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Think Quotes
Quotes that share what people really think.
Many quotes here open with a direct 'I think,' offering personal beliefs - some lighthearted, like using comedy as a defense, others sobering, including grim predictions about where humanity is headed. A few weigh in on cryptography and the future of communication, a subject also touched on in Life Quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
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- Nov 07, 2020
I grew up Southern Baptist, so my experience was fairly conservative. Not archly so, but I think Memphis - when you get to certain parts of Memphis - are more liberal for sure. But I grew up, until I was about 13 or 14, in a section called Whitehaven, and then we moved to a suburb called Germantown - which is a pretty conservative area.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think I always was a bit of a class clown, but I don't know how successful I was at that. I always think, when I read about people being class clowns, I imagine them being actually very funny, and I don't know that I was. But I tried to be, I think.
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- Nov 07, 2020
It wasn't until I got into seventh grade, I think, that I realized that doing plays might be a fun thing, and so I auditioned for the school play - and got in, as it turned out.
- Nov 07, 2020
To be a teacher you have to have a very giving, selfless personality. I don't think I'm that selfless and giving.
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- Nov 07, 2020
But the ability to articulate what you are doing, to be clear about it, and to stick to it is, I think, the essence of political leadership.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't think that capitalism should be unbridled, if by 'unbridled' you mean unregulated.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think that if politics is just about getting your backside on important seats, then it's a pretty worthless endeavor.
- Politics
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think that what most surprises anybody who goes into politics from even a modestly cerebral background is the vulgarity of much of the cut and thrust of politics.
- Editing
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- Nov 07, 2020
There are plenty of paths to becoming a writer, but I think the most reliable ones involve total commitment: writing for magazines and newspapers, teaching writing, editing books, representing authors.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Everyone has secrets, and I think some people flee from home - far from home - to try to keep those secrets.
- Men
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- Nov 07, 2020
Women think that men don't talk about their feelings with guys. We do talk to friends about relationships, but it's succinct - 10 minutes, then we move on.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think it's a very healthy thing to learn from what's happened in the past. But only if you look at what happened and think, 'How could I have dealt with that differently?' Then let it go.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think when people are abusing drugs it is probably a symptom of a bigger problem that they need to address.
- Navy
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't have any delusions. I don't think I would make it through Navy SEAL training.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think I've lost that ability to slow things down - that ability drivers have to calculate what's coming by you at tremendous speed. I used to have it.
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- Nov 07, 2020