"Shiva danced the world into existence... that's a very nice thought."

Thought, Existence, World

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

Joan Didion, American Author

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"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

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"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

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

Sai Baba, Indian Leader

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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

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

Richard Bach, American Novelist

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"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

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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."

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

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

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

"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."

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

"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."

"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."

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"Shakespeare fascinated me. He hardly ever left the country. His imagination was worldwide though reading."

"The blues are like the fugue in 18th century. It's probably the music that belongs most to our time."

"I am quite certain in my heart of hearts that modern music and modern art is not a conspiracy, but is a form of truth and integrity for those who practise it honestly, decently and with all their being."

"My true function within a society which embraces all of us is to continue an age-old tradition. This tradition is to create images from the depths of the imagination and to give them form, whether visual, intellectual or musical."

"Public notice does not necessarily accord with internal fulfilment."

"Conductors don't suffer, they are part of the performance."

"I remain a humanist. We are a very curious race."

"Poetry is fascinating. As soon as it begins the poetry has changed the thing into something extra, and somehow prose can go over into poetry."

"Beethoven suppressed everything, his personal life disappeared until he was locked inside. That is a figure quite extreme."

"The nearest figure to myself would be Shakespeare."