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"I thought everybody else was doing much better than I was."

"I thought everybody else was doing much better than I was."

Bruce Jenner, American Athlete

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"Cary Grant and I were doing a play in New York. He had a crush on me. Whenever we went to a party, he would always sit on the floor beside me. I thought that was kind of beautiful, like that's where he wanted to be."

"Cary Grant and I were doing a play in New York. He had a crush on me. Whenever we went to a party, he would always sit on the floor beside me. I thought that was kind of beautiful, like that's where he wanted to be."

Fay Wray, American Actress

Thought, Party, Play

15

"To reflect is to disturb one's thoughts."

"To reflect is to disturb one's thoughts."

Jean Rostand, French Scientist

Thought, Thoughts

15

"It is especially important to encourage unorthodox thinking when the situation is critical: At such moments every new word and fresh thought is more precious than gold. Indeed, people must not be deprived of the right to think their own thoughts."

"It is especially important to encourage unorthodox thinking when the situation is critical: At such moments every new word and fresh thought is more precious than gold. Indeed, people must not be deprived of the right to think their own thoughts."

Boris Yeltsin, Russian Statesman

Thought, People, Thoughts, Gold

15

"My first crush was Spock. I thought it didn't get any better than Spock."

"My first crush was Spock. I thought it didn't get any better than Spock."

Selma Blair, American Actress

15

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

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

Sai Baba, Indian Leader

Thought, Action, Thoughts, Results

15

"I distracted myself from the fear and terrorism by thinking about things like how the universe began and whether time travel is possible."

"I distracted myself from the fear and terrorism by thinking about things like how the universe began and whether time travel is possible."

Malala Yousafzai, Pakistani Activist

Thought, Fear, Terrorism, Universe, Time

15

"Dave thought he was bigger than Van Halen the band. So there was this catfight going on for 10 years."

"Dave thought he was bigger than Van Halen the band. So there was this catfight going on for 10 years."

Gary Cherone, American Musician

15

"I was going to go make a film in Greece. if they caught you with this much marijuana, they threw you in jail, no questions asked, and I was trying to stuff it in my deodorant bottles. I thought, what I am doing?"

"I was going to go make a film in Greece. if they caught you with this much marijuana, they threw you in jail, no questions asked, and I was trying to stuff it in my deodorant bottles. I thought, what I am doing?"

Dyan Cannon, American Actress

Thought, Film, Greece, Questions

15

"Let a hundred flowers bloom, let a hundred schools of thought contend."

"Let a hundred flowers bloom, let a hundred schools of thought contend."

Mao Tse Tung, Chinese Leader

Thought, Flowers, Schools

15

"I realised I'd never climb Everest but thought I could still write a book."

"I realised I'd never climb Everest but thought I could still write a book."

Sara Paretsky, American Author

15

"In my teaching, I enjoyed creating models to clearly communicate my thoughts."

"In my teaching, I enjoyed creating models to clearly communicate my thoughts."

Erno Rubik, Hungarian Inventor

Thought, Thoughts, Teaching

15

"If you're willing to put two thoughts into a picture then you're already ahead of the game."

"If you're willing to put two thoughts into a picture then you're already ahead of the game."

Sean Penn, American Actor

Thought, Thoughts

15

"I just found out that I'm one inch taller than I thought."

"I just found out that I'm one inch taller than I thought."

Christie Brinkley, American Model

15

"We seek true individuality and the true individuals. But we find them not. For lo, we mortals see what our poor eyes can see; and they, the true individuals, - they belong not to this world of our merely human sense and thought."

"We seek true individuality and the true individuals. But we find them not. For lo, we mortals see what our poor eyes can see; and they, the true individuals, - they belong not to this world of our merely human sense and thought."

Josiah Royce, American Philosopher

Thought, Eyes, Individuality, Poor

15

"I never really thought about being an actress or being anything like that. I was always a bit scared as well because of the thing about models becoming an actress and all that."

"I never really thought about being an actress or being anything like that. I was always a bit scared as well because of the thing about models becoming an actress and all that."

Gisele Bundchen, Brazilian Model

15

"I thought the best thing you were supposed to do was find somebody and try to sound like them."

"I thought the best thing you were supposed to do was find somebody and try to sound like them."

Ruth Brown, American Musician

15

"I liked Nicole Kidman because she is so fashionable she can do less is more. It was very, very simple, but it was so chic. Some people thought she looked washed out, I didn't at all."

"I liked Nicole Kidman because she is so fashionable she can do less is more. It was very, very simple, but it was so chic. Some people thought she looked washed out, I didn't at all."

