Martin Luther King, Jr.
Civil Rights Leader
"Don't let anybody make you think that God chose America as his divine, messianic force to be a sort of policeman of the whole world."
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Peter Gabriel
Musician
"Watch out for music. It should come with a health warning. It can be dangerous. It can make you feel so alive, so connected to the people around you, and connected to what you really are inside. And it can make you think that the world should, and could, be a much better place. And just occasionally, it can make you very, very happy."
Theodore Parker
Transcendentalist, Minister
"The books which help you most are those which make you think the most. The hardest way of learning is by easy reading; every man that tries it finds it so. But a great book that comes from a great thinker, — it is a ship of thought, deep freighted with truth, with beauty too."
Albert Camus
Philosopher, Writer
"The important thing isn't the soundness or otherwise of the argument, but for it to make you think."
Madonna Ciccone
Singer
"It's not easy having a good marriage--but I don't want easy. Easy doesn't make you grow. Easy doesn't make you think. I thank God everyday that I am married to a man who makes me think. That's my definition of true love."
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"There are two basic motivating forces: fear and love."
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"You have a conscience, and a conscience is a valuable attribute, but not if it begins to make you think you were to blame for what is far beyond the scope of your responsibility."
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"Success is a lousy teacher. It makes you think you know what you're doing."
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"'Paranormal 1' scared me because I didn't know if it was real or what. 'Blair Witch' was kind of scary for the same reason. It takes the voyeur element away and makes you think, 'Oh crap, this could really happen to me.'"
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"If I supply you with a thought, you may remember it and you may not. But if I can make you think a thought for yourself, I have indeed added to your stature."
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"They try to make you think they care about what you do but they don't. They don't want you to act a certain way. So you're easy to understand. So you won't pose a threat to them."
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"I like movies that make you think."
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"My agent at the time, Mike Medavoy, before he became a movie mogul, called me up and said, how about a movie with you and Peter Boyle and Marty Feldman? And I said, well, what makes you think of that? He said because I now handle you and Peter Marty."
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"When you reduce a woman to writing, she makes you think of a thousand other women"
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"I love movies that have that resonating scare, that really get under your skin and make you think."
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"A new study has found that watching Fox News can make you more conservative and watching MSNBC can make you more liberal. And watching CNN can make you think that no plane has ever safely reached its destination."
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"Journalism makes you think fast. You have to speak to people in all walks of life. Especially local journalism."
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"When you have a good movie, it's hard to categorize it. It's everything. It makes you laugh, makes you cry and makes you think."
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"Where Miles Davis can make you feel things.That's what I'm looking for from young guys. I'm looking for somebody who not just has a command of the instrument, but can actually say something to make you feel something, make you think about something."
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"I guess that's the business of devotees - to make you think of God."
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"I'm not a drug salesman. I'm a writer." "What makes you think a writer isn't a drug salesman?"
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