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Thought Quotes

"As an unmarried woman, I was thought to be a danger."

"As an unmarried woman, I was thought to be a danger."

Grace Kelly, American Actress

Thought, Danger, Woman

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"There is one confrontation scene toward the end of the picture. In the middle of the scene, I thought, That's Sean Connery! I don't know how else to describe Sean Connery. I still feel that way."

"There is one confrontation scene toward the end of the picture. In the middle of the scene, I thought, That's Sean Connery! I don't know how else to describe Sean Connery. I still feel that way."

F. Murray Abraham, American Actor

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"It may be a penny for your thoughts, but it is now a quarter for your voice."

"It may be a penny for your thoughts, but it is now a quarter for your voice."

Esther B. Fein, American Journalist

Thought, Thoughts, May, Now, Voice

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"I've always thought that the act of playing the guitar was the act of trying to make a point of playing the guitar."

"I've always thought that the act of playing the guitar was the act of trying to make a point of playing the guitar."

Mick Ronson, English Musician

Thought, Act, Guitar, Trying

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"I thought his performance was absolutely wonderful and had said so, but he seemed, as actors quite often are when they first see.something, to be disappointed. I think he expected more from the film and himself."

"I thought his performance was absolutely wonderful and had said so, but he seemed, as actors quite often are when they first see.something, to be disappointed. I think he expected more from the film and himself."

John Schlesinger, British Director

Thought, Performance, Actors, Film

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"I thought it was respectful to each country to sing in their language."

"I thought it was respectful to each country to sing in their language."

Nana Mouskouri, Greek Musician

Thought, Country, Language

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"Belief is thought at rest."

"Belief is thought at rest."

Larry Harvey, American Celebrity

Thought, Belief, Rest

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"In high school, in sport, I had a coach who told me I was much better than I thought I was, and would make me do more in a positive sense. He was the first person who taught me not to be afraid of failure."

"In high school, in sport, I had a coach who told me I was much better than I thought I was, and would make me do more in a positive sense. He was the first person who taught me not to be afraid of failure."

Mike Krzyzewski, American Coach

Thought, Failure, Positive

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"I wasn't involved, except to the degree that they sent me drafts of the script as the writer turned them in. They asked me at one point to write a memo about what I thought of it."

"I wasn't involved, except to the degree that they sent me drafts of the script as the writer turned them in. They asked me at one point to write a memo about what I thought of it."

Michael Chabon, American Author

Thought, Writer

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"He's written some great songs. I thought that "Blues Man" was a perfect song for me to do as a tribute."

"He's written some great songs. I thought that "Blues Man" was a perfect song for me to do as a tribute."

Alan Jackson, American Musician

Thought, Song, Songs, Tribute

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"Dostoevski does not tell you what to think about his legend, but he requires that you think about it. The novelist was a deeply religious man and he always thought many readers missed that point about him."

"Dostoevski does not tell you what to think about his legend, but he requires that you think about it. The novelist was a deeply religious man and he always thought many readers missed that point about him."

Suzanne Fields, American Columnist

Thought, Man, Religious

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"Nothing is more active than thought, for it travels over the universe, and nothing is stronger than necessity for all must submit to it."

"Nothing is more active than thought, for it travels over the universe, and nothing is stronger than necessity for all must submit to it."

Thales, Greek Philosopher

Thought, Necessity, Nothing, Universe

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"I'd become sort of involved in things that were happening to people. No matter what color they be, whether they be Indians, or Negroes, the poor white person or anyone who was I thought more or less getting a bad shake."

"I'd become sort of involved in things that were happening to people. No matter what color they be, whether they be Indians, or Negroes, the poor white person or anyone who was I thought more or less getting a bad shake."

Gordon Parks, American Photographer

Thought, People, Poor

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"Because of all the concurrent stories going in 24 and its fast pace, it can be complicated in terms of the story, so I thought sound could help with the storytelling."

"Because of all the concurrent stories going in 24 and its fast pace, it can be complicated in terms of the story, so I thought sound could help with the storytelling."

Stephen Hopkins, American Politician

Thought, Help, Sound

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"When our thoughts - which bring actions - are filled with hate against anyone, Negro or white, we are in a living hell. That is as real as hell will ever be."

"When our thoughts - which bring actions - are filled with hate against anyone, Negro or white, we are in a living hell. That is as real as hell will ever be."

George Washington Carver, American Scientist

Thought, Thoughts, Actions, Hate, Hell

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"The freedom of thought and expression is one of the most sacred rights in this country."

"The freedom of thought and expression is one of the most sacred rights in this country."

Eliot Engel, American Politician

Thought, Country, Expression, Freedom

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"Take motherhood: nobody ever thought of putting it on a moral pedestal until some brash feminists pointed out, about a century ago, that the pay is lousy and the career ladder nonexistent."

