thinker

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Galthie, a deep thinker who reads philosophy and classical literature, has admitted he believes in an innate French characteristic, to fight hardest and best when pushed to the brink.

From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026

Warsh is "known as a critical thinker" who is "willing to rethink convention," Roach said.

From Barron's • Jan. 30, 2026

Waller was appointed to the Fed board in Trump’s first term, carving out a reputation as a rigorous thinker with keen forecasting ability.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 30, 2026

I came to know him differently: as a restless thinker who transformed his own life story into bold public policy, reshaping how California understands and invests in its youngest children.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 15, 2025

In a separate correspondence about the same time with John Taylor, another prominent Virginia planter and political thinker who had also questioned Adams’s views on aristocracy, Adams called attention to the irony of the situation.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis