Thoughtful Quotes - Page 21

• My father is very Jean Valjean. He's what I would call a great example of a religious person. He is a deeply thoughtful man whose religion is in his deeds way more than anything else. It's not talked about that much.

  Hugh Jackman

  Religious, Father, Men

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• Accommodation to change, the thoughtful pursuit of alternative futures are keys to the survival of civilization and perhaps of the human species.

  Carl Sagan

  Keys, Civilization, Survival

  Carl Sagan (2011). “Broca's Brain: Reflections on the Romance of Science”, p.172, Ballantine Books

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• I think coming to work and being absurd and neurotic and thoughtful at the same time is far more interesting.

  Lake Bell

  Thinking, Interesting, Absurd

  "Lake Bell Dives Right In". Interview with Jillary Busis, www.interviewmagazine.com. August 29, 2011.

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• I'm a very thoughtful, forward-thinking, planner kind of person. I love Excel spreadsheets and five-year-plans, and I love to review every year how my New Year's resolutions went.

  Jenna Fischer

  New Year, Thinking, Years

  Interview with Sam Adams, www.avclub.com. July 22, 2011.

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• Infinity is present in each part. A loving smile contains all art. The motes of starlight spark and dart. A grain of sand holds power and might.

  Madeleine L'Engle

  Inspiring, Art, Might

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• I can sing fine and I can play guitar fine, but put 'em together and it becomes a thoughtful effort.

  Jerry Cantrell

  Guitar, Play, Effort

  "1996 Guitar World Interview: Jerry Cantrell of Alice In Chains Discusses Songwriting and Band's New Self-Titled Album". Interview with Jeff Gilbert and Andy Aledort, www.guitarworld.com. Nobember 15, 2011.

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• I found out about reviews early on. They're mostly written by sad men on bad afternoons. That's probably why I'm less angry than some writers, who are so narcissistic they consider every line of every review, even a thoughtful one, as major treason.

  Barry Hannah

  Men, Afternoon, Lines

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• A comedian is sort of like a wild animal. It really just depends on where you catch them. Sometimes they want to cuddle up, and sometimes they'll snap at you. But for me, more often than not, if I'm talking to somebody who makes their living in comedy, it'll be a very thoughtful conversation driven from an emotionally honest place.

  Nick Kroll

  Animal, Talking, Comedian

  "Q&A: Nick Kroll Tells You About His Feelings". Interview with Eric Spitznagel, www.esquire.com. January 23, 2013.

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• We came, we saw, we bedazzled! You know, and it's hard to be serious and thoughtful when you're dressed like a Skittle.

  Carson Kressley

  Saws, Serious, Skittles

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

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• The thoughtful excitement of lonely rambles, of gardening, and of other like occupations, where the mind has leisure to must during the healthful activity of the body, with the fresh and wakeful breezes blowing round it.

  Augustus William Hare

  Lonely, Thinking, Mind

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• I think I am about 5 for 500 when it comes to successful ideas vs flops.

  Jeremy Schoemaker

  Funny, Successful, Thinking

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• Without the New York Times, there is no blog community. They'd have nothing to blog about.

  Malcolm Gladwell

  Funny, New York, Community

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• I believe the term "blog" means more than an online journal. I believe a blog is a conversation. People go to blogs to read AND write, not just consume.

  Michael Arrington

  Funny, Believe, Mean

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• It's funny that when people reach a certain age, such as after graduating college, they assume it's time to go out and get a job. But like many things the masses do, just because everyone does it doesn't mean it's a good idea.

  Steve Pavlina

  Funny, Jobs, Mean

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• When I started writing this blog more than years ago, it was in response to traditional media's habit of twisting interviews to fit the headlines they wanted to create.

  Mark Cuban

  Funny, Writing, Media

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• I've developed some deep relationships over the past couple of years blogging and I realize that those relationships manifest themselves in the links I find when I do my x a daily ego search over at Technorati.

  Jason Calacanis

  Funny, Couple, Past

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• The Lazysphere - a working definition - is a group of bloggers who I won't name by name, but you can spot them a mile away. Rather than create new ideas or pen thoughtful essays, they simply glom on to the latest news with another "me too" blog post.

  Steve Rubel

  Funny, Names, Ideas

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• Love is like some fresh spring, first a stream and then a river, changing its aspect and its nature as it flows to plunge itself in some boundless ocean, where restricted natures only find monotony, but where great souls are engulfed in endless contemplation.

  Honore de Balzac

  Love, Spring, Ocean

  Honore de Balzac (2011). “The Magic Skin: Or The Wild Ass's Skin”, p.121, The Floating Press

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• When the president talks about tax reform, he talks about the people who will benefit. He talks about American jobs. He talks about the fact that we're going to be taking money that's overseas and bringing it back to the United States so that it will employ American workers. I think that focus again on the American working and middle class is- is-is to me the most thoughtful and, in some ways, the most genius part of Trump's approach to politics.

  James Vance

  Thinking, People, Focus

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• Whoever is providing leadership needs to be as fresh and thoughtful and reflective as possible to make the very best fight.

  Faye Wattleton

  Leadership, Fighting, Needs

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• A friend is one of the nicest things you can have, and one of the best things you can be.

  Douglas Pagels

  Friendship, Cute, Best Friend

  Douglas Pagels (2006). “Everyone Should Have a Book Like This to Share with a Special Friend”, p.7, Blue Mountain Arts, Inc.

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• I like to talk about a thing I call a "practiced pause." Just a few moments of pausing allows me to consider a circumstance and take stock of what the best direction might be. Reactions tend to rise from habit and unconsidered action. A Response is considered and thoughtful. My actions are my own and I am, singularly, responsible for what I see, say, feel and exert.

  Mary Anne Radmacher

  Might, Pausing, Action

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• There ought to be a thoughtful welfare-reform debate that doesn't turn into something that could be called scapegoating.

  Jack Kemp

  Reform, Debate, Welfare

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• AND THEN SOME... these three little words are the secret to success. People that follow this are thoughtful of others; considerate and kind...and then some. They are good friends and neighbors...and then some. I am thankful for people like this, for they make the world a better place. Their spirit of service is summed up in these three little words...AND THEN SOME.

  Carl Holmes

  Good Friend, People, Secret

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• I've interviewed multiple people who know bin Laden... who tend to have a universal picture of what he's like, which is: modest, retiring, unassuming, kind of thoughtful - lots of things that don't fit with a mass murderer, which he is as well.

  Peter Bergen

  People, Kind, Fit

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