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Thought Quotes

"With sincere modesty, if there is such a thing, I have never thought of legacy at all. I am always grateful if people like what I have done. A legacy is something no one can forsee."

"With sincere modesty, if there is such a thing, I have never thought of legacy at all. I am always grateful if people like what I have done. A legacy is something no one can forsee."

Tom Glazer, American Musician

Thought, People, Modesty

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"To communicate through silence is a link between the thoughts of man."

"To communicate through silence is a link between the thoughts of man."

Marcel Marceau, French Actor

Thought, Thoughts, Man, Silence

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"Everything depends therefore on encountering thought at its source. Such thought is the reality of man's being, which achieved consciousness and understanding of itself through it."

"Everything depends therefore on encountering thought at its source. Such thought is the reality of man's being, which achieved consciousness and understanding of itself through it."

Karl Jaspers, German Psychologist

Thought, Being, Consciousness, Man

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"Our destiny changes with our thought; we shall become what we wish to become, do what we wish to do, when our habitual thought corresponds with our desire."

"Our destiny changes with our thought; we shall become what we wish to become, do what we wish to do, when our habitual thought corresponds with our desire."

Orison Swett Marden, American Writer

Thought, Desire, Destiny

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"I wouldn't have thought of myself as a person who could guide anybody and then it turned out that I can."

"I wouldn't have thought of myself as a person who could guide anybody and then it turned out that I can."

Meg Ryan, American Actress

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"To be honest with you, when I got into this I never thought about reviews. I never thought about what people would say about me. I was just a young guy who was excited to become a comedian and an actor and I just wanted to get to do what I got to do."

"To be honest with you, when I got into this I never thought about reviews. I never thought about what people would say about me. I was just a young guy who was excited to become a comedian and an actor and I just wanted to get to do what I got to do."

Adam Sandler, American Actor

Thought, People

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"I thought I knew Texas pretty well, but I had no notion of its size until I campaigned it."

"I thought I knew Texas pretty well, but I had no notion of its size until I campaigned it."

Ann Richards, American Politician

Thought, Pretty

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"I always voted at my party's call, and I never thought of thinking for myself at all."

"I always voted at my party's call, and I never thought of thinking for myself at all."

William Gilbert, British Composer

Thought, Party, Thinking

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"After I became a citizen, I felt freer to say what I thought about this country, both negative and positive. I think I had been, consciously and subconsciously, biting my tongue in the past."

"After I became a citizen, I felt freer to say what I thought about this country, both negative and positive. I think I had been, consciously and subconsciously, biting my tongue in the past."

Robert MacNeil, Canadian Journalist

Thought, Negative, Positive, Country

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"When I was young, I was too slow. I thought I must learn to run fast by practicing to run fast, so I ran 100 meters fast 20 times. Then I came back, slow, slow, slow."

"When I was young, I was too slow. I thought I must learn to run fast by practicing to run fast, so I ran 100 meters fast 20 times. Then I came back, slow, slow, slow."

Emil Zatopek, Czechoslovakian Athlete

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"Great thoughts reduced to practice become great acts."

"Great thoughts reduced to practice become great acts."

William Hazlitt, English Critic

Thought, Thoughts, Practice

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"In the sphere of thought, absurdity and perversity remain the masters of the world, and their dominion is suspended only for brief periods."

"In the sphere of thought, absurdity and perversity remain the masters of the world, and their dominion is suspended only for brief periods."

Arthur Schopenhauer, German Philosopher

Thought, Absurdity, World

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"The establishment of a law, moreover, does not take place when the first thought of it takes form, or even when its significance is recognised, but only when it has been confirmed by the results of the experiment."

"The establishment of a law, moreover, does not take place when the first thought of it takes form, or even when its significance is recognised, but only when it has been confirmed by the results of the experiment."

Dmitri Mendeleev, Russian Scientist

Thought, First, Law, Results

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"I know that I'm inadequate, but I never thought that at seventeen. I thought I was doing the best I could. I thought I was being idealistic."

"I know that I'm inadequate, but I never thought that at seventeen. I thought I was doing the best I could. I thought I was being idealistic."

Eric Bogosian, American Actor

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"A line will take us hours maybe; Yet if it does not seem a moment's thought, our stitching and unstinting has been naught."

"A line will take us hours maybe; Yet if it does not seem a moment's thought, our stitching and unstinting has been naught."

William Butler Yeats, Irish Poet

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"You must not allow yourself to dwell for a single moment on any kind of negative thought."

"You must not allow yourself to dwell for a single moment on any kind of negative thought."

Emmet Fox, American Author

Thought, Negative

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"Thought is only a flash between two long nights, but this flash is everything."

"Thought is only a flash between two long nights, but this flash is everything."

