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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

20

"If you be sick, your own thoughts make you sick."

"If you be sick, your own thoughts make you sick."

Ben Jonson, English Poet

Thought, Thoughts

20

"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

20

"I guess I started too early because I just thought it was something fun to do."

"I guess I started too early because I just thought it was something fun to do."

Arthur Ashe, American Athlete

20

"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

20

"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

20

"I've often reflected on this in the past weeks as I've been following the presidential campaign: Very often, I thought it would have been great for both of these guys to sit down and be force-fed a couple of dozen episodes of Star Trek."

"I've often reflected on this in the past weeks as I've been following the presidential campaign: Very often, I thought it would have been great for both of these guys to sit down and be force-fed a couple of dozen episodes of Star Trek."

Patrick Stewart, English Actor

Thought, Force, Past

20

"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

20

"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

20

"Through my illness I learned rejection. I was written off. That was the moment I thought, Okay, game on. No prisoners. Everybody's going down."

"Through my illness I learned rejection. I was written off. That was the moment I thought, Okay, game on. No prisoners. Everybody's going down."

Lance Armstrong, American Athlete

Thought, Illness, Rejection

20

"We would have to invent the U.N. if we did not have it, which is not an original thought."

"We would have to invent the U.N. if we did not have it, which is not an original thought."

Shirley Temple, American Actress

19

"I thought I was going nowhere. Now I can see there was a pattern."

"I thought I was going nowhere. Now I can see there was a pattern."

Kate DiCamillo, American Author

19

"The camera can photograph thought."

"The camera can photograph thought."

Dirk Bogarde, English Actor

19

"I've always thought that people need to feel good about themselves and I see my role as offering support to them, to provide some light along the way."

"I've always thought that people need to feel good about themselves and I see my role as offering support to them, to provide some light along the way."

Leo Buscaglia, American Author

Thought, People, Light, Support

19

"Oh yes. I'm an actor, so I just learn my lines, and show up and do it. I gave it a little bit of thought."

"Oh yes. I'm an actor, so I just learn my lines, and show up and do it. I gave it a little bit of thought."

Anthony Hopkins, Welsh Actor

19

"When I started working for Rolling Stone, I became very interested in journalism and thought maybe that's what I was doing, but it wasn't."

"When I started working for Rolling Stone, I became very interested in journalism and thought maybe that's what I was doing, but it wasn't."

Annie Leibovitz, American Photographer

Thought, Journalism

19

"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

19

"The secret thoughts of a man run over all things, holy, profane, clean, obscene, grave, and light, without shame or blame."

"The secret thoughts of a man run over all things, holy, profane, clean, obscene, grave, and light, without shame or blame."

Thomas Hobbes, English Philosopher

Thought, Thoughts, Blame, Grave, Light

19

"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

19

"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

19

"I didn't think I was fat. I just thought I didn't need to gain any weight. But I would drop weight and then I would be comfortable with that number. Then I would lose more weight and that would become my new number."

"I didn't think I was fat. I just thought I didn't need to gain any weight. But I would drop weight and then I would be comfortable with that number. Then I would lose more weight and that would become my new number."

Tracey Gold, American Actress

Thought, Gain, Weight

19

"Then when I reached college I realized that many people had thought about the problem during the 18th and 19th centuries and so I studied those methods."

"Then when I reached college I realized that many people had thought about the problem during the 18th and 19th centuries and so I studied those methods."

Andrew Wiles, English Mathematician

Thought, People, College

19

"When people begin anticipating inflation, it doesn't do you any good anymore, because any benefit of inflation comes from the fact that you do better than you thought you were going to do."

"When people begin anticipating inflation, it doesn't do you any good anymore, because any benefit of inflation comes from the fact that you do better than you thought you were going to do."

Paul A. Volcker, American Economist

Thought, People, Fact, Inflation

19

"To me, a feminist belongs in the same category as a humanist or an advocate for human rights. I don't see why someone who's a feminist should be thought of differently."

"To me, a feminist belongs in the same category as a humanist or an advocate for human rights. I don't see why someone who's a feminist should be thought of differently."

Suzanne Vega, American Musician

Thought, Rights, Human rights

19

"That's sort of what I felt... I miss drinking, I thought bars were truly holy places."

"That's sort of what I felt... I miss drinking, I thought bars were truly holy places."

Joe Eszterhas, Hungarian Writer

Thought, Drinking

19

"I appreciate the sentiment that I am a popular woman in computer gaming circles; but I prefer being thought of as a computer game designer rather than a woman computer game designer. I don't put myself into gender mode when designing a game."

"I appreciate the sentiment that I am a popular woman in computer gaming circles; but I prefer being thought of as a computer game designer rather than a woman computer game designer. I don't put myself into gender mode when designing a game."

Roberta Williams, American Designer

Thought, Being, Computer, Gender

19

"The majority of the senior class of Vassar does not desire my company and I must confess, having read specimens of their thought and sentiments, that I do not desire the company of the majority of the senior class of Vassar."

"The majority of the senior class of Vassar does not desire my company and I must confess, having read specimens of their thought and sentiments, that I do not desire the company of the majority of the senior class of Vassar."

William F. Buckley, Jr., American Journalist

Thought, Class, Company, Desire

19

"The abortion cases produced an enormous amount of mail to my chambers, vastly more than to the other chambers, I am sure. I sometimes thought there wasn't a woman in the United States who didn't write me a letter on one side or the other of that issue."

"The abortion cases produced an enormous amount of mail to my chambers, vastly more than to the other chambers, I am sure. I sometimes thought there wasn't a woman in the United States who didn't write me a letter on one side or the other of that issue."

Sandra Day O'Connor, American Judge

Thought, Abortion, Mail, states

19

"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

19

"I had been to the South many times and I thought I knew what the South was, but not until you live with people and live through their lives do you know what it's really about."

"I had been to the South many times and I thought I knew what the South was, but not until you live with people and live through their lives do you know what it's really about."

Genevieve Gorder, American Designer

Thought, People

19

"The weather here is gorgeous. It's mild and feels like it's in the eighties. The hot dog vendors got confused because of the weather and thought it was spring, so they accidentally changed the hot dog water in their carts."

"The weather here is gorgeous. It's mild and feels like it's in the eighties. The hot dog vendors got confused because of the weather and thought it was spring, so they accidentally changed the hot dog water in their carts."

David Letterman, American Comedian

Thought, Spring, Water, Weather

19

"Nothing makes one old so quickly as the ever-present thought that one is growing older."

"Nothing makes one old so quickly as the ever-present thought that one is growing older."

Georg C. Lichtenberg, German Physicist

Thought, Nothing, Old

19

"Clarity is the counterbalance of profound thoughts."

"Clarity is the counterbalance of profound thoughts."

Marquis De Vauvenargues, French Philosopher

Thought, Thoughts, Clarity

19

"I guess I thought I was Elvis Presley but I'll tell ya something. All Elvis did was stand on a stage and play a guitar. He never fell off on that pavement at no 80 mph."

"I guess I thought I was Elvis Presley but I'll tell ya something. All Elvis did was stand on a stage and play a guitar. He never fell off on that pavement at no 80 mph."

Evel Knievel, American Entertainer

Thought, Guitar, Play

19

"I was perceiving myself as good as a man or equal to a man and as powerful and I wanted to look ambiguous because I thought that was a very interesting statement to make through the media. And it certainly did cause quite a few ripples and interest and shock waves."

"I was perceiving myself as good as a man or equal to a man and as powerful and I wanted to look ambiguous because I thought that was a very interesting statement to make through the media. And it certainly did cause quite a few ripples and interest and shock waves."

Annie Lennox, Scottish Musician

Thought, Cause, Interest, Man

19

"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

19

"We may never be strong enough to be entirely nonviolent in thought, word and deed. But we must keep nonviolence as our goal and make strong progress towards it."

