"There is no less invention in aptly applying a thought found in a book, than in being the first author of the thought."

Thought, Being, First, Invention

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"There is no less invention in aptly applying a thought found in a book, than in being the first author of the thought."

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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

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

Thomas Hardy, English Novelist

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"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

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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

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

George Stevens, American Director

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

Richard Bach, American Novelist

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"It is thus tolerance that is the source of peace, and intolerance that is the source of disorder and squabbling."

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"The antiquity and general acceptance of an opinion is not assurance of its truth."

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"I am a good Protestant, and in the full sense of the term, for from the bottom of my soul, I protest against everything that is said, and everything that is done."

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"There is not less wit nor less invention in applying rightly a thought one finds in a book, than in being the first author of that thought."

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"It is pure illusion to think that an opinion that passes down from century to century, from generation to generation, may not be entirely false."

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