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Writers seldom write the things they think. They simply write the things they think other folks think they think.


Elbert Hubbard

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- Criminal Minds
DEYTH BANGER And what do they want!?
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I think it's the other way around—
all sad ...
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ISOBELLE CARMODY Who cares what THEY think, what do YOU think? You can't control others' perception of you, so just b...
DAN O'DONNELL I can't think of anything to write about except families. They are a metaphor for every other part o...
ANNA QUINDLEN Most people are unable to write because they are unable to think, and they are unable to think becau...
HENRY LOUIS MENCKEN Most people are unable to write because they are unable to think, and they are unable to think becau...
H. L. MENCKEN They had to write why they designed their logo and what they think of Clean Sweep, and some of the r...
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IAN HUNTER I write about my life, choosing incidents that I think will be, for one reason or another, significa...
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SHOLOM ALEICHEM It's the little things that they don't think is important.
DON GRANT Writers don't write, they read and transcribe.
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RAY BRADBURY They think what they think. I think they?re wrong.
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VAUVENARGUES MARQUIS DE What people say, what people do, and what they say they do are entirely different things.
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UNKNOWN if things go as we think they will, we'll offer you the job.
RICHARD HAMILTON I've said some things about other religions that I regret now. I think they were incorrect.
HAMZA YUSUF They say I'm a revolutionary, but they're all wrong.
RALPH BAKSHI They say miracles are past.
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DEYTH BANGER "Always love people for who they are, not for whom you like them to be." ~ Tom Baker
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DEYTH BANGER Reasons... questions... what they have in common?

- All get finded in the hard way.
DEYTH BANGER Who are "THEY", you are one of "They" and they are the people/humans.
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ELBERT HUBBARD There was one who thought himself above me, and he was above me until he had that thought.
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ELBERT HUBBARD Men are rich only as they give. He who gives great service gets great rewards.
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ELBERT HUBBARD Character is the result of two things: Mental attitude and the way we spend our time.
ELBERT HUBBARD Many a man's reputation would not know his character if they met on the street.
ELBERT HUBBARD A person born with an instinct for poverty.
ELBERT HUBBARD The idea that is not dangerous is not worthy of being called an idea at all.
ELBERT HUBBARD It does not take much strength to do things, but it requires great strength to decide what to do.
ELBERT HUBBARD The supernatural is the natural not yet understood.
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ELBERT HUBBARD To stop sinning suddenly.
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ELBERT HUBBARD To avoid criticism do nothing, say nothing, be nothing.
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ELBERT HUBBARD Get happiness out of your work or you may never know what happiness is.
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