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"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

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"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

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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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"I have thought about the next steps, and you know, they still don't know that I can dance. They don't know it, and it's frustrating me because I feel that it's an edge that I have, and I'm not talking about I took this hip hop class, I'm talking about this is how people actually know me."

"I have thought about the next steps, and you know, they still don't know that I can dance. They don't know it, and it's frustrating me because I feel that it's an edge that I have, and I'm not talking about I took this hip hop class, I'm talking about this is how people actually know me."

Naima Adedapo, American Musician

Thought, People, Dance, Class

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"When I first got started in the late '70s, early '80s, and first was thinking about the interactive world, I believed so fervently that it was the next big thing, I thought it would happen quickly."

"When I first got started in the late '70s, early '80s, and first was thinking about the interactive world, I believed so fervently that it was the next big thing, I thought it would happen quickly."

Steve Case, American Businessman

Thought, First, Thinking, World

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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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"I had never done Shakespeare before, but I don't think you can be an actor and not do it. There were moments when I thought, I'm just not going to be able to pull this off."

"I had never done Shakespeare before, but I don't think you can be an actor and not do it. There were moments when I thought, I'm just not going to be able to pull this off."

Jessica Lange, American Actress

Thought, Actor, Moments, Shakespeare

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"I believe that the human race has developed a form of collective schizophrenia in which we are not only the slaves to this imposed thought behavior, but we are also the police force of it."

"I believe that the human race has developed a form of collective schizophrenia in which we are not only the slaves to this imposed thought behavior, but we are also the police force of it."

David Icke, English Athlete

Thought, Behavior, Force, Police

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"Every girl likes to be thought of and made to feel special."

"Every girl likes to be thought of and made to feel special."

Kiana Tom, American Model

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"I stopped living according to my core values. I knew what I was doing was wrong but thought only about myself and thought I could get away with whatever I wanted to."

"I stopped living according to my core values. I knew what I was doing was wrong but thought only about myself and thought I could get away with whatever I wanted to."

Tiger Woods, American Athlete

Thought, Values, Living, Wrong

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"That was when the Spanish came in and conquered the Aztecs. I thought that was a clever thing."

"That was when the Spanish came in and conquered the Aztecs. I thought that was a clever thing."

Les Baxter, American Musician

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"My idea was to go to Vienna to study conducting and perhaps play in an orchestra first, so I thought before I got to Vienna I could do with a little training in Paris."

"My idea was to go to Vienna to study conducting and perhaps play in an orchestra first, so I thought before I got to Vienna I could do with a little training in Paris."

Harry Mathews, American Author

Thought, Idea, First, Paris

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"Well, it's because I gladly acknowledge some ideas that are part of process theology, but which I think are not tied to all the details of process thought, and are very illuminating and helpful."

"Well, it's because I gladly acknowledge some ideas that are part of process theology, but which I think are not tied to all the details of process thought, and are very illuminating and helpful."

John Polkinghorne, British Physicist

Thought, Ideas, Theology

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"Further, not only the United States, but the French, British, Germans and the United Nations all thought Hussein possessed weapons of mass destruction before the United States intervened."

"Further, not only the United States, but the French, British, Germans and the United Nations all thought Hussein possessed weapons of mass destruction before the United States intervened."

Jim Gerlach, American Politician

Thought, Destruction, Nations, States

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"Sofia is so active, and she made The Virgin Suicides, which I thought was great - all these things are inspiring to me, not in terms of creating a particular dress, but just in terms of knowing that there is this type of woman out there."

"Sofia is so active, and she made The Virgin Suicides, which I thought was great - all these things are inspiring to me, not in terms of creating a particular dress, but just in terms of knowing that there is this type of woman out there."

Marc Jacobs, American Designer

Thought, Dress, Inspiring, Woman

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"This is a physical thing that is fixable. I know, I'm a survivor. Believe me, there was no way I thought I could survive. There are answers out there that need to be found."

"This is a physical thing that is fixable. I know, I'm a survivor. Believe me, there was no way I thought I could survive. There are answers out there that need to be found."

