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Thought Quotes

"I stopped caring what people thought."

"I stopped caring what people thought."

Namie Amuro, Japanese Musician

Thought, People, Caring

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"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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"I guess I'm a little charmed. I never thought this would happen so quick."

"I guess I'm a little charmed. I never thought this would happen so quick."

Skeet Ulrich, American Actor

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"I've always thought that the act of playing the guitar was the act of trying to make a point of playing the guitar."

"I've always thought that the act of playing the guitar was the act of trying to make a point of playing the guitar."

Mick Ronson, English Musician

Thought, Act, Guitar, Trying

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"I thought his performance was absolutely wonderful and had said so, but he seemed, as actors quite often are when they first see.something, to be disappointed. I think he expected more from the film and himself."

"I thought his performance was absolutely wonderful and had said so, but he seemed, as actors quite often are when they first see.something, to be disappointed. I think he expected more from the film and himself."

John Schlesinger, British Director

Thought, Performance, Actors, Film

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"I thought it was a really good contrast to have a really sweet, sincere, church girl sitting next to the church lady who seemed kind of, you know, over the top."

"I thought it was a really good contrast to have a really sweet, sincere, church girl sitting next to the church lady who seemed kind of, you know, over the top."

Victoria Jackson, American Comedian

Thought, Church, Contrast, Lady

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"As soon as man does not take his existence for granted, but beholds it as something unfathomably mysterious, thought begins."

"As soon as man does not take his existence for granted, but beholds it as something unfathomably mysterious, thought begins."

Albert Schweitzer, German Theologian

Thought, Existence, Man

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"I thought I had the rights to The Lord of the Rings. I don't know how Jackson ended up with the rights."

"I thought I had the rights to The Lord of the Rings. I don't know how Jackson ended up with the rights."

Ralph Bakshi, American Director

Thought, Rights

13

"I got bad calls every match, and I never got an apology. So I thought it was rather strange."

"I got bad calls every match, and I never got an apology. So I thought it was rather strange."

Ivan Lendl, Czechoslovakian Athlete

Thought, Apology

13

"They did offer me a chance of being a V in the crowd, but it's not my scene. I think they just thought it would be fun for me to do that, but I don't know. I heard that Stan Lee appears in every movie of his."

"They did offer me a chance of being a V in the crowd, but it's not my scene. I think they just thought it would be fun for me to do that, but I don't know. I heard that Stan Lee appears in every movie of his."

David Lloyd, British Artist

Thought, Being, Chance, Fun

13

"I thought it would be a lot of fun and I wasn't going to do the movie without Johnny. The studio suggested a couple people, and I'd never met Johnny, but I thought we'd be a perfect team for this movie because we're both a little bit unpredictable."

"I thought it would be a lot of fun and I wasn't going to do the movie without Johnny. The studio suggested a couple people, and I'd never met Johnny, but I thought we'd be a perfect team for this movie because we're both a little bit unpredictable."

Sean William Scott, American Actor

Thought, People, Fun

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"I thought I might say something to newsmen that could be turned into a scandal."

"I thought I might say something to newsmen that could be turned into a scandal."

George Stevens, American Director

Thought, Scandal

13

"Kafka is still unrecognized. He thought he was a comic writer."

"Kafka is still unrecognized. He thought he was a comic writer."

Leslie Fiedler, American Critic

Thought, Writer

13

"But in this case, he had my cell phone and my phone was ringing and I had just come back from Australia on the plane and I thought it was my mum and it was Woody Allen just checking to see if I wanted to be in his movie."

"But in this case, he had my cell phone and my phone was ringing and I had just come back from Australia on the plane and I thought it was my mum and it was Woody Allen just checking to see if I wanted to be in his movie."

Radha Mitchell, Australian Actress

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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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"How often misused words generate misleading thoughts."

"How often misused words generate misleading thoughts."

Herbert Spencer, English Philosopher

Thought, Thoughts, Misleading, Words

13

"Little things in my past that I really thought were over and done with were still elements of the puzzle that weren't pieced together, and so she helped me do that."

"Little things in my past that I really thought were over and done with were still elements of the puzzle that weren't pieced together, and so she helped me do that."

Marie Osmond, American Musician

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"I went jogging up on Mulholland. In the middle of my run I had some form of asthma attack and couldn't even walk. I couldn't get a ride one block to my house. I thought I was going to die."

