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• I can think of endless horrible things to do to people!

  Eli Roth

  Thinking, People, Endless

  "Netflix series Hemlock Grove: 'People want their horror horrific,' says Eli Roth" by Stuart Dredge, www.theguardian.com. April 10, 2013.

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• I'm interested in that drive, that rush to judgment, that is so prevalent in our society.We all know that pleasurable rush that comes from condemning, and in the short term it's quite a satisfying thing to do, isn't it?

  J. K. Rowling

  Our Society, Judgment, Term

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• It was a very stupid thing to do, I'll admit, but I hardly didn't even know I was doing it.

  J. D. Salinger

  Stupid, Knows, Very Stupid

  J. D. SALINGER (1951). “THE CATCHER IN THE RYE”

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• Nashville feels like a big little town to me. It's got lots of culture and lots of interesting things to do and lots of interesting people. At the same time, it feels very small and tight-knit and very close. Everyone feels like they know each other.

  Ricky Schroder

  Nashville, People, Interesting

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• The truth of the matter is that you always know the right thing to do. The hard part is doing it.

  Robert H. Schuller

  Inspirational, Life, Truth

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• Giving up even an ounce of precious freedom is a very serious thing to do.

  Charles Schumer

  Giving Up, Serious Things, Giving

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• When I was 12, I wrote a list of things to do before I died. Own a Picasso was one of those things.

  Jill Scott

  Lists, Died

  "Jill Scott: 'I was told I'd never have kids - my son is due in 5 weeks'". The Daily Mirror Interview, www.mirror.co.uk. March 22, 2009.

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• To get a child's trust - you may know or not - is a very hard thing to do. They're so used to not believing adults - because adults tell tales and lies all the time.

  Maurice Sendak

  Children, Lying, Believe

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• Sometimes we know the best thing to do, but fail to do it. New year's resolutions are often like that. We make resolutions because we know it would be better for us to lose weight, or get fit, or spend more time with our children. The problem is that a resolution is generally easier to break than it is to keep.

  Peter Singer

  New Year, Children, Years

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• I wouldn't write about people who are living and who are close to me, because I think it's a very violent thing to do to another person. And anytime I have done it, even in the disguise of fiction, the results have been horrific.

  Zadie Smith

  Writing, Thinking, People

  "In Essays, Author Zadie Smith Reveals Her Process". Interview with Melissa Block, www.npr.org. November 11, 2009.

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• My father taught me that the easiest thing to do was to quit. He'd say, 'It doesn't take any talent to do that.'

  Ken Venturi

  Father, Taught, Quitting

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• I just get up every day and do what seems like the most interesting, fun thing to do.

  Jimmy Wales

  Fun, Interesting, Get Up

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• I always find it particularly difficult to work in New York because there are so many things to do.

  Sigourney Weaver

  New York, Difficult

  "New Again: Sigourney Weaver". Interview with Christopher Durang, www.interviewmagazine.com. July 11, 2012.

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• Being part of a community with a church at its centre and singin' hymns is a great thing to do.

  Vivienne Westwood

  Hymns, Community, Church

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• I always pass on good advice. It is the only thing to do with it. It is never of any use to oneself.

  Oscar Wilde

  Inspirational, Funny, Witty

  Oscar Wilde (2014). “The Wit and Wisdom of Oscar Wilde”, p.3, Courier Corporation

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• One cool judgment is worth a thousand hasty counsels. The thing to do is to supply light and not heat.

  Woodrow Wilson

  Inspirational, Patriotic, Light

  Woodrow Wilson (1913). “Addresses, Messages and Speeches, 1897-”

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• It's inconceivable to some people that that wouldn't be the sexiest thing to do in the whole world: to be a movie star, and make money, and be pampered, and whatever.

  Debra Winger

  Stars, People, World

  Interview with Rachel Cooke, www.theguardian.com. December 27, 2008.

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• Sometimes the nicest thing to do with a guitar is just look at it.

  Thom Yorke

  Guitar, Looks, Sometimes

  "Radiohead's 'The Bends,' 20 Years Later: Reexamining a Modern Rock Masterpiece". www.guitarworld.com. May 15, 2015.

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• Getting typecast is a dangerous thing to do.

  Michael Zaslow

  Dangerous, Dangerous Things

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• It's important, according to me, to train in small doses so as to not lose the joy of playing chess. I personally think too many coaching and training classes may take away a child's interest in the game itself. The essential thing to do is practise often and, in case of a doubt, to consult a trainer.

  Viswanathan Anand

  Children, Thinking, Games

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• The best thing to do when you find yourself in a hurting or vulnerable place is to surround yourself with the strongest, finest, most positive people you know.

  Kristin Armstrong

  Hurt, People, Finding Yourself

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• Grandma said [...] when you come on something that is good, first thing to do is share it with whoever you can find; that way, the good spreads out to where no telling it will go.

  Forrest Carter

  Grandma, Way, Firsts

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• Thinking about something is like picking up a stone when taking a walk, either while skipping rocks on the beach, for example, or looking for a way to shatter the glass doors of a museum. When you think about something, it adds a bit of weight to your walk, and as you think about more and more things you are liable to feel heavier and heavier, until you are so burdened you cannot take any further steps, and can only sit and stare at the gentle movements of the ocean waves or security guards, thinking too hard bout too many things to do anything else.

  Daniel Handler

  Life, Beach, Ocean

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• If you truly love film, I think the healthiest thing to do is not read books on the subject. I prefer the glossy film magazines with their big color photos and gossip columns, or the National Enquirer. Such vulgarity is healthy and safe.

  Werner Herzog

  Book, Thinking, Color

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Well," said Pooh, "what I like best," and then he had to stop and think. Because although Eating Honey was a very good thing to do, there was a moment just before you began to eat it which was better than when you were, but he didn't know what it was called.

  A. A. Milne

  Happiness, Happy, Thinking

  A. A. Milne (2011). “The House at Pooh Corner”, p.133, Egmont UK

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