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Page 1: Think! "When the mind is thinking, it is talking to itself." "Plato (427BC-347BC) Greek philosopher, author"
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Think!

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"When the mind is thinking, it is talking to itself."

"Plato (427BC-347BC) Greek philosopher, author"

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Einstein was a man who could ask immensely

simple questions. And what his work showed is that when the answers

are simple too, then you can hear God thinking.

Jacob Bronowski (1908 - 1974) English historian, mathematician

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"I was thinking that we all learn by experience, but some of us have to go to summer school."

"Peter De Vries (1910-1993) US novelist, editor"

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A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely

rearranging their prejudices.

Edward R. Murrow (1908-1965) US broadcast journalist

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I don't pretend we have all the answers. But the questions are

certainly worth thinking about.

"Arthur C. Clarke (1917-____) English science writer, science-fiction writer"

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Education is the methodical creation of the habit of thinking.

Ernest Dimnet (1866 - 1954) French cleric

In "The New Webster's Dictionary of Quotations and Famous Phrases," by

Donald Bolander, 1987.

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If everyone is thinking alike

then somebody isn't thinking.

"George S. Patton (1885-1945) US army officer, armored-warfare

tactician"

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If I look confused it's because I'm thinking.

Samuel Goldwyn (1882-1974) US producer

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"Language is not only the vehicle of thought, it is a great and efficient instrument in thinking."

Humphrey Davy (1778-1829) English chemist

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Most of one's life is one prolonged effort to prevent oneself thinking.

"Aldous Huxley (1894-1963) English novelist, critic"

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Our opinions become fixed at the point where

we stop thinking.

"Ernest Renan (1823-1892) French philosopher, historian, scholar"

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Reading furnishes the mind only with

materials of knowledge; it is thinking that

makes what we read ours.

John Locke (1632-1704) English philosopher

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Sixty minutes of thinking of any kind is bound to lead to confusion and

unhappiness.

"James Thurber (1894-1961) US novelist, humorist, cartoonist"

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The real purpose of books is to trap the

mind into doing its own thinking.

"Christopher Morley (1890-1957) US novelist, journalist"

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There are no dangerous thoughts; thinking itself is dangerous.

Hannah Arendt (1906-1975) German-US political scientist

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There is no expedient to which a man will not

go to avoid the real labor of thinking.

Thomas Edison (1847-1931) US inventor

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His house was perfect, whether you liked food, or sleep, or work, or story-telling, or

singing, or just sitting and thinking, best, or a pleasant

mixture of them all.

J. R. R. Tolkien (1892 - 1973) English novelist, scholar

Referring to The Last Homely House, "The Hobbit."

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Accuracy of observation is the equivalent of

accuracy of thinking.

Wallace Stevens (1879 - 1955) US poet, author

Opus Posthumous," Knopf 57

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Americans seem sometimes to believe that if you are a

thinker you must be a frowning bore, because

thinking is so damn serious.

Jacques Maritain (1882 - 1973) French philosopher

In "The Speaker's Electronic Reference Collection," AApex Software, 1994.

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Few people think more than two or three times a year. I have

made an international reputation for myself thinking

once or twice a week.

George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950) English dramatist, critic

In The Ultimate Success Quotations Library, 1997.

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I am not what I think. I am thinking what I

think.

Eric Butterworth ( - ____) In The Ultimate Success Quotations Library,

1997.

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Aristotle taught that the brain exists merely to

cool the blood and is not involved in the process of thinking. This is true only

of certain persons.

Will Cuppy (1884 - 1949) US writer, critic

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Thinking well is wise; planning well, wiser; but doing well is the wisest and best of all.

Persian Proverb

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A conclusion is the place where you got tired

thinking.

Martin H. Fischer (1879 - 1962) scientist Fischerisms, by Howard Fabing and Ray

Marr.

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THINK

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AND

THINK AGAIN!!!

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