Thought Quotes | Beyond Motive 17/36

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Thought Quotes

"But I've never once thought that I wouldn't get back, as if you do think like that, then you're in trouble."

"But I've never once thought that I wouldn't get back, as if you do think like that, then you're in trouble."

Jamie Redknapp, English Athlete

Thought, Trouble

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"Good thoughts bear good fruit, bad thoughts bear bad fruit."

"Good thoughts bear good fruit, bad thoughts bear bad fruit."

James Allen, British Author

Thought, Thoughts

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"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

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"I said I thought first I was on the stairs; then I remembered I was in the kitchen when he came in."

"I said I thought first I was on the stairs; then I remembered I was in the kitchen when he came in."

Lizzie Andrew Borden, American Celebrity

Thought, First, Kitchen, Stairs

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"Amsterdam was a great surprise to me. I had always thought of Venice as the city of canals; it had never entered my mind that I should find similar conditions in a Dutch town."

"Amsterdam was a great surprise to me. I had always thought of Venice as the city of canals; it had never entered my mind that I should find similar conditions in a Dutch town."

James Weldon Johnson, American Poet

Thought, Mind, Venice

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"We thought that whatever we wanted to do was right and good, simply because we were Americans, and we would succeed at it because we were Americans."

"We thought that whatever we wanted to do was right and good, simply because we were Americans, and we would succeed at it because we were Americans."

Neil Sheehan, American Journalist

Thought, Americans, Right, Succeed

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"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

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"Ultimately, it has been a struggle- but I was in Minneapolis and Austin a couple of weeks ago, sitting in theaters with complete strangers watching this weird movie that Kirk and I thought up and I was excited to be making film."

"Ultimately, it has been a struggle- but I was in Minneapolis and Austin a couple of weeks ago, sitting in theaters with complete strangers watching this weird movie that Kirk and I thought up and I was excited to be making film."

Donal Logue, Canadian Actor

Thought, Film, Strangers, Struggle

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"What I thought we ought to try to do in a book like this is to focus closely on Lincoln, himself, to see what he knew, how he knew it, how he came to make the decisions that he did, and how he implemented them."

"What I thought we ought to try to do in a book like this is to focus closely on Lincoln, himself, to see what he knew, how he knew it, how he came to make the decisions that he did, and how he implemented them."

David Herbert Donald, American Historian

Thought, Decisions, Focus

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"'What is the use of a book', thought Alice, 'without pictures or conversations?'"

"'What is the use of a book', thought Alice, 'without pictures or conversations?'"

Lewis Carroll, English Author

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"I thought in terms of the enthusiasm of doing it. I didn't think about whether I was ready."

"I thought in terms of the enthusiasm of doing it. I didn't think about whether I was ready."

Elmer Bernstein, American Composer

Thought, Enthusiasm

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"I just thought it could make a really cool movie. It's not that it's just a buddy comedy but it's all about two guys hating each other and towards the end they're good friends. I liked that these two guys were best friends from the very beginning, and they're crazy."

"I just thought it could make a really cool movie. It's not that it's just a buddy comedy but it's all about two guys hating each other and towards the end they're good friends. I liked that these two guys were best friends from the very beginning, and they're crazy."

Sean William Scott, American Actor

Thought, Beginning, Comedy, End

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"Has the world ever been changed by anything save the thought and its magic vehicle the Word?"

"Has the world ever been changed by anything save the thought and its magic vehicle the Word?"

Thomas Mann, German Writer

Thought, Magic, Word, World

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"At first, I didn't realize it was gonna be a character. I just thought I was gonna be doing me."

"At first, I didn't realize it was gonna be a character. I just thought I was gonna be doing me."

Larry David, American Actor

Thought, Character, First

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"Ninety percent of people's nightmares is standing in front of 1,000 people. Did you know that? And having to speak. You would have thought it would have been a madman tying you up and taking your eyes out."

"Ninety percent of people's nightmares is standing in front of 1,000 people. Did you know that? And having to speak. You would have thought it would have been a madman tying you up and taking your eyes out."

Robbie Coltrane, Scottish Actor

Thought, People, Eyes

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

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

Samuel Richardson, English Novelist

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"No, I've never thought that I was gay. And that's not something you think. It's something you know."

"No, I've never thought that I was gay. And that's not something you think. It's something you know."

Robert Plant, British Musician

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"The director calmed me down and told me I was being too hard on myself. He went on to say that I wasn't quite as bad as I thought, but needed to tone things down a bit."

"The director calmed me down and told me I was being too hard on myself. He went on to say that I wasn't quite as bad as I thought, but needed to tone things down a bit."

