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Thought Quotes

"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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"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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"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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"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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"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

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"So much relies on the singer I thought the best way to avoid that problem was to become the singer!"

"So much relies on the singer I thought the best way to avoid that problem was to become the singer!"

Ben Jackson, American Drummer

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"I think the last one would have to be The Godfather because it was such a powerful story. There was lots of violence in it but I could take it because I thought there was a reality to it. It wasn't gratuitous, it was just these guys' story."

"I think the last one would have to be The Godfather because it was such a powerful story. There was lots of violence in it but I could take it because I thought there was a reality to it. It wasn't gratuitous, it was just these guys' story."

Bobby Farrelly, American Director

Thought, Reality, Violence

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"I always thought of Levittown as a joke."

"I always thought of Levittown as a joke."

Bill Griffith, American Cartoonist

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"Then I got a bad back injury, and they thought I wasn't going to have any feeling in my legs."

"Then I got a bad back injury, and they thought I wasn't going to have any feeling in my legs."

Lee Majors, American Actor

Thought, Feeling, Injury

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"At the end. First start off and do your youth thing In Hollywood and then go to New York later. But it wound up being later, later than I thought it was going to be."

"At the end. First start off and do your youth thing In Hollywood and then go to New York later. But it wound up being later, later than I thought it was going to be."

Delta Burke, American Actress

Thought, Being, End, First

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"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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"I thought even if the show only lasted a year, it would be fun."

"I thought even if the show only lasted a year, it would be fun."

James MacArthur, American Actor

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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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"High thoughts must have high language."

"High thoughts must have high language."

Aristophanes, Greek Poet

Thought, Thoughts, Language

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"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

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"Letting a hundred flowers blossom and a hundred schools of thought contend is the policy for promoting the progress of the arts and the sciences and a flourishing culture in our land."

"Letting a hundred flowers blossom and a hundred schools of thought contend is the policy for promoting the progress of the arts and the sciences and a flourishing culture in our land."

Mao Zedong, Chinese Leader

Thought, Policy, Progress, Culture

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"I had thought about landing in the Kremlin, but there wasn't enough space."

"I had thought about landing in the Kremlin, but there wasn't enough space."

Mathias Rust, German Celebrity

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"I have never directed. But I think I could. I have thought about it. I'm a bit long in the tooth to start."

"I have never directed. But I think I could. I have thought about it. I'm a bit long in the tooth to start."

Angela Lansbury, American Actress

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"I thought they would never select an Eastern writer for the Nobel. I was surprised."

"I thought they would never select an Eastern writer for the Nobel. I was surprised."

Naguib Mahfouz, Egyptian Novelist

Thought, Writer

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"I happened to be one of those who thought all these expenses necessary, and I had the good fortune to have the majority of both houses of Parliament on my side."

"I happened to be one of those who thought all these expenses necessary, and I had the good fortune to have the majority of both houses of Parliament on my side."

Robert Walpole, British Statesman

Thought, Fortune, Houses, Majority

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"Dostoevski does not tell you what to think about his legend, but he requires that you think about it. The novelist was a deeply religious man and he always thought many readers missed that point about him."

"Dostoevski does not tell you what to think about his legend, but he requires that you think about it. The novelist was a deeply religious man and he always thought many readers missed that point about him."

Suzanne Fields, American Columnist

Thought, Man, Religious

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"It takes but one positive thought when given a chance to survive and thrive to overpower an entire army of negative thoughts."

"It takes but one positive thought when given a chance to survive and thrive to overpower an entire army of negative thoughts."

Robert H. Schuller, American Clergyman

Thought, Negative, Positive, Thoughts

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"Surely there is grandeur in knowing that in the realm of thought, at least, you are without a chain; that you have the right to explore all heights and depth; that there are no walls nor fences, nor prohibited places, nor sacred corners in all the vast expanse of thought."

"Surely there is grandeur in knowing that in the realm of thought, at least, you are without a chain; that you have the right to explore all heights and depth; that there are no walls nor fences, nor prohibited places, nor sacred corners in all the vast expanse of thought."

Robert Green Ingersoll, American Lawyer

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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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"A lot of people thought this dream must be madness, but we are not crazy."

"A lot of people thought this dream must be madness, but we are not crazy."

