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• One of the many, many salutary aspects of Barack Obama's impending presidential nomination is the sea change his victory marks in the battle for the mind-set of the American foreign policy establishment.

  Eric Alterman

  Sea, Presidential, Mind

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• Anyone who believes that men and women have the same mind-set hasn't lived on earth. A man thinks that everything he does is wonderful, that the sun rises and sets around him. But a woman has doubts.

  Margo Kaufman

  Believe, Men, Thinking

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• Children are happy because they don't yet have a file in their minds called "All the Things That Could Go Wrong." They don't have a mind-set that puts "Things to Fear" before "Things to Love." Unless we can be like little children, we can't enter into the kingdom of heaven; unless we can be like little children, we can't be happy. Children are happy because they don't have all the facts yet.

  Marianne Williamson

  Children, Heaven, Mind

  Marianne Williamson (2013). “Illuminata: Thoughts, Prayers, Rites of Passage”, p.88, Random House

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• Most snarky critics had their minds set before ever seeing/playing the game. I'm proud of what we created; it's innovative, responsive & fun.

  Tony Hawk

  Fun, Playing Games, Mind

  Twitter post from Dec 5, 2009

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• I do not really believe there is such a thing as al-Qaida, the organization; there is al-Qaida, the mind-set

  Yosri Fouda

  Believe, Organization, Mind

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• Optimism. It's not just a mind-set, it is behavior.

  Larry Elder

  Optimism, Mind, Behavior

  Larry Elder (2001). “The Ten Things You Can't Say In America”, p.57, Macmillan

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• We have to cultivate contentment with what we have. We really don't need much. When you know this, the mind settles down. Cultivate generosity. Delight in giving. Learn to live lightly. In this way, we can begin to transform what is negative into what is positive. This is how we start to grow up.

  Tenzin Palmo

  Growing Up, Giving, Generosity

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• And as to the faculties of the mind, setting aside the arts grounded upon words, and especially that skill of proceeding upon generall, and infallible rules, called Science; which very few have, and but in few things; as being not a native faculty, born within us; nor attained, (as Prudence,) while we look after somewhat else.

  Thomas Hobbes

  Art, Science, Skills

  Thomas Hobbes (2015). “Annotated LEVIATHAN with English Grammar Exercises: by Thomas Hobbes (Author), Robert Powell (Editor)”, p.117, Powell Publications, LLC

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• Rich people...take responsibility for the results in their lives and act upon the mind-set "It will work because I'll make it work."

  T. Harv Eker

  Responsibility, People, Secret

  FaceBook post by T. Harv Eker from Jul 24, 2013

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• In order to be a part of the totalitarian mind-set, it is not necessary to wear a uniform or carry a club or a whip. It is only necessary to wish for your own subjection, and to delight in the subjection of others.

  Christopher Hitchens

  Order, Mind, Wish

  Christopher Hitchens (2011). “God is Not Great”, p.166, Atlantic Books Ltd

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• A mind set in its ways is wasted. Don't do it.

  Eric Schmidt

  Perception, Mind, Way

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• No cowboys for Canada. Canada got Mounties instead - Dudley Do-Right, not John Wayne. It's a mind-set of "Here I come to save the day" versus "Yippee-ki-yay, motherfucker.

  Sarah Vowell

  Cowboy, Mind, Yay

  Sarah Vowell (2003). “The Partly Cloudy Patriot”, p.149, Simon and Schuster

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• Casual?" Elam halted and crossed his arms. "My good horse, there's a big difference between casual and confident. I am aware of the danger, but......I want to maintain a confident mind-set in full assurance of faith, otherwise my heart might melt within me." ..... "Take care that your confidence does not swell into arrogance, for that is the downfall of every man of pride.

  Bryan Davis

  Horse, Heart, Pride

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• There were two mentalities, and both mentalities had to change. There was what I called the Afrikaner mind set of the Unionist politicians, which was holding all power in their own hands, and discriminating, and their objective was to protect their identity

  John Hume

  Hands, Two, Mind

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• If you let cloudy water settle, it will become clear. If you let your upset mind settle, your course will also become clear.

  Gautama Buddha

  Buddhist, Water, Meditation

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• Being in the studio is okay but sitting in a room by yourself composing is a discipline that takes a certain type of mind set and Tommy has a great gift for that as did the previous guy.

  James Young

  Discipline, Guy, Mind

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• I keep fit, I work out, I eat pretty damn well, I don’t drink like a fish, and all of those things are tempered with a holistic mind-set that you need to damn well respect the vehicle that you’re walking around in.

  Mick Fleetwood

  Work Out, Mind, Needs

  Details Magazine Interview, www.mickfleetwoodofficial.com. August 21, 2014.

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• Your mind-set is your primary weapon

  Jeff Cooper

  Mind, Weapons, Self Defense

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• The leader for today and the future will be focused on how to be - how to develop quality, character, mind-set, values, principles, and courage.

  Frances Hesselbein

  Character, Leader, Mind

  Frances Hesselbein (2002). “Hesselbein on Leadership”, p.8, John Wiley & Sons

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• Self is not liberated. It was never bound. What gets liberated are the demons as well as gods of your mind. Set them free. You are sick of playing with the game. Be willing to not play the game. This takes huge resolve.

  Gangaji

  Self, Games, Play

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• There are no rules in life. It’s a mind-set that limits people dramatically.

  Tara Stiles

  People, Mind, Limits

  FaceBook post by Tara Stiles from Mar 07, 2014

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• Fear destroys intimacy. It distances us from each other; or makes us cling to each other, which is the death of freedom.... Only love can create intimacy, and freedom too, for when all hearts are one, nothing else has to be one--neither clothes nor age; neither sex nor sexual preference; race nor mind-set.

  William Sloane Coffin

  Sex, Distance, Heart

  William Sloane Coffin (2004). “Credo”, p.21, Westminster John Knox Press

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• I am far from any intention to limit curiosity, or confine the labours of learning to arts of immediate and necessary use. It is only from the various essays of experimental industry, and the vague excursions of mind set upon discovery, that any advancement of knowledge can be expected; and though many must be disappointed in their labours, yet they are not to be charged with having spent their time in vain; their example contributed to inspire emulation, and their miscarriage taught others the way to success.

  Samuel Johnson

  Art, Miscarriage, Necessary Use

  Samuel Johnson (1889). “Select Essays”

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• We have to get out of the mind-set of saying, "No matter how hard we try, we will have accidents," and into "We will not have accidents."

  Federico Pena

  Safety, Mind, Trying

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• My mind-set is Munich. Most of my generation's is Vietnam.

  Madeleine Albright

  Mind, Generations, Vietnam

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