"I went jogging up on Mulholland. In the middle of my run I had some form of asthma attack and couldn't even walk. I couldn't get a ride one block to my house. I thought I was going to die."

Esai Morales, American Actor

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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

13

"All the dialogue on tape, and we'd play the tape in performance. Then I thought it'd be interesting if the actor's repeated what they heard on the tape, but at a slower speed, so we'd get a web of language."

"All the dialogue on tape, and we'd play the tape in performance. Then I thought it'd be interesting if the actor's repeated what they heard on the tape, but at a slower speed, so we'd get a web of language."

Richard Foreman, American Playwright

Thought, Performance, Actor, Language

13

"You can be interested in a Jane Smiley novel whether or not anyone says a word. She enters into her characters' thoughts with great understanding and depth."

"You can be interested in a Jane Smiley novel whether or not anyone says a word. She enters into her characters' thoughts with great understanding and depth."

Richard Russo, American Novelist

Thought, Thoughts, Understanding, Word

13

"My thought has been shaped by books; my desires by pictures."

"My thought has been shaped by books; my desires by pictures."

Mason Cooley, American Writer

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"We seldom find people ungrateful so long as it is thought we can serve them."

"We seldom find people ungrateful so long as it is thought we can serve them."

Francois de La Rochefoucauld, French Writer

Thought, People

13

"We must dare to think 'unthinkable' thoughts. We must learn to explore all the options and possibilities that confront us in a complex and rapidly changing world."

"We must dare to think 'unthinkable' thoughts. We must learn to explore all the options and possibilities that confront us in a complex and rapidly changing world."

James W. Fulbright, American Politician

Thought, Thoughts, Options, Possibilities, World

13

"Our tradition of political thought had its definite beginning in the teachings of Plato and Aristotle. I believe it came to a no less definite end in the theories of Karl Marx."

"Our tradition of political thought had its definite beginning in the teachings of Plato and Aristotle. I believe it came to a no less definite end in the theories of Karl Marx."

Hannah Arendt, German Historian

Thought, Beginning, End, Theories

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"If there is any principle of the Constitution that more imperatively calls for attachment than any other it is the principle of free thought, not free thought for those who agree with us but freedom for the thought that we hate."

"If there is any principle of the Constitution that more imperatively calls for attachment than any other it is the principle of free thought, not free thought for those who agree with us but freedom for the thought that we hate."

Oliver Holmes, Jr., American Judge

Thought, Constitution, Freedom, Hate

13

"A few years ago, I thought, I'll never make it. I started to go to the doctor to help me lose weight."

"A few years ago, I thought, I'll never make it. I started to go to the doctor to help me lose weight."

Etta James, American Musician

Thought, Help, Weight, Years

13

"I thought my nose was too prominent so I had this corrected via plastic surgery in 1959."

"I thought my nose was too prominent so I had this corrected via plastic surgery in 1959."

Marie Windsor, American Actress

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"Just look at who won the third debate between Bush and Gore. I knew Bush won, because people liked him more. People just didn't like Gore. But all the journalists thought Gore won big, he cleaned the guy's clock."

"Just look at who won the third debate between Bush and Gore. I knew Bush won, because people liked him more. People just didn't like Gore. But all the journalists thought Gore won big, he cleaned the guy's clock."

Chris Matthews, American Journalist

Thought, People, Debate

13

"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

13

"As a student I learned from wonderful teachers and ever since then I've thought everyone is a teacher."

"As a student I learned from wonderful teachers and ever since then I've thought everyone is a teacher."

Bill Moyers, American Journalist

Thought, Teachers

13

"I thought it was going to take a lot more countdowns on the pad. We actually did scrub once, but I figured we'd scrub several times since it's a pretty complicated vehicle."

"I thought it was going to take a lot more countdowns on the pad. We actually did scrub once, but I figured we'd scrub several times since it's a pretty complicated vehicle."

Robert Crippen, American Astronaut

Thought, Pretty

13

"Repetition of the same thought or physical action develops into a habit which, repeated frequently enough, becomes an automatic reflex."

"Repetition of the same thought or physical action develops into a habit which, repeated frequently enough, becomes an automatic reflex."

Norman Vincent Peale, American Clergyman

Thought, Action, Habit, Repetition

13

"It was pretty extensive - we worked out 8 hours a day, 5 days a week, for 3 months, which I think is more than anybody in the Olympics. I thought well I don't need this, the girls need it, but it was a gift."