Henri Poincare, French Mathematician

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"I thought that by saying no and explaining my reasons my employer would abandon his social suggestions. However, to my regret, in the following few weeks, he continued to ask me out on several occasions."

"I thought that by saying no and explaining my reasons my employer would abandon his social suggestions. However, to my regret, in the following few weeks, he continued to ask me out on several occasions."

Anita Hill, American Celebrity

Thought, Regret, Saying

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"Those who cannot understand how to put their thoughts on ice should not enter into the heat of debate."

"Those who cannot understand how to put their thoughts on ice should not enter into the heat of debate."

Friedrich Nietzsche, German Philosopher

Thought, Thoughts, Debate

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"For psychological purposes the most important differences in conation are those in virtue of which the object is revealed as sensed or perceived or imaged or remembered or thought."

"For psychological purposes the most important differences in conation are those in virtue of which the object is revealed as sensed or perceived or imaged or remembered or thought."

Samuel Alexander, Australian Philosopher

Thought, Virtue

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"When I first came to Hollywood I was told to go out with an agent because it was good for my career. So I went to a party with him because it was good for my 'career.' Well, he thought the whole thing was a big date. Needless to say, I was very upset."

"When I first came to Hollywood I was told to go out with an agent because it was good for my career. So I went to a party with him because it was good for my 'career.' Well, he thought the whole thing was a big date. Needless to say, I was very upset."

Salma Hayek, Mexican Actress

Thought, Career, First, Hollywood

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"As the archaeology of our thought easily shows, man is an invention of recent date. And one perhaps nearing its end."

"As the archaeology of our thought easily shows, man is an invention of recent date. And one perhaps nearing its end."

Michel Foucault, French Historian

Thought, End, Invention, Man

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"I thought they may have presumed too much knowledge of certain things for people who are not comedians. Like Montreal. A comic understands what it is and its importance, but someone else may not know about it."

"I thought they may have presumed too much knowledge of certain things for people who are not comedians. Like Montreal. A comic understands what it is and its importance, but someone else may not know about it."

Todd Barry, American Comedian

Thought, People, Knowledge, Comedians

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"Thoughts without content are empty, intuitions without concepts are blind."

"Thoughts without content are empty, intuitions without concepts are blind."

Immanuel Kant, German Philosopher

Thought, Thoughts, Blind, Content

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"I thought the Secret Service would protect me from the press, but they were at my house to protect me from assassins with guns, not with assassins with pencils."

"I thought the Secret Service would protect me from the press, but they were at my house to protect me from assassins with guns, not with assassins with pencils."

Michael Reagan, American Host

Thought, Press, Service

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"I thought the Barbie doll would always be successful."

"I thought the Barbie doll would always be successful."

Ruth Handler, American Businessman

Thought, Successful

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"Thought the sun is gone, I have a light."

"Thought the sun is gone, I have a light."

Kurt Cobain, American Musician

Thought, Light, Sun

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"Thought is creating divisions out of itself and then saying that they are there naturally."

"Thought is creating divisions out of itself and then saying that they are there naturally."

David Bohm, American Scientist

Thought, Saying

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"They didn't accept me theory - not a theory, but just a thought I had about this character. I noticed that this man only exists when the boy comes into the grocery."

"They didn't accept me theory - not a theory, but just a thought I had about this character. I noticed that this man only exists when the boy comes into the grocery."

Omar Sharif, Egyptian Actor

Thought, Character, Man, Theory

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"I shall stand for freedom of thought and expression in a place where it has been trampled and penalized."

"I shall stand for freedom of thought and expression in a place where it has been trampled and penalized."

Jalal Talabani, Iraqi Politician

Thought, Expression, Freedom

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"Nothing is more active than thought, for it travels over the universe, and nothing is stronger than necessity for all must submit to it."

"Nothing is more active than thought, for it travels over the universe, and nothing is stronger than necessity for all must submit to it."

Thales, Greek Philosopher

Thought, Necessity, Nothing, Universe

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"After Lockerbie, everyone thought, now we've learned the lesson of how to be proactive instead of being reactive. Unfortunately, September 11 came and we know the result. Thousands of people lost their lives. Security totally failed, not at one airport, at three different airports around the country."

"After Lockerbie, everyone thought, now we've learned the lesson of how to be proactive instead of being reactive. Unfortunately, September 11 came and we know the result. Thousands of people lost their lives. Security totally failed, not at one airport, at three different airports around the country."

Isaac Yeffet, Israeli Security Expert

Thought, People, Being, Country

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"But it is possible that, in the days ahead, these years we have lived through may eventually be thought of simply as a period of disturbance and regression."

"But it is possible that, in the days ahead, these years we have lived through may eventually be thought of simply as a period of disturbance and regression."

Hjalmar Branting, Swedish Statesman

Thought, May, Years

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"The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another."

"The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another."

