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"Well, I don't know about the dizzy height, but I always thought they were going to be pretty big."

"Well, I don't know about the dizzy height, but I always thought they were going to be pretty big."

Brian Epstein, British Businessman

Thought, Pretty

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"I thought that subtitles are boring because they're there generally to serve us with information to make you understand what people are saying in a different language."

"I thought that subtitles are boring because they're there generally to serve us with information to make you understand what people are saying in a different language."

Tony Scott, British Director

Thought, People, Information, Language

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"I just thought that it was magical having to glide across the ice."

"I just thought that it was magical having to glide across the ice."

Debi Thomas, American Athlete

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"I've basically thought of myself as a writer, whether I was or not."

"I've basically thought of myself as a writer, whether I was or not."

Bob Schieffer, American Journalist

Thought, Writer

34

"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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"When you first entered the restaurant, I thought you were handsome... and then, of course, you spoke."

"When you first entered the restaurant, I thought you were handsome... and then, of course, you spoke."

Helen Hunt, American Actress

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"I don't know why people thought I was retiring."

"I don't know why people thought I was retiring."

Billy Joel, American Musician

Thought, People

34

"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

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"They told me at the end of that test that they wanted me to be a part of this project. I walked out and had a moment of clarity where I thought, not many people will ever have this moment."

"They told me at the end of that test that they wanted me to be a part of this project. I walked out and had a moment of clarity where I thought, not many people will ever have this moment."

Wentworth Miller, English Actor

Thought, People, Clarity, End

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"This possibility bothered me as I thought it was not advisable to remain in one academic environment, and the long dark winters in Edinburgh could be rather dismal."

"This possibility bothered me as I thought it was not advisable to remain in one academic environment, and the long dark winters in Edinburgh could be rather dismal."

Paul Nurse, British Scientist

Thought, Possibility, Environment

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"I think Ronald Reagan was one of the great presidents, period, not just recently. I thought he had the demeanor. I thought he had the bearing. I thought he had the thought process."

"I think Ronald Reagan was one of the great presidents, period, not just recently. I thought he had the demeanor. I thought he had the bearing. I thought he had the thought process."

Donald Trump, American Businessman

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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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"Mechanical difficulties with language are the outcome of internal difficulties with thought."

"Mechanical difficulties with language are the outcome of internal difficulties with thought."

Elizabeth Bowen, Irish Novelist

Thought, Difficulties, Language

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"I guess I thought I was Elvis Presley but I'll tell ya something. All Elvis did was stand on a stage and play a guitar. He never fell off on that pavement at no 80 mph."

"I guess I thought I was Elvis Presley but I'll tell ya something. All Elvis did was stand on a stage and play a guitar. He never fell off on that pavement at no 80 mph."

Evel Knievel, American Entertainer

Thought, Guitar, Play

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"I thought that the AIVD was there to protect citizens like me."

"I thought that the AIVD was there to protect citizens like me."

Theo Van Gogh, Dutch Director

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"I never thought Cathy would get married in the comic strip. And I also thought I would never get married."

"I never thought Cathy would get married in the comic strip. And I also thought I would never get married."

Cathy Guisewite, American Cartoonist

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"When a thought is too weak to be expressed simply, it is a proof that it should be rejected."

"When a thought is too weak to be expressed simply, it is a proof that it should be rejected."

Luc de Clapier, French Novelist

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"I thought that the chief thing to be done in order to equal boys was to be learned and courageous. So I decided to study Greek and learn to manage a horse."

"I thought that the chief thing to be done in order to equal boys was to be learned and courageous. So I decided to study Greek and learn to manage a horse."

Elizabeth Cady Stanton, American Activist

Thought, Boys, Order, Study

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"After all, the fundamental question of philosophy (like that of psychoanalysis) is the same as the question of the detective novel: who is guilty?"

"After all, the fundamental question of philosophy (like that of psychoanalysis) is the same as the question of the detective novel: who is guilty?"

Umberto Eco, Italian Novelist

Thought, Philosophy, Justice, Crime, Mind

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"It is a far, far better thing to have a firm anchor in nonsense than to put out on the troubled seas of thought."

"It is a far, far better thing to have a firm anchor in nonsense than to put out on the troubled seas of thought."

John Kenneth Galbraith, American Economist

Thought, Nonsense

34

"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

34

"We sat around one night and thought that people are going to look back and say, I can't imagine there was a lot of excitement about HER going up!"

"We sat around one night and thought that people are going to look back and say, I can't imagine there was a lot of excitement about HER going up!"

Christa McAuliffe, American Astronaut

Thought, People, Excitement, Night

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"The worst thing is always thinking of titles for records, with some reason behind them, and she just came out with the word, which she thought was a good word, a hard word, and since then we've sort of attached loads of meaning to it."

"The worst thing is always thinking of titles for records, with some reason behind them, and she just came out with the word, which she thought was a good word, a hard word, and since then we've sort of attached loads of meaning to it."

Emma Anderson, British Musician

Thought, Meaning, Reason, Thinking

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"The two principles referred to are Authority and Liberty, and the names of the two schools of Socialistic thought which fully and unreservedly represent one or the other of them are, respectively, State Socialism and Anarchism."

"The two principles referred to are Authority and Liberty, and the names of the two schools of Socialistic thought which fully and unreservedly represent one or the other of them are, respectively, State Socialism and Anarchism."

Benjamin Tucker, American Activist

Thought, Authority, Liberty, Names

34

"In a private room he showed me the first specimens of gold, that is he was not certain if it was gold or not, but he thought it might be; immediately I made the proof and found that it was gold."