Marie Osmond, American Musician

Thought, Answers

13

"Hawaii's the 50th state? I thought it was a suburb of Guam."

"Hawaii's the 50th state? I thought it was a suburb of Guam."

Bobby Heenan, American Entertainer

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"The brightest flashes in the world of thought are incomplete until they have been proven to have their counterparts in the world of fact."

"The brightest flashes in the world of thought are incomplete until they have been proven to have their counterparts in the world of fact."

John Tyndall, English Physicist

Thought, Fact, World

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"I caved in to what people wanted me to do. I thought that they weren't going to like me if I didn't."

"I caved in to what people wanted me to do. I thought that they weren't going to like me if I didn't."

Fiona Apple, American Musician

Thought, People

13

"They said this is Vanity Fair, and I said, Oh, I already take the magazine. They said Annie Leibovitz wants to take your picture and I thought, How nice!"

"They said this is Vanity Fair, and I said, Oh, I already take the magazine. They said Annie Leibovitz wants to take your picture and I thought, How nice!"

Shirley Knight, American Actress

Thought, Vanity

13

"I have always thought the suicide should bump off at least one swine before taking off for parts unknown."

"I have always thought the suicide should bump off at least one swine before taking off for parts unknown."

Ezra Pound, American Poet

Thought, Suicide, Swine

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"I thought I'd begin by reading a poem by Shakespeare, but then I thought, why should I? He never reads any of mine."

"I thought I'd begin by reading a poem by Shakespeare, but then I thought, why should I? He never reads any of mine."

Spike Milligan, Irish Comedian

Thought, Reading, Shakespeare

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"The planet's survival has become so uncertain that any effort, any thought that presupposes an assured future amounts to a mad gamble."

"The planet's survival has become so uncertain that any effort, any thought that presupposes an assured future amounts to a mad gamble."

Elias Canetti, Swiss Author

Thought, Survival, Effort, Future

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"Colors answer feeling in man; shapes answer thought; and motion answers will."

"Colors answer feeling in man; shapes answer thought; and motion answers will."

John Sterling, American Entertainer

Thought, Answers, Colors, Feeling

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"I thought I had swell ideas, and wonderful musicians, but the hell of it, no one else did."

"I thought I had swell ideas, and wonderful musicians, but the hell of it, no one else did."

Glenn Miller, American Musician

Thought, Ideas, Hell, Musicians

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"It was, when I read it, I thought, such a beautiful script. I loved the story. I thought it was well handled. I thought it was even more moving because it was a true story and that made it even more poignant."

"It was, when I read it, I thought, such a beautiful script. I loved the story. I thought it was well handled. I thought it was even more moving because it was a true story and that made it even more poignant."

Jennifer Connelly, American Actress

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"It is not what we learn in conversation that enriches us. It is the elation that comes of swift contact with tingling currents of thought."

"It is not what we learn in conversation that enriches us. It is the elation that comes of swift contact with tingling currents of thought."

Agnes Repplier, American Writer

Thought, Conversation

13

"One comes to believe whatever one repeats to oneself sufficiently often, whether the statement be true of false. It comes to be dominating thought in one's mind."

"One comes to believe whatever one repeats to oneself sufficiently often, whether the statement be true of false. It comes to be dominating thought in one's mind."

Robert Collier, American Publisher

13

"We've always been a band that stood up for what we thought was right."

"We've always been a band that stood up for what we thought was right."

Jeff Ament, American Musician

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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 free man is he who does not fear to go to the end of his thought."

"The free man is he who does not fear to go to the end of his thought."

Leon Blum, French Politician

Thought, Fear, End, Man

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"I never thought television would or could be a long-term commitment."

"I never thought television would or could be a long-term commitment."

Jimmy Smits, American Actor

Thought, Commitment, Television

13

"It is the part of a fool to say, I should not have thought."

"It is the part of a fool to say, I should not have thought."

Scipio Africanus, Roman Soldier

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"It is the lone worker who makes the first advance in a subject; the details may be worked out by a team, but the prime idea is due to enterprise, thought, and perception of an individual."

