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"I think cinema should provoke thoughts, sure, but using it as I soapbox I think is the wrong place."

"I think cinema should provoke thoughts, sure, but using it as I soapbox I think is the wrong place."

Jeremy Renner, American Actor

Thought, Thoughts, Cinema, Wrong

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"There are a thousand thoughts lying within a man that he does not know till he takes up a pen to write."

"There are a thousand thoughts lying within a man that he does not know till he takes up a pen to write."

William Makepeace Thackeray, English Novelist

Thought, Thoughts, Lying, Man, Pen

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"I think it's the way I talk. I think they thought I was too country. And I'm not ashamed of that by any means."

"I think it's the way I talk. I think they thought I was too country. And I'm not ashamed of that by any means."

Reba McEntire, American Musician

Thought, Country, Talk

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"There is no pleasure to me without communication: there is not so much as a sprightly thought comes into my mind that it does not grieve me to have produced alone, and that I have no one to tell it to."

"There is no pleasure to me without communication: there is not so much as a sprightly thought comes into my mind that it does not grieve me to have produced alone, and that I have no one to tell it to."

Michel de Montaigne, French Philosopher

Thought, Mind, Pleasure

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"My thoughts are my company; I can bring them together, select them, detain them, dismiss them."

"My thoughts are my company; I can bring them together, select them, detain them, dismiss them."

Walter Savage Landor, English Poet

Thought, Thoughts, Company

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"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

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"I know I had been successful in football. I had been successful in broadcasting. I didn't think that anything could touch me. I thought, I can beat anything."

"I know I had been successful in football. I had been successful in broadcasting. I didn't think that anything could touch me. I thought, I can beat anything."

Pat Summerall, American Celebrity

Thought, Successful, Football

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"So much relies on the singer I thought the best way to avoid that problem was to become the singer!"

"So much relies on the singer I thought the best way to avoid that problem was to become the singer!"

Ben Jackson, American Drummer

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"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

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"Words ought to be a little wild, for they are the assaults of thoughts on the unthinking."

"Words ought to be a little wild, for they are the assaults of thoughts on the unthinking."

John Maynard Keynes, English Economist

Thought, Thoughts, Words

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"It may not be proper for me, perhaps, to let my feelings carry me further am therefore resigned to stop here, if sir, you think my particular reasons following too free, or will give offense to the House, which I would be sorry to be thought capable of intending."

"It may not be proper for me, perhaps, to let my feelings carry me further am therefore resigned to stop here, if sir, you think my particular reasons following too free, or will give offense to the House, which I would be sorry to be thought capable of intending."

Christopher Gadsden, American Soldier

Thought, Feelings, May, Will

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"When you take a pitch and line it somewhere, it's like you've thought of something and put it there with beautiful clarity."

"When you take a pitch and line it somewhere, it's like you've thought of something and put it there with beautiful clarity."

Reggie Jackson, American Athlete

Thought, Clarity

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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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"The more I thought of the McClure offer the less I thought of it. So I told him last night I was satisfied where I was, and that the $75 he offered me was no inducement."

"The more I thought of the McClure offer the less I thought of it. So I told him last night I was satisfied where I was, and that the $75 he offered me was no inducement."

Richard H. Davis, American Writer

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"I wanted to be a theater actress, but I thought it would be easier to get to New York and the theater if I had a name than if I just walked the streets as a little girl from California."

"I wanted to be a theater actress, but I thought it would be easier to get to New York and the theater if I had a name than if I just walked the streets as a little girl from California."

Gloria Stuart, American Actress

Thought, Name, Theater

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"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

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"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

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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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"A synonym is a word you use when you can't spell the word you first thought of."

"A synonym is a word you use when you can't spell the word you first thought of."

Burt Bacharach, American Composer

Thought, First, Word

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"I didn't actually realise what apartheid meant. I'm probably a bit naive, but I thought it was more of a vague segregation, like on the beaches and buses."

"I didn't actually realise what apartheid meant. I'm probably a bit naive, but I thought it was more of a vague segregation, like on the beaches and buses."

John Deacon, British Musician

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"We havent really paid much attention to thought as a process. we have engaged in thoughts, but we have only paid attention to the content, not to the process."

"We havent really paid much attention to thought as a process. we have engaged in thoughts, but we have only paid attention to the content, not to the process."

David Bohm, American Scientist

Thought, Thoughts, Attention, Content

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"There was a storyline this year where Taylor lied to Brooke. It was supposed to be set up in a way that I was so outraged by her that I let it stay. I thought that was human, which was great."

"There was a storyline this year where Taylor lied to Brooke. It was supposed to be set up in a way that I was so outraged by her that I let it stay. I thought that was human, which was great."

Hunter Tylo, American Actress

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"Reason we call that faculty innate in us of discovering laws and applying them with thought."

"Reason we call that faculty innate in us of discovering laws and applying them with thought."

Hermann von Helmholtz, German Physicist

Thought, Laws, Reason

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"Well, to be honest I think I'm a better short story writer than a novelist. Novels I find very hard, hours and hours, weeks and weeks, of conscious thought - whereas short stories slip out painlessly in a few days."

"Well, to be honest I think I'm a better short story writer than a novelist. Novels I find very hard, hours and hours, weeks and weeks, of conscious thought - whereas short stories slip out painlessly in a few days."

Eric Brown, British Writer

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"I thought I'd better check this third plate, which is another date, see if there's an image there in the right place that would be consistent with the images on the other plates. That was the final proof."

"I thought I'd better check this third plate, which is another date, see if there's an image there in the right place that would be consistent with the images on the other plates. That was the final proof."