Gloria Trevi, Mexican Musician

Thought, People, Dream, Madness

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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 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

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"To unfold the secret laws and relations of those high faculties of thought by which all beyond the merely perceptive knowledge of the world and of ourselves is attained or matured, is a object which does not stand in need of commendation to a rational mind."

"To unfold the secret laws and relations of those high faculties of thought by which all beyond the merely perceptive knowledge of the world and of ourselves is attained or matured, is a object which does not stand in need of commendation to a rational mind."

George Boole, Irish Mathematician

Thought, Knowledge, Laws, Mind

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"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

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"Even now, we make no apologies for the choice we made. The sacrifices we made were selfless. The options we offered were patriotic while the paths we chose were well thought out."

"Even now, we make no apologies for the choice we made. The sacrifices we made were selfless. The options we offered were patriotic while the paths we chose were well thought out."

Ibrahim Babangida, Nigerian Statesman

Thought, Apologies, Choice, Now

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

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

Marquis De Vauvenargues, French Philosopher

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"For a while, even in the house of good friends for dinner or for cocktails, they would really be upset. They thought I had single-handedly destroyed the best phone service in the world."

"For a while, even in the house of good friends for dinner or for cocktails, they would really be upset. They thought I had single-handedly destroyed the best phone service in the world."

Harold H. Greene, American Judge

Thought, Friends, Service, World

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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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"I thought it was possible that O.J. could have done something. It crossed my mind. I was thinking about the events of everything and going, Why did I hear that? I was going, No, it can't be, and just all that stuff was adding up."

"I thought it was possible that O.J. could have done something. It crossed my mind. I was thinking about the events of everything and going, Why did I hear that? I was going, No, it can't be, and just all that stuff was adding up."

Kato Kaelin, American Celebrity

Thought, Events, Mind, Thinking

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"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

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"Four hundred wickets is 400 more than I thought I'd get."

"Four hundred wickets is 400 more than I thought I'd get."

Shane Warne, Australian Athlete

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"I know I didn't like that dress 'cause it didn't fit but I thought it was a great picture. We weren't the first band to do a picture in drag; The Rolling Stones were. If it was good enough for them then it had to be good enough for us."

"I know I didn't like that dress 'cause it didn't fit but I thought it was a great picture. We weren't the first band to do a picture in drag; The Rolling Stones were. If it was good enough for them then it had to be good enough for us."

Jimmy Carl Black, American Musician

Thought, Dress, First

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"Each generation of the church in each setting has the responsibility of communicating the gospel in understandable terms, considering the language and thought-forms of that setting."

"Each generation of the church in each setting has the responsibility of communicating the gospel in understandable terms, considering the language and thought-forms of that setting."

Francis Schaeffer, American Theologian

Thought, Church, Language, Responsibility

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"I am truly horrified by modern man. Such absence of feeling, such narrowness of outlook, such lack of passion and information, such feebleness of thought."

"I am truly horrified by modern man. Such absence of feeling, such narrowness of outlook, such lack of passion and information, such feebleness of thought."

Alexander Herzen, Russian Journalist

Thought, Absence, Feeling, Information

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"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

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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 went back to Belfast and started a club, the Maritime. No one had thought about doing a blues club, so I was the first."

"I went back to Belfast and started a club, the Maritime. No one had thought about doing a blues club, so I was the first."

Van Morrison, British Musician

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"I thought I was clever enough to write as well as these people and I didn't realize that there is something called originality and your own voice."

"I thought I was clever enough to write as well as these people and I didn't realize that there is something called originality and your own voice."

Amy Tan, American Novelist

Thought, People, Originality, Voice

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"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

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"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

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"Philosophy begins in wonder. And, at the end, when philosophic thought has done its best, the wonder remains."

"Philosophy begins in wonder. And, at the end, when philosophic thought has done its best, the wonder remains."

Alfred North Whitehead, English Mathematician

Thought, End, Philosophy, Wonder

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"Keeping our eyes on journey's end is what we need - the place where we see at last the world that is greater than the world, the new creation that cannot be contained in present thought or social order or piety."

"Keeping our eyes on journey's end is what we need - the place where we see at last the world that is greater than the world, the new creation that cannot be contained in present thought or social order or piety."

Rowan D. Williams, British Archbishop

Thought, Creation, End, Eyes

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