"It is the lone worker who makes the first advance in a subject; the details may be worked out by a team, but the prime idea is due to enterprise, thought, and perception of an individual."

Alexander Fleming, English Scientist

Thought, Idea, Perception, First

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"I have always thought of myself as a performer first and way down the line as a recording artist."

"I have always thought of myself as a performer first and way down the line as a recording artist."

Leo Kottke, American Musician

Thought, Artist, First

13

"I thought it was something peculiar to me. I thought I was abnormal."

"I thought it was something peculiar to me. I thought I was abnormal."

Louise Brown, English Celebrity

13

"The political tradition of ancient thought, filtered in Italy by Machiavelli, says one thing clearly: every prince needs allies, and the bigger the responsibility, the more allies he needs."

"The political tradition of ancient thought, filtered in Italy by Machiavelli, says one thing clearly: every prince needs allies, and the bigger the responsibility, the more allies he needs."

Silvio Berlusconi, Italian Statesman

Thought, Italy, Needs, Responsibility

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"People have always doubted whether I was good enough to play this game at this level. I thought I was, and I thought I could be. What other people thought was really always irrelevant to me."

"People have always doubted whether I was good enough to play this game at this level. I thought I was, and I thought I could be. What other people thought was really always irrelevant to me."

Steve Nash, Canadian Athlete

Thought, People, Play

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"When Paul was arrested in Japan for having hash in his luggage, I thought he'd be out that night. But it became really serious stuff when he was kept in a cell. I became more fearful as the days went by."

"When Paul was arrested in Japan for having hash in his luggage, I thought he'd be out that night. But it became really serious stuff when he was kept in a cell. I became more fearful as the days went by."

Linda McCartney, American Photographer

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"We must dare to think unthinkable thoughts."

"We must dare to think unthinkable thoughts."

J. William Fulbright, American Politician

Thought, Thoughts

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"What I hated was doing what somebody in LA thought Jeff Foxworthy ought to do."

"What I hated was doing what somebody in LA thought Jeff Foxworthy ought to do."

Jeff Foxworthy, American Comedian

13

"Last season when things weren't working out, I thought we needed a different voice around the place."

"Last season when things weren't working out, I thought we needed a different voice around the place."

Bryan Robson, English Athlete

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"We're not thought of in terms of color because we are entertainers. We are there to entertain you not because we are black, white, pink, or green or gay or straight or because we are Catholic or Protestant."

"We're not thought of in terms of color because we are entertainers. We are there to entertain you not because we are black, white, pink, or green or gay or straight or because we are Catholic or Protestant."

Eartha Kitt, American Actress

13

"Though it's a small price to pay, shaving my head has opened more doors than I ever thought possible."

"Though it's a small price to pay, shaving my head has opened more doors than I ever thought possible."

Michael Rosenbaum, American Actor

13

"As a little girl I loved the thought of playing dress-up and getting ready."

"As a little girl I loved the thought of playing dress-up and getting ready."

Denise Richards, American Actress

13

"A man of the world must seem to be what he wishes to be thought."

"A man of the world must seem to be what he wishes to be thought."

Jean de la Bruyere, French Philosopher

Thought, Man, Wishes, World

13

"Since Freud, the center of man is not where we thought it was; one has to go on from there."

"Since Freud, the center of man is not where we thought it was; one has to go on from there."

Jacques Lacan, French Psychologist

13

"To read a book, to think it over, and to write out notes is a useful exercise; a book which will not repay some hard thought is not worth publishing."

"To read a book, to think it over, and to write out notes is a useful exercise; a book which will not repay some hard thought is not worth publishing."

Maria Mitchell, American Scientist

Thought, Exercise, Publishing, Will

13

"I stopped caring what people thought."

"I stopped caring what people thought."

Namie Amuro, Japanese Musician

Thought, People, Caring

13

"It is so small a thing to have enjoyed the sun, to have lived light in the spring, to have loved, to have thought, to have done."

"It is so small a thing to have enjoyed the sun, to have lived light in the spring, to have loved, to have thought, to have done."

Matthew Arnold, English Poet

Thought, Light, Spring, Sun

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