"It was pretty extensive - we worked out 8 hours a day, 5 days a week, for 3 months, which I think is more than anybody in the Olympics. I thought well I don't need this, the girls need it, but it was a gift."

David Carradine, American Actor

Thought, Day, Girls, Months

13

"Every event that a man would master must be mounted on the run, and no man ever caught the reins of a thought except as it galloped past him."

"Every event that a man would master must be mounted on the run, and no man ever caught the reins of a thought except as it galloped past him."

Oliver Holmes, Jr., American Judge

Thought, Man, Past, Oliver Holmes

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"It was only supposed to be on WCW compilation; on that wrestling compilation. And for that I thought it was good. And then we threw it on our record as well."

"It was only supposed to be on WCW compilation; on that wrestling compilation. And for that I thought it was good. And then we threw it on our record as well."

Kerry King, American Musician

Thought, Wrestling

13

"A lot of people thought Steve Jobs was a CEO of Apple but he never was until he came back to Apple in 1997."

"A lot of people thought Steve Jobs was a CEO of Apple but he never was until he came back to Apple in 1997."

Andy Hertzfeld, American Inventor

Thought, People, Jobs

13

"I mean, I've had bartenders and waiters and waitresses make a comment about a joke of mine, like pointing out some sort of logic error or something that I've never even thought about, and they're right."

"I mean, I've had bartenders and waiters and waitresses make a comment about a joke of mine, like pointing out some sort of logic error or something that I've never even thought about, and they're right."

Todd Barry, American Comedian

Thought, Error, Logic, Right

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"Interpretations of interpretations interpreted."

"Interpretations of interpretations interpreted."

James Joyce, Irish Novelist

Thought, Interpretation, Perspective, Knowledge, Analysis

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"It is often said that second thoughts are best. So they are in matters of judgment but not in matters of conscience."

"It is often said that second thoughts are best. So they are in matters of judgment but not in matters of conscience."

John Henry Newman, British Clergyman

Thought, Thoughts, Conscience, Judgment

13

"I'm pretty sure people thought I was like a dope rapper."

"I'm pretty sure people thought I was like a dope rapper."

Big Pun, American Musician

Thought, People, Pretty

13

"To regard all things and principles of things as inconstant modes or fashions has more and more become the tendency of modern thought."

"To regard all things and principles of things as inconstant modes or fashions has more and more become the tendency of modern thought."

Walter Pater, English Critic

Thought, Principles

13

"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

13

"I thought I would set the world on fire when I got out of college. I had done quite well in a field that was growing. Unfortunately, we got hit with a recession in 1981."

"I thought I would set the world on fire when I got out of college. I had done quite well in a field that was growing. Unfortunately, we got hit with a recession in 1981."

R. A. Salvatore, American Author

Thought, College, Fire, World

13

"For years, I thought I simply didn't dream. I felt left out. Everybody else had a thing I didn't have."

"For years, I thought I simply didn't dream. I felt left out. Everybody else had a thing I didn't have."

Theodore Sturgeon, American Writer

Thought, Dream, Years

13

"I've seen looting around the world and thought I knew the best looters in the world. The Iraqis excel at that."

"I've seen looting around the world and thought I knew the best looters in the world. The Iraqis excel at that."

David Kay, American Scientist

13

"Everything that enlarges the sphere of human powers, that shows man he can do what he thought he could not do, is valuable."

"Everything that enlarges the sphere of human powers, that shows man he can do what he thought he could not do, is valuable."

Samuel Johnson, English Author

13

"As a musician, basically the masses never thought I was a musician."

"As a musician, basically the masses never thought I was a musician."

Kip Winger, American Musician

13

"Her face betokened all things dear and good, The light of somewhat yet to come was there Asleep, and waiting for the opening day, When childish thoughts, like flowers would drift away."

"Her face betokened all things dear and good, The light of somewhat yet to come was there Asleep, and waiting for the opening day, When childish thoughts, like flowers would drift away."

Jean Ingelow, English Poet

Thought, Thoughts, Day, Flowers, Light

13

"The faster the word sticks to the thought, the more beautiful is the effect."

"The faster the word sticks to the thought, the more beautiful is the effect."

Gustave Flaubert, French Novelist

Thought, Effect, Word

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