"I knew Secrets and Lies was a great film, but I didn't expect it to get the attention it did because none of his other films had and I thought they were just as good."

Thought, Attention, Film, Lies

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"I knew Secrets and Lies was a great film, but I didn't expect it to get the attention it did because none of his other films had and I thought they were just as good."

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"I was trying to take the band in a direction that I thought was appropriate, and Roth was trying to take the band in more of a Las Vegas direction. And there he is."

Eddie Van Halen, Dutch Musician

Thought, Direction, Trying

"Was it only by dreaming or writing that I could find out what I thought?"

Joan Didion, American Author

Thought, Writing

"While I do not suggest that humanity will ever be able to dispense with its martyrs, I cannot avoid the suspicion that with a little more thought and a little less belief their number may be substantially reduced."

John B. S. Haldane, British Scientist

Thought, Belief, Humanity, Martyrs

"I thought people would ask me really personal questions because I've shown more of myself, but it's a comedy, and people understand that it's a game we play."

Charlotte Gainsbourg, French Actress

Thought, People, Comedy, Play

"My opinion is that a poet should express the emotion of all the ages and the thought of his own."

Thomas Hardy, English Novelist

Thought, Emotion, Opinion

"When I was young, I was too slow. I thought I must learn to run fast by practicing to run fast, so I ran 100 meters fast 20 times. Then I came back, slow, slow, slow."

Emil Zatopek, Czechoslovakian Athlete

Thought,

"All action results from thought, so it is thoughts that matter."

Sai Baba, Indian Leader

Thought, Action, Thoughts, Results

"The omnipotence of evil has never resulted in anything but fruitless efforts. Our thoughts always escape from whoever tries to smother them."

Victor Hugo, French Author

Thought, Thoughts, Evil

"Each "way of thinking" has its own shape and color, which wax and wane like the moon."

Haruki Murakami, Japanese Writer

Thought, Mind, Change, Perception

"I thought I might say something to newsmen that could be turned into a scandal."

George Stevens, American Director

Thought, Scandal

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"I think people often confuse success with fame and stardom."

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"Maybe wanting to retire is my ambition."

Ambition

"People say to me that I can't be nervous because I've had such a wealth of experience, but I tell them that I have never done this particular part before."

Experience

"The strange thing is that since I've been offered lots of films I think that maybe they think that I've sold out to Hollywood. Which is not the case if anybody's listening."

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"I've done a lot of costume drama and theatre - the National Theatre and In fact, most of my work at the theatre, at the National Theatre anyway, was period."

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"Was it only by dreaming or writing that I could find out what I thought?"

"While I do not suggest that humanity will ever be able to dispense with its martyrs, I cannot avoid the suspicion that with a little more thought and a little less belief their number may be substantially reduced."

"I thought people would ask me really personal questions because I've shown more of myself, but it's a comedy, and people understand that it's a game we play."

"My opinion is that a poet should express the emotion of all the ages and the thought of his own."

"When I was young, I was too slow. I thought I must learn to run fast by practicing to run fast, so I ran 100 meters fast 20 times. Then I came back, slow, slow, slow."

"All action results from thought, so it is thoughts that matter."

"The omnipotence of evil has never resulted in anything but fruitless efforts. Our thoughts always escape from whoever tries to smother them."

"Each "way of thinking" has its own shape and color, which wax and wane like the moon."

"I thought I might say something to newsmen that could be turned into a scandal."

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"I think people often confuse success with fame and stardom."

"Maybe wanting to retire is my ambition."

"People say to me that I can't be nervous because I've had such a wealth of experience, but I tell them that I have never done this particular part before."

"The strange thing is that since I've been offered lots of films I think that maybe they think that I've sold out to Hollywood. Which is not the case if anybody's listening."

"I've never done a big studio film, I've only ever done little ones."

"Being a secretary was considered a very good job in those days."

"I like the enthusiasm but not the insincerity of Los Angeles."

"I love silence."

"I always think 12 times before saying anything."

"I've done a lot of costume drama and theatre - the National Theatre and In fact, most of my work at the theatre, at the National Theatre anyway, was period."