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Thoughtful feeling
Thoughtful Quotes — page 117 of 303
“Slight not what's near through aiming at what's far.”
“The intellect is a very nice whirligig toy, but how people take it seriously is more than I can understand.”
“So if somebody writes a song that appears to have some meaning then everybody thinks that it's a really heavy song.”
“I had the story, bit by bit, from various people, and, as generally happens in such cases, each time it was a different story.”
“One cares so little for the style in which one's praises are written.”
“You can get into a habit of thought in which you enjoy making fun of all those other people who don't see things as clearly as you do. We have to guard carefully against it.”
“Accommodation to change, the thoughtful pursuit of alternative futures are keys to the survival of civilization and perhaps of the human species.”
“It takes me about a week and a half to really analyze a game - play by play.”
“I tested for a couple of pilots, but they said I was too tall.”
“There's a big difference between trolling and just attacking guys to attack guys, to get under people's skin, and to genuinely express how you felt about something. Like if I go to a movie for example, and I watch a movie, and I wasn't a fan of it. I don't mind turning to my family or some buddies I'm with and saying "oh man, I really didn't like that movie." But I've never acted or directed in my life. But I'm able to voice my opinion about whether or not I enjoyed it or not.”
“I can't honestly account for the very personal response that I have to one story and not another, a sense of an orbit, the orbit of a world that draws me as my own life recedes.”
“Alas, we think of ourselves as unique entities-minds unlike any others-and thus we often reject the lessons that the emotional experience of others has to teach us.”
“The downside of videos is that it will put my vision in front of other people, so they might not get the chance to create their own.”
“Many have justice in their hearts, but slowly it is let fly, for it comes not without council to the bow.”
“Go forth and preach impostures to the world, But give them truth to build on.”
“The splendors that belong unto the fame of earth are but a wind, that in the same direction lasts not long.”
“A fair request should be followed by the deed in silence.”
“What we need to do in this PC world is forget about unanimity of speech and unanimity of thought and we need to concentrate on being respectful of those people with whom we disagree.”
“If you're not very clever you should be conciliatory.”