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"Any Reform Bill which is worth a moment's thought, or the smallest effort to carry it, must at least double, and it ought to do much more than double, the representation of the metropolitan boroughs and of all the great cities of the United Kingdom."

"Any Reform Bill which is worth a moment's thought, or the smallest effort to carry it, must at least double, and it ought to do much more than double, the representation of the metropolitan boroughs and of all the great cities of the United Kingdom."

John Bright, British Politician

Thought, Cities, Effort, Reform

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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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"Take motherhood: nobody ever thought of putting it on a moral pedestal until some brash feminists pointed out, about a century ago, that the pay is lousy and the career ladder nonexistent."

"Take motherhood: nobody ever thought of putting it on a moral pedestal until some brash feminists pointed out, about a century ago, that the pay is lousy and the career ladder nonexistent."

Barbara Ehrenreich, American Writer

Thought, Career

16

"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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"But my shift to the serious study of economics gradually weakened my belief in Major Douglas's A+B theorem, which was replaced in my thought by the expression MV = PT."

"But my shift to the serious study of economics gradually weakened my belief in Major Douglas's A+B theorem, which was replaced in my thought by the expression MV = PT."

James Meade, English Economist

Thought, Belief, Economics, Expression

16

"Think like a man of action, act like a man of thought."

"Think like a man of action, act like a man of thought."

Henri Bergson, French Scientist

Thought, Action, Man

15

"I thought I wanted to be a playwright because I was interested in stories and telling stories."

"I thought I wanted to be a playwright because I was interested in stories and telling stories."

Francis Ford Coppola, American Director

15

"Sometimes there is no darker place than our thoughts, the moonless midnight of the mind."

"Sometimes there is no darker place than our thoughts, the moonless midnight of the mind."

Dean Koontz, American Author

Thought, Thoughts, Midnight, Mind

15

"We seal our fate with the choices we take, but don't give a second thought to the chances we take."

"We seal our fate with the choices we take, but don't give a second thought to the chances we take."

Gloria Estefan, American Musician

Thought, Choices, Fate

15

"I would hope to inspire in my listeners a feeling of freedom - of speech, thought and political activity."

"I would hope to inspire in my listeners a feeling of freedom - of speech, thought and political activity."

John Hall, American Politician

Thought, Hope, Feeling, Freedom

15

"Make my breast transparent as pure crystal, that the world, jealous of me, may see the foulest thought my heart does hold."

"Make my breast transparent as pure crystal, that the world, jealous of me, may see the foulest thought my heart does hold."

George Villiers, English Politician

Thought, Heart, May, World

15

"I really liked them, not just Syd, but all of them. Roger was very important, I thought, his contribution. And so was Rick's organ playing. It was a good band. It became something else completely, obviously."

"I really liked them, not just Syd, but all of them. Roger was very important, I thought, his contribution. And so was Rick's organ playing. It was a good band. It became something else completely, obviously."

Robert Wyatt, English Musician

15

"I thought they were staring at me because I was gay. But it was because I was on the telly."

"I thought they were staring at me because I was gay. But it was because I was on the telly."

Julian Clary, English Comedian

15

"In the Belgian air force a general supposedly saw a UFO, tracked it with his plane, photographed it with his wing cameras. And I believe it because I said to myself why would this person, not getting paid for this, do it unless it actually happened or he thought it happened."

"In the Belgian air force a general supposedly saw a UFO, tracked it with his plane, photographed it with his wing cameras. And I believe it because I said to myself why would this person, not getting paid for this, do it unless it actually happened or he thought it happened."

Robert Stack, American Actor

15

"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

15

"So I picked a field where I had a little exposure. Where I thought I could have an enormous challenge, and have a chance to really do some good, to be a pioneer in an area, and not just be like everyone else."

"So I picked a field where I had a little exposure. Where I thought I could have an enormous challenge, and have a chance to really do some good, to be a pioneer in an area, and not just be like everyone else."

Henry Kravis, American Businessman

Thought, Challenge, Chance

15

"The mathematician has reached the highest rung on the ladder of human thought."

"The mathematician has reached the highest rung on the ladder of human thought."

Henry Ellis, British Psychologist

15

"All intelligent thoughts have already been thought; what is necessary is only to try to think them again."

"All intelligent thoughts have already been thought; what is necessary is only to try to think them again."

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German Poet

Thought, Thoughts

15

"There are a thousand thoughts lying within a man that he does not know till he takes up a pen to write."

"There are a thousand thoughts lying within a man that he does not know till he takes up a pen to write."

William Makepeace Thackeray, English Novelist

Thought, Thoughts, Lying, Man, Pen

15

"Once - many, many years ago - I thought I made a wrong decision. Of course, it turned out that I had been right all along. But I was wrong to have thought that I was wrong."

"Once - many, many years ago - I thought I made a wrong decision. Of course, it turned out that I had been right all along. But I was wrong to have thought that I was wrong."

John Foster Dulles, American Public Servant

Thought, Decision, Right, Wrong

14

"Two people in a conversation amount to four people talking. The four are what one person says, what he really wanted to say, what his listener heard, and what he thought he heard."

"Two people in a conversation amount to four people talking. The four are what one person says, what he really wanted to say, what his listener heard, and what he thought he heard."

William Jennings Bryant, American Politician

Thought, People, Conversation, Talking

14

"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

14

"Sonny and another Hells Angel who was at the meeting thought they were beyond a little patch so they headed down to a local tattoo shop in Oakland and were the first to get the famous One Percent tattoos."

"Sonny and another Hells Angel who was at the meeting thought they were beyond a little patch so they headed down to a local tattoo shop in Oakland and were the first to get the famous One Percent tattoos."

Chuck Zito, American Celebrity

Thought, Famous, First, Meeting

14

"The vitality of thought is in adventure. Ideas won't keep. Something must be done about them. When the idea is new, its custodians have fervor, live for it, and if need be, die for it."

"The vitality of thought is in adventure. Ideas won't keep. Something must be done about them. When the idea is new, its custodians have fervor, live for it, and if need be, die for it."

Alfred North Whitehead, English Mathematician

Thought, Idea, Ideas, Adventure

14

"I thought this convention phenomenon was very flattering, but that's about the extent of it."

"I thought this convention phenomenon was very flattering, but that's about the extent of it."

George Takei, American Actor

14

"The whole schizophrenia angle interested me. When I first started working on it, I thought I would play up that angle more than I ended up doing. The religious aspect of the story was also a draw."

"The whole schizophrenia angle interested me. When I first started working on it, I thought I would play up that angle more than I ended up doing. The religious aspect of the story was also a draw."

Chester Brown, Canadian Cartoonist

Thought, First, Play, Religious

14

"When we did Wayne's World, it was 14 million dollars and they didn't bug us too much because they just thought it was some little movie that nobody was ever going to see. We showed them."

"When we did Wayne's World, it was 14 million dollars and they didn't bug us too much because they just thought it was some little movie that nobody was ever going to see. We showed them."

Penelope Spheeris, American Director

14

"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

14

"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

14

"It was a lot of fun on the set. I had the most fun making that movie out of all of them. I'm sure if I sat and thought about it, but none that I could think of offhand."

"It was a lot of fun on the set. I had the most fun making that movie out of all of them. I'm sure if I sat and thought about it, but none that I could think of offhand."

Jason Mewes, American Actor

14

"When I'd finished, everybody said they wanted me for this movie. At first I thought they meant a nudie flick since an awful lot of nudies are made in Houston."

"When I'd finished, everybody said they wanted me for this movie. At first I thought they meant a nudie flick since an awful lot of nudies are made in Houston."

Shelley Duvall, American Actress

Thought, First, Houston

14

"But I never really thought that I would be extraordinarily successful at skating, it's just something that happened, you know."

"But I never really thought that I would be extraordinarily successful at skating, it's just something that happened, you know."

Scott Hamilton, American Athlete

Thought, Successful

14

"I've always thought of the project as a sort of sexually driven digestive system, that it was a consumer and a producer of matter. And it is desire driven, rather than driven by hunger or anything like that."

"I've always thought of the project as a sort of sexually driven digestive system, that it was a consumer and a producer of matter. And it is desire driven, rather than driven by hunger or anything like that."

Matthew Barney, American Artist

Thought, Desire, Hunger, Project

14

"I don't believe you have to be better than everybody else. I believe you have to be better than you ever thought you could be."