Dwight Schultz, American Actor

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"For years, I sort of would try to write a story that somehow fit the title. And I don't think it happened for maybe another four years that I actually thought of a story, the plot of a story that corresponded to that phrase."

"For years, I sort of would try to write a story that somehow fit the title. And I don't think it happened for maybe another four years that I actually thought of a story, the plot of a story that corresponded to that phrase."

Jhumpa Lahiri, American Author

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"Terrible and sublime thought, that every moment is supreme for some man and woman, every hour the apotheosis of some passion!"

"Terrible and sublime thought, that every moment is supreme for some man and woman, every hour the apotheosis of some passion!"

William McFee, American Writer

Thought, Man, Woman

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"When I started out in 1960, I thought it might possibly last a couple of years. I never expected it to last 42. I take great satisfaction in that longevity."

"When I started out in 1960, I thought it might possibly last a couple of years. I never expected it to last 42. I take great satisfaction in that longevity."

Bob Newhart, American Comedian

Thought, Longevity, Satisfaction, Years

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"Write down the thoughts of the moment. Those that come unsought for are commonly the most valuable."

"Write down the thoughts of the moment. Those that come unsought for are commonly the most valuable."

Francis Bacon, English Philosopher

Thought, Thoughts

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"Well, I've always thought that my career was in England, really. I used to do more in the theatre, and I felt that I should be there. It's not far is it? It's amazing the way that special FX have taken a quantum leap in what they're capable of doing."

"Well, I've always thought that my career was in England, really. I used to do more in the theatre, and I felt that I should be there. It's not far is it? It's amazing the way that special FX have taken a quantum leap in what they're capable of doing."

Albert Finney, British Actor

Thought, Career, England, Theatre

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"One reason that I embarked on a study of Nazi doctors was that in this personal journey, I had the feeling increasingly that I did want to do a Holocaust study and that increasingly I wanted it to be of perpetrators, which I thought was more needed."

"One reason that I embarked on a study of Nazi doctors was that in this personal journey, I had the feeling increasingly that I did want to do a Holocaust study and that increasingly I wanted it to be of perpetrators, which I thought was more needed."

Robert Jay Lifton, American Psychologist

Thought, Doctors, Feeling, Journey

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"The general who advances without coveting fame and retreats without fearing disgrace, whose only thought is to protect his country and do good service for his sovereign, is the jewel of the kingdom."

"The general who advances without coveting fame and retreats without fearing disgrace, whose only thought is to protect his country and do good service for his sovereign, is the jewel of the kingdom."

Sun Tzu, Chinese Philosopher

Thought, Country, Disgrace, Fame

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"Lillian Gish thought that there should be a cabinet position for the arts and I think she was right. I think she was right."

"Lillian Gish thought that there should be a cabinet position for the arts and I think she was right. I think she was right."

Fay Wray, American Actress

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"I now resolved to go to bed early, with a firm purpose of also rising early the next day to revisit this charming walk; for I thought to myself, I have now seen this temple of the modern world imperfectly; I have seen it only by moonlight."

"I now resolved to go to bed early, with a firm purpose of also rising early the next day to revisit this charming walk; for I thought to myself, I have now seen this temple of the modern world imperfectly; I have seen it only by moonlight."

Karl Philipp Moritz, German Author

Thought, Purpose, Temple, Bed

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"They wanted to start recording rock 'n roll, and thought I had the right voice."

"They wanted to start recording rock 'n roll, and thought I had the right voice."

Freddy Fender, American Musician

Thought, Right, Voice

36

"I remember growing up thinking that astronauts and their job was the coolest thing you could possibly do... But I absolutely couldn't identify with the people who were astronauts. I thought they were movie stars."

"I remember growing up thinking that astronauts and their job was the coolest thing you could possibly do... But I absolutely couldn't identify with the people who were astronauts. I thought they were movie stars."

David M. Brown, American Astronaut

Thought, People, Growingup, Job

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"I watched Someone to Watch Over Me the other night. I thought it was a really good movie. It's a great movie."

"I watched Someone to Watch Over Me the other night. I thought it was a really good movie. It's a great movie."

Ridley Scott, British Director

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"Twyla Tharp put it together from the material I wrote and recorded over my whole career. I thought it was pretty good, but how objective could I be?"

"Twyla Tharp put it together from the material I wrote and recorded over my whole career. I thought it was pretty good, but how objective could I be?"

Billy Joel, American Musician

Thought, Career, Pretty

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"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

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"When I introduced a black soldier, Lt. Flap, in 1971, the Stars and Stripes banned the strip. They were having racial problems and thought it would increase the tensions."

