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"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

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

Sai Baba, Indian Leader

Thought, Action, Thoughts, Results

"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

"To fly as fast as thought, you must begin by knowing that you have already arrived."

Richard Bach, American Novelist

Thought,

"If we hope and even assume that the social question will be answered through communism, and not in this or that country but in the world, any thought of centralization must be a monstrosity."

Johann Most, German Revolutionary

Thought, Hope, Communism, Country

"Thought is the mental imagery of what you want to do, have or achieve."

Jaachynma N.E. Agu, Nigerian Author

Thought, Imagery, Desire, Goal

"If I thought about it, I could be bitter, but I don't feel like being bitter. Being bitter makes you immobile, and there's too much that I still want to do."

Richard Pryor, American Actor

Thought, Being, Want

"I always wanted to act, but I never thought it would be my profession. I thought that I'd end up doing other things, but that in the meantime I'd do plays."

Gael Garcia Bernal, Mexican Actor

Thought, Act, End, Profession

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"Sleep is an excellent way of listening to an opera."

Sleep

"What the heart knows today the head will understand tomorrow."

Heart

"Originality does not consist in saying what no one has ever said before, but in saying exactly what you think yourself."

Writing

"Finality is death. Perfection is finality. Nothing is perfect. There are lumps in it."

Death

"Women and birds are able to see without turning their heads, and that is indeed a necessary provision for they are both surrounded by enemies."

Woman

"Curiosity will conquer fear even more than bravery will."

Fear

"Men come of age at sixty, women at fifteen."

Age

"A woman is a branchy tree and man a singing wind; and from her branches carelessly he takes what he can find."

Man

"A sword, a spade, and a thought should never be allowed to rust."

Thought