"Words were not given to man in order to conceal his thoughts."

Thought, Thoughts, Man, Order, Words

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"Words were not given to man in order to conceal his thoughts."

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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

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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

Thought, Act, End, Profession

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"People live with the illusion that we have a democratic system, but it's only the outward form of one. In reality we live in a plutocracy, a government of the rich."

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Attitude

"The novel is not so much a literary genre, but a literary space, like a sea that is filled by many rivers."

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"Society has to change, but the political powers we have at the moment are not enough to effect this change. The whole democratic system would have to be rethought."

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"The world is governed by institutions that are not democratic - the World Bank, the IMF, the WTO."

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"There are plenty of reasons not to put up with the world as it is."

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"A human being is a being who is constantly 'under construction,' but also, in a parallel fashion, always in a state of constant destruction."

Being

"I am traveling less in order to be able to write more. I select my travel destinations according to their degree of usefulness to my work."

Travel

"Without the faintest possibility of finding a job, I decided to devote myself to literature: it was about time to find out what I was worth as a writer."

Time

"I am the same person I was before receiving the Nobel Prize. I work with the same regularity, I have not modified my habits, I have the same friends."

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