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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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"Of course no one thought of anything except of attacking the enemy. It lies in the instinct of every German to rush at the enemy wherever he meets him, particularly if he meets hostile cavalry."

"Of course no one thought of anything except of attacking the enemy. It lies in the instinct of every German to rush at the enemy wherever he meets him, particularly if he meets hostile cavalry."

Manfred von Richthofen, German Aviator

Thought, Enemy, Instinct, Lies

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"I thought they'd get one of us, but Jack, after all he's been through, never worried about it I thought it would be me."

"I thought they'd get one of us, but Jack, after all he's been through, never worried about it I thought it would be me."

Robert Kennedy, American Politician

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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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"It will be thought that I am acting strangely in concerning myself at this day with what appears at first sight and simply a well-known method of fortune-telling."

"It will be thought that I am acting strangely in concerning myself at this day with what appears at first sight and simply a well-known method of fortune-telling."

Arthur E. Waite, British Occultist

Thought, Acting, Day, First

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"The average pencil is seven inches long, with just a half-inch eraser - in case you thought optimism was dead."

"The average pencil is seven inches long, with just a half-inch eraser - in case you thought optimism was dead."

Robert Brault, American Author

Thought, Optimism

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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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"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

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"Insurrection of thought always precedes insurrection of arms."

"Insurrection of thought always precedes insurrection of arms."

Wendell Phillips, American Activist

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"No one but myself thought I could beat guys like Tommy Hearns or Roberto Duran."

"No one but myself thought I could beat guys like Tommy Hearns or Roberto Duran."

Sugar Ray Leonard, American Athlete

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"I've thought about doing it as soon as it is possible with this new CD getting some wings and getting out there. I don't know how soon that will be."

"I've thought about doing it as soon as it is possible with this new CD getting some wings and getting out there. I don't know how soon that will be."

Al Jarreau, American Musician

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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 doubt if the public thought of me as Christ when they next saw me as Temple Houston on television."

"I doubt if the public thought of me as Christ when they next saw me as Temple Houston on television."

Jeffrey Hunter, American Actor

Thought, Temple, Christ, Doubt

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"I went to Marymount College in New York City with a lot of kids whose parents paid their way, and I wouldn't even have thought of asking my parents - they couldn't afford it, not with six kids!"

"I went to Marymount College in New York City with a lot of kids whose parents paid their way, and I wouldn't even have thought of asking my parents - they couldn't afford it, not with six kids!"

Moira Kelly, American Actress

Thought, College, Kids, Parents

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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 have always thought the suicide should bump off at least one swine before taking off for parts unknown."

"I have always thought the suicide should bump off at least one swine before taking off for parts unknown."

Ezra Pound, American Poet

Thought, Suicide, Swine

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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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"Creatively, I thought we were still viable and could do more records. But our working relationship just wasn't happening at all, and our chemistry as people broke down because of that."

"Creatively, I thought we were still viable and could do more records. But our working relationship just wasn't happening at all, and our chemistry as people broke down because of that."

Matt Cameron, American Musician

Thought, People

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"Everything has to be well thought out - what do you really need, when can you do with less coverage."

"Everything has to be well thought out - what do you really need, when can you do with less coverage."

Debbie Allen, American Actress

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"By the end of the summer of 1973 I thought it was virtually impossible for South Vietnam to survive. How in the heck could they?"

"By the end of the summer of 1973 I thought it was virtually impossible for South Vietnam to survive. How in the heck could they?"

William Westmoreland, American Soldier

Thought, End, Summer, Vietnam

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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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"My character is somebody who is smaller in stature and yet who's strong, so to see the fighting situations between people who are not generally thought of being strong is in itself unusual and therefore interesting, I think."

"My character is somebody who is smaller in stature and yet who's strong, so to see the fighting situations between people who are not generally thought of being strong is in itself unusual and therefore interesting, I think."

Chiaki Kuriyama, Japanese Actress

Thought, People, Character, Being

38

"For my own part, I abandon the ethics of duty to the Hegelian critique with no regrets; it would appear to me, indeed, to have been correctly characterized by Hegel as an abstract thought, as a thought of understanding."

"For my own part, I abandon the ethics of duty to the Hegelian critique with no regrets; it would appear to me, indeed, to have been correctly characterized by Hegel as an abstract thought, as a thought of understanding."

Paul Ricoeur, French Philosopher

Thought, Duty, Ethics, Understanding

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"I've often cringed when I heard myself described as a jazz singer. I've always thought of myself as a jazz vocalist."

"I've often cringed when I heard myself described as a jazz singer. I've always thought of myself as a jazz vocalist."

Cassandra Wilson, American Musician

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"I've always thought Prince Charming in 'Cinderella' was the most boring role; I'd rather be the Wicked Witch."

"I've always thought Prince Charming in 'Cinderella' was the most boring role; I'd rather be the Wicked Witch."

Jude Law, British Actor

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"I thought we were going to win the game but we won't take the disappointments, we will take the positives."

"I thought we were going to win the game but we won't take the disappointments, we will take the positives."

Graham Roberts, English Actor

Thought, Disappointments, Will

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"The best books for a man are not always those which the wise recommend, but often those which meet the peculiar wants, the natural thirst of his mind, and therefore awaken interest and rivet thought."

"The best books for a man are not always those which the wise recommend, but often those which meet the peculiar wants, the natural thirst of his mind, and therefore awaken interest and rivet thought."