"Take motherhood: nobody ever thought of putting it on a moral pedestal until some brash feminists pointed out, about a century ago, that the pay is lousy and the career ladder nonexistent."

Barbara Ehrenreich, American Writer

Thought, Career

40

"I think the book struck me in a few ways that I thought very interesting to pick it as my first martial arts film. It has a very strong female character and it was very abundant in classic Chinese textures."

"I think the book struck me in a few ways that I thought very interesting to pick it as my first martial arts film. It has a very strong female character and it was very abundant in classic Chinese textures."

Ang Lee, Chinese Director

Thought, Character, Film, First

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"It is our ignorance of things that causes all our admiration and chiefly excites our passions."

"It is our ignorance of things that causes all our admiration and chiefly excites our passions."

Edmund Burke, Irish Statesman

Thought, Ignorance, Admiration, Passion, Curiosity

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"The mathematician has reached the highest rung on the ladder of human thought."

"The mathematician has reached the highest rung on the ladder of human thought."

Henry Ellis, British Psychologist

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"The profoundest thoughts of the philosophers have something trickle about them. A lot disappears in order for something to suddenly appear in the palm of the hand."

"The profoundest thoughts of the philosophers have something trickle about them. A lot disappears in order for something to suddenly appear in the palm of the hand."

Elias Canetti, Swiss Author

Thought, Thoughts, Order

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"I have often thought what a melancholy world this would be without children, and what an inhuman world without the aged."

"I have often thought what a melancholy world this would be without children, and what an inhuman world without the aged."

Samuel Taylor Coleridge, English Poet

Thought, Children, Melancholy, World

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"I'm a conservative. I was an avid supporter of Ronald Reagan; I thought he was fabulous."

"I'm a conservative. I was an avid supporter of Ronald Reagan; I thought he was fabulous."

Shannen Doherty, American Actress

Thought, Conservative

40

"Thought precedes action, action does not always precede thought."

"Thought precedes action, action does not always precede thought."

Douglas Horton, American Clergyman

Thought, Action

40

"It is pretty clear that they are ineffective in stopping the course of thought at present, but they have not always been so in the past and we cannot be sure that they will not be so in the future."

"It is pretty clear that they are ineffective in stopping the course of thought at present, but they have not always been so in the past and we cannot be sure that they will not be so in the future."

John Desmond Bernal, Irish Scientist

Thought, Future, Past, Present

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"Her face betokened all things dear and good, The light of somewhat yet to come was there Asleep, and waiting for the opening day, When childish thoughts, like flowers would drift away."

"Her face betokened all things dear and good, The light of somewhat yet to come was there Asleep, and waiting for the opening day, When childish thoughts, like flowers would drift away."

Jean Ingelow, English Poet

Thought, Thoughts, Day, Flowers, Light

40

"I thought about dying whenever I got bad news about other people."

"I thought about dying whenever I got bad news about other people."

Jonah Lomu, New Zealander Athlete

Thought, People, Dying, News

40

"He was seriously thinking of becoming a monk. He thought he had to be celibate to maintain the purity of his instrument, but my instrument needed tuning, and we had to split."

"He was seriously thinking of becoming a monk. He thought he had to be celibate to maintain the purity of his instrument, but my instrument needed tuning, and we had to split."

Mimi Rogers, American Actress

Thought, Purity, Thinking

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"I don't know, Y'know, I always wanted to be one of those cheerleader girls and I never was that, and I was never sort of cute and perky, and I always thought it was fun to be cute and perky, and those, I don't know what those girls are doing now."

"I don't know, Y'know, I always wanted to be one of those cheerleader girls and I never was that, and I was never sort of cute and perky, and I always thought it was fun to be cute and perky, and those, I don't know what those girls are doing now."

Katey Sagal, American Athlete

Thought, Cute, Fun, Girls

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"In the 90's action pictures were all the rage. As a woman, I was fed up with them and I initially thought that the script was just another action film dressed up as a period piece."

"In the 90's action pictures were all the rage. As a woman, I was fed up with them and I initially thought that the script was just another action film dressed up as a period piece."

Madeleine Stowe, American Actress

Thought, Action, Film, Woman

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"A lot of people thought this dream must be madness, but we are not crazy."

"A lot of people thought this dream must be madness, but we are not crazy."

Gloria Trevi, Mexican Musician

Thought, People, Dream, Madness

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"Anybody that thought that I tried to protect the president has forgotten that I asked for the expansion of the Monica Lewinsky matter."

"Anybody that thought that I tried to protect the president has forgotten that I asked for the expansion of the Monica Lewinsky matter."

Janet Reno, American Public Servant

Thought, President

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"He was a very private person, but then, you know, he belonged to the whole United States. The United States thought they owned Johnny Carson."

"He was a very private person, but then, you know, he belonged to the whole United States. The United States thought they owned Johnny Carson."

