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Almost all systems of economic thought are premised on the idea of continued economic growth, which would be fine and dandy if we lived on… — George Monbiot
A minority is only thought of as a minority when it constitutes some kind of threat to the majority, real or imaginary. And no threat… — Christopher Isherwood
If any ambitious man have a fancy to revolutionize, at one effort, the universal world of human thought, human opinion, and human sentiment... — Edgar Allan Poe
We all say in our own lives that money isn't everything. Love matters, friendships matter. My relationship with my kids matters. It shouldn't be a… — David Cameron
When your sense of self is no longer tied to thought, is no longer conceptual, there is a depth of feeling, of sensing, of compassion,… — Eckhart Tolle
I believe this thought, of the possibility of death - if calmly realised, and steadily faced would be one of the best possible tests as… — Lewis Carroll
Nobody before the Pythagorean had thought that mathematical relations held the secret of the universe. Twenty-five centuries later, Europe is still blessed and cursed with… — Arthur Koestler
My father confused me. From the ages of one to seven, I thought my name was Jesus Christ! — Spike Milligan
I've always thought that a lot of really good writers go wrong by getting so into the craft and the technique and perfection. Perfection can… — Patterson Hood
The average educated man in America has about as much knowledge of what a political idea is as he has of the principles of counterpoint.… — John Jay Chapman
It must not be thought that it is ever possible to reach the interior earth by any perseverance in mining: both because the exterior earth… — Rene Descartes
We in America have everything we need except the most important thing of all-time to think and the habit of thought. — Norman Cousins
It is the mark of a mean, vulgar and ignoble spirit to dwell on the thought of food before meal times or worse to dwell… — Saint Francis de Sales
A woman might claim to retain some of the child's faculties, although very limited and defused, simply because she has not been encouraged to learn… — Germaine Greer
He who influences the thought of his times influences the times that follow. — Elbert Hubbard
There is no thought in any mind, but it quickly tends to convert itself into power. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
In your power, all the same. Subject to your will and your demands. No longer free! No! That's a thought I'll never endure! Never. — Henrik Ibsen
So I realized when I was successful in a piece, it was because I didn't abandon a notion early on what it ought to be,… — Andy Wilkinson
I really don't know what exactly all the songs mean. Sometimes other people have meanings and when I hear them I think, 'That's really a… — Paul Simon
Most of the time, when I had hits as a soloist - maybe not so much with Simon & Garfunkel - I was surprised they… — Paul Simon
Songwriting is ... all about intuition - this thing pops into your head for a reason and it's up to you to follow it. It's… — Jim James
I think of myself as a serious artist. Sometimes you can get in your head too much about that and forget that you have to… — Tim McGraw
With the bass it's another thing. I don't need to use alternate thumb-picking as much. Even though Jack says he loves it. My thought is… — Jorma Kaukonen
When you said you were a terrible singer, I thought you were being humble. But you weren't. — Paul McCartney
Even her hair, she thought, running her fingers impatiently through the damp golden brown ringlets that curled romantically around her face. A Botticelli angel, a… — Naomi Ragen

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