“There are two kinds of writer: those that make you think, and those that make you wonder.”
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“The books that help you the most are those which make you think the most.”
Theodore Parker (1810–1860) abolitionist
As quoted in The Gigantic Book of Teachers' Wisdom (2007) by Erin Gruwell and Frank McCourt, p. 496.
“What do you think of those two?”
Margaret Thatcher book The Downing Street Years
(She was holding out The Sun newspaper and was referring to 2 editorials on page 2. Page 3 of The Sun is known for having nude women on it.) Quoted in the first episode of the documentary Thatcher: The Downing Street Years.
First term as Prime Minister
“If you make happy those that are near, those that are far will come.”
Grace Lin book Where the Mountain Meets the Moon
Source: Where the Mountain Meets the Moon
“Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.”
John Allen Paulos (1945) American mathematician
Preface (p. xiii; quoting Voltaire)
Irreligion: A Mathematician Explains Why the Arguments for God Just Don’t Add Up (2008)
Marilyn Monroe (1926–1962) American actress, model, and singer
As quoted in The Films of Barbra Streisand (2001) by Christopher Nickens and Karen Swenson
Variant: Success makes so many people hate you. I wish it wasn't that way. It would be wonderful to enjoy success without seeing envy in the eyes of those around you.
Mubarak Ali (1941) Historian, activist, scholar
Dimensions of History, Chapter: Intellectuals and Society, p. 56
Writer
Misty Lee (1976) Magician, voice actress, comedian
Mt. Clemens native Misty Lee hangs with Houdini, Princess Leia, Spidey https://www.freep.com/story/entertainment/2016/10/22/misty-lee-magician-voice-actress/92484578/ (October 22, 2016)