William James, American Philosopher

Thought, Ability, Stress

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"The most fruitful and natural exercise for our minds is, in my opinion, conversation."

"The most fruitful and natural exercise for our minds is, in my opinion, conversation."

Michel de Montaigne, French Philosopher

Thought, Conversation, Mind, Learning

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"I guess Species was a movie made for me and hence I bagged the role. In fact even when acting, I never thought the outcome would be so good which I think it was! The entire role was a challenge. I was to be this strange yet sexy thing which was challenging!"

"I guess Species was a movie made for me and hence I bagged the role. In fact even when acting, I never thought the outcome would be so good which I think it was! The entire role was a challenge. I was to be this strange yet sexy thing which was challenging!"

Natasha Henstridge, Canadian Actress

Thought, Acting, Challenge, Fact

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"Everything you need you already have. You are complete right now, you are a whole, total person, not an apprentice person on the way to someplace else. Your completeness must be understood by you and experienced in your thoughts as your own personal reality."

"Everything you need you already have. You are complete right now, you are a whole, total person, not an apprentice person on the way to someplace else. Your completeness must be understood by you and experienced in your thoughts as your own personal reality."

Beverly Sills, American Musician

Thought, Thoughts, Now, Reality, Right

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"On October 18, 1941, I suddenly received a mandate from His Majesty to form a new cabinet. This was completely unexpected, and when I was summoned to the Imperial Palace I thought I would be questioned on the army's point of view."

"On October 18, 1941, I suddenly received a mandate from His Majesty to form a new cabinet. This was completely unexpected, and when I was summoned to the Imperial Palace I thought I would be questioned on the army's point of view."

Hideki Tojo, Japanese Soldier

Thought, Army, October

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"If you realize you aren't so wise today as you thought you were yesterday, you're wiser today."

"If you realize you aren't so wise today as you thought you were yesterday, you're wiser today."

Olin Miller, American Columnist

Thought, Today, Yesterday

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"I've just built a studio in my mama's old bedroom, which I thought was fitting; she died last year. We've recorded nine songs recorded in there already; we're sort of just chipping away."

"I've just built a studio in my mama's old bedroom, which I thought was fitting; she died last year. We've recorded nine songs recorded in there already; we're sort of just chipping away."

Stephen Stills, American Musician

Thought, Old, Songs

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"Research is to see what everybody else has seen, and to think what nobody else has thought."

"Research is to see what everybody else has seen, and to think what nobody else has thought."

Albert Szent Gyorgyi, Hungarian Scientist

Thought, Research

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"Fame is empowering. My mistake was that I thought I would instinctively know how to handle it. But there's no manual, no training course."

"Fame is empowering. My mistake was that I thought I would instinctively know how to handle it. But there's no manual, no training course."

Charlie Sheen, American Actor

Thought, Mistake, Fame, Training

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"I suspect people always thought I had a boyfriend, so nobody came after me."

"I suspect people always thought I had a boyfriend, so nobody came after me."

Ziyi Zhang, Chinese Actress

Thought, People, Boyfriend

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"When we were making The Fugitive, we all thought it was going to bomb."

"When we were making The Fugitive, we all thought it was going to bomb."

Joe Pantoliano, American Actor

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"A lot of the stuff I've accumulated over the last few years of touring I thought was really interesting. Like sounds, sound bites, and beats even, but they weren't good dance beats they weren't ones anyone would want to rap over or anything."

"A lot of the stuff I've accumulated over the last few years of touring I thought was really interesting. Like sounds, sound bites, and beats even, but they weren't good dance beats they weren't ones anyone would want to rap over or anything."

Eric San, Canadian Musician

Thought, Dance, Rap, Sound

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"I know I'll never feel that sensation of racing and winning again and that took a while to get used to. The Tour was a race I never thought I could lose."

"I know I'll never feel that sensation of racing and winning again and that took a while to get used to. The Tour was a race I never thought I could lose."

Greg LeMond, American Athlete

Thought, Winning, Race, Racing

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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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"I thought I was bulletproof or Superman there for a while. I thought I'd never run out of nerve. Never."

"I thought I was bulletproof or Superman there for a while. I thought I'd never run out of nerve. Never."

Evel Knievel, American Entertainer

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"Charles and I go back since college. None of us thought this would happen, we just wanted to play basketball. This is the highest honor that can ever be paid, and it's mind-blowing."

"Charles and I go back since college. None of us thought this would happen, we just wanted to play basketball. This is the highest honor that can ever be paid, and it's mind-blowing."

Dominique Wilkins, French Athlete

Thought, Basketball, College, Honor

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"I thought I wanted to be a lawyer and was going through this growth phase."

"I thought I wanted to be a lawyer and was going through this growth phase."

Matthew McGrory, American Actor

Thought, Growth

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