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Thought Quotes

"In South America, I heard the 8th Symphony of Beethoven. And the young conductor thought, Beethoven must be heroic. But this is piece which shouldn't be heroic. And this was such a misunderstanding, such a deep misunderstanding."

"In South America, I heard the 8th Symphony of Beethoven. And the young conductor thought, Beethoven must be heroic. But this is piece which shouldn't be heroic. And this was such a misunderstanding, such a deep misunderstanding."

Kurt Masur, German Musician

Thought, America, Deep

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"I never thought I would be singing for the world."

"I never thought I would be singing for the world."

Patti LaBelle, American Musician

Thought, Singing, World

14

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

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

Douglas Horton, American Clergyman

Thought, Action

14

"I knew Secrets and Lies was a great film, but I didn't expect it to get the attention it did because none of his other films had and I thought they were just as good."

"I knew Secrets and Lies was a great film, but I didn't expect it to get the attention it did because none of his other films had and I thought they were just as good."

Brenda Blethyn, English Actress

Thought, Attention, Film, Lies

14

"When I watched Ellen come out in '97, my jaw was on the floor. I thought, There are some people who break the doors down, hold them open, and some people who walk right through."

"When I watched Ellen come out in '97, my jaw was on the floor. I thought, There are some people who break the doors down, hold them open, and some people who walk right through."

Portia de Rossi, Australian Actress

Thought, People, Open, Right

14

"Acting is not about dressing up. Acting is about stripping bare. The whole essence of learning lines is to forget them so you can make them sound like you thought of them that instant."

"Acting is not about dressing up. Acting is about stripping bare. The whole essence of learning lines is to forget them so you can make them sound like you thought of them that instant."

Glenda Jackson, British Actress

Thought, Acting, Forget, Learning

14

"I haven't really had that many opportunities to play "lead" so I guess I jumped at the chance. I have also never done any "sci-fi" projects and thought it might be fun."

"I haven't really had that many opportunities to play "lead" so I guess I jumped at the chance. I have also never done any "sci-fi" projects and thought it might be fun."

Julie Bowen, American Actress

Thought, Chance, Fun, Play

14

"When they first said I made it through it was just crazy, I mean all kinds of thoughts were going through my head, and you know to be watching the show for nine seasons and to be on it now is surreal, it's so surreal."

"When they first said I made it through it was just crazy, I mean all kinds of thoughts were going through my head, and you know to be watching the show for nine seasons and to be on it now is surreal, it's so surreal."

Scotty McCreery, American Musician

Thought, Thoughts, First, Now, Seasons

14

"The show was written just for us. We all thought we were the prettiest and the funniest."

"The show was written just for us. We all thought we were the prettiest and the funniest."

Dixie Carter, American Actor

14

"Fortitude is the marshal of thought, the armor of the will, and the fort of reason."

"Fortitude is the marshal of thought, the armor of the will, and the fort of reason."

Francis Bacon, English Philosopher

Thought, Reason, Will

14

"The thoughts of my emotionally so disturbed days must be found again, shifted and developed further. Here and there something of the loose remarks I make must be used, but only when it finds my attention again."

"The thoughts of my emotionally so disturbed days must be found again, shifted and developed further. Here and there something of the loose remarks I make must be used, but only when it finds my attention again."

Robert Musil, Austrian Writer

Thought, Thoughts, Attention

14

"I thought we had energy out there. I thought the guys were, they played good, they were excited. We were almost dynamite out there today. Just a flicker away from being dynamite."

"I thought we had energy out there. I thought the guys were, they played good, they were excited. We were almost dynamite out there today. Just a flicker away from being dynamite."

Hal Sutton, American Athlete

Thought, Being, Energy, Today

14

"Back then I thought if you cut a record, you were automatically a star."

"Back then I thought if you cut a record, you were automatically a star."

Mickey Gilley, American Musician

13

"I thought it was a wonderful line - right on the cutting room floor."

"I thought it was a wonderful line - right on the cutting room floor."

Natalie Wood, American Actress

13

"Sometimes when I'm talking, my words can't keep up with my thoughts. I wonder why we think faster than we speak. Probably so we can think twice."

"Sometimes when I'm talking, my words can't keep up with my thoughts. I wonder why we think faster than we speak. Probably so we can think twice."

Bill Watterson, American Cartoonist

Thought, Thoughts, Talking, Wonder, Words

13

"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

13

"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

13

"I always thought I should be treated like a star."

"I always thought I should be treated like a star."

