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Joey Reiman

"In my early life my mother tried to create a nurturing environment in which my mind could play. Her big rule was "Never lose in your imagination." She told me that thoughts were things and that I would become the thing I thought of most. This kind of empowerment is crucial to creative thinking."

Source : Joey Reiman (2001). “Thinking for a Living: Creating Ideas That Revitalize Your Business, Career, and Life”, p.141, Taylor Trade Publishing

Joey Reiman

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“Popular ideas about AIDS are based on a hypothesis that does not stand up to scientific scrutiny.”

Source : "Foo Fighter Fires Back" by Nate Mendel, www.motherjones.com. March 10, 2000.
“Those of us who finally saw through the Vietnam war saw through this war, and all the actions that were necessary to end the Vietnam war will be necessary here. I think the American people will get us out of this war.”
“Since creation of the E.U. a half century ago, Europe has enjoyed the longest period of peace in its history.”
“The rewrites are a struggle right now. Sometimes I wish writing a book could just be easy for me at last. But when I think about it practically, I am glad it's a struggle. I am (as usual) attempting to write a book that's too hard for me. I'm telling a story I'm not smart enough to tell. The risk of failure is huge. But I prefer it this way. I'm forced to learn, forced to smarten myself up, forced to wrestle. And if it works, then I'll have written something that is better than I am.”
“I believe conspiracy theories are part of a larger conspiracy to distract us from the real conspiracy. String theory.”
“Fear is the only true enemy, born of ignorance and the parent of anger and hate.”
“My mother early on taught us to respect all animals, and I mean all animals - not just cats and dogs but rats and snakes and spiders and fish and wildlife, so I really grew up believing they are just like us and just as deserving of consideration.”

Source : "Joanna Lumley: Animals Are Just Like Us". Interview with Dan Mathews, www.peta.org. December 6, 2010.
“It is difficult to divest one's self of vanity; because impossible to divest one's self of self-love.”

"In my early life my mother tried to create a nurturing environment in which my mind could play. Her big rule was "Never lose in your imagination." She told me that thoughts were things and that I would become the thing I thought of most. This kind of empowerment is crucial to creative thinking."

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