Steven Cojocaru, Canadian Critic

Thought, People

15

"I actually got the part. And I thought, Well, I'll do it for a while. I'll just quit if it's stupid."

"I actually got the part. And I thought, Well, I'll do it for a while. I'll just quit if it's stupid."

Rob Corddry, American Comedian

15

"We found that specialists did not know as much as we thought. So, you think maybe there are other answers. There are not but if you belief something will help you it probably will: it will help, not cure."

"We found that specialists did not know as much as we thought. So, you think maybe there are other answers. There are not but if you belief something will help you it probably will: it will help, not cure."

Charles Bronson, American Actor

Thought, Belief, Answers, Cure

15

"They tried to get me to use a pick when I first joined the band. They had certain things they thought were appropriate. I tried to adapt as much as I could."

"They tried to get me to use a pick when I first joined the band. They had certain things they thought were appropriate. I tried to adapt as much as I could."

Lindsey Buckingham, American Musician

15

"Mechanical difficulties with language are the outcome of internal difficulties with thought."

"Mechanical difficulties with language are the outcome of internal difficulties with thought."

Elizabeth Bowen, Irish Novelist

Thought, Difficulties, Language

15

"Belief is thought at rest."

"Belief is thought at rest."

Larry Harvey, American Celebrity

Thought, Belief, Rest

15

"I remember when the first police scary video thing came out, and you thought, wow, ooh, look at this, come and look, come and look. And now it's on every channel."

"I remember when the first police scary video thing came out, and you thought, wow, ooh, look at this, come and look, come and look. And now it's on every channel."

Jennifer Saunders, British Comedian

Thought, First, Now, Police

15

"I thought that the chief thing to be done in order to equal boys was to be learned and courageous. So I decided to study Greek and learn to manage a horse."

"I thought that the chief thing to be done in order to equal boys was to be learned and courageous. So I decided to study Greek and learn to manage a horse."

Elizabeth Cady Stanton, American Activist

Thought, Boys, Order, Study

15

"It is a far, far better thing to have a firm anchor in nonsense than to put out on the troubled seas of thought."

"It is a far, far better thing to have a firm anchor in nonsense than to put out on the troubled seas of thought."

John Kenneth Galbraith, American Economist

Thought, Nonsense

15

"I really wanted it to be organic and coming from my heart. So, I think maybe the initial thought of wanting to go in that direction, I had to wait until things happened in our world and in our country that fired me up enough where the words came out organically."

"I really wanted it to be organic and coming from my heart. So, I think maybe the initial thought of wanting to go in that direction, I had to wait until things happened in our world and in our country that fired me up enough where the words came out organically."

Joan Jett, American Musician

Thought, Heart, Country, Direction

15

"The confusing thing, I thought, was that most of America already knew that we were overly reliant on oil, especially on foreign oil. But it was news that this administration had begun to at least acknowledge that problem."

"The confusing thing, I thought, was that most of America already knew that we were overly reliant on oil, especially on foreign oil. But it was news that this administration had begun to at least acknowledge that problem."

Chris Van Hollen, American Politician

Thought, America, News, Oil

15

"You are today where your thoughts have brought you; you will be tomorrow where your thoughts take you."

"You are today where your thoughts have brought you; you will be tomorrow where your thoughts take you."

James Allen, British Author

Thought, Thoughts, Today, Tomorrow, Will

15

"Interpreter of Maladies is the title of one of the stories in the book. And the phrase itself was something I thought of before I even wrote that story."

"Interpreter of Maladies is the title of one of the stories in the book. And the phrase itself was something I thought of before I even wrote that story."

Jhumpa Lahiri, American Author

15

"I've often cringed when I heard myself described as a jazz singer. I've always thought of myself as a jazz vocalist."

"I've often cringed when I heard myself described as a jazz singer. I've always thought of myself as a jazz vocalist."

Cassandra Wilson, American Musician

15

"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

15

"Many books require no thought from those who read them, and for a very simple reason; they made no such demand upon those who wrote them."

"Many books require no thought from those who read them, and for a very simple reason; they made no such demand upon those who wrote them."

Charles Caleb Colton, English Writer

Thought, Books, Reason

15

"I had beautiful bikes and I was really into it. I just thought it was really glamorous."

"I had beautiful bikes and I was really into it. I just thought it was really glamorous."

Bryan Ferry, English Musician

15

"It is better to be thought perverse than insincere."

"It is better to be thought perverse than insincere."

