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"We survived a Slayer crowd every night for about 50 days and thought we could do about anything after that."

"We survived a Slayer crowd every night for about 50 days and thought we could do about anything after that."

Layne Staley, American Musician

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"Most people of action are inclined to fatalism and most of thought believe in providence."

"Most people of action are inclined to fatalism and most of thought believe in providence."

David Viscott, American Psychologist

Thought, People, Action, Providence

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"Maybe... there is a perfectly reasonable explanation for unlawfully detaining 120 people. Maybe they just got carried away with last year's idea of pre-emptive strikes and thought, 'Let's not wait for an actual crime to occur. Let's get the innocent."

"Maybe... there is a perfectly reasonable explanation for unlawfully detaining 120 people. Maybe they just got carried away with last year's idea of pre-emptive strikes and thought, 'Let's not wait for an actual crime to occur. Let's get the innocent."

Mark Thomas, British Comedian

Thought, People, Idea, Crime

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"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

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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 was hanging out with no one under 21. I thought that if I really wanted to fit in I had to... show them that I was in a way just as adult as they were, 'cause I could hold my own just as well as they could, if not better."

"I was hanging out with no one under 21. I thought that if I really wanted to fit in I had to... show them that I was in a way just as adult as they were, 'cause I could hold my own just as well as they could, if not better."

Jack Osbourne, English Celebrity

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"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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"I used to try to run five miles every other day, which I worked up to and I was doing it, but I was subjected to my own thoughts for forty minutes without any sensory input, and I couldn't stand what I thought."

"I used to try to run five miles every other day, which I worked up to and I was doing it, but I was subjected to my own thoughts for forty minutes without any sensory input, and I couldn't stand what I thought."

Peter Steele, American Musician

Thought, Thoughts, Day

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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 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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"Our military thought that they couldn't get to Pearl Harbor, that it was too long a journey from Japan to get there, and they proved us wrong."

"Our military thought that they couldn't get to Pearl Harbor, that it was too long a journey from Japan to get there, and they proved us wrong."

Jerry Bruckheimer, American Producer

Thought, Journey, Military, Wrong

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"As soon as man does not take his existence for granted, but beholds it as something unfathomably mysterious, thought begins."

"As soon as man does not take his existence for granted, but beholds it as something unfathomably mysterious, thought begins."

Albert Schweitzer, German Theologian

Thought, Existence, Man

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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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"We discovered that there was a great deal of keen interest in America for the kinds of products that we thought could be produced here. Also there was an interest in Britain for Australian material generally."

"We discovered that there was a great deal of keen interest in America for the kinds of products that we thought could be produced here. Also there was an interest in Britain for Australian material generally."

Ann Macbeth, English Author

Thought, America, Interest

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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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"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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"It's so weird that I went to rehab. I always said that I would die before I went to rehab. But I thought, 'I'm going to stay here tonight.' And I stayed there for a month. It was great."

"It's so weird that I went to rehab. I always said that I would die before I went to rehab. But I thought, 'I'm going to stay here tonight.' And I stayed there for a month. It was great."

Lindsay Lohan, American Actress

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"The faster the word sticks to the thought, the more beautiful is the effect."

"The faster the word sticks to the thought, the more beautiful is the effect."

Gustave Flaubert, French Novelist

Thought, Effect, Word

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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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"The United States has long thought of itself as the land of infinite plenty, and historically we did have abundant resources. But now we are gradually exhausting our fisheries, our topsoil, our water. On top of that, we're coming to the end of world resources."

"The United States has long thought of itself as the land of infinite plenty, and historically we did have abundant resources. But now we are gradually exhausting our fisheries, our topsoil, our water. On top of that, we're coming to the end of world resources."

Jared Diamond, American Author

Thought, End, Infinite, Land

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"No one knows exactly where thought comes from, but it can be said that thought comes from the same place as whatever it is that beats our heart... it comes from being alive."

"No one knows exactly where thought comes from, but it can be said that thought comes from the same place as whatever it is that beats our heart... it comes from being alive."

Richard Carlson, American Author

Thought, Heart, Being

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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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"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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"Ryan finally came to my rescue. He'd thought working together in Paper Moon would help us bond."

