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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

19

"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

19

"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

18

"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

18

"I have looked back on situations and thought that I could have handled a few differently and probably better."

"I have looked back on situations and thought that I could have handled a few differently and probably better."

Jim Evans, American Athlete

18

"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

18

"So I became a producer because I knew one of the reasons was they didn't do them the way I thought was right."

"So I became a producer because I knew one of the reasons was they didn't do them the way I thought was right."

Lee Hazlewood, American Musician

18

"I remember rehearsing it, and it was the one that we were really excited about and thought would sound the best, and once it was down on tape, it was like, This doesn't actually sound that good."

"I remember rehearsing it, and it was the one that we were really excited about and thought would sound the best, and once it was down on tape, it was like, This doesn't actually sound that good."

Meg White, American Musician

18

"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

18

"Thought is made in the mouth."

"Thought is made in the mouth."

Tristan Tzara, French Artist

18

"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

18

"John Danforth, I thought, was a great senator and did a great job with the United Nations. I think he's a good man. I would respectfully disagree with that."

"John Danforth, I thought, was a great senator and did a great job with the United Nations. I think he's a good man. I would respectfully disagree with that."

Ken Mehlman, American Politician

Thought, Job, Man, Nations

18

"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

18

"I just didn't believe I was like everybody else. I thought I was unique."

"I just didn't believe I was like everybody else. I thought I was unique."

Charlie Sheen, American Actor

18

"I thought, while they're up and firm, why not shoot them once or twice."

"I thought, while they're up and firm, why not shoot them once or twice."

Jamie Lee Curtis, American Actress

18

"When faced with the inevitable fatigue that comes with the recycling of speeches and the recycling of thoughts in a rather small stream of vortex, I am urged to not be ashamed of recycling."

"When faced with the inevitable fatigue that comes with the recycling of speeches and the recycling of thoughts in a rather small stream of vortex, I am urged to not be ashamed of recycling."

Barbara Amiel, British Journalist

Thought, Thoughts, Fatigue, Recycling

18

"We have nine ships and in the next two years will have ten, eleven and twelve. So things are going very nicely and all because of that program that people thought was mindless and so forth."

"We have nine ships and in the next two years will have ten, eleven and twelve. So things are going very nicely and all because of that program that people thought was mindless and so forth."

Gavin MacLeod, American Actor

Thought, People, Ships, Will

18

"There's been a number of erroneous biographies, articles and so on written about Billy and we both thought it would be a good idea to produce a true one."

"There's been a number of erroneous biographies, articles and so on written about Billy and we both thought it would be a good idea to produce a true one."

Pamela Stephenson, Australian Actress

18

"One of the reasons I came to Berkeley was because I saw so many students of all different colors speaking so many different languages and ferociously presenting all these different views. I thought, this is the 21st century and I want to be here!"

"One of the reasons I came to Berkeley was because I saw so many students of all different colors speaking so many different languages and ferociously presenting all these different views. I thought, this is the 21st century and I want to be here!"

June Jordan, American Writer

Thought, Colors, Students, Want

18

"My actual intake of different substances was far below what people thought it was, no matter how weird or outrageous they think I am."

"My actual intake of different substances was far below what people thought it was, no matter how weird or outrageous they think I am."

Peter Fonda, American Actor

Thought, People

18

"I never examined what I did in any great detail because I thought it would spoil things. I never read the scripts at all carefully, and never wanted to know what was going on, because I felt that being a benevolent alien that's the way it should be."

"I never examined what I did in any great detail because I thought it would spoil things. I never read the scripts at all carefully, and never wanted to know what was going on, because I felt that being a benevolent alien that's the way it should be."

Tom Baker, British Actor

Thought, Being, Detail

18

"And I had known Peter O'Toole before in London. And I'd liked him very much. And the thought of being in a picture with him was very challenging to me. And he was playing the starring role."

"And I had known Peter O'Toole before in London. And I'd liked him very much. And the thought of being in a picture with him was very challenging to me. And he was playing the starring role."

Anthony Quinn, Mexican Actor

Thought, Being, London

18

"Oh, yeah, I've always thought of covering some of my influences like Billy Joel, Elton John, Stevie Wonder."

"Oh, yeah, I've always thought of covering some of my influences like Billy Joel, Elton John, Stevie Wonder."

Jon Secada, Cuban Musician

Thought, Wonder

18

"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

18

"I was in Liverpool city center and I thought I broke one of my toes, just by jumping on buses. I put my arm in the door on the outside, and the bus just drives away with me naked."

"I was in Liverpool city center and I thought I broke one of my toes, just by jumping on buses. I put my arm in the door on the outside, and the bus just drives away with me naked."

Mark Roberts, American Actor

18

"People often thought Leopold Auer was Russian because he lived in St. Petersburg so long, almost fifty years."

"People often thought Leopold Auer was Russian because he lived in St. Petersburg so long, almost fifty years."

Gyorgy Ligeti, Hungarian Composer

Thought, People, Years

18

"Such lovely warmth of thought and delicacy of colour are beyond all praise, and equally beyond all thanks!"