William Ellery Channing, American Writer

Thought, Books, Interest, Man

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"I always thought Ray Bourque was a great competitor."

"I always thought Ray Bourque was a great competitor."

Mats Sundin, Canadian Athlete

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"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

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"I was in my yard and thought that the tree was a living being. We take trees for granted. We don't believe they are as much alive as we are."

"I was in my yard and thought that the tree was a living being. We take trees for granted. We don't believe they are as much alive as we are."

Ziggy Marley, Jamaican Musician

Thought, Being, Living, Trees

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"If I thought about it, I could be bitter, but I don't feel like being bitter. Being bitter makes you immobile, and there's too much that I still want to do."

"If I thought about it, I could be bitter, but I don't feel like being bitter. Being bitter makes you immobile, and there's too much that I still want to do."

Richard Pryor, American Actor

Thought, Being, Want

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"I've given my memoirs far more thought than any of my marriages. You can't divorce a book."

"I've given my memoirs far more thought than any of my marriages. You can't divorce a book."

Gloria Swanson, American Actress

Thought, Divorce

38

"I don't know what a painting is; who knows what sets off even the desire to paint? It might be things, thoughts, a memory, sensations, which have nothing to do directly with painting itself. They can come from anything and anywhere."

"I don't know what a painting is; who knows what sets off even the desire to paint? It might be things, thoughts, a memory, sensations, which have nothing to do directly with painting itself. They can come from anything and anywhere."

Philip Guston, American Artist

Thought, Thoughts, Desire, Memory, Nothing

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"I don't think anyone's ever thought I was a drug dealer."

"I don't think anyone's ever thought I was a drug dealer."

Jason Mewes, American Actor

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"When a thought takes one's breath away, a grammar lesson seems an impertinence."

"When a thought takes one's breath away, a grammar lesson seems an impertinence."

Thomas W. Higginson, American Clergyman

Thought, Grammar

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"I think it was one of the better meetings that I've had with those guys, because I was honestly able to say everything I wanted to say, and I pretty much aired out the dirty laundry. So from that point on, I thought all of that was behind us."

"I think it was one of the better meetings that I've had with those guys, because I was honestly able to say everything I wanted to say, and I pretty much aired out the dirty laundry. So from that point on, I thought all of that was behind us."

Latrell Sprewell, American Athlete

Thought, Meetings, Pretty

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"I can remember a reporter asking me for a quote, and I didn't know what a quote was. I thought it was some kind of soft drink."

"I can remember a reporter asking me for a quote, and I didn't know what a quote was. I thought it was some kind of soft drink."

Joe DiMaggio, American Athlete

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"Most of my stuff before CSI was kind of the jerk boyfriend, so I thought this was one of those deals, where these two have a thing going on, so we had a scene where they make out."

"Most of my stuff before CSI was kind of the jerk boyfriend, so I thought this was one of those deals, where these two have a thing going on, so we had a scene where they make out."

George Eads, American Actor

Thought, Boyfriend, Deals

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"Some people thought we were presenting Archie as a false character. President Nixon thought we were making a fool out of a good man."

"Some people thought we were presenting Archie as a false character. President Nixon thought we were making a fool out of a good man."

Carroll O'Connor, American Actor

Thought, People, Character, Fool

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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

37

"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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"I'm voting for Gore because the other is unthinkable. Which most of us will probably do. I hope all of us. I've always liked Ralph Nader and would like to see a real third party, but the thought of George Bush as president is unthinkable."

"I'm voting for Gore because the other is unthinkable. Which most of us will probably do. I hope all of us. I've always liked Ralph Nader and would like to see a real third party, but the thought of George Bush as president is unthinkable."

Richard Gere, American Actor

Thought, Hope, Party, President

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"I always wanted to be an artist, whatever that was, like other chicks want to be stewardesses. I read. I painted. I thought."

"I always wanted to be an artist, whatever that was, like other chicks want to be stewardesses. I read. I painted. I thought."

Janis Joplin, American Musician

Thought, Artist, Want

37

"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

37

"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

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"I was running since I was 10. Since grade one at school people looked at me and thought, oh gosh she can really run, she's a natural."

"I was running since I was 10. Since grade one at school people looked at me and thought, oh gosh she can really run, she's a natural."

Cathy Freeman, Australian Athlete

Thought, People, Running, School

37

"King thought he understood the white Southerner, having been born and reared in Georgia and trained a theologian."

"King thought he understood the white Southerner, having been born and reared in Georgia and trained a theologian."

Constance Baker Motley, American Activist

37

"You must not allow yourself to dwell for a single moment on any kind of negative thought."

"You must not allow yourself to dwell for a single moment on any kind of negative thought."

Emmet Fox, American Author

Thought, Negative

37

"Does it follow that I reject all authority? Perish the thought. In the matter of boots, I defer to the authority of the boot-maker."

"Does it follow that I reject all authority? Perish the thought. In the matter of boots, I defer to the authority of the boot-maker."

Mikhail Bakunin, Russian Revolutionary

Thought, Authority

37

"Thought is a kind of opium; it can intoxicate us, while still broad awake; it can make transparent the mountains and everything that exists."

"Thought is a kind of opium; it can intoxicate us, while still broad awake; it can make transparent the mountains and everything that exists."

Henri Frederic Amiel, Swiss Philosopher

Thought, Mountains, Opium

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