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I have found that when one is embarrassed usually the shortest way to get through with it is to quit talking or thinking about it and go at something else.
Abraham Lincoln. A Treasury of Lincoln Quotations by Fred Kerner, 1965.

Nocte Dieque Incubando

Newton, when asked how he managed to make all those important discoveries, replied, “Nocte dieque incubando” (“By thinking about it night and day”).

Isaac Asimov’s Book of Facts, 1979.

Interviewing Your Brains

Thinking.

Straight from the Fridge, Dad: A Dictionary of Hipster Slang by Max Decharne, 2000.

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As an actor you don’t think about acting - ever. If you do, it shows. An actor only thinks about being himself - the new self he’s just become.
Arthur Hailey, Detective. From The Tao of Poker by Larry W. Phillips, 2003.
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It is far easier to act under conditions of tyranny than to think.
Hannah Arendt. From An Uncommon Scold, 1989.
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Think for yourself and let others enjoy the privilege to do so too.
Voltaire (“Essay on Tolerance”)