Thinking Quotes - Page 22

• I'm not one that believes that affirmative action should be based on one's skin color or one's gender, I think it should be done based on one's need, because I think if you are from a poor white community, I think that poor white kid needs a scholarship just as badly as a poor black kid.

  J. C. Watts

  Believe, Kids, Skin Color

  "J.C. Watts exits political arena". Interview with Paul Begala, www.cnn.com. November 15, 2002.

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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 there should be bad blood between all clubs.

  Earl Weaver

  Blood, Clubs, Should

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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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• Sexism is alive and well! We were saying this forty years ago. I'm an optimist, so I like to think we've progressed in some ways - in Australia, we get equal pay.

  Jacki Weaver

  Equal Pay, Years, Australia

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

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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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• 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 think indie films are really important, because they show the studios and the audiences when they see them, great stories. Really interesting, small stories.

  Sigourney Weaver

  Interesting, Important, Stories

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• I think I'm much less self confident today. I actually went through a quite painful period because of that thinking that I was completely hopeless. But I think that's something that we all go through at various times of our lives and it was quite a sustained thing with me.

  Hugo Weaving

  Self, Today, Weaving

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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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• 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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• When people are told to "eat many small meals," what they may actually hear is "eat all the time," making them likely to respond with some degree of compulsive overeating. It's no coincidence, I think, that obesity rates began rising rapidly in the 1980s more or less in tandem with this widespread endorsement of more frequent meals.

  Andrew Weil

  People, Degrees, Meals

  "Intermittent Fasting: A Healthy Choice" by Dr. Andrew Weil, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 6, 2012.

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• Every time that I think of the crucifixion of Christ, I commit the sin of envy.

  Simone Weil

  Crucifixion Of Christ, Envy, Sin

  Waiting on God Letter 4 (1950)

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• All that self-control stuff, I tried all that stuff from analysts. I went everywhere to these guys, every kind of anger-management, psychologist, psychiatrist. 'Get rid of my temper, get rid of my temper.' And there was only one guy who just said, 'I don't think this is related to, uh, issues. I think there has got to be something wrong.'

  Harvey Weinstein

  Self, Issues, Guy

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• I think audiences can deal with these mature themes.

  Harvey Weinstein

  Mature, Theme, Deals

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• It's really grinding to always play out of both sides of your mind and always be thinking what will offend people. Or what won't. But I'm strong enough to deal with that. I own that I'm freakish in my way.

  Johnny Weir

  Strong, Play, People

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• I definitely don't think of myself as an actual male model. I'm far too short and my legs are far too muscular.

  Johnny Weir

  Males, Legs, Too Short

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• Creating emotion was what my career was all about. I wanted people to laugh at me; I wanted people to cry with me. I wanted people to feel good or to think about something when they watched me. I think that's why, even not being an Olympic champion, I have such a huge following around the world.

  Johnny Weir

  Careers, Creating, Laughing

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• I am an American man, and in America, we still think of figure skaters as little girls in pretty, sparkly dresses - I worked very hard to change the perception and image of figure skating, and I think I've done a great job on my end, but in figure skating, taste needs to evolve.

  Johnny Weir

  Girl, Jobs, Men

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• I think it is important for young people to see other young people on television doing something positive with their life, making positive changes and growing. I don't think there is enough of that on TV. I mean, we've got 'Jersey Shore,' and I don't know what that teaches young kids.

  Johnny Weir

  Mean, Kids, People

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• I didn't think the teachers had the right to tell me what to do. I would just disobey, talk in the classroom, get very bad grades.

  Rachel Weisz

  Teacher, Classroom, Bad Grades

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• I've got quite a vivid imagination and I'm easily overwhelmed by sensations and things that are beautiful or scary. I don't think I've ever seen a ghost - I think I'm probably haunted by my own ghosts than real ones.

  Florence Welch

  Beautiful, Real, Vivid Imagination

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• I think I should get a bigger between-the-song persona, so then I'm not wandering around the stage like some mad old auntie that's saying hello to people and falling over.

  Florence Welch

  Song, Fall, People

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• I can't ever seem to shake the feeling that when things are really good it essentially means that things are going to go really bad. When I feel calm and settled, there is always an underlying feeling of impending doom... I don't think that it's healthy.

  Florence Welch

  Mean, Healthy, Feelings

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• At the beginning of my career I was going through a really weird phase of dressing in boys clothes. I would only wear one American Apparel T-shirt and shorts and brogues the whole year round. Not the same T-shirt, obviously, but one style of American Apparel T-shirt. I think I was going through a tomboy stage.

  Florence Welch

  Boys, Years, Careers

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