer Answers Longing Accomplish Expected Stores Sincere Our Prayers Time Love Endowment Sincere Prayer

Author:Wesley L Duewel

“The only life worth living is the adventurous life. Of such a life the dominant characteristic is that it is unafraid. If is unafraid of what other people think . . . It does not adapt either its pace or its objectives to the pace and objectives of its neighbors. It thinks its own thoughts, it reads its own books, it developed its own hobbies, and it is governed by its own conscience. The herd may graze where it pleases or stampede where it pleases, but he who lives the adventurous life will remain unafraid when he finds himself alone.”

“I don't claim to be an expert on this, but I think ADD and creativity may be the same thing; it's just that they can't sell you drugs for being creative. Seriously, the world needs people whose minds constantly wander, because that's how great ideas are stumbled upon.”

People Thinking World Needs Mind May Ideas Creativity Creative Gratitude Drug Claims Sells Add Wander Experts Be Creative Great Idea

Author:Hal Elrod

“Sometimes I think that maybe we are just stories. Like we may as well just be words on a page, because we're only what we've done and what we are going to do.”

Thinking Life Wells May Book Sometimes Done Stories Lovers Pages Book Lover

Book:Tiger Lily

Source: Tiger Lily

“I think of death as a glad awakening from this troubled sleep which we call life; as an emancipation from a world, which, beautiful though it may be, is still a land of captivity.”

Thinking World May Stills Beautiful Sleep Land Awakening Glad Heavenly Emancipation Captivity

Author:Lyman Abbott

“Heaven'll be our last move!-No baggage, no luggage, no hard journey, no packing, no long travel! It may be a long way, but it may be closer than you think!”

Thinking Way May Long Hard Lasts Moving Heaven Journey Heavenly Long Way Baggage Packing Luggage Hard Journey

Author:David Berg

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