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Thinking Quotes by Natalie Goldberg
- Sometimes when you think you are done, it is just the edge of beginning. Probably that's why we decide we're done. It's getting too scary.…
- Actually, when I look at my old notebooks, I think I have been a bit self-indulgent and have given myself too much time to meander…
- The positive thing about writing is that you connect with yourself in the deepest way. You get a chance to know who you are, to…
- I used to think freedom meant doing whatever you want. It means knowing who you are, what you are supposed to be doing on this…
- Wherein we discover that many of the "rules" for good writing and good sex are the same: Keep your hand moving, lose control, and don't…
- What writing practice, like Zen practice does is bring you back to the natural state of mind...The mind is raw, full of energy, alive and…
- Women are wonderful, but they get so caught up about their body. We need to unhook from worrying so much. When I don't feel good,…
- It's okay to embark on writing because you think it will get you love. At least it gets you going, but it doesn't last. After…
- I remember a friend many years ago who had taped a sign to his refrigerator: There's a dream dreaming us. If you try to think…
- The aim is to burn through to first thoughts, to the place where energy is unobstructed by social politeness or the internal censor, to the…
- Too often we take notes on writing, we think about writing but never do it. I want you to walk into the heart of the…
- I don't think everyone wants to create the great American novel, but we all have a dream of telling our stories-of realizing what we think,…
- I think talent is like a water table under the earth—you tap it with your effort and it comes through you.
More Thinking Quotes
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- There are no dangerous thoughts; thinking itself is dangerous. — Hannah Arendt
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- 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