Madonna Ciccone, American Musician

13

"It's been awhile. My Oscar is getting kind of tarnished. I looked at it a couple of years ago and thought I really needed a new one."

"It's been awhile. My Oscar is getting kind of tarnished. I looked at it a couple of years ago and thought I really needed a new one."

Ellen Burstyn, American Actress

13

"When I first became interested in photography, I thought it was the whole cheese. My idea was to have it recognized as one of the fine arts. Today I don't give a hoot in hell about that. The mission of photography is to explain man to man and each man to himself."

"When I first became interested in photography, I thought it was the whole cheese. My idea was to have it recognized as one of the fine arts. Today I don't give a hoot in hell about that. The mission of photography is to explain man to man and each man to himself."

Edward Steichen, American Photographer

Thought, Idea, First, Hell

13

"The bad press came because they thought I should fight more. I couldn't get the fights because if I would sign to fight one of King's guys I would be signed to him. I chose not to do that. In hindsight, that might have been a mistake."

"The bad press came because they thought I should fight more. I couldn't get the fights because if I would sign to fight one of King's guys I would be signed to him. I chose not to do that. In hindsight, that might have been a mistake."

Gerry Cooney, American Athlete

Thought, Mistake, Fight, Hindsight

13

"I would give no thought of what the world might say of me, if I could only transmit to posterity the reputation of an honest man."

"I would give no thought of what the world might say of me, if I could only transmit to posterity the reputation of an honest man."

Sam Houston, American Politician

Thought, Man, Posterity, Reputation

13

"No matter how brilliantly an idea is stated, we will not really be moved unless we have already half thought of it ourselves."

"No matter how brilliantly an idea is stated, we will not really be moved unless we have already half thought of it ourselves."

Mignon McLaughlin, American Journalist

Thought, Idea, Will

13

"I knew I wanted to have a doll of myself on the cover. I thought, I wanna see myself as a Ken doll."

"I knew I wanted to have a doll of myself on the cover. I thought, I wanna see myself as a Ken doll."

David Byrne, Scottish Musician

13

"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

13

"Not much to be perfectly honest! I thought The Phantom Menace was terrible, except for the Pod Race."

"Not much to be perfectly honest! I thought The Phantom Menace was terrible, except for the Pod Race."

David Prowse, British Actor

13

"I thought Out of Action was better as a catalogue than the honeycomb because the honeycomb was like walking into one compartment and then another compartment."

"I thought Out of Action was better as a catalogue than the honeycomb because the honeycomb was like walking into one compartment and then another compartment."

Richard Serra, American Sculptor

Thought, Action, Walking

13

"We never thought it would be something everyone would listen to. We never thought people who listen to Britney Spears would run to listen to it. It was intended for people on the fanatical side of production and hi-fi."

"We never thought it would be something everyone would listen to. We never thought people who listen to Britney Spears would run to listen to it. It was intended for people on the fanatical side of production and hi-fi."

Wayne Coyne, American Musician

Thought, People, Production

13

"I've certainly experienced racism, but it has not made a great impact on me. I have always thought, as I got older and older, I was more in charge of who I was. What someone thought about me or said about me made less of an impression on me at very vulnerable times."

"I've certainly experienced racism, but it has not made a great impact on me. I have always thought, as I got older and older, I was more in charge of who I was. What someone thought about me or said about me made less of an impression on me at very vulnerable times."

Robert Guillaume, American Actor

Thought, Impression, Racism

13

"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

13

"For a fortnight nobody at all emailed me, or posted a follow-up. Doesn't anyone care, I thought? It turned out my newsreader was broken, and hadn't posted at all."

"For a fortnight nobody at all emailed me, or posted a follow-up. Doesn't anyone care, I thought? It turned out my newsreader was broken, and hadn't posted at all."

Graham Nelson, English Mathematician

13

"We are shaped by our thoughts; we become what we think. When the mind is pure, joy follows like a shadow that never leaves."

"We are shaped by our thoughts; we become what we think. When the mind is pure, joy follows like a shadow that never leaves."

Buddha, Indian Leader

Thought, Thoughts, Joy, Mind, Shadow

13

"The Unhappy may, possibly, by indulging Thought, hit on some lucky Stratagem for the Relief of his Misfortunes, and the Happy may be infinitely more so by contemplating on his Condition."

"The Unhappy may, possibly, by indulging Thought, hit on some lucky Stratagem for the Relief of his Misfortunes, and the Happy may be infinitely more so by contemplating on his Condition."

Eliza Haywood, British Novelist

13

"I never thought I was normal, never tried to be normal."