Clyde Tombaugh, American Scientist

Thought, Proof, Right

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"Determine to do some thinking for yourself. Don't live entirely upon the thoughts of others. Don't be an automaton."

"Determine to do some thinking for yourself. Don't live entirely upon the thoughts of others. Don't be an automaton."

James Cash Penney, American Businessman

Thought, Thoughts, Thinking

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"What I believe in touches many aspects of religious and spiritual thought. Mainly I'm influenced and inspired by the eastern yogi's aspect of mysticism, Which is, I think, the future."

"What I believe in touches many aspects of religious and spiritual thought. Mainly I'm influenced and inspired by the eastern yogi's aspect of mysticism, Which is, I think, the future."

Dave Davies, British Musician

Thought, Future, Religious, Spiritual

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"I worked with my parents on the stage in production numbers since I was 4, but I never really gave much thought to being a performer on my own until I was 12 or 13."

"I worked with my parents on the stage in production numbers since I was 4, but I never really gave much thought to being a performer on my own until I was 12 or 13."

Helen Reddy, Australian Actress

Thought, Being, Numbers, Parents

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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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"The moral effect of the thundering of one's own artillery is most extraordinary, and many of us thought that we had never heard any more welcome sound than the deep roaring and crashing that started in at our rear."

"The moral effect of the thundering of one's own artillery is most extraordinary, and many of us thought that we had never heard any more welcome sound than the deep roaring and crashing that started in at our rear."

Fritz Kreisler, Austrian Composer

Thought, Deep, Effect, Sound

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"I started doing cartoons when I was about 21. I never thought I would be a cartoonist. It happened behind my back. I was always a painter and drawer."

"I started doing cartoons when I was about 21. I never thought I would be a cartoonist. It happened behind my back. I was always a painter and drawer."

Lynda Barry, American Cartoonist

Thought, Cartoons

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"I was stillborn. The midwives laid me aside, thought I was really gone. I laid there about an hour, and they picked me back up and tried again, 'cause my body was still warm. The Good Lord brought me back."

"I was stillborn. The midwives laid me aside, thought I was really gone. I laid there about an hour, and they picked me back up and tried again, 'cause my body was still warm. The Good Lord brought me back."

James Brown, American Musician

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"I should prefer to die laughing, and, on more than one occasion, thought I might."

"I should prefer to die laughing, and, on more than one occasion, thought I might."

Joseph Epstein, American Writer

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"My cooking is so bad my kids thought Thanksgiving was to commemorate Pearl Harbor."

"My cooking is so bad my kids thought Thanksgiving was to commemorate Pearl Harbor."

Phyllis Diller, American Comedian

Thought, Cooking, Kids, Thanksgiving

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"I thought Nixon was getting ganged up on, but when I heard the tapes, I was shocked and terribly saddened."

"I thought Nixon was getting ganged up on, but when I heard the tapes, I was shocked and terribly saddened."

Walter Annenberg, American Businessman

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"Thought is the wind and knowledge the sail."

"Thought is the wind and knowledge the sail."

David Hare, English Playwright

Thought, Knowledge, Wind

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"I thought I had swell ideas, and wonderful musicians, but the hell of it, no one else did."

"I thought I had swell ideas, and wonderful musicians, but the hell of it, no one else did."

Glenn Miller, American Musician

Thought, Ideas, Hell, Musicians

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"Seppuku is Japanese for ritual suicide. I thought, What a cute name for a coat."

"Seppuku is Japanese for ritual suicide. I thought, What a cute name for a coat."

Lexa Doig, Canadian Actress

Thought, Cute, Name, Ritual

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"It is the part of a fool to say, I should not have thought."

"It is the part of a fool to say, I should not have thought."

Scipio Africanus, Roman Soldier

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"I used to have to force myself to go, okay, nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing and then all of a sudden a thought of some where could come in. Now I can just focus and not think about anything. So, yeah, I guess I do that a lot."

"I used to have to force myself to go, okay, nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing and then all of a sudden a thought of some where could come in. Now I can just focus and not think about anything. So, yeah, I guess I do that a lot."

Nancy Johnson, American Politician

Thought, Focus, Force, Nothing

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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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"They thought we were going to hurt the game, but we just wanted to help ourselves, because the players needed to get together to protect their interests."

"They thought we were going to hurt the game, but we just wanted to help ourselves, because the players needed to get together to protect their interests."

Ted Lindsay, Canadian Athlete

Thought, Help, Hurt

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"A lot of people let me down... A lot of people I thought were my friends turned on me."

"A lot of people let me down... A lot of people I thought were my friends turned on me."

Lil' Kim, American Musician

Thought, People, Friends

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"I remember when the first police scary video thing came out, and you thought, wow, ooh, look at this, come and look, come and look. And now it's on every channel."

"I remember when the first police scary video thing came out, and you thought, wow, ooh, look at this, come and look, come and look. And now it's on every channel."

Jennifer Saunders, British Comedian

Thought, First, Now, Police

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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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"Thought is an errand boy, fear a mine of worries."

"Thought is an errand boy, fear a mine of worries."

Yunus Emre, Turkish Poet

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"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

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"How often misused words generate misleading thoughts."

"How often misused words generate misleading thoughts."

Herbert Spencer, English Philosopher

Thought, Thoughts, Misleading, Words

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"I think I was very interested in the space program as a kid, watching the first Apollo missions to the moon, and it's something I thought that would be a lot of, of fun and exciting and a very worthwhile job."

"I think I was very interested in the space program as a kid, watching the first Apollo missions to the moon, and it's something I thought that would be a lot of, of