Thoughtful Quotes - Page 29

• In recent times no problem has been more puzzling to thoughtful people than why, in a troubled world, we make such poor use of our affluence.

  John Kenneth Galbraith

  People, Use, World

  John Kenneth Galbraith (1958). “The Affluent Society”

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• By slow, thoughtful watching, you can gain much, as against working up a wild, panicky condition.

  Ernest Vincent Wright

  Gains, Conditions

  Ernest Vincent Wright (2015). “Gadsby: A Story of Over 50,000 Words Without Using the Letter “E””, p.129, BoD – Books on Demand

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• So forget about blogs and bloggers and blogging and focus on this - the cost and difficulty of publishing absolutely anything, by anyone, into a global medium, just got a whole lot lower. And the effects of that increased pool of potential producers is going to be vast.

  Clay Shirky

  Funny, Focus, Cost

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• Feelings follow actions. If I'm feeling low, I deliberately act cheery, and I find myself actually feeling happier. If I'm feeling angry at someone, I do something thoughtful for her and my feelings toward her soften. This strategy is uncannily effective.

  Gretchen Rubin

  Angry At Someone, Feelings, Action

  "10 instant tips to be happier now" by Gretchen Rubin, www.cnn.com. August 4, 2009.

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• Most people's major life changes don't come from reading an article in the newspaper; they come from reading longer-form essays or thoughtful books, which are much more convincing and detailed.

  Aaron Swartz

  Inspirational, Funny, Life Changing

  "I Hate the News" by Aaron Swartz, www.aaronsw.com. October 20, 2006.

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• I got £25. My friends all gave me £5. It was a very thoughtful present.

  Robert Pattinson

  My Friends, Very Thoughtful

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• It should feel genuinely good to earn income from your blog - you should be driven by a healthy ambition to succeed. If your blog provides genuine value, you fully deserve to earn income from it.

  Steve Pavlina

  Funny, Ambition, Healthy

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• Our real calling to be a compassionate Christian came when we stepped out of the waters of baptism… We don’t need a bishop’s assignment to be kind. We don’t need to sign up to be thoughtful. We don’t need to be sustained by our wards to be sensitive.

  Chieko N. Okazaki

  Christian, Real, Water

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• I always stand out by the voting lines on Election Day, and I can't tell you how many people say, 'I've never voted for a Democrat in my life, but I'm splitting my ticket for you.' They're more engaged and thoughtful than we give them credit for.

  Wendy Davis

  People, Giving, Voting

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• Practical gifts are another great way to be thoughtful, and they work for anything from birthdays to dinner-party gifts.

  Phoebe Cates

  Party, Dinner, Way

  "Perfect Gifts, According to Phoebe Cates". abcnews.go.com. June 01, 2006.

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• Look for solutions, instead of being difficult; be more thoughtful, instead of allowing anger to burn you out. Look at things from a different perspective, embrace change, look out for opportunities and you will feel much more in control.

  Steve Backley

  Opportunity, Perspective, Different

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• Be smart, be thoughtful, be generous.

  Ashton Kutcher

  Smart, Being Smart, Generous

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• BE PURPOSEFUL AND THOUGHTFUL IN THE CHOICES YOU MAKE WHEN THE OPTIONS ARE NEARLY INFINITE.

  Michael Bierut

  Choices, Choices You Make, Infinite

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• Bill Moyers is everything I never aspire to be: Calm, Thoughtful, and Informative.

  Stephen Colbert

  Bills, Calm, Informative

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• Technology must be implemented as part of a thoughtful, holistic approach to education transformation that includes teacher training, relevant curricula, parental involvement, and programs for children that fill unmet needs for basics like nutrition and health care.

  Bill Gates

  Teacher, Children, Technology

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• To understand a difficult topic like Iraq takes patience and care. Unfortunately, you rarely hear a patient, careful or thoughtful discussion of intelligence these days.

  George Tenet

  Patience, Iraq, Care

  Speech of CIA Director George Tenet at Georgetown University, www.americanprogress.org. February 5, 2004.

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• Lord, please give me big ears and a thoughtful mind. Teach me to ask well and see it through other’s eyes.

  David Walker

  Eye, Giving, Mind

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• True love is not a feeling by which we are overwhelmed. It is a committed, thoughtful decision.

  M. Scott Peck

  Love Is, Decision, Feelings

  M. Scott Peck (2002). “The Road Less Traveled, 25th Anniversary Edition: A New Psychology of Love, Traditional Values, and Spiritual Growth”, p.119, Simon and Schuster

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• Do not fear death, but welcome it, since it too comes from nature. For just as we are young and grow old, and flourish and reach maturity, have teeth and a beard and grey hairs, conceive, become pregnant, and bring forth new life, and all the other natural processes that follow the seasons of our existence, so also do we have death. A thoughtful person will never take death lightly, impatiently, or scornfully, but will wait for it as one of life's natural processes.

  Marcus Aurelius

  Death, Maturity, Hair

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• Thus when I have to summarize naturalized spirituality in a single phrase, it is this: the thoughtful love of life.

  Robert C. Solomon

  Spiritual, Love Life, Phrases

  Robert C. Solomon (2006). “Spirituality for the Skeptic: The Thoughtful Love of Life”, p.6, Oxford University Press

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• I am not a historian. I happen to think that the content of my mother's life - her myths, her superstitions, her prayers, the contents of her pantry, the smell of her kitchen, the song that escaped from her sometimes parched lips, her thoughtful repose and pregnant laughter - are all worthy of art.

  August Wilson

  Mother, Song, Art

  August Wilson (1997). “Seven Guitars”, p.10, Penguin

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• This is the power of gathering: it inspires us, delightfully, to be more hopeful, more joyful, more thoughtful: in a word, more alive.

  Alice Waters

  Hopeful, Inspire, Gathering

  "40 Years of Chez Panisse: The Power of Gathering". Book by Alice Waters, www.huffingtonpost.com. 2011.

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• In history as it comes to be written, there is usually some Spirit of the Age which historians can define, but the shape of things is seldom so clear to those who live them. To most thoughtful men it has generally seemed that theirs was an Age of Confusion.

  Joseph Wood Krutch

  Men, Confusion, Age

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• The title says it all: 'Little House on a Small Planet.' With population,
  pollution and environmental pressures weighing heavily upon us, our planet
  grows smaller every day and the need for thoughtful, lower-impact housing becomes more urgent. This delightful book is full of inspiring ideas that will help you simplify your housing choices, make more environmentally responsible product and material choices and bring down the square footage of your next home. Or maybe you'll decide to take your current home and turn it into several. You won't be disappointed.

  Wanda Urbanska

  Book, Home, Impact

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• LSD lets you in on something. When you're tripping, the idea of race disappears; the idea of sex disappears; you don't even know what species you are sometimes. And I don't know of anybody who hasn't come back from that being more humane, more thoughtful, more understanding.

  Ken Kesey

  Sex, Race, Ideas

  The Sun Times (South Africa), August 29, 1999.

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