"I never thought I was normal, never tried to be normal."

Charles Manson, American Criminal

13

"As you see, I do not treat the creation of fiction, that to say the invention and development of fantasies, as a form of abstract thought. I dont wish to deny the uses of the intellect, but sometimes one has the intuition that the intellect by itself will lead one nowhere."

"As you see, I do not treat the creation of fiction, that to say the invention and development of fantasies, as a form of abstract thought. I dont wish to deny the uses of the intellect, but sometimes one has the intuition that the intellect by itself will lead one nowhere."

J. M. Coetzee, South African Author

Thought, Development, Creation, Fiction

13

"Only thought can resemble. It resembles by being what it sees, hears, or knows; it becomes what the world offers it."

"Only thought can resemble. It resembles by being what it sees, hears, or knows; it becomes what the world offers it."

Rene Magritte, Belgian Artist

Thought, Being, World

13

"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

13

"Thoughts create a new heaven, a new firmament, a new source of energy, from which new arts flow."

"Thoughts create a new heaven, a new firmament, a new source of energy, from which new arts flow."

Paracelsus, Swiss Scientist

Thought, Thoughts, Energy, Heaven

13

"I'm voting for Gore because the other is unthinkable. Which most of us will probably do. I hope all of us. I've always liked Ralph Nader and would like to see a real third party, but the thought of George Bush as president is unthinkable."

"I'm voting for Gore because the other is unthinkable. Which most of us will probably do. I hope all of us. I've always liked Ralph Nader and would like to see a real third party, but the thought of George Bush as president is unthinkable."

Richard Gere, American Actor

Thought, Hope, Party, President

13

"The second I met Zac, I thought he was a really cool guy. It's hard not to have chemistry with someone who is so attractive."

"The second I met Zac, I thought he was a really cool guy. It's hard not to have chemistry with someone who is so attractive."

Vanessa Hudgens, American Actress

13

"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

13

"It's a lot more comfortable, I must say. Ummm, I didn't think I'd be playing with another band, I kinda thought I was through with that, but I make an exception because they're nice people."

"It's a lot more comfortable, I must say. Ummm, I didn't think I'd be playing with another band, I kinda thought I was through with that, but I make an exception because they're nice people."

Vivian Campbell, Irish Musician

Thought, People

13

"Well my thoughts on American swimming are that our prospects look favorable, but we may not have as strong a showing in the gold medal count as in previous Olympics. But I am not coaching."

"Well my thoughts on American swimming are that our prospects look favorable, but we may not have as strong a showing in the gold medal count as in previous Olympics. But I am not coaching."

Mark Spitz, American Athlete

Thought, Thoughts, Coaching, Gold

13

"Insurrection of thought always precedes insurrection of arms."

"Insurrection of thought always precedes insurrection of arms."

Wendell Phillips, American Activist

13

"The moral effect of the thundering of one's own artillery is most extraordinary, and many of us thought that we had never heard any more welcome sound than the deep roaring and crashing that started in at our rear."

"The moral effect of the thundering of one's own artillery is most extraordinary, and many of us thought that we had never heard any more welcome sound than the deep roaring and crashing that started in at our rear."

Fritz Kreisler, Austrian Composer

Thought, Deep, Effect, Sound

13

"How hard it is to make your thoughts look anything but imbecile fools when you paint them with ink on paper."

"How hard it is to make your thoughts look anything but imbecile fools when you paint them with ink on paper."

Olive Schreiner, South African Writer

Thought, Thoughts, Fools, Southafrican

13

"I never thought I was gonna live to 30."

"I never thought I was gonna live to 30."

Patti Smith, American Musician

13

"When I first encountered the name of the city of Stockholm, I little thought that I would ever visit it, never mind end up being welcomed to it as a guest of the Swedish Academy and the Nobel Foundation."

"When I first encountered the name of the city of Stockholm, I little thought that I would ever visit it, never mind end up being welcomed to it as a guest of the Swedish Academy and the Nobel Foundation."

Seamus Heaney, Irish Poet

Thought, Being, End, First

13

"It is important to remember that some of the most serious thinkers once thought that democracy was not compatible with the cultures of Germany, Italy, Japan, Latin America and Russia."

"It is important to remember that some of the most serious thinkers once thought that democracy was not compatible with the cultures of Germany, Italy, Japan, Latin America and Russia."

Natan Sharansky, Russian Writer

Thought, America, Democracy, Germany

13

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

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

Michael Jordan, American Athlete

Thought, Negative

13

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