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Thought Quotes

"Interpreter of Maladies is the title of one of the stories in the book. And the phrase itself was something I thought of before I even wrote that story."

"Interpreter of Maladies is the title of one of the stories in the book. And the phrase itself was something I thought of before I even wrote that story."

Jhumpa Lahiri, American Author

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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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"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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"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

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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 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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"I always thought of Levittown as a joke."

"I always thought of Levittown as a joke."

Bill Griffith, American Cartoonist

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"I'm amazed. When I was 40, I thought I'd never make 50. And at 50 I thought the frosting on the cake would be 60. At 60, I was still going strong and enjoying everything."

"I'm amazed. When I was 40, I thought I'd never make 50. And at 50 I thought the frosting on the cake would be 60. At 60, I was still going strong and enjoying everything."

Gloria Stuart, American Actress

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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

10

"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'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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"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

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"Keep your feet on the ground and your thoughts at lofty heights."

"Keep your feet on the ground and your thoughts at lofty heights."

Peace Pilgrim, American Activist

Thought, Thoughts, Feet

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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 don't know if 1300 players could really participate in the selection of a commissioner, and I've never given it a great deal of thought. I think it's a logical point they could make, but it's only an academic one."

"I don't know if 1300 players could really participate in the selection of a commissioner, and I've never given it a great deal of thought. I think it's a logical point they could make, but it's only an academic one."

Pete Rozelle, American Celebrity

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"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

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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 was going to go make a film in Greece. if they caught you with this much marijuana, they threw you in jail, no questions asked, and I was trying to stuff it in my deodorant bottles. I thought, what I am doing?"

"I was going to go make a film in Greece. if they caught you with this much marijuana, they threw you in jail, no questions asked, and I was trying to stuff it in my deodorant bottles. I thought, what I am doing?"

Dyan Cannon, American Actress

Thought, Film, Greece, Questions

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"Language is not only the vehicle of thought, it is a great and efficient instrument in thinking."

"Language is not only the vehicle of thought, it is a great and efficient instrument in thinking."

Humphry Davy, British Scientist

Thought, Language, 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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"No truly great person ever thought themselves so."

"No truly great person ever thought themselves so."

William Hazlitt, English Critic

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"Yes, there is some thought about making a film of My Name Is Asher Lev."

"Yes, there is some thought about making a film of My Name Is Asher Lev."

Chaim Potok, American Author

Thought, Film, Name

8

"I thought I had to show all my stuff and I almost tore the boards of the grandstand with my fastball."

"I thought I had to show all my stuff and I almost tore the boards of the grandstand with my fastball."

Cy Young, American Athlete

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"I lost a very dear friend who lived with AIDS for about 17 years. Rejecting early treatments that were iffy, he thought he saved himself. I really miss him a lot."

"I lost a very dear friend who lived with AIDS for about 17 years. Rejecting early treatments that were iffy, he thought he saved himself. I really miss him a lot."

Bernadette Peters, American Actress

Thought, Friend, Years

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"A synonym is a word you use when you can't spell the word you first thought of."

"A synonym is a word you use when you can't spell the word you first thought of."

Burt Bacharach, American Composer

Thought, First, Word

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"We never thought it would be something everyone would listen to. We never thought people who listen to Britney Spears would run to listen to it. It was intended for people on the fanatical side of production and hi-fi."

"We never thought it would be something everyone would listen to. We never thought people who listen to Britney Spears would run to listen to it. It was intended for people on the fanatical side of production and hi-fi."

Wayne Coyne, American Musician

Thought, People, Production

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"Discovery consists of seeing what everybody has seen, and thinking what nobody has thought."

"Discovery consists of seeing what everybody has seen, and thinking what nobody has thought."

Albert Szent Gyorgyi, Hungarian Scientist

Thought, Discovery, Thinking

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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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"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

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"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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"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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"Too often we... enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought."

"Too often we... enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought."

John F. Kennedy, American President

Thought, Comfort, Opinion

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"We toast the Lisp programmer who pens his thoughts within nests of parentheses."

"We toast the Lisp programmer who pens his thoughts within nests of parentheses."

Alan Perlis, American Scientist

Thought, Thoughts

8

"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

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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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"Just as we descend into our consciences to judge of actions which our minds can not weigh, can we not also search in ourselves for the feeling which gives birth to forms of thought, always vague and cloudy?"

"Just as we descend into our consciences to judge of actions which our minds can not weigh, can we not also search in ourselves for the feeling which gives birth to forms of thought, always vague and cloudy?"

Alfred de Vigny, French Poet

Thought, Actions, Feeling

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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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"The only positive finding which could be drawn from the first series, was the conclusion that the relationships obviously had a more complicated lay-out than had been thought, for the effects were so varied that no obedience to any law could be discovered."

"The only positive finding which could be drawn from the first series, was the conclusion that the relationships obviously had a more complicated lay-out than had been thought, for the effects were so varied that no obedience to any law could be discovered."

Walter Rudolf Hess, Swiss Scientist

Thought, Positive, First, Law

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"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

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"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

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"It's a nice visual. I had just done Blade and I put on more weight for Blade and I thought I might as well use it so I kept it and added a little more. I wanted him to be a big bear."

"It's a nice visual. I had just done Blade and I put on more weight for Blade and I thought I might as well use it so I kept it and added a little more. I wanted him to be a big bear."

Ryan Reynolds, Canadian Actor

Thought, Weight

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"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

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"What the Puritans gave the world was not thought, but action."

"What the Puritans gave the world was not thought, but action."

Wendell Phillips, American Activist

Thought, Action, World

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"I never thought of becoming a director. When I was twelve, the passage from silent film to the talkies had an impact on me - I still watch silent films."

"I never thought of becoming a director. When I was twelve, the passage from silent film to the talkies had an impact on me - I still watch silent films."

Alain Resnais, French Director

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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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"Expressing the thoughts of my comrades, I suggested, among other means, the organization of an international information service on inventories, on production, and on the needs of the various countries for raw materials."

"Expressing the thoughts of my comrades, I suggested, among other means, the organization of an international information service on inventories, on production, and on the needs of the various countries for raw materials."

Leon Jouhaux, French Leader

Thought, Thoughts, Countries, Information, Needs

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"It has been the way of Rotary to focus thought upon matters in which members are in agreement, rather than upon matters in which they are in disagreement."

"It has been the way of Rotary to focus thought upon matters in which members are in agreement, rather than upon matters in which they are in disagreement."

Paul Harris, American Entertainer

Thought, Agreement, Focus

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"When I finished my term, I thought about running for governor then but decided not to because, frankly, I didn't think I was ready. I wasn't comfortable that I was prepared to do the job."

"When I finished my term, I thought about running for governor then but decided not to because, frankly, I didn't think I was ready. I wasn't comfortable that I was prepared to do the job."

Ben Chandler, American Politician

Thought, Job, Running

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"I thought that I was going to have to pay them to do what I wanted to do, that was how much fun I was having. You're 20 years old and you're hanging out with rock stars and going to fabulous parties, and then you talk about it!"

"I thought that I was going to have to pay them to do what I wanted to do, that was how much fun I was having. You're 20 years old and you're hanging out with rock stars and going to fabulous parties, and then you talk about it!"

Daisy Fuentes, Cuban Actress

Thought, Fun, Old, Stars

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"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

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