Jim Carrey

I got a lot of support from my parents. That's the one thing I always appreciated. They didn't tell me I was being stupid; they told me I was being funny.

Canadian Comedian

Muhammad Ali

I'm the greatest thing that ever lived! I'm the king of the world! I'm a bad man. I'm the prettiest thing that ever lived.

American Boxer

Taylor Swift

Music is my shining light, my favorite thing in the world. T get me to stop doing it for one second would be difficult!

American Singer

Albert Einstein

Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning.

German Physicist

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

It is not doing the thing we like to do, but liking the thing we have to do, that makes life blessed.

German Writer

Mark Twain

Giving up smoking is the easiest thing in the world. I know because I've done it thousands of times.

American Writer

Winston Churchill

It is a fine thing to be honest, but it is also very important to be right.

British Statesman

Abraham Lincoln

A woman is the only thing I am afraid of that I know will not hurt me.

American President

Steve Jobs

Things don't have to change the world to be important.

American Businessman

Vincent Van Gogh

The way to know life is to love many things.

Dutch Painter

Use 'thing' when you're unsure or can't remember the exact word.

Placeholders in Speech

Use 'thing' to refer to something without being specific.

Vague References

Applies to many contexts, both concrete and abstract items.

General Usage

Say 'poor thing' to show compassion for someone who's suffering.

Expressing Sympathy

Use 'thing' to refer to people or pets endearingly.

Affectionate Tone

Refer to a hobby or activity that you're especially interested in.

Personal Interests

Highlight that everyone has different tastes or interests.

Individual Preferences

Start a sentence with 'The thing is' to clarify or introduce a point.

Clarifying Points

Emphasize what matters most in a discussion using 'the main thing'.

Highlighting Importance

In smart technologies, 'thing' is an element in a networked system.

Technological Context

It's often used to describe devices connected to the internet.

Internet of Things

Originally, a 'thing' was a governing assembly in early northern Europe.

Historical Term

 everybody kind of knew that that was an era thing because if we had no problem with it we just do it here so we hit it away because we knew it was uncomfortable because we know what our values are so what's been happening in the world is we've been evaluating all of the things that have been going on by ignoring our values because we don't

What game theory teaches...

 according to our place in society without worrying how things turn out. When we die, we are reincarnated into a new body. If we followed our dharma and did our proper duty in our past life, we get good karma, which sends our soul upward in the social scale. Our rebirth into the next life

The five major world...

 and they sit in their chair and they make themselves tiny, and they go like this when they raise their hand. I notice a couple of things about this. One, you're not going to be surprised. It seems to be related to gender. So women are much more likely to do this kind of thing than men.

Your body language may...

 and it helps us perform with more ease, speed, and confidence. So what does practice do in our brains to make us better at things? Our brains have two kinds of neural grey matter and white matter. The grey matter processes information in the brain,

How to practice...

 Why do so many innocent people and animals suffer terrible things? Is there really a plan for my life? Is the future yet to be written, or is it already written and we just can't see it? But then, do I have free will? I mean, who am I anyway?

Questions No One Knows...

 like excessive hand washing, or checking things repeatedly, may be examples of obsessive or compulsive tendencies that many of us exhibit from time to time. But the actual disorder is far more rare and can be quite debilitating.

Debunking the myths of...

 assuming that there is such a thing as a perfect marriage that will inoculate us against wanderlust. But what if passion has a finite shelf life? What if there are things that even a good relationship can never provide?

Rethinking infidelity...

 CARTEL MARIANA VAN Here's where things get interesting. Remember when I said that you never ask what cartel someone belongs to? I didn't. This guy just decided to tell me that he works for one

How Do Cartels Get Their...

 I just think it's a personality thing. Tigers are the one exception in the big cat family, along with jaguars, that really do enjoy the water. Tigers are incredibly powerful swimmers.

Tiger Cubs Swimming For...

 processed it, and put that plasma back in people to protect them. But that was never tried. So there was a lot that was missing. And these things are really a global failure.

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