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Thought Quotes

"I think all Nazis didn't see themselves as bad people. I've never met a racist yet who thought he was a racist. Or an anti-Semite who thought they were anti-Semitic."

"I think all Nazis didn't see themselves as bad people. I've never met a racist yet who thought he was a racist. Or an anti-Semite who thought they were anti-Semitic."

Norman Jewison, Canadian Director

Thought, People

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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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"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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"The task of a university is the creation of the future, so far as rational thought and civilized modes of appreciation can affect the issue."

"The task of a university is the creation of the future, so far as rational thought and civilized modes of appreciation can affect the issue."

Alfred North Whitehead, English Mathematician

Thought, Appreciation, Creation, Future

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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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"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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"It is not what we learn in conversation that enriches us. It is the elation that comes of swift contact with tingling currents of thought."

"It is not what we learn in conversation that enriches us. It is the elation that comes of swift contact with tingling currents of thought."

Agnes Repplier, American Writer

Thought, Conversation

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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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"To read a book, to think it over, and to write out notes is a useful exercise; a book which will not repay some hard thought is not worth publishing."

"To read a book, to think it over, and to write out notes is a useful exercise; a book which will not repay some hard thought is not worth publishing."

Maria Mitchell, American Scientist

Thought, Exercise, Publishing, Will

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"I would hope to inspire in my listeners a feeling of freedom - of speech, thought and political activity."

"I would hope to inspire in my listeners a feeling of freedom - of speech, thought and political activity."

John Hall, American Politician

Thought, Hope, Feeling, Freedom

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"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

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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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"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

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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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"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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"I've always thought Blues Point Tower is one of my best buildings and I stand by that."

"I've always thought Blues Point Tower is one of my best buildings and I stand by that."

Harry Seidler, Australian Architect

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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'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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"Conscious thought is the tidying up at the end."

"Conscious thought is the tidying up at the end."

Mason Cooley, American Writer

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"We are the children of our landscape; it dictates behavior and even thought in the measure to which we are responsive to it."

"We are the children of our landscape; it dictates behavior and even thought in the measure to which we are responsive to it."

Lawrence Durrell, British Writer

Thought, Behavior, Children, Measure

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"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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"It's one of my strongest dance pieces - having just done Play Without Words which was veering away from a lot of dance - I thought it would be nice to go back to something with almost the most dance I'd done."

"It's one of my strongest dance pieces - having just done Play Without Words which was veering away from a lot of dance - I thought it would be nice to go back to something with almost the most dance I'd done."

Matthew Bourne, English Dancer

Thought, Dance, Play, Words

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"Cartoonist was the weirdest name I finally let myself have. I would never say it. When I heard it I silently thought, what an awful word."

"Cartoonist was the weirdest name I finally let myself have. I would never say it. When I heard it I silently thought, what an awful word."

Lynda Barry, American Cartoonist

Thought, Name, Word

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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 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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"They just didn't have the sense of the strength of their vote. Just thought it wasn't necessary."

"They just didn't have the sense of the strength of their vote. Just thought it wasn't necessary."

Charles Phillips, American Executive

Thought, Strength, Sense, Vote

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"I was a guinea pig for some hoodlums who thought they could hurt me and frighten me and keep other Negro entertainers from the South."

"I was a guinea pig for some hoodlums who thought they could hurt me and frighten me and keep other Negro entertainers from the South."

Nat King Cole, American Musician

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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 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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"I suspect people always thought I had a boyfriend, so nobody came after me."

"I suspect people always thought I had a boyfriend, so nobody came after me."

Ziyi Zhang, Chinese Actress

Thought, People, Boyfriend

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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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"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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"I always thought that it was every performer's dream. That's the epitome of being an artist, being able to express song, dance and acting in a live theatre setting and really connecting with an audience on that level."

"I always thought that it was every performer's dream. That's the epitome of being an artist, being able to express song, dance and acting in a live theatre setting and really connecting with an audience on that level."

