"Innocence is thought charming because it offers delightful possibilities for exploitation."

Thought, Exploitation, Innocence, Possibilities

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"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

"A perfectly healthy sentence, it is true, is extremely rare. For the most part we miss the hue and fragrance of the thought; as if we could be satisfied with the dews of the morning or evening without their colors, or the heavens without their azure."

Henry David Thoreau, American Author

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"Once the last trace of emotion has been eradicated, nothing remains of thought but absolute tautology."

Theodor Adorno, German Philosopher

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"Knowledge is life."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

Thought, Knowledge, Life, Growth, Insight

"Words do not express thoughts very well. They always become a little different immediately after they are expressed, a little distorted, a little foolish."

Hermann Hesse, German Novelist

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"I'm often asked what I think about as I run. Usually the people who ask this have never run long distances themselves. I always ponder the question. What exactly do I think about when I'm running? I don't have a clue."

Haruki Murakami, Japanese Writer

Thought, Running, Question, Exercise

"Words without thoughts never to heaven go."

William Shakespeare, English Dramatist

Thought, Thoughts, Heaven, Words

"Last season when things weren't working out, I thought we needed a different voice around the place."

Bryan Robson, English Athlete

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"But I never, never thought of the ministry nor did - of course, television when I was growing up, there was no television. So I didn't know anything about it."

Pat Robertson, American Clergyman

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"We must dare to think 'unthinkable' thoughts. We must learn to explore all the options and possibilities that confront us in a complex and rapidly changing world."

James W. Fulbright, American Politician

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"Language is the friendliest of the things from which we cannot escape."

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

"A perfectly healthy sentence, it is true, is extremely rare. For the most part we miss the hue and fragrance of the thought; as if we could be satisfied with the dews of the morning or evening without their colors, or the heavens without their azure."

"Once the last trace of emotion has been eradicated, nothing remains of thought but absolute tautology."

"Knowledge is life."

"Words do not express thoughts very well. They always become a little different immediately after they are expressed, a little distorted, a little foolish."

"I'm often asked what I think about as I run. Usually the people who ask this have never run long distances themselves. I always ponder the question. What exactly do I think about when I'm running? I don't have a clue."

"Words without thoughts never to heaven go."

"Last season when things weren't working out, I thought we needed a different voice around the place."

"But I never, never thought of the ministry nor did - of course, television when I was growing up, there was no television. So I didn't know anything about it."

"We must dare to think 'unthinkable' thoughts. We must learn to explore all the options and possibilities that confront us in a complex and rapidly changing world."

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"The educated do not share a common body of information, but a common state of mind."

"Three meals plus bedtime make four sure blessings a day."

"Reason enables us to get around in the world of ideas, but cannot prescribe our thoughts."

"The gods are watching, but idly, yawning."

"Moo may represent an idea, but only the cow knows."

"The horse stares at its captor, barely remembering the free kicks of youth."

"Opportunity knocks, but doesn't always answer to its name."

"An omnipotent God is the only being with no reason to lie."

"Complainers change their complaints, but they never reduce the amount of time spent in complaining."

"Language is the friendliest of the things from which we cannot escape."