Keynes's contribution was not just to advocate spending government money in the middle of a recession. Every government had done that going back to the days of the Irish potato famine. What he gave to us was a way of thinking about the magnitude and the dimensions and so forth.
Paul Samuelson
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We want to destroy everything, not rebuild on the same rubble. We have different ideas. It is like any work. You have to have a clean slate. Then, you have a programme, a new way of thinking. It is a way of thinking. Not a restoration. Parties out. Citizens instead of parties.
Beppe Grillo
WorkIdeasThinkingYouNewWant
I actually participated in a Little Miss Orange Blossom Contest when was I was seven or eight years old. I remember standing up on the stage and thinking, 'Oh boy, I should not be here.' Obviously, I didn't win.
Kate DiCamillo
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Being essentially a creator, I never set out to shock, always thinking about creating my work and not about the benefits it could produce.
Alejandro Jodorowsky
WorkThinkingCreatingNeverOut
The fact that you own a gun and shoot to defend your life is a very American way of thinking.
Isabel Allende
LifeGunThinkingAmericanYouWay
Therefore reinforcing a stereotype, therefore thinking that the entire Indian culture is just made of people that are against their children's decisions.
Parminder Nagra
ChildrenCulturePeopleThinking
I've been thinking about Jesus. Don't you find it a bit strange that, since He was living with His family and all, He up and left them just when they needed him most?
Edith Piaf
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Most of Hollywood is about making money - and I love money, but I don't make the films thinking about money.
David Lynch
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Ornette Coleman is a real musician. He takes all of the things he's thinking about in the world - which is a whole universe upon universe - and translates this into music.
Patti Smith
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It's important to contribute to group discussions, but if all you're thinking about is when you'll get the opportunity to speak - and stressing about whether you'll sound smart - you won't be fully engaged in the conversation.
Belinda Johnson
OpportunitySmartSpeakThinkingYou
It's like running a marathon race. We train all hours of the day. When you are taking a bath, you are thinking of the flight.
Kalpana Chawla
DayThinkingYouTrainBathFlight
In a society that tries to standardize thinking, individuality is not highly prized.
Alex Grey
SocietyThinkingIndividualityPrized
I can't imagine that I would be the person I am today if, over the last seven years, I had been married to somebody who didn't feel 100 percent comfortable with my drive, my ambition, my interest in thinking big and swinging for the fences.
Ivanka Trump
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I remember all the way back in high school thinking about writing books. And, in fact, I've written a lot of stories. I've got dozens of stories I've written that no one's ever seen.
Patrick Carman
SchoolWritingHigh SchoolThinking
I love the idea of thinking of cinema as not that far from music. A lot of my favourite movie makers, the way they move their cameras or the way they cut just feel very musical - even if the movies have no music in them at all.
Damien Chazelle
LoveMusicThinkingFeelCinemaWay
I believe in creating ideas that consumers actually want to engage in, creating movements with our thinking and not bombarding them into submission.
David Droga
IdeasBelieveThinkingCreatingWant
At FDA, our mission is to promote and protect the health of the public. As commissioner, I've worked hard to galvanize people around that idea. I want employees to be thinking about the unique and essential contribution they are making to our mission.
Margaret Hamburg
HealthPeopleThinkingEmployees
In general I was a good kid. It usually took a lot to make me mad. But once I reached the boiling point, I lost all rational control. Totally without thinking, when my anger was aroused, I grabbed the nearest brick, rock, or stick to bash someone. It was as if I had no conscious will in the matter.
Ben Carson
GoodAngerMeControlThinkingMad
To fix India's healthcare scenario, what is most needed is 'systems thinking.' For far too long, India has followed a vertical approach in its health sector, which translated into disease-specific national programmes being set up.
Kapil Sibal
HealthThinkingLongHealthcareFix
We get into the habit of living before acquiring the habit of thinking. In that race which daily hastens us towards death, the body maintains its irreparable lead.
Albert Camus
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I'm a big believer in to-do lists. I think of five things in the shower. I set goals and get my work done, but I have to plan for fun things, too. I'm always thinking about what will make my family happier. So I set up playdates and trips.
Heidi Klum
WorkFamilyGoalsFunThinkingPlan
Being halfway through my life, I think we start feeling less invincible and we start thinking more about the important things.
Pamela Anderson
LifeStartThinkThinkingMy Life
I'm thinking to myself, I just love doing the art, it takes me a morning to do.
Eddie Campbell
LoveMorningArtMyselfMeThinking
Thinking about the new epoch - often called the Anthropocene, or the age of humanity - challenges us to look at ourselves in the mirror of deep time, measured not in centuries or even in millennia, but over millions and billions of years.
David Grinspoon
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