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Thought Quotes

"One of our most difficult realizations was that - in the course of two years - a connecting hub in St. Louis had gone from something we thought we needed to something we could no longer afford."

"One of our most difficult realizations was that - in the course of two years - a connecting hub in St. Louis had gone from something we thought we needed to something we could no longer afford."

Gerard Arpey, American Businessman

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

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

Wendell Phillips, American Activist

Thought, Action, World

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"I can't stomach the thought that we are passing down to the next generation a country that is less viable, less good, less competitive, less compassionate than the one we got."

"I can't stomach the thought that we are passing down to the next generation a country that is less viable, less good, less competitive, less compassionate than the one we got."

Jon Huntsman, Jr., American Politician

Thought, Country

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"I was very disappointed that Denzel didn't win Best Actor for The Hurricane because I thought he deserved it."

"I was very disappointed that Denzel didn't win Best Actor for The Hurricane because I thought he deserved it."

Norman Jewison, Canadian Director

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"When things are bad, we take comfort in the thought that they could always get worse. And when they are, we find hope in the thought that things are so bad they have to get better."

"When things are bad, we take comfort in the thought that they could always get worse. And when they are, we find hope in the thought that things are so bad they have to get better."

Malcolm Forbes, American Publisher

Thought, Hope, Comfort

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"The writer's joy is the thought that can become emotion, the emotion that can wholly become a thought."

"The writer's joy is the thought that can become emotion, the emotion that can wholly become a thought."

Thomas Mann, German Writer

Thought, Emotion, Joy

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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."

"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

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"Next thing you know they'll take your thoughts away."

"Next thing you know they'll take your thoughts away."

Dave Mustaine, American Musician

Thought, Thoughts

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"I've never really thought about competing with cartoons. If it ever gets to that point, then just shoot me."

"I've never really thought about competing with cartoons. If it ever gets to that point, then just shoot me."

Lucy Liu, American Actress

Thought, Cartoons

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"I thought then, and I think now, that the invasion of Iraq was unnecessary and unjust. And I think the premises on which it was launched were false."

"I thought then, and I think now, that the invasion of Iraq was unnecessary and unjust. And I think the premises on which it was launched were false."

Jimmy Carter, American President

Thought, Iraq, Now

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"Growing up, I thought I was white. It didn't occur to me I was Asian-American until I was studying abroad in Denmark and there was a little bit of prejudice."

"Growing up, I thought I was white. It didn't occur to me I was Asian-American until I was studying abroad in Denmark and there was a little bit of prejudice."

Maya Lin, American Architect

Thought, Denmark, Growing up, Prejudice

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"I've become increasingly confidant in following intuitions ahead of thoughts as I produce more records."

"I've become increasingly confidant in following intuitions ahead of thoughts as I produce more records."

Jerry Harrison, American Musician

Thought, Thoughts

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"I started writing books for children because I could illustrate them myself and because, in my innocence, I thought they'd be easier."

"I started writing books for children because I could illustrate them myself and because, in my innocence, I thought they'd be easier."

Mark Haddon, English Novelist

Thought, Books, Children, Innocence

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"My thoughts will be taken up with the future or the past, with what is to come or what has been. Of the present there is necessarily no image."

"My thoughts will be taken up with the future or the past, with what is to come or what has been. Of the present there is necessarily no image."

William Godwin, English Writer

Thought, Thoughts, Future, Past, Present

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"It may offend us to hear our own thoughts expressed by others: we are not sure enough of their souls."

"It may offend us to hear our own thoughts expressed by others: we are not sure enough of their souls."

Jean Rostand, French Scientist

Thought, Thoughts, May

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"I was 82 years old before Who's Who thought I was enough of a big shot to do a piece on me."

"I was 82 years old before Who's Who thought I was enough of a big shot to do a piece on me."

Joseph Barbera, American Cartoonist

Thought, Old, Years

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"It has been the way of Rotary to focus thought upon matters in which members are in agreement, rather than upon matters in which they are in disagreement."

"It has been the way of Rotary to focus thought upon matters in which members are in agreement, rather than upon matters in which they are in disagreement."

Paul Harris, American Entertainer

Thought, Agreement, Focus

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"I thought that automobiles were going to have mufflers and go fast and airplanes were going to fly fast."

"I thought that automobiles were going to have mufflers and go fast and airplanes were going to fly fast."

Jack Vance, American Author

Thought, Airplanes, Automobiles

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"The thought in my mind was that I must be a good merchant. If I were a good merchant, the rest would probably take care of itself."