Doc Severinsen, American Musician

Thought, states, United

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"Sometimes I think we're alone. Sometimes I think we're not. In either case, the thought is staggering."

"Sometimes I think we're alone. Sometimes I think we're not. In either case, the thought is staggering."

R. Buckminster Fuller, American Inventor

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"It wasn't like I felt I was on a wave. It was just so easy. It is only afterwards that I thought I really had a bit of good luck going on there with Yazoo."

"It wasn't like I felt I was on a wave. It was just so easy. It is only afterwards that I thought I really had a bit of good luck going on there with Yazoo."

Alison Moyet, British Musician

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"All I ever thought was, 'I'm going to do this as long as I can, and if I can't get paid at it, I'll be a bum doing it.' And so, here I am."

"All I ever thought was, 'I'm going to do this as long as I can, and if I can't get paid at it, I'll be a bum doing it.' And so, here I am."

Bruce Cockburn, Canadian Musician

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"I think we've done that. But it's not something you really notice, 'cause I've always thought the people here have always done their best, and they continue to do their best. They just might do it a little bit differently."

"I think we've done that. But it's not something you really notice, 'cause I've always thought the people here have always done their best, and they continue to do their best. They just might do it a little bit differently."

Mark Kelly, American Musician

Thought, People

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"It's quite ironic I suppose, it's that thing about being in a group when you all start out as friends and then invariably end up hating each other. So I just thought they needed telling really, in case they were labouring under the apprehension that they were still friends."

"It's quite ironic I suppose, it's that thing about being in a group when you all start out as friends and then invariably end up hating each other. So I just thought they needed telling really, in case they were labouring under the apprehension that they were still friends."

Peter Hook, English Musician

Thought, Being, End, Friends

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"When I did small films like Lily and Buenos Vista, everyone thought my career would be ruined."

"When I did small films like Lily and Buenos Vista, everyone thought my career would be ruined."

Leslie Caron, French Actress

Thought, Career

39

"I almost never set out to photograph a landscape, nor do I think of my camera as a means of recording a mountain or an animal unless I absolutely need a 'record shot'. My first thought is always of light."

"I almost never set out to photograph a landscape, nor do I think of my camera as a means of recording a mountain or an animal unless I absolutely need a 'record shot'. My first thought is always of light."

Galen Rowell, American Photographer

Thought, First, Light

39

"I just didn't believe I was like everybody else. I thought I was unique."

"I just didn't believe I was like everybody else. I thought I was unique."

Charlie Sheen, American Actor

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"In England, it's thought to be morally suspect to worry about what your surroundings look like."

"In England, it's thought to be morally suspect to worry about what your surroundings look like."

Howard Hodgkin, British Artist

Thought, England, Worry

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"I had never thought of my career as going in the direction that it did, as far as fan response was concerned."

"I had never thought of my career as going in the direction that it did, as far as fan response was concerned."

Robert Vaughn, American Actor

Thought, Career, Direction

39

"Danny and I wrote 10 songs in seven days, which I thought might be close to the record until you probably look at some of the Beatles statistics."

"Danny and I wrote 10 songs in seven days, which I thought might be close to the record until you probably look at some of the Beatles statistics."

Jerry Only, American Musician

Thought, Songs, Statistics

39

"I thought Jack's directing job was the best thing about the film."

"I thought Jack's directing job was the best thing about the film."

Harvey Keitel, American Actor

Thought, Film, Job

39

"I thought, while they're up and firm, why not shoot them once or twice."

"I thought, while they're up and firm, why not shoot them once or twice."

Jamie Lee Curtis, American Actress

39

"And I just thought, this is what I want to be. And I knew that dancing would be my chosen profession."

"And I just thought, this is what I want to be. And I knew that dancing would be my chosen profession."

Suzanne Farrell, American Dancer

Thought, Dancing, Profession, Want

39

"I didn't think I was fat. I just thought I didn't need to gain any weight. But I would drop weight and then I would be comfortable with that number. Then I would lose more weight and that would become my new number."

"I didn't think I was fat. I just thought I didn't need to gain any weight. But I would drop weight and then I would be comfortable with that number. Then I would lose more weight and that would become my new number."

Tracey Gold, American Actress

Thought, Gain, Weight

39

"I was very, very shocked about Cooperstown. I thought my chances were fairly good, but I tried to stay low key about it, not too high and not too low. That was the way I played, too."

"I was very, very shocked about Cooperstown. I thought my chances were fairly good, but I tried to stay low key about it, not too high and not too low. That was the way I played, too."

Al Kaline, American Athlete

39

"In starting to learn about film festivals and what were good ones - 'cause there are five billion of them - it was just a really good East Coast festival. And I thought this little movie was an East Coast film."

"In starting to learn about film festivals and what were good ones - 'cause there are five billion of them - it was just a really good East Coast festival. And I thought this little movie was an East Coast film."

Andrew McCarthy, American Actor

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