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Thought Quotes

"My thought has always been completion. Maybe you have to rebound better, shoot better, hit free throws, handle the ball, defend better. You have to do all those things in the course of a game."

"My thought has always been completion. Maybe you have to rebound better, shoot better, hit free throws, handle the ball, defend better. You have to do all those things in the course of a game."

Isaiah Thomas, American Athlete

Thought, Completion

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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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"When I was a kid, I remember playing hockey outside and whenever you did, you thought about playing for Finland vs. Sweden. That's just the way it was."

"When I was a kid, I remember playing hockey outside and whenever you did, you thought about playing for Finland vs. Sweden. That's just the way it was."

Teemu Selanne, Finnish Hockey Player

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"There are intangible realities which float near us, formless and without words; realities which no one has thought out, and which are excluded for lack of interpreters."

"There are intangible realities which float near us, formless and without words; realities which no one has thought out, and which are excluded for lack of interpreters."

Natalie Clifford Barney, American Author

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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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"For sure I once thought of myself as the poet who would save the ordinary from oblivion."

"For sure I once thought of myself as the poet who would save the ordinary from oblivion."

Philip Levine, American Poet

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"I think it was when I ran into Kerouac and Burroughs - when I was 17 - that I realized I was talking through an empty skull... I wasn't thinking my own thoughts or saying my own thoughts."

"I think it was when I ran into Kerouac and Burroughs - when I was 17 - that I realized I was talking through an empty skull... I wasn't thinking my own thoughts or saying my own thoughts."

Allen Ginsberg, American Poet

Thought, Thoughts, Saying, Talking, Thinking

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"The more we thought, the more they all sounded boring compared to Apple. You didn't have to have a real specific reason for choosing a name when you were a little tiny company of two people; you choose any name you want."

"The more we thought, the more they all sounded boring compared to Apple. You didn't have to have a real specific reason for choosing a name when you were a little tiny company of two people; you choose any name you want."

Steve Wozniak, American Businessman

Thought, People, Company, Name

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"It's important to be precise about words, because of the thought value of them-they frame and shape so much of the way we understand things."

"It's important to be precise about words, because of the thought value of them-they frame and shape so much of the way we understand things."

Michael Nesmith, American Musician

Thought, Value, Words

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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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"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 don't know that we do. I had thought ours worked well, but I had never examined it too closely. A lot of media people will be looking for a case that might make Texas Governor George Bush think twice about what he's doing."

"I don't know that we do. I had thought ours worked well, but I had never examined it too closely. A lot of media people will be looking for a case that might make Texas Governor George Bush think twice about what he's doing."

George Ryan, American Politician

Thought, People, Media, Will

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"I do remember actually learning chords to Beatles songs. I thought they were great songwriters."

"I do remember actually learning chords to Beatles songs. I thought they were great songwriters."

Mick Taylor, English Musician

Thought, Learning, Songs

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"He was making all kinds of sounds apparently with his mouth, and shaking his head and I thought, gosh, is he trying to stop the orchestra? Is it all wrong? It was just unbelievable."

"He was making all kinds of sounds apparently with his mouth, and shaking his head and I thought, gosh, is he trying to stop the orchestra? Is it all wrong? It was just unbelievable."

Robert Ripley, American Cartoonist

Thought, Trying, Wrong

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"I also thought of myself as the Sonny Barger of the film industry."

"I also thought of myself as the Sonny Barger of the film industry."

John Milius, American Director

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"They were concerned about the racial issue. They thought it was not a safe issue to go Asian, unfortunately."

"They were concerned about the racial issue. They thought it was not a safe issue to go Asian, unfortunately."

Lucy Liu, American Actress

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"The Beginning of Survival is my best album. I am very proud of it, and I am surprised at it, too. I thought some of Travelogue was a little heavy, but I don't think this is heavy."

"The Beginning of Survival is my best album. I am very proud of it, and I am surprised at it, too. I thought some of Travelogue was a little heavy, but I don't think this is heavy."

Joni Mitchell, Canadian Musician

Thought, Survival, Beginning

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"I just want to be told a story, and I want to believe I'm living that story, and I don't give a thought to influences or method or any other writerly concerns."

"I just want to be told a story, and I want to believe I'm living that story, and I don't give a thought to influences or method or any other writerly concerns."

Anne Tyler, American Novelist

Thought, Living, Want

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"I've always thought a hotel ought to offer optional small animals. I mean a cat to sleep on your bed at night, or a dog of some kind to act pleased when you come in. You ever notice how a hotel room feels so lifeless?"

"I've always thought a hotel ought to offer optional small animals. I mean a cat to sleep on your bed at night, or a dog of some kind to act pleased when you come in. You ever notice how a hotel room feels so lifeless?"

Anne Tyler, American Novelist

Thought, Act, Animals, Bed

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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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"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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"They thought that athletes that worked out with my system wouldn't be able to throw a ball because they'd be too muscle bound. Those are the misconceptions I had to go through for about 40 years."

"They thought that athletes that worked out with my system wouldn't be able to throw a ball because they'd be too muscle bound. Those are the misconceptions I had to go through for about 40 years."

