"One does one's thinking before one knows what one is to think about."

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Source : Julian Jaynes (2000). “The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind”, p.49, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

#Thinking Quotes #Doe Quotes

“If you want to kill yourself, do not use us as your knife.”
“Common sense is not so common.”
“We all agree that marriage is a fundamental right. And in our country, and in our society, there are no second-class citizens.”
“I was a big fan of Gary Moore, he was my buddy and I miss him a lot. I loved his playing because you've got that passion; it was sort of a Celtic thing. The Irish and Scots they just go for it and not too worried about looking good. When I was in the states touring, I landed in Seattle to do a gig and one of the fans came to me and told me about Gary's death. It was very hard for me to carry on, it was awful.”
“It would be incorrect to claim that our paper was an endorsement of CO2-induced global warming.”

Source : "97% Study Falsely Classifies Scientists' Papers, according to the scientists that published them" by Andrew, www.populartechnology.net. May 21, 2013.
“Seeing with better eyes We can recognize that the offender is a valuable human being who struggles with the same needs, pressures, and confusions that we struggle with. We will recognize that the incident really may not have been about us in the first place. Instead it was about the wrongdoer's misguided attempt to meet his or her own needs. As we regard offenders from this point of view (regardless of whether they repent and regardless of what they have done or suffered), we will be in a position to forgive them.”
“I have a dream that one day little black boys and girls will be holding hands with little white boys and girls.”
“The dog is very smart. He feels sorry for me because I receive so much mail; that's why he tries to bite the mailman.”

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