"Ryan finally came to my rescue. He'd thought working together in Paper Moon would help us bond."

Tatum O'Neal, American Actress

Thought, Help, Moon

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"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 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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"At those times I got into... I suppose you call it a rut. I used to do comedy, comedy, comedy and I suddenly thought I ought to break away from this somehow."

"At those times I got into... I suppose you call it a rut. I used to do comedy, comedy, comedy and I suddenly thought I ought to break away from this somehow."

Val Guest, British Director

Thought, Comedy

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"I also thought of myself as the Sonny Barger of the film industry."

"I also thought of myself as the Sonny Barger of the film industry."

John Milius, 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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"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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"If you are still being hurt by an event that happened to you at twelve, it is the thought that is hurting you now."

"If you are still being hurt by an event that happened to you at twelve, it is the thought that is hurting you now."

James Hillman, American Psychologist

Thought, Being, Hurt, Now

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"If I swim in the ocean, I have a shark thought. Not a bad one, but just a little one."

"If I swim in the ocean, I have a shark thought. Not a bad one, but just a little one."

Tea Leoni, American Actress

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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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"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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"Dave thought he was bigger than Van Halen the band. So there was this catfight going on for 10 years."

"Dave thought he was bigger than Van Halen the band. So there was this catfight going on for 10 years."

Gary Cherone, American Musician

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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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"The social sciences, I thought, needed the same kind of rigor and the same mathematical underpinnings that had made the "hard" sciences so brilliantly successful."

"The social sciences, I thought, needed the same kind of rigor and the same mathematical underpinnings that had made the "hard" sciences so brilliantly successful."

Herbert Simon, American Scientist

Thought, Successful

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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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"I liked discussion and debate and thought that these skills fit well with law. I also had an interest in justice - and later learned that sometimes law and justice actually agree!"

"I liked discussion and debate and thought that these skills fit well with law. I also had an interest in justice - and later learned that sometimes law and justice actually agree!"

Harold H. Greene, American Judge

Thought, Debate, Interest, Justice

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"Retired is being tired twice, I've thought, first tired of working, then tired of not."

"Retired is being tired twice, I've thought, first tired of working, then tired of not."

Richard Armour, American Poet

Thought, Being, First

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"You are today where your thoughts have brought you; you will be tomorrow where your thoughts take you."

"You are today where your thoughts have brought you; you will be tomorrow where your thoughts take you."

James Allen, British Author

Thought, Thoughts, Today, Tomorrow, Will

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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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"I always wanted to act, but I never thought it would be my profession. I thought that I'd end up doing other things, but that in the meantime I'd do plays."

"I always wanted to act, but I never thought it would be my profession. I thought that I'd end up doing other things, but that in the meantime I'd do plays."

Gael Garcia Bernal, Mexican Actor

Thought, Act, End, Profession

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"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

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"First of all I thought it was ugly, I thought it was ridiculous that undercover police guys would drive a striped tomato and I've never been a big champion of Ford."

"First of all I thought it was ugly, I thought it was ridiculous that undercover police guys would drive a striped tomato and I've never been a big champion of Ford."

Paul M. Glaser, American Actor

Thought, First, Police, Ugly

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"I realized at one point that David and I had not made a record together in almost 26 years and I thought that that was absurd because, first of all it had gone so fast, I didn't really realize, neither did David, that it had been that long."

"I realized at one point that David and I had not made a record together in almost 26 years and I thought that that was absurd because, first of all it had gone so fast, I didn't really realize, neither did David, that it had been that long."

Graham Nash, British Musician

Thought, First, Years

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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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"The reason I went for Jenny Craig is I thought, Maybe I'm not the only one who has stupid reasons for getting fat."

"The reason I went for Jenny Craig is I thought, Maybe I'm not the only one who has stupid reasons for getting fat."

Kirstie Alley, American Actress

Thought, Reason

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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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"A few years ago, I thought, I'll never make it. I started to go to the doctor to help me lose weight."

"A few years ago, I thought, I'll never make it. I started to go to the doctor to help me lose weight."

Etta James, American Musician

Thought, Help, Weight, Years

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