Samuel Richardson, English Novelist

15

"People today sometimes get uncomfortable with empirical claims that seem to clash with their political assumptions, often because they haven't given much thought to the connections."

"People today sometimes get uncomfortable with empirical claims that seem to clash with their political assumptions, often because they haven't given much thought to the connections."

Steven Pinker, Canadian Scientist

Thought, People, Today

15

"Just as we descend into our consciences to judge of actions which our minds can not weigh, can we not also search in ourselves for the feeling which gives birth to forms of thought, always vague and cloudy?"

"Just as we descend into our consciences to judge of actions which our minds can not weigh, can we not also search in ourselves for the feeling which gives birth to forms of thought, always vague and cloudy?"

Alfred de Vigny, French Poet

Thought, Actions, Feeling

15

"The two principles referred to are Authority and Liberty, and the names of the two schools of Socialistic thought which fully and unreservedly represent one or the other of them are, respectively, State Socialism and Anarchism."

"The two principles referred to are Authority and Liberty, and the names of the two schools of Socialistic thought which fully and unreservedly represent one or the other of them are, respectively, State Socialism and Anarchism."

Benjamin Tucker, American Activist

Thought, Authority, Liberty, Names

15

"I think I was very interested in the space program as a kid, watching the first Apollo missions to the moon, and it's something I thought that would be a lot of, of fun and exciting and a very worthwhile job."

"I think I was very interested in the space program as a kid, watching the first Apollo missions to the moon, and it's something I thought that would be a lot of, of fun and exciting and a very worthwhile job."

Mark Kelly, American Musician

Thought, First, Fun, Job

15

"I am going to be working on bathroom fittings for a company in the USA, and then I thought it was appropriate to simplify the fittings and, thus, lowering the cost."

"I am going to be working on bathroom fittings for a company in the USA, and then I thought it was appropriate to simplify the fittings and, thus, lowering the cost."

Arne Jacobsen, Danish Architect

Thought, Company

15

"Well the way I ended up with my own record is that I did this concert at Wesleyan University. It was just one night and we had no thought of making a record."

"Well the way I ended up with my own record is that I did this concert at Wesleyan University. It was just one night and we had no thought of making a record."

Christine Lavin, American Musician

Thought, Night, University

15

"The wise ones fashioned speech with their thought, sifting it as grain is sifted through a sieve."

"The wise ones fashioned speech with their thought, sifting it as grain is sifted through a sieve."

Buddha, Indian Leader

Thought, Speech

15

"Probably some of the projects I chose to do after that had more to do with what people thought of me. The industry was very open and probably hoping that I could do anything."

"Probably some of the projects I chose to do after that had more to do with what people thought of me. The industry was very open and probably hoping that I could do anything."

Bo Derek, American Actress

Thought, People, Open, Projects

15

"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

15

"The best books for a man are not always those which the wise recommend, but often those which meet the peculiar wants, the natural thirst of his mind, and therefore awaken interest and rivet thought."

"The best books for a man are not always those which the wise recommend, but often those which meet the peculiar wants, the natural thirst of his mind, and therefore awaken interest and rivet thought."

William Ellery Channing, American Writer

Thought, Books, Interest, Man

15

"This kid came up with Napster, and before that, none of us thought of content protection."

"This kid came up with Napster, and before that, none of us thought of content protection."

Morgan Freeman, American Actor

Thought, Content, Protection

15

"One half-conscious thought was burned in my mind: stay on your feet."

"One half-conscious thought was burned in my mind: stay on your feet."

Gene Tunney, American Athlete

15

"Mostly the thought and the verse come inseparably. In my poem Poetics, it's as close as I come to telling how I do it."

"Mostly the thought and the verse come inseparably. In my poem Poetics, it's as close as I come to telling how I do it."

Howard Nemerov, American Poet

15

"When you dream, you dialogue with aspects of yourself that normally are not with you in the daytime and you discover that you know a great deal more than you thought you did."

"When you dream, you dialogue with aspects of yourself that normally are not with you in the daytime and you discover that you know a great deal more than you thought you did."

Toni Cade Bambara, American Author

15

"They thought that I was a man with reasonable judgment, so I was never under pressure from my parents; I could do whatever I wanted. I never had a negative word from them, nothing whatsoever."

"They thought that I was a man with reasonable judgment, so I was never under pressure from my parents; I could do whatever I wanted. I never had a negative word from them, nothing whatsoever."

Shimon Peres, Israeli Statesman

Thought, Negative, Judgment, Man

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