"Such lovely warmth of thought and delicacy of colour are beyond all praise, and equally beyond all thanks!"

Marie Corelli, British Novelist

Thought, Praise

18

"I don't like being forced to reduce my thoughts to sound bites."

"I don't like being forced to reduce my thoughts to sound bites."

Leon Kass, American Educator

Thought, Thoughts, Being, Sound

18

"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

18

"I've always thought that if Israel really wanted to solve the problem, they'd just start tomorrow and push right to the Jordan River, and anything in their way goes. They don't need America or someone else to help."

"I've always thought that if Israel really wanted to solve the problem, they'd just start tomorrow and push right to the Jordan River, and anything in their way goes. They don't need America or someone else to help."

Bruce Dern, American Actor

Thought, America, Help, Israel

18

"Do not reveal what you have thought upon doing, but by wise council keep it secret being determined to carry it into execution."

"Do not reveal what you have thought upon doing, but by wise council keep it secret being determined to carry it into execution."

Chanakya, Indian Politician

Thought, Being, Execution

18

"They asked me what I thought about euthanasia. I said I'm more concerned about the adults."

"They asked me what I thought about euthanasia. I said I'm more concerned about the adults."

Jay London, American Comedian

18

"Dialectic thought is an attempt to break through the coercion of logic by its own means."

"Dialectic thought is an attempt to break through the coercion of logic by its own means."

Theodor Adorno, German Philosopher

18

"I worry that the person who thought up Muzak may be thinking up something else."

"I worry that the person who thought up Muzak may be thinking up something else."

Lily Tomlin, American Actress

Thought, May, Thinking, Worry

18

"I had always thought that once you grew up you could do anything you wanted - stay up all night or eat ice-cream straight out of the container."

"I had always thought that once you grew up you could do anything you wanted - stay up all night or eat ice-cream straight out of the container."

Bill Bryson, American Writer

18

"Make my breast transparent as pure crystal, that the world, jealous of me, may see the foulest thought my heart does hold."

"Make my breast transparent as pure crystal, that the world, jealous of me, may see the foulest thought my heart does hold."

George Villiers, English Politician

Thought, Heart, May, World

18

"I got treated very badly in Texas. They don't treat beatniks too good in Texas. Port Arthur people thought I was a beatnik, though they'd never seen one and neither had I."

"I got treated very badly in Texas. They don't treat beatniks too good in Texas. Port Arthur people thought I was a beatnik, though they'd never seen one and neither had I."

Janis Joplin, American Musician

Thought, People

18

"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

18

"But I never, never thought of the ministry nor did - of course, television when I was growing up, there was no television. So I didn't know anything about it."

"But I never, never thought of the ministry nor did - of course, television when I was growing up, there was no television. So I didn't know anything about it."

Pat Robertson, American Clergyman

Thought, Growing up, Television

18

"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

18

"So for me having that element of being able to be competitive wasn't a problem. I'm very competitive. I thought if I could skate first, acting would come second. I could say my lines and then go do what I was saying. You don't have to fake it, you're not really acting."

"So for me having that element of being able to be competitive wasn't a problem. I'm very competitive. I thought if I could skate first, acting would come second. I could say my lines and then go do what I was saying. You don't have to fake it, you're not really acting."

John Robinson, American Football Coach

Thought, Acting, Being, First

18

"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

18

"To be able to be caught up into the world of thought - that is being educated."

"To be able to be caught up into the world of thought - that is being educated."

Edith Hamilton, American Writer

Thought, Being, World

18

"He's written some great songs. I thought that "Blues Man" was a perfect song for me to do as a tribute."

"He's written some great songs. I thought that "Blues Man" was a perfect song for me to do as a tribute."

Alan Jackson, American Musician

Thought, Song, Songs, Tribute

18

"No, I've never thought that I was gay. And that's not something you think. It's something you know."

"No, I've never thought that I was gay. And that's not something you think. It's something you know."

Robert Plant, British Musician

18

"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

18

"We just wanted to write a bunch of songs that we thought were good songs."

"We just wanted to write a bunch of songs that we thought were good songs."

Travis Barker, American Musician

18

"The producers who wanted me to do it liked me and trusted me, and more than one scene was only one take, because I'd plan ahead what I thought would be appropriate for that scene-so one take was enough."

"The producers who wanted me to do it liked me and trusted me, and more than one scene was only one take, because I'd plan ahead what I thought would be appropriate for that scene-so one take was enough."

Fay Wray, American Actress

18

"So I was at the Actor's Studio, thinking about this, and I happened to glance over to the other side of the stage and I saw the ugliest chair I have ever seen. And I thought, 'Well, I could kill that chair!'"

"So I was at the Actor's Studio, thinking about this, and I happened to glance over to the other side of the stage and I saw the ugliest chair I have ever seen. And I thought, 'Well, I could kill that chair!'"

Ellen Burstyn, American Actress

Thought, Actor, Thinking

18

"We're animals. We're born like every other mammal and we live our whole lives around disguised animal thoughts."

"We're animals. We're born like every other mammal and we live our whole lives around disguised animal thoughts."

Barbara Kingsolver, American Novelist

Thought, Thoughts, Animals

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