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Definitions and meanings of word "things"

• Noun: any movable possession (especially articles of clothing); example: "she packed her things and left"

Featured authors with quotes containing word "things"

Lucius Annaeus Seneca
13 quotes about things
Roman Statesman, Philosopher, Dramatist
4 B.C. - 65 A.D.
Steve Jobs
13 quotes about things
American Businessman, Inventor
Thursday 24 February 1955 - Wednesday 5 October 2011
Sophocles
12 quotes about things
Greek Poet
496 B.C. - 406 B.C.
Gilbert K. Chesterton
11 quotes about things
English Writer
Friday 29 May 1874 - Sunday 14 June 1936
Jack White
11 quotes about things
American Musician, Composer
Born Wednesday 9 July 1975
George Bernard Shaw
9 quotes about things
Irish Dramatist
Saturday 26 July 1856 - Thursday 2 November 1950
P. J. O'Rourke
9 quotes about things
American Writer, Author, Journalist, Comedian
Born Friday 14 November 1947
Lao Tzu
8 quotes about things
Chinese Philosopher
Doug Coupland
8 quotes about things
Canadian Author
Born Saturday 30 December 1961
Maria Sharapova
11 quotes about things
Russian Athlete
Born Sunday 19 April 1987
Epictetus
10 quotes about things
Greek Philosopher
55 A.D. - 135 A.D.
Mark Twain
8 quotes about things
American Author
Monday 30 November 1835 - Thursday 21 April 1910

It's just that if you're not disruptive everything seems to be repeated endlessly - not so much the good things but the bland things - the ordinary things - the weaker things get repeated- the stronger things get suppressed and held down and hidden.

Robert Adamson

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There are three things we cry about in life, things that are lost, things that are found, and things that are magnificent.

Robert Adamson

Words: three, things, cry, about, life, lost, found, magnificent
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To progress in life you must give up the things you do not like. Give up doing the things that you do not like to do. You must find the things that you do like. The things that are acceptable to your mind.

Robert Adamson

Words: progress, life, must, give, things, doing, find, acceptable, mind
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Success in life is founded upon attention to the small things rather than to the large things; to the every day things nearest to us rather than to the things that are remote and uncommon.

Robert Adamson

Words: success, life, founded, attention, small, things, rather, large, every, day, nearest, remote, uncommon
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The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.

Robert Adamson

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In necessary things, unity; in doubtful things, liberty; in all things, charity.

Robert Adamson

Words: necessary, things, unity, doubtful, liberty, all, charity
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One of the things I've really gotten past in the last couple of years is the idea of being made uncomfortable by the way things appear, rather than how things are. Clearly in this business you have to contend with a lot of that.

Robert Adamson

Words: one, things, really, gotten, past, last, years, idea, being, made, uncomfortable, way, appear, rather, clearly, business, contend, lot
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Some of what I am doing when I am researching is looking for things people in my family have done and finding out what those things mean, why they did those things and seeing how I fit into them.

Robert Adamson

Words: some, doing, researching, looking, things, people, family, done, finding, mean, why, did, seeing, fit
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I have been primarily interested in how and why ordinary people do unusual things, things that seem alien to their natures. Why do good people sometimes act evil? Why do smart people sometimes do dumb or irrational things?

Robert Adamson

Words: primarily, interested, why, ordinary, people, unusual, things, seem, alien, natures, good, sometimes, act, evil, smart, dumb, irrational
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They are deceptively simple. I admit that. But for me, all my life I try to simplify things. As a child in school, things were very hard for me to understand often, and I developed a knack, I think. I developed a process to simplify things so I would understand them.

Robert Adamson

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I used to watch the world as if it was a performance and I would realize that certain things that people did moved me, and certain things didn't move me, and I tried to analyze, even at that age, six and seven and eight, why I was moved by certain things they did.

Robert Adamson

Words: used, watch, world, performance, realize, certain, things, people, did, moved, move, tried, analyze, age, six, seven, eight, why
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Between you and me, I think that may be one of the things that will help with the collaboration, because there are things Eric thinks I'm moving too quickly on, and there are things I think he's dragging out. When it gets to the editor they can arbitrate.

Robert Adamson

Words: between, think, may, one, things, will, help, collaboration, thinks, moving, quickly, hes, dragging, gets, editor, arbitrate
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There are people who make things happen, there are people who watch things happen, and there are people who wonder what happened. To be successful, you need to be a person who makes things happen.

Robert Adamson

Words: people, make, things, happen, watch, wonder, happened, successful, need, person, makes
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I really am a thinker. I don't do things rash. I know some of the things I've said or the way I act seem rash. But I do take ownership of it. I don't say things I don't mean.

Robert Adamson

Words: really, thinker, things, rash, know, some, said, way, act, seem, take, ownership, say, mean
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Of course in science there are things that are open to doubt and things need to be discussed. But among the things that science does know, evolution is about as certain as anything we know.

Robert Adamson

Words: course, science, things, open, doubt, need, discussed, does, know, evolution, about, certain, anything
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It is easy to hate and it is difficult to love. This is how the whole scheme of things works. All good things are difficult to achieve; and bad things are very easy to get.

Robert Adamson

Words: easy, hate, difficult, love, whole, scheme, things, works, all, good, achieve, bad, very, get
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There are a lot of things that go into creating success. I don't like to do just the things I like to do. I like to do things that cause the company to succeed. I don't spend a lot of time doing my favorite activities.

Robert Adamson

Words: lot, things, creating, success, just, cause, company, succeed, spend, time, doing, favorite, activities
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I write because I like to make things and the only things I am good at making things with are words.

Robert Adamson

Words: write, make, things, good, making, words
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It's incredibly fun to play someone that you don't like. It exorcises your own demons in a way. It's cathartic. We all have things that we don't like about ourselves, little things. And I get to amplify those things and put them out there. It's fun and it has a cleansing effect.

Robert Adamson

Words: incredibly, fun, play, someone, exorcises, own, demons, way, cathartic, all, things, about, little, get, amplify, put, cleansing, effect
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I know what the important things are in life. I know that just because I pretend to be someone else for two hours on the silver screen doesn't make me a better person than the next man. So, I mind all those things. Simple things.

Robert Adamson

Words: know, important, things, life, just, pretend, someone, else, two, hours, silver, screen, make, better, person, next, man, mind, all, simple
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