Jack LaLanne, American Athlete

Thought, Athletes, Years

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"You need not aspire for or get any new state. Get rid of your present thoughts, that is all."

"You need not aspire for or get any new state. Get rid of your present thoughts, that is all."

Ramana Maharshi, Indian Philosopher

Thought, Thoughts, Present, State

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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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"High thoughts must have high language."

"High thoughts must have high language."

Aristophanes, Greek Poet

Thought, Thoughts, Language

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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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"My actual intake of different substances was far below what people thought it was, no matter how weird or outrageous they think I am."

"My actual intake of different substances was far below what people thought it was, no matter how weird or outrageous they think I am."

Peter Fonda, American Actor

Thought, People

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"When I was growing up, I always thought my hair was messy."

"When I was growing up, I always thought my hair was messy."

Julia Louis Dreyfus, American Actress

Thought, Growing up, Hair

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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 worry that the person who thought up Muzak may be thinking up something else."

"I worry that the person who thought up Muzak may be thinking up something else."

Lily Tomlin, American Actress

Thought, May, Thinking, Worry

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"I thought I'd gone to heaven, because I grew up watching Roy and Gene Autry."

"I thought I'd gone to heaven, because I grew up watching Roy and Gene Autry."

Lee Majors, American Actor

Thought, Heaven

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"I went out to Mount Kilimanjaro, which I thought was very beautiful, but there were a lot of people there."

"I went out to Mount Kilimanjaro, which I thought was very beautiful, but there were a lot of people there."

Ralph Fiennes, British Actor

Thought, People

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"Every advertisement should be thought of as a contribution to the complex symbol which is the brand image."

David Ogilvy, English Businessman

Thought, Symbol

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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 was trying to make something really hard, but then I thought I should make something really soft instead, that could be molded into different shapes. That was how I came up with the first plastic. I called it Bakelite."

"I was trying to make something really hard, but then I thought I should make something really soft instead, that could be molded into different shapes. That was how I came up with the first plastic. I called it Bakelite."

Leo Baekeland, Belgian Inventor

Thought, First, Trying

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"I can only assume that your editorial writer tripped over the First Amendment and thought it was the office cat."

"I can only assume that your editorial writer tripped over the First Amendment and thought it was the office cat."

E. B. White, American Writer

Thought, First, Office

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"I'm a conservative. I was an avid supporter of Ronald Reagan; I thought he was fabulous."

"I'm a conservative. I was an avid supporter of Ronald Reagan; I thought he was fabulous."

Shannen Doherty, American Actress

Thought, Conservative

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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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"When I was thinking of casting this, I thought, What roles would Sellers be playing now?"

"When I was thinking of casting this, I thought, What roles would Sellers be playing now?"

Stephen Hopkins, American Politician

Thought, Now, Thinking

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"Part of the problem is how little we understand about the ultimate betrayal of the body when it rebels against itself. You always worry about charlatans. We found that specialists did not know as much as we thought."

"Part of the problem is how little we understand about the ultimate betrayal of the body when it rebels against itself. You always worry about charlatans. We found that specialists did not know as much as we thought."

Charles Bronson, American Actor

Thought, Betrayal, Body, Worry

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"I thought we were to discuss a referral which we believe contains substantial and credible information of potential impeachable offenses by the President of the United States."

"I thought we were to discuss a referral which we believe contains substantial and credible information of potential impeachable offenses by the President of the United States."

Kenneth Starr, American Lawyer

Thought, Information, Potential, President

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"I thought it was all a flash in the pan. It wasn't until Broadway came along that I felt I had really made it."

"I thought it was all a flash in the pan. It wasn't until Broadway came along that I felt I had really made it."

Julie Andrews, English Actress

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"They asked me what I thought about euthanasia. I said I'm more concerned about the adults."

"They asked me what I thought about euthanasia. I said I'm more concerned about the adults."

Jay London, American Comedian

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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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"Kurt had this dumb suicidal ideation - that's what I called it. I thought if we could live through this, we could live through anything."

"Kurt had this dumb suicidal ideation - that's what I called it. I thought if we could live through this, we could live through anything."

Courtney Love, American Musician

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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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"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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"Nobody really thought I was going to make it, because I was a musician. I really wasn't a singer."

"Nobody really thought I was going to make it, because I was a musician. I really wasn't a singer."

Bobby Vinton, American Musician

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"You cannot escape the results of your thoughts. Whatever your present environment may be, you will fall, remain or rise with your thoughts, your vision, your ideal. You will become as small as your controlling desire; as great as your dominant aspiration."

"You cannot escape the results of your thoughts. Whatever your present environment may be, you will fall, remain or rise with your thoughts, your vision, your ideal. You will become as small as your controlling desire; as great as your dominant aspiration."

James Lane Allen, American Author

Thought, Thoughts, Vision, Desire, Environment

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"The marble not yet carved can hold the form of every thought the greatest artist has."

"The marble not yet carved can hold the form of every thought the greatest artist has."

Michelangelo, Italian Artist

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