"I don't believe you have to be better than everybody else. I believe you have to be better than you ever thought you could be."

Ken Venturi, American Athlete

14

"The thing with me. I can't stick musicians. I've thought about this. I can't stand them, and being stuck in a studio with them I think that's my strength I can hear what they can't."

"The thing with me. I can't stick musicians. I've thought about this. I can't stand them, and being stuck in a studio with them I think that's my strength I can hear what they can't."

Mark E. Smith, English Musician

Thought, Strength, Being, Musicians

14

"Gertrude Stein really thought of Hemingway as frail. He almost married Stein."

"Gertrude Stein really thought of Hemingway as frail. He almost married Stein."

Leslie Fiedler, American Critic

14

"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

13

"I have looked back on situations and thought that I could have handled a few differently and probably better."

"I have looked back on situations and thought that I could have handled a few differently and probably better."

Jim Evans, American Athlete

13

"When I first became interested in photography, I thought it was the whole cheese. My idea was to have it recognized as one of the fine arts. Today I don't give a hoot in hell about that. The mission of photography is to explain man to man and each man to himself."

"When I first became interested in photography, I thought it was the whole cheese. My idea was to have it recognized as one of the fine arts. Today I don't give a hoot in hell about that. The mission of photography is to explain man to man and each man to himself."

Edward Steichen, American Photographer

Thought, Idea, First, Hell

13

"I guess another message I'd like to say with this book is no matter how many times you fail... I failed a lot of times trying to get clean, and never thought I'd get to this point."

"I guess another message I'd like to say with this book is no matter how many times you fail... I failed a lot of times trying to get clean, and never thought I'd get to this point."

Lawrence Taylor, American Athlete

Thought, Trying

13

"However, the thought hit me that this was a pretty pathetic way to kick the bucket - being accidentally poisoned during a photo shoot, of all things - and I started weeping at the idiocy of it all."

"However, the thought hit me that this was a pretty pathetic way to kick the bucket - being accidentally poisoned during a photo shoot, of all things - and I started weeping at the idiocy of it all."

Lara St. John, Canadian Musician

Thought, Being, Pretty, Weeping

13

"Danny and I wrote 10 songs in seven days, which I thought might be close to the record until you probably look at some of the Beatles statistics."

"Danny and I wrote 10 songs in seven days, which I thought might be close to the record until you probably look at some of the Beatles statistics."

Jerry Only, American Musician

Thought, Songs, Statistics

13

"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

13

"Words are made for a certain exactness of thought, as tears are for a certain degree of pain. What is least distinct cannot be named; what is clearest is unutterable."

"Words are made for a certain exactness of thought, as tears are for a certain degree of pain. What is least distinct cannot be named; what is clearest is unutterable."

Rene Daumal, French Writer

Thought, Pain, Tears, Words

13

"This creed of the desert seemed inexpressible in words, and indeed in thought."

"This creed of the desert seemed inexpressible in words, and indeed in thought."

T. E. Lawrence, British Archaeologist

13

"So, I kind of rather was hoping that people thought it would have a nice mixture of different topics and it also takes in the fact that I've had two children recently."

"So, I kind of rather was hoping that people thought it would have a nice mixture of different topics and it also takes in the fact that I've had two children recently."

Jo Brand, British Comedian

Thought, People, Children, Fact

13

"Far more thought and care go into the composition of any prominent ad in a newspaper or magazine than go into the writing of their features and editorials."

"Far more thought and care go into the composition of any prominent ad in a newspaper or magazine than go into the writing of their features and editorials."

Marshall McLuhan, Canadian Sociologist

Thought, Care, Writing

13

"Anyhow, a philosophical turn of thought now was not amiss, else one's patience would have given out almost at the harbour entrance. The term of her probation was eight days."

"Anyhow, a philosophical turn of thought now was not amiss, else one's patience would have given out almost at the harbour entrance. The term of her probation was eight days."

Joshua Slocum, Canadian Explorer

Thought, Now, Patience

13

"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

13

"Like everything metaphysical the harmony between thought and reality is to be found in the grammar of the language."

"Like everything metaphysical the harmony between thought and reality is to be found in the grammar of the language."

Ludwig Wittgenstein, Austrian Philosopher

Thought, Grammar, Harmony, Language

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