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"Justice White's conclusion is perhaps correct, if one assumes that the task of a court of law is to plumb the intent of the particular Congress that enacted a particular provision. That methodology is not mine nor, I think, the one that courts have traditionally followed. It is our task, as I see it, not to enter the minds of the Members of Congress - who need have nothing in mind in order for their votes to be both lawful and effective - but rather to give fair and reasonable meaning to the text of the United States Code, adopted by various Congresses at various times."

Thinking Law Order
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Aristotle Philosopher
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"The soul is characterized by these capacities; self-nutrition, sensation, thinking, and movement."

Thinking Self Soul
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Arlo Guthrie Singer-Songwriter
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"Basically, I think you need two things to get by in this world: a sense of humor and the ability to laugh when your ego is destroyed."

Thinking Two Laughing
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Arthur Conan Doyle Writer, Physician
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"I get in the dumps at times, and don't open my mouth for days on end. You must not think I am sulky when I do that. Just let me alone, and I'll soon be right."

Thinking Mouths Sulky
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Artie Shaw Musician
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"Somebody asked me once, 'Do you think that swing will ever come back?' And I said, 'Do you think the 1938 Ford will ever come back?'"

Thinking Jazz Swings
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August Wilson Playwright, Screenwriter
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"My greatest influence has been the blues. And that's a literary influence, because I think the blues is the best literature that we as black Americans have."

Thinking Literature Black
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Ariel Gore Author
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"I think there are different kinds of happiness. We know when we're happy a lot of the time, but then there are those moments that have more of an afterglow, when the happiness has more depth."

Thinking Happiness Depth
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Angelina Jolie Actress, Filmmaker, Humanitarian
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"Sometimes I think my husband is so amazing that I don't know why he's with me. I don't know whether I'm good enough. But if I make him happy, then I'm everything I want to be."

Thinking Husband Thank You
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Andre Benjamin Musician, Actor
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"I'm a thinker; I think too much. So for me to freestyle rap, it's like I'm thinking three, four time steps ahead, and I hate it."

Thinking Hate Rap
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Amit Abraham Author, Entrepreneur
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"Think and then think what you have thought. Is it really what you had thought. Think again."

Thinking
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Alice Walker Novelist, Poet
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"As for those who think the Arab world promises freedom, the briefest study of its routine traditional treatment of blacks (slavery) and women (purdah) will provide relief from all illusion. If Malcolm X had been a black woman his last message to the world would have been entirely different. The brotherhood of Moslem men-all colors-may exist there, but part of the glue that holds them together is the thorough suppression of women."

Thinking Men Color
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W. Somerset Maugham Novelist, Playwright
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"You know, there are two good things in life, freedom of thought and freedom of action. In France you get freedom of action: you can do what you like and nobody bothers, but you must think like everybody else. In Germany you must do what everybody else does, but you may think as you choose. They're both very good things. I personally prefer freedom of thought. But in England you get neither: you're ground down by convention. You can't think as you like and you can't act as you like. That's because it's a democratic nation. I expect America's worse."

Thinking Two Things In Life
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W. Somerset Maugham Novelist, Playwright
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"The tragedy of love is not death or separation. How long do you think it would have been before one or other of them ceased to care? Oh, it is dreadfully bitter to look at a woman whom you have loved with all your heart and soul, so that you felt you could not bear to let her out of your sight, and realize that you would not mind if you never saw her again. The tragedy of love is indifference."

Thinking Heart Love Is
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Wayne Dyer Author, Motivational Speaker
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"We need to learn to process things in a different way. I always think of everything in terms of energy. To me, problems represent living in a world of low energy. When you bring higher energy to the presence of lower energy, it dissolves it, it dissipates it, it can't survive."

Thinking Different Energy
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Will Smith Actor, Producer, Rapper
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"I think my general disposition on life is finding what's funny about it. When something happens, the first thing in my mind is, "What's funny about it?""

Thinking Mind Firsts
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Willie Nelson Musician, Actor
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"Let the jerks of the world serve as the perfect example of what you don't want to be. You'll be a heck of a lot happier, and in the long run, there's a chance that other person at work will end up asking what your secret is. Why are you the happy one? In other words, don't let your thoughts think you. Besides, if you're really gonna get pissed, don't waste it on your family, friends, or coworkers, save it for something that really matters."

Thinking Long Running
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Will Wright Game Designer
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"I think the idea of having a game based on reality is compelling right off the bat because everyone has some experience with the subject of the game."

Thinking Reality Games
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