"We may never be strong enough to be entirely nonviolent in thought, word and deed. But we must keep nonviolence as our goal and make strong progress towards it."

Mahatma Gandhi, Indian Leader

Thought, Progress, Goal, Deed

19

"We were building a - what I thought was a fantastic company. We had great people. We were changing - we were changing the way the marketplace operated. We were creating a market for natural gas and electricity that had never existed before."

"We were building a - what I thought was a fantastic company. We had great people. We were changing - we were changing the way the marketplace operated. We were creating a market for natural gas and electricity that had never existed before."

Jeffrey Skilling, American Criminal

Thought, People, Building, Company

19

"I chose to go to law school because I thought that someday, somehow I'd make a difference."

"I chose to go to law school because I thought that someday, somehow I'd make a difference."

Christopher Darden, American Lawyer

Thought, Difference, Law, School

19

"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

19

"You know, when they called me about the role, I thought Knots Landing was a show about a houseboat with Andy Griffith!"

"You know, when they called me about the role, I thought Knots Landing was a show about a houseboat with Andy Griffith!"

Donna Mills, American Actress

19

"I went to college for one semester, and I took every subject I could, and I ended up failing. So I thought to myself, Ever since I was a kid, I've loved expression - and that's when I started thinking about acting."

"I went to college for one semester, and I took every subject I could, and I ended up failing. So I thought to myself, Ever since I was a kid, I've loved expression - and that's when I started thinking about acting."

Derek Luke, American Actor

Thought, Acting, College, Expression

19

"We thought about it, what we want to tell, and I didn't want to move it directly into the Nazi times. I thought it's much more interesting to see how BloodRayne became BloodRayne."

"We thought about it, what we want to tell, and I didn't want to move it directly into the Nazi times. I thought it's much more interesting to see how BloodRayne became BloodRayne."

Uwe Boll, German Director

19

"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

19

"My real name is Scott Thompson. I could have gone by that name, but when I started doing comedy I thought I needed to go by something that has a little more of a hook."

"My real name is Scott Thompson. I could have gone by that name, but when I started doing comedy I thought I needed to go by something that has a little more of a hook."

Carrot Top, American Comedian

Thought, Comedy, Name

19

"I think the book struck me in a few ways that I thought very interesting to pick it as my first martial arts film. It has a very strong female character and it was very abundant in classic Chinese textures."

"I think the book struck me in a few ways that I thought very interesting to pick it as my first martial arts film. It has a very strong female character and it was very abundant in classic Chinese textures."

Ang Lee, Chinese Director

Thought, Character, Film, First

19

"As a single footstep will not make a path on the earth, so a single thought will not make a pathway in the mind. To make a deep physical path, we walk again and again. To make a deep mental path, we must think over and over the kind of thoughts we wish to dominate our lives."

"As a single footstep will not make a path on the earth, so a single thought will not make a pathway in the mind. To make a deep physical path, we walk again and again. To make a deep mental path, we must think over and over the kind of thoughts we wish to dominate our lives."

Henry David Thoreau, American Author

Thought, Thoughts, Deep, Earth

19

"We are like horses who hurt themselves as soon as they pull on their bits - and we bow our heads. We even lose consciousness of the situation, we just submit. Any re-awakening of thought is then painful."

"We are like horses who hurt themselves as soon as they pull on their bits - and we bow our heads. We even lose consciousness of the situation, we just submit. Any re-awakening of thought is then painful."

Simone Weil, French Philosopher

Thought, Consciousness, Horses, Hurt

19

"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

19

"A lot of our tracks have sounded a lot better than I thought they would because of recording, mixing, and because I probably didn't hear it that way. I'm not a songwriter."

"A lot of our tracks have sounded a lot better than I thought they would because of recording, mixing, and because I probably didn't hear it that way. I'm not a songwriter."

Charlie Watts, British Musician

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