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Thinking Quotes by Howard Zinn
- I have come to believe that our lives can be turned in a different direction, our minds adopt a different way of thinking, by some…
- Is not nationalism - that devotion to a flag, an anthem, a boundary so fierce it engenders mass murder - one of the great evils…
- Objectivity is impossible and it is also undesirable. That is, if it were possible it would be undesirable, because if you have any kind of…
- Nations are not communities and never have been. The history of any country, presented as the history of a family, conceals the fierce conflicts of…
- To be hopeful in bad times is based on the fact that human history is not only of cruelty, but also of compassion, sacrifice, courage,…
- War is by definition the indiscriminate killing of huge numbers of people for ends that are uncertain. Think about means and ends, and apply it…
- I think people are dazzled by Obama's rhetoric, and that people ought to begin to understand that Obama is going to be a mediocre president…
- And in such a world of conflict, a world of victims and executioners, it is the job of thinking people, as Albert Camus suggested, not…
- That chain of relationships made me think of how connections are made--you read a book, you meet a person, you have a single experience, and…
- Human beings, whatever their backgrounds, are more open than we think, that their behavior cannot be confidently predicted from their past, that we are all…
- The future is an infinite succession of presents, and to live now as we think human beings should live, in defiance of all that is…
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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
- I love working with the right actor, and if the right actor happens to be unknown, that should be allowed, too, I… — J. J. Abrams
- I think you have a passion and an obsession for something when it's not necessarily ubiquitous. — J. J. Abrams