"In a private room he showed me the first specimens of gold, that is he was not certain if it was gold or not, but he thought it might be; immediately I made the proof and found that it was gold."

John Sutter, American Celebrity

Thought, First, Gold, Proof

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"We were contracted to make a soundtrack album but there really wasn't enough new material in the movie to make a new record that I thought was interesting."

"We were contracted to make a soundtrack album but there really wasn't enough new material in the movie to make a new record that I thought was interesting."

Roger Waters, British Musician

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"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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"One half-conscious thought was burned in my mind: stay on your feet."

"One half-conscious thought was burned in my mind: stay on your feet."

Gene Tunney, American Athlete

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"When you dream, you dialogue with aspects of yourself that normally are not with you in the daytime and you discover that you know a great deal more than you thought you did."

"When you dream, you dialogue with aspects of yourself that normally are not with you in the daytime and you discover that you know a great deal more than you thought you did."

Toni Cade Bambara, American Author

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"The producers who wanted me to do it liked me and trusted me, and more than one scene was only one take, because I'd plan ahead what I thought would be appropriate for that scene-so one take was enough."

"The producers who wanted me to do it liked me and trusted me, and more than one scene was only one take, because I'd plan ahead what I thought would be appropriate for that scene-so one take was enough."

Fay Wray, American Actress

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"I suppose I'm led to do so by the fact of what happened to my contemporaries - people whom I've admired, people who I thought were ten times better than me when I was in my twenties and early thirties. I may have been right."

"I suppose I'm led to do so by the fact of what happened to my contemporaries - people whom I've admired, people who I thought were ten times better than me when I was in my twenties and early thirties. I may have been right."

George Woodcock, Canadian Writer

Thought, People, Fact, May

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"No man means all he says, and yet very few say all they mean, for words are slippery and thought is viscous."

"No man means all he says, and yet very few say all they mean, for words are slippery and thought is viscous."

Henry B. Adams, American Historian

Thought, Man, Words

34

"I got one letter at the very beginning, like, in the first season, saying - from a woman who was very religious, very Christian, saying how wrong she thought the show was, but she thinks it's the funniest show on television."

"I got one letter at the very beginning, like, in the first season, saying - from a woman who was very religious, very Christian, saying how wrong she thought the show was, but she thinks it's the funniest show on television."

Sean Hayes, American Actor

Thought, Christian, Beginning, First

34

"I've always thought if it's not broke, why fix it?"

"I've always thought if it's not broke, why fix it?"

Tim Hardaway, American Athlete

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"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

34

"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

34

"I have thought that I have seen ghosts on many occasions."

"I have thought that I have seen ghosts on many occasions."

Taylor Caldwell, American Author

34

"Everybody thought I was a bit of an eccentric for wanting to be out there looking at the stars, but I still do."

"Everybody thought I was a bit of an eccentric for wanting to be out there looking at the stars, but I still do."

Brian May, English Musician

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"I used to think about how nice it would be to visit the planets. Of course, I didn't expect to see in my lifetime what has happened. I knew it would happen some day, but it came along faster than I at first thought."

"I used to think about how nice it would be to visit the planets. Of course, I didn't expect to see in my lifetime what has happened. I knew it would happen some day, but it came along faster than I at first thought."

Clyde Tombaugh, American Scientist

Thought, Day, First, Visit

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"Ten years ago, in 94, we thought maybe nobody would ever care about Styx again."

"Ten years ago, in 94, we thought maybe nobody would ever care about Styx again."

James Young, American Musician

Thought, Care, Years

33

"The writers keep managing to turn the show in on itself, coming up with something that's well thought-out and miraculous."

"The writers keep managing to turn the show in on itself, coming up with something that's well thought-out and miraculous."

Kiefer Sutherland, Canadian Actor

Thought, Writers

33

"I always thought, because America is supposed to be the land of the free, nudity would be part of the norm over there, but it isn't. It's surprising."

"I always thought, because America is supposed to be the land of the free, nudity would be part of the norm over there, but it isn't. It's surprising."

Mark Roberts, American Actor

Thought, America, Land, Nudity

33

"The trouble, in my opinion, with corporate America today, is that everything is thought of in quarters."

"The trouble, in my opinion, with corporate America today, is that everything is thought of in quarters."

Henry Kravis, American Businessman

Thought, America, Corporate, Opinion

33

"For years that may mean imitation. Then, one day, it is like a door opening, and a new thought comes in. Why not try this instead. Suddenly he is doing something original, almost in spite of himself."

"For years that may mean imitation. Then, one day, it is like a door opening, and a new thought comes in. Why not try this instead. Suddenly he is doing something original, almost in spite of himself."

Lukas Foss, German Composer

Thought, Day, Imitation, May

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"A library is thought in cold storage."

"A library is thought in cold storage."

Herbert Samuel, British Statesman

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"Speech is external thought, and thought internal speech."

"Speech is external thought, and thought internal speech."

Antoine Rivarol, French Journalist

Thought, Speech

33

"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

33

"If Thomas Jefferson thought taxation without representation was bad, he should see how it is with representation."

"If Thomas Jefferson thought taxation without representation was bad, he should see how it is with representation."

Rush Limbaugh, American Entertainer

Thought, Taxation

33

"Thought has been constantly evolving and we can't say when that system began."

"Thought has been constantly evolving and we can't say when that system began."

David Bohm, American Scientist

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"I had never thought of myself as a dramatist, and, for really good technical results, the thought came too late: a man of letters has become too wordy to write economically for the stage."

"I had never thought of myself as a dramatist, and, for really good technical results, the thought came too late: a man of letters has become too wordy to write economically for the stage."

Laurence Housman, English Playwright

Thought, Letters, Man, Results

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