Deborah Cox, Canadian Musician

Thought, Dance, Dream, Acting

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"Part of the problem is how little we understand about the ultimate betrayal of the body when it rebels against itself. You always worry about charlatans. We found that specialists did not know as much as we thought."

"Part of the problem is how little we understand about the ultimate betrayal of the body when it rebels against itself. You always worry about charlatans. We found that specialists did not know as much as we thought."

Charles Bronson, American Actor

Thought, Betrayal, Body, Worry

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"I have long thought that anyone who does not regularly - or ever - gaze up and see the wonder and glory of a dark night sky filled with countless stars loses a sense of their fundamental connectedness to the universe."

"I have long thought that anyone who does not regularly - or ever - gaze up and see the wonder and glory of a dark night sky filled with countless stars loses a sense of their fundamental connectedness to the universe."

Brian Greene, American Physicist

Thought, Glory, Night, Sense

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"The mind moves in the direction of our currently dominant thoughts."

"The mind moves in the direction of our currently dominant thoughts."

Earl Nightingale, American Entertainer

Thought, Thoughts, Direction, Mind

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"Further, not only the United States, but the French, British, Germans and the United Nations all thought Hussein possessed weapons of mass destruction before the United States intervened."

"Further, not only the United States, but the French, British, Germans and the United Nations all thought Hussein possessed weapons of mass destruction before the United States intervened."

Jim Gerlach, American Politician

Thought, Destruction, Nations, States

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"The methods of theoretical physics should be applicable to all those branches of thought in which the essential features are expressible with numbers."

"The methods of theoretical physics should be applicable to all those branches of thought in which the essential features are expressible with numbers."

Paul Dirac, British Physicist

Thought, Numbers, Physics

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"We end the show with something that's never been on TV because it was too big for a sketch but we couldn't stretch it out to make a whole episode because it would have been too long, but we always thought it was really good."

"We end the show with something that's never been on TV because it was too big for a sketch but we couldn't stretch it out to make a whole episode because it would have been too long, but we always thought it was really good."

Kevin McDonald, Canadian Comedian

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"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

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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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"I never really thought about being an actress or being anything like that. I was always a bit scared as well because of the thing about models becoming an actress and all that."

"I never really thought about being an actress or being anything like that. I was always a bit scared as well because of the thing about models becoming an actress and all that."

Gisele Bundchen, Brazilian Model

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"I actually got the part. And I thought, Well, I'll do it for a while. I'll just quit if it's stupid."

"I actually got the part. And I thought, Well, I'll do it for a while. I'll just quit if it's stupid."

Rob Corddry, American Comedian

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"I thought his performance was absolutely wonderful and had said so, but he seemed, as actors quite often are when they first see.something, to be disappointed. I think he expected more from the film and himself."

"I thought his performance was absolutely wonderful and had said so, but he seemed, as actors quite often are when they first see.something, to be disappointed. I think he expected more from the film and himself."

John Schlesinger, British Director

Thought, Performance, Actors, Film

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"Belief is thought at rest."

"Belief is thought at rest."

Larry Harvey, American Celebrity

Thought, Belief, Rest

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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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"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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"Most individuals have always thought themselves not big enough or significant enough to have an effect on the whole planet, a notion which conversely made them think they could afford big arrogance and big greed over its resources."

"Most individuals have always thought themselves not big enough or significant enough to have an effect on the whole planet, a notion which conversely made them think they could afford big arrogance and big greed over its resources."

Lynette Fromme, American Criminal

Thought, Arrogance, Effect, Greed

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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 read about this hotel that was great, down in the south of the island, not in a touristy area. I had no particular desire ever to go to Jamaica, but I thought, what the hell? Sounds nice. Let's go!"

"I read about this hotel that was great, down in the south of the island, not in a touristy area. I had no particular desire ever to go to Jamaica, but I thought, what the hell? Sounds nice. Let's go!"

Jeremy Northam, English Actor

Thought, Desire, Hell

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