"What the Puritans gave the world was not thought, but action."

Thought, Action, World

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"What the Puritans gave the world was not thought, but action."

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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."

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

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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

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"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

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

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