"When I introduced a black soldier, Lt. Flap, in 1971, the Stars and Stripes banned the strip. They were having racial problems and thought it would increase the tensions."

Mort Walker, American Artist

Thought, Problems, Stars

35

"For a while, I thought a lot about lineage. Where do I belong? Who am I standing next to?"

"For a while, I thought a lot about lineage. Where do I belong? Who am I standing next to?"

Jim Hodges, American Politician

35

"Yes, there is some thought about making a film of My Name Is Asher Lev."

"Yes, there is some thought about making a film of My Name Is Asher Lev."

Chaim Potok, American Author

Thought, Film, Name

35

"I have looked back on situations and thought that I could have handled a few differently and probably better."

"I have looked back on situations and thought that I could have handled a few differently and probably better."

Jim Evans, American Athlete

35

"A hundred times have I thought New York is a catastrophe and 50 times: It is a beautiful catastrophe."

"A hundred times have I thought New York is a catastrophe and 50 times: It is a beautiful catastrophe."

Le Corbusier, Swiss Architect

35

"I am not liked as a President by the politicians in office, in the press, or in Congress. But I am content to abide the judgment the sober second thought of the people."

"I am not liked as a President by the politicians in office, in the press, or in Congress. But I am content to abide the judgment the sober second thought of the people."

Rutherford B. Hayes, American President

Thought, People, Congress, Content

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"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

35

"Your spikes, which were really quite long then, would catch the material of the track and your shoe would get heavier. I was simply filing them down and rubbing some graphite on the spikes. I thought I would run more effectively."

"Your spikes, which were really quite long then, would catch the material of the track and your shoe would get heavier. I was simply filing them down and rubbing some graphite on the spikes. I thought I would run more effectively."

Roger Bannister, British Athlete

35

"The first comedy screenplay that I wrote was Animal House and I always thought I could and should be a director but no one was about to give me that opportunity on Animal House."

"The first comedy screenplay that I wrote was Animal House and I always thought I could and should be a director but no one was about to give me that opportunity on Animal House."

Harold Ramis, American Actor

Thought, Opportunity, Comedy, First

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"Compassion has no place in the natural order of the world which operates on the basis of necessity. Compassion opposes this order and is therefore best thought of as being in some way supernatural."

"Compassion has no place in the natural order of the world which operates on the basis of necessity. Compassion opposes this order and is therefore best thought of as being in some way supernatural."

John Berger, English Artist

Thought, Being, Compassion, Necessity

35

"So when I got to 50 I just thought, Hold on: I'm thin. I've got my hair. I'm well off. I survived, you know."

"So when I got to 50 I just thought, Hold on: I'm thin. I've got my hair. I'm well off. I survived, you know."

Bob Geldof, Irish Actor

35

"I have always thought it morally unacceptable to kill stories, not to run stories, that people have risked their lives to get."

"I have always thought it morally unacceptable to kill stories, not to run stories, that people have risked their lives to get."

Christiane Amanpour, English Journalist

Thought, People

35

"I've always done what I thought was good if I could live on what they were offering-and sometimes if I couldn't. So even when I was broke, my career didn't lack for interest."

"I've always done what I thought was good if I could live on what they were offering-and sometimes if I couldn't. So even when I was broke, my career didn't lack for interest."

Sam Waterston, American Actor

Thought, Career, Interest

35

"I never really had a chance to know the players individually... I thought when they were on the floor, they worked hard. But I never really got to know them."

"I never really had a chance to know the players individually... I thought when they were on the floor, they worked hard. But I never really got to know them."

Lenny Wilkens, American Basketball Coach

Thought, Chance

35

"She missed him the days when some pretext served to take him away from her, just as one misses the sun on a cloudy day without having thought much about the sun when it was shining."

"She missed him the days when some pretext served to take him away from her, just as one misses the sun on a cloudy day without having thought much about the sun when it was shining."

Kate Chopin, American Author

Thought, Day, Sun

35

"The best artist has that thought alone Which is contained within the marble shell; The sculptor's hand can only break the spell To free the figures slumbering in the stone."

"The best artist has that thought alone Which is contained within the marble shell; The sculptor's hand can only break the spell To free the figures slumbering in the stone."

Michelangelo, Italian Artist

35

"I can remember in early elementary school when the Russians launched the first satellite. There was still so much unknown about space. People thought Mars was probably populated."

"I can remember in early elementary school when the Russians launched the first satellite. There was still so much unknown about space. People thought Mars was probably populated."

Christa McAuliffe, American Astronaut

Thought, People, First, School

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"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

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