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Thinking Quotes by Alexander McCall Smith
- Gracious acceptance is an art - an art which most never bother to cultivate. We think that we have to learn how to give, but…
- Most people want nothing to happen. That is the problem with governments these days. They want to do things all the time; they are always…
- It was time to take the pumpkin out of the pot and eat it. In the final analysis, that was what solved these big problems…
- We all know that it is women who take the decisions, but we have to let men think that the decisions are theirs. It is…
- If your ceiling should fall down, then you have lost a room, but gained a courtyard. Think of it that way.
- How many of us are happy to be exactly where we are at any moment?...only the completely happy think that they are in the correct…
- They're very beautiful, aren't they? Clouds are very beautiful and yet so often we fail to appreciate them properly. We should do that. We should…
- As a writer, I have readers who will have a range of political views. I don't think they look to me for political guidance.
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- There are no dangerous thoughts; thinking itself is dangerous. — Hannah Arendt
- Under conditions of tyranny it is far easier to act than to think. — Hannah Arendt
- Having been a child actor, I remember how directors would trick me to get good performances out of me. I don't think… — Asia Argento
- I do think the heart can balance out the mind, if your heart is in a good place it can give you… — Alexis Arguello
- You can never guess or assume what anyone is going to think. — J. J. Abrams
- As we all know, many people remain buried under tons of rubble and debris, waiting to be rescued. When we think of… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- I don't think I have a signature. — J. J. Abrams
- It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it. — Aristotle
- The soul never thinks without a picture. — Aristotle
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- I think you have a passion and an obsession for something when it's not necessarily ubiquitous. — J. J. Abrams