Thinking Quotes - Page 21

• I think to be oversensitive about cliches is like being oversensitive about table manners.

  Evelyn Waugh

  Tables, Table Manners, Cliche

  Evelyn Waugh (1983). “The Essays, Articles and Reviews of Evelyn Waugh”, Methuen

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• I think there should be bad blood between all clubs.

  Earl Weaver

  Blood, Clubs, Should

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• Sometimes you trust someone who turns out not to be honest. There are a lot of things that happen in life that don't turn out the way you're given the impression that they will. And I think that's all kind of a con. But I think we've probably all been hurt.

  Sigourney Weaver

  Trust, Encouragement, Hurt

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• I think that every piece has its challenges. I love going back and forth between one and the other. I'll always pick a comedy over a drama.

  Sigourney Weaver

  Drama, Challenges, Pieces

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• People in Britain always think of 'Jesus Christ Superstar' as a musical - it wasn't.

  Andrew Lloyd Webber

  Jesus, People, Musical

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• Fitting a walk into a busy life can be challenging, so I suggest walking rather driving to work or to run errands as often as you can - in other words, think of walking as alternative transportation.

  Andrew Weil

  Running, Challenges, Alternatives

  "Walk Like An Australian, Lose 10 Pounds" by Dr. Andrew Weil, www.huffingtonpost.com. February 29, 2012.

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• If we are suffering illness, poverty, or misfortune, we think we shall be satisfied on the day it ceases. But there too, we know it is false; so soon as one has got used to not suffering one wants something else.

  Simone Weil

  World Suffering, Want Something, Poverty

  Simone Weil (1998). “Simone Weil”

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• I'm a real Londoner. We have very grey weather in London, and I think it encourages a very eclectic and crazy fashion sense. I mix high-street stuff with more high-end fashion and vintage.

  Emma Watson

  Fashion, Crazy, Real

  "Watson a sorceress of style". Interview with Katie Ellis, www.perthnow.com.au. May 9, 2011.

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• I decided I like that mode. It's how I think - it's my voice. I like being funny and sad at the same time, or funny and disturbing at the same time. It's my natural voice.

  Deb Olin Unferth

  Natural

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• Science has always been my preoccupation and when you think a breakthrough is possible, it is terribly exciting.

  James D. Watson

  Break Through, Preoccupation, Exciting

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• Some think there is something wrong about enhancing people.

  James D. Watson

  People

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• I think the Republican Party should be a pro-life party. I am pro-life. I do not apologize for that. On the flip side of that coin, the Republican Party has been big enough to allow pro-choice advocates to be heard.

  J. C. Watts

  Party, Choices, Pro Life

  "Live Chat: Congressman J.C. Watts". The ABC NEWS Interview, abcnews.go.com.

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• I think Newt Gingrich has a proven track record of changing Washington and getting results.

  J. C. Watts

  Track, Records, Results

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• Some might think that George W. Bush had his shortcomings, but let me tell you something - history's going to be kind to George W. Bush.

  J. C. Watts

  Might, Be Kind, Let Me

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• 'Paranormal 1' scared me because I didn't know if it was real or what. 'Blair Witch' was kind of scary for the same reason. It takes the voyeur element away and makes you think, 'Oh crap, this could really happen to me.'

  Marlon Wayans

  Real, Make You Think, Scary

  Interview with Bobby Blakey, www.axs.com. January 7, 2013.

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• I think there is a case for strong action and intervention when there is criminality and when the leaders are corrupt or behaving in a criminal fashion.

  Jay Weatherill

  Fashion, Strong, Leader

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• I think the National League has better biorhythms in July.

  Earl Weaver

  July, League

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• A lioness has got a lot more power than the lion likes to think she has.

  Jacki Weaver

  Lioness, Lions, Likes

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• For the camera, particularly, I feel like - I think that, as human faces become older, they become more interesting.

  Sigourney Weaver

  Interesting, Cameras, Faces

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• I love working with young people and young filmmakers, and I love working on first films. I think it's cool. It's fun. I just take it as it comes.

  Sigourney Weaver

  Fun, People, Firsts

  "Exclusive: Sigourney Weaver Talks Abduction, Vamps and It Is What It Is". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. September 23, 2011.

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• I have always been uncomfortable with a series of movies. I hate that word 'franchise' - it always makes me think of French fries. What I felt each time was that we were going for broke, that this was going to be the last in the series. You can't count on anything.

  Sigourney Weaver

  Hate, Lasts, Broke

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• I never think about Wall Street - why should I - but to go down there so often while filming 'Working Girl,' to become acquainted with this whole different world, and to find out what goes on behind the scenes is so interesting. There's so much of the city that you don't really bother to investigate. Ahh... New York.

  Sigourney Weaver

  Girl, New York, Wall

  "New Again: Sigourney Weaver". Interview with Christopher Durang, www.interviewmagazine.com. July 9, 2012.

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• I often think of random melodies. And I pretty much hear in my head what I want to do with the orchestra as I'm writing on the piano.

  Andrew Lloyd Webber

  Writing, Piano, Orchestra

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• No sociologist should think himself too good, even in his old age, to make tens of thousands of quite trivial computations in his head and perhaps for months at a time.

  Max Weber

  Age, Months, Corny

  Max Weber (2009). “From Max Weber: Essays in Sociology”, p.135, Routledge

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• The more people have, the less content they seem to be. In America, the cultural expectation that we're to be happy all the time and our children are to be happy all the time is toxic, and I think that really gets in the way of emotional well-being.

  Andrew Weil

  Children, Emotional, America

  "Q&A: 'Spontaneous Happiness' with Andrew Weil". Interview with Daniel Lefferts and Luke Dempsey, www.usatoday.com. March 21, 2013.

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