- Getting
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- Nov 07, 2020
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
- Out
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think when judges are in the position of authority, they really get bent out of shape when someone tells them they acted inappropriately.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've run for office, and I've stood on street corners, while people walked by me and didn't want to talk to me, and did not think I was a credible candidate. And then four years later, I was nearly elected mayor of San Francisco, so I know what it takes.
- Political
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think a lot of politicians, rightfully so, understand that their political futures are tied to how many times people see their names in print. The press is so accustomed to politicians wanting those things, it's a surprise when somebody's like, 'Whatever, I'm not really worried about those things.'
- Men
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've always thought feminism had a lot to say about both genders, as it is hard to talk about one without the other. I think men and women alike would benefit from men having a more fluid idea of what being a man is.
- Challenge
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- Nov 07, 2020
Writing can be fun. I think the challenge is to convey interesting things in accessible ways, and that's what I aim to do in books.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think we get too hung up on categories. Obviously, the book market has to categorise things, and it makes it easier for a reader to go into a bookshop and choose, but as a writer, it helps to get rid of all of that and imagine you are a storyteller around a campfire.
- Nov 07, 2020
I think Father Christmas is real because the belief is real. The belief becomes the reality.
- Depression
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think it is a luxury and privilege to be sane and well and pessimistic. Because with depression, you have no other option. You don't want that pessimism, because it is crushing you and keeping you down at the bottom of the well.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
My early novels were written in quite a dark place. I stand by them, but I would never write them again. I think it is subversive to embrace emotional optimism, because it goes against the grain.
- Age
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- Nov 07, 2020
The terms and conditions of the main social media sites are that you shouldn’t use it under the age of 13, but the companies do absolutely nothing to enforce against that. And they should, I think that should be a requirement.
- Conversation
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't think I've ever had a conversation with a comedian who stole except for when it's been in anger.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
I feel like there are a lot of bands or musicians that probably think improv is corny, because I think that's a sentiment out there.
- Government
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am a believer in smaller government, limited government, less regulation, less taxes, because I think to have more of those things, we suffocate the entrepreneurial spirit of this nation.
- Heart
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have nine children. It breaks my heart to think that it might be their blood is needed to redeem something, to reclaim something that we, through our apathy and our indifference, have given away.
- Generation
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- Nov 07, 2020