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Scott Thompson Business Executive
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"Americans know as much about Canada as straight people do about gays. Americans arrive at the border with skis in July, and straight people think that being gay is just a phase. A very long phase."

Thinking Gay July
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Seamus McGarvey Cinematographer
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"I think that digital is offering many great possibilities for cinematographers. Particularly in urban cityscapes and low light photography its allowing us to render what we actually see with our eyes; which is interesting."

Thinking Eye Photography
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Reynolds Price Novelist
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"Even now, after whatever gains feminism has made in involving fathers in the rearing of their children, I still think virtually all of us spend the most formative years of our lives very much in the presence of women"

Thinking Children Father
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Rhianna Pratchett Video Game Writer
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"In regards to being female, I don't really think about it in the same way that other people do. I prefer to focus on my job rather than my gender. I'm still amazed that people think it's a big deal."

People Thinking Jobs
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Sean Lennon Musician
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"I actually think in music, learning technical stuff doesn't matter. You can be as technical as you like, but still sound awful."

Thinking Matter Sound
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Sean Parker Entrepreneur
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"I think the perception of wealth and power is that things just become easier and easier when in reality as you raise the stakes things become more stressful."

Thinking Reality Perception
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Richard Bach Author
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"It took time to learn that the hard thing about writing is to let the story write itself, while one sits at the typewriter and does as little thinking as possible. It happened over and over again, and the beginner learned - when you start puzzling over an idea, and slowing down on the keys, the writing gets worse and worse."

Thinking Writing Keys
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Seth Godin Author, Entrepreneur
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"Writing a book is a tremendous experience. It pays off intellectually. It clarifies your thinking. It builds credibility. It is a living engine of marketing and idea spreading, working every day to deliver your message with authority. You should write one."

Thinking Writing Book
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Seth Godin Author, Entrepreneur
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"There's no life-work balance. I think you have to have the discipline to have the life you want to have. And if you are stealing from one part of your life in order to make the other part work, you are going to pay for it."

Thinking Order Discipline
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Richard Ford Novelist
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"When you are sixteen you do not know what your parents know, or much of what they understand, and less of what's in their hearts. This can save you from becoming an adult too early, save your life from becoming only theirs lived over again--which is a loss. But to shield yourself--as I didn't do--seems to be an even greater error, since what's lost is the truth of your parents' life and what you should think about it, and beyond that, how you should estimate the world you are about to live in."

Thinking Heart Loss
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Sharon Stone Actress
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"I think it's really important that the people who are going to make decisions for other people have fair, truthful and compassionate regard for all people, not just some people."

People Thinking Decision
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