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title: "9 Think Consciously Quotes by 9 authors"
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> [I think that we have to consciously be aware that every moment we're in, every different stage in our lives, we can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-giffin/i-think-that-we-have-to-consciously-be-aware-that-every-moment-we-re/)

[Emily Giffin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emily-giffin/)

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> [I don't think of my opponents in the sense that I don't think of them consciously, I don't steer it one way…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-cross/i-don-t-think-of-my-opponents-in-the-sense-that-i-don-t-think-of-them/)

[David Cross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-cross/)

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> [Growing up as a mixed-race kid myself, when you are in the middle of it and you're young...you don't think about it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-de-la-pena/growing-up-as-a-mixed-race-kid-myself-when-you-are-in-the-middle-of/)

[Matt de la Pena](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-de-la-pena/)

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> [all conscious thought is a process in time; so that to think consciously about Time is like trying to use a foot-rule…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-l-sayers/all-conscious-thought-is-a-process-in-time-so-that-to-think/)

[Dorothy L. Sayers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-l-sayers/)

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> [As far as hip-hop is concerned, I'm no expert and rarely think consciously about how I "represent" hip-hop.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/baratunde-thurston/as-far-as-hip-hop-is-concerned-i-m-no-expert-and-rarely-think/)

[Baratunde Thurston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/baratunde-thurston/)

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> [Ideally, writing ought to be like riding a bicycle: something you know how to do without having to think consciously about exactly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-stableford/ideally-writing-ought-to-be-like-riding-a-bicycle-something-you-know/)

[Brian Stableford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-stableford/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/897/brian-stableford-34564_bicycle_ideally-writing-ought-to-be-like-riding_1584130.png)

> [I think, consciously or not, what we readers do each time we open a book is to set off a search for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maureen-corrigan/i-think-consciously-or-not-what-we-readers-do-each-time-we-open-a/)

[Maureen Corrigan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maureen-corrigan/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2a6/maureen-corrigan-30260_authenticity_i-think-consciously-or-not-what-we-reade_550203.png)

> [“The Matrix can feel like a pretty hopeless place. I get that. Nobody in his or her right mind (a tiny minority,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sol-luckman/the-matrix-can-feel-like-a-pretty-hopeless-place-i-get-that-nobody-in/)

[Sol Luckman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sol-luckman/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/acc/sol-luckman-4953_digital-age_the-matrix-can-feel-like-a-pretty-hopele_222667.jpg)

> [The best way is always to stop when you are going good and when you know what will happen next. If you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-hemingway/the-best-way-is-always-to-stop-when-you-are-going-good-and-when-you/)

[Ernest Hemingway](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-hemingway/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ffd/ernest-hemingway-83_best-way_the-best-way-is-always-to-stop-when-you_1561412.jpg)

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