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Susan Sontag Essayist, Critic, Activist
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"Any photograph has multiple meanings: indeed, to see something in the form of a photograph is to encounter a potential object of fascination. The ultimate wisdom of the photographic image is to say: “There is the surface. Now think – or rather feel, intuit – what is beyond it, what the reality must be like if it looks this way.’ Photographs, which cannot themselves explain anything, are inexhaustible invitations to deduction, speculation, and fantasy"

Thinking Reality Fascination
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Swami Vivekananda Spiritual Leader, Philosopher
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"The power of meditation gets us everything. If you want to get power over nature, [you can have it through meditation]. It is through the power of meditation all scientific facts are discovered today. They study the subject and forget everything, their own identity and everything, and then the great fact comes like a flash."

Thinking Inspiration Forget Everything
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Swami Vivekananda Spiritual Leader, Philosopher
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"I think the Greeks first took astrology to India and took from the Hindus the science of astronomy and carried it back with them from Europe. Because in India you will find old altars made according to a certain geometrical plan, and certain things had to be done when the stars were in certain positions, therefore I think the Greeks gave the Hindus astrology, and the Hindus gave them astronomy."

Thinking Stars Europe
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Sylvia Plath Poet, Novelist
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"I can't think logically about who I am or where I am going. I have been very ecstatic, horribly depressed, shocked, elated, enlightened, and enervated."

Thinking Who I Am Enlightened
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"I think we know too much about actors as it is and their personal lives and it's this information age where we're stimulated constantly by the celebrity buzz effect or whatever it is, these web sites and blogs and different things."

Thinking Different Age
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Lady Gaga Singer, Actress
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"I work very hard, but when God opens that door for you - when life opens that door for you, I should say - I think it's important to be giving, to return the love back."

Thinking Giving Doors
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Laila Ali Professional Boxer, Television Personality
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"If you're having a bad day the main thing on the mental side is realizing that I'm having a bad day and thinking about why and then just kind of re-prioritizing and saying, "I'm going to let myself have this bad day, but tomorrow I'm going to get back on track." That's pretty much it. We all have them. You do have to let yourself have them and then go within and figure out why you're having it and prevent it from happening again."

Thinking Track Bad Day
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Kadir Nelson Illustrator
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"What's important about the artists we learn about in art history and see in all the art books is that they have somehow pushed the boundaries of what people think art is or should be, and that's how they've made their work relevant. That's what I'm trying to figure out for myself."

Thinking Art Book
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Oliver Stone Filmmaker, Screenwriter
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"I think you can maintain two tracks. I think you have to. That's what this kind of filmmaking is about. If you're not aware of the limitations of what you're up against... it's like a general: you have to know your artillery and you have to know your infantry. You have to know what you have. You have to marshal your forces and use them well. It comes down to the personal and the intimate, but at the same time you have to have the big picture."

Thinking Two Track
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Olivia Newton-John Singer, Actress
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"I don't have the desire that I think a lot of performers feel - to get the applause. It's not life or death for me. I love it and it's exciting, but it's not something I crave or miss, so I don't need to perform; I don't have that desire. I like to sing, and I love doing what I'm doing, but it's not a dire need."

Thinking Desire Missing
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Naomi Watts Actress
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"The thing that I love about acting is the fact that I can help people feel things, know themselves or feel less alone. It's my form of expression, in the same way that someone might paint a picture or sing a song in that you're hoping that it moves somebody outside of their own way of thinking."

Thinking Moving Song
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"I think lines are meant to be crossed anyways. The entire time I was singing on the cross, there's numbers flipping over my head. You know, starting at one and going up to 12 million."

Thinking Numbers Singing
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Maggie Smith Actress
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"I said 'It can't go on' and he said 'No, it can't.' Honestly, I don't think I could have mattered less to him by then. But by then, nothing mattered to him."

Thinking Goes On Honest
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Maggie Smith Actress
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"I had a very good English teacher who said to me that she thought I ought to do it. She - I don't know, she saw something thank goodness because I think if it hadn't been encouraged by somebody that serious, I'm not sure what would've happened to me."

Thinking Teacher Saws
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Mahatma Gandhi Political Leader
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"It hurts me to think that people in their rush for everything modern despise all their ancient traditions and ignore them in their lives."

People Thinking Hurt
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