"The thought in my mind was that I must be a good merchant. If I were a good merchant, the rest would probably take care of itself."

James Cash Penney, American Businessman

Thought, Care, Mind, Rest

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"I thought writing about somebody current would be a little closer to what I'm used to doing."

"I thought writing about somebody current would be a little closer to what I'm used to doing."

Adam Clymer, American Journalist

Thought, Writing

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"Stung by the splendour of a sudden thought."

"Stung by the splendour of a sudden thought."

Robert Browning, English Poet

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"Your hands, your eyes, your voice, your thoughts are your servants."

"Your hands, your eyes, your voice, your thoughts are your servants."

Loretta Young, American Actress

Thought, Thoughts, Eyes, Voice

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"However, the thought hit me that this was a pretty pathetic way to kick the bucket - being accidentally poisoned during a photo shoot, of all things - and I started weeping at the idiocy of it all."

"However, the thought hit me that this was a pretty pathetic way to kick the bucket - being accidentally poisoned during a photo shoot, of all things - and I started weeping at the idiocy of it all."

Lara St. John, Canadian Musician

Thought, Being, Pretty, Weeping

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"If two people have only one thought between them, something is very wrong."

"If two people have only one thought between them, something is very wrong."

Sarah Jessica Parker, American Actress

Thought, People, Wrong

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"Just as the 99% of Soviet citizens who supported the Soviet regime in 1985 was no indication of what the people inside the USSR really thought, the army of true believers that we think we see in the Arab world is an illusion."

"Just as the 99% of Soviet citizens who supported the Soviet regime in 1985 was no indication of what the people inside the USSR really thought, the army of true believers that we think we see in the Arab world is an illusion."

Natan Sharansky, Russian Writer

Thought, People, Army, Illusion

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"We read on the foreheads of those who are surrounded by a foolish luxury, that fortune sells what she is thought to give."

"We read on the foreheads of those who are surrounded by a foolish luxury, that fortune sells what she is thought to give."

Jean de La Fontaine, French Poet

Thought, Fortune, Luxury

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"Thirty years ago, we were in a movie theater and thought it was so cool because we were finally delivered from the horrors of stained glass and wooden pews."

"Thirty years ago, we were in a movie theater and thought it was so cool because we were finally delivered from the horrors of stained glass and wooden pews."

Bill Hybels, American Clergyman

Thought, Theater, Years

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"My first thought is always of light."

"My first thought is always of light."

Galen Rowell, American Photographer

Thought, First, Light

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"So I didn't have anything to do with picking the songs, but I got to musically take them in places I thought might be interesting, so it was a real neat collaboration among the three of us."

"So I didn't have anything to do with picking the songs, but I got to musically take them in places I thought might be interesting, so it was a real neat collaboration among the three of us."

Vince Gill, American Musician

Thought, Collaboration, Songs

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"That's the best way to feed the human mind. That's how Bob Marley did it. He never put it in your face. After you got the groove, you were just singing the hooks, because you thought it was cool."

"That's the best way to feed the human mind. That's how Bob Marley did it. He never put it in your face. After you got the groove, you were just singing the hooks, because you thought it was cool."

Wyclef Jean, American Musician

Thought, Mind, Singing

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"Dark Water was one of my favourite films to shoot because of Walter. I had seen the previous films he had directed, Central Station and Motorcycle Diaries, and I thought they were great. I really trusted him."

"Dark Water was one of my favourite films to shoot because of Walter. I had seen the previous films he had directed, Central Station and Motorcycle Diaries, and I thought they were great. I really trusted him."

Jennifer Connelly, American Actress

Thought, Diaries, Water

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"I never examined what I did in any great detail because I thought it would spoil things. I never read the scripts at all carefully, and never wanted to know what was going on, because I felt that being a benevolent alien that's the way it should be."

"I never examined what I did in any great detail because I thought it would spoil things. I never read the scripts at all carefully, and never wanted to know what was going on, because I felt that being a benevolent alien that's the way it should be."

Tom Baker, British Actor

Thought, Being, Detail

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"A lot of people thought I was going to be a one-hit wonder, so I had that chip on my shoulder."

"A lot of people thought I was going to be a one-hit wonder, so I had that chip on my shoulder."

Bubba Sparxxx, American Musician

Thought, People, Wonder

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"I never thought a role model should be negative."

"I never thought a role model should be negative."

Michael Jordan, American Athlete

Thought, Negative

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"Take no thought of who is right or wrong or who is better than. Be not for or against."

"Take no thought of who is right or wrong or who is better than. Be not for or against."

Bruce Lee, American Actor

Thought, Right, Wrong

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"Then one day I thought it would be wonderful to make a whole book, to make my text and my drawings together, and that's how I started doing children's books."

"Then one day I thought it would be wonderful to make a whole book, to make my text and my drawings together, and that's how I started doing children's books."

Dick Bruna, Dutch Artist

Thought, Books, Children, Day

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"There were a lot of bad feelings when Lindsey first left the band. But there's been a lot of healing going on, growing up, maturing. The bond is a great deal stronger than what we first thought."

"There were a lot of bad feelings when Lindsey first left the band. But there's been a lot of healing going on, growing up, maturing. The bond is a great deal stronger than what we first thought."

Christine McVie, American Musician

Thought, Feelings, First, Growing up

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"It is divinity that shapes, not only your ends, but also your acts, your words and thoughts."

"It is divinity that shapes, not only your ends, but also your acts, your words and thoughts."

Swami Sivananda, Indian Philosopher

Thought, Thoughts, Divinity, Words

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"Fidelity to the subject's thought and to his characteristic way of expressing himself is the sine qua non of journalistic quotation."

"Fidelity to the subject's thought and to his characteristic way of expressing himself is the sine qua non of journalistic quotation."

Janet Malcolm, American Writer

Thought, Fidelity, Quotation

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"So then put away, relentlessly away, all thought of the results. You cannot control them."

"So then put away, relentlessly away, all thought of the results. You cannot control them."

Joseph Barber Lightfoot, English Theologian

Thought, Control, Results

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"However I am is however I am. When you see me onstage or in the press, there's not a lot of thought and calculation that goes into it."

"However I am is however I am. When you see me onstage or in the press, there's not a lot of thought and calculation that goes into it."

Sheryl Crow, American Musician

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"I don't like the negative of reality tv - the 'you're no good, so you have to leave, I choose you, but I thought you really loved me.' It's all about how bad people are and I just hate that. I like Pimp my Ride where someone is helping somebody."

"I don't like the negative of reality tv - the 'you're no good, so you have to leave, I choose you, but I thought you really loved me.' It's all about how bad people are and I just hate that. I like Pimp my Ride where someone is helping somebody."

Bob Saget, American Actor

Thought, People, Negative, Hate

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"I'm lucky I had parents willing to be open and believe that an 11-year-old might know what she wanted to do. Or maybe they thought I'd find out that's what I didn't want to do."

"I'm lucky I had parents willing to be open and believe that an 11-year-old might know what she wanted to do. Or maybe they thought I'd find out that's what I didn't want to do."

Claire Forlani, English Actress

Thought, Open, Parents, Want

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"I refuse to go into a fast-food outlet - to use the toilet even - in case anyone got the wrong idea and thought I was sneaking in a quick burger."

"I refuse to go into a fast-food outlet - to use the toilet even - in case anyone got the wrong idea and thought I was sneaking in a quick burger."

Jonny Wilkinson, English Athlete

Thought, Idea, Quick, Wrong

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"The degree of freedom from unwanted thoughts and the degree of concentration on a single thought are the measures to gauge spiritual progress."

"The degree of freedom from unwanted thoughts and the degree of concentration on a single thought are the measures to gauge spiritual progress."

Ramana Maharshi, Indian Philosopher

Thought, Progress, Thoughts, Freedom

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"Thought is the wind, knowledge the sail, and mankind the vessel."

"Thought is the wind, knowledge the sail, and mankind the vessel."

Augustus Hare, English Writer

Thought, Knowledge, Mankind, Wind

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"I don't want to think about how many people have thought or still think that I'm crazy."

"I don't want to think about how many people have thought or still think that I'm crazy."

Dean Kamen, American Inventor

Thought, People, Want

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"People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use."

"People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use."

Soren Kierkegaard, Danish Philosopher

Thought, People, Freedom, Speech

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"Back then I said to myself 'screw football.' Actually I just took part in this camp as there was nothing better for me to do. They also didn't draft me because they thought I was too wild and undisciplined."

"Back then I said to myself 'screw football.' Actually I just took part in this camp as there was nothing better for me to do. They also didn't draft me because they thought I was too wild and undisciplined."

Ed O'Neill, American Actor

Thought, Draft, Football, Nothing

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"The thought that we're in competition with Russians or with Chinese is all a mistake, and trivial. We are one species, with a world to win."

"The thought that we're in competition with Russians or with Chinese is all a mistake, and trivial. We are one species, with a world to win."

George Wald, American Scientist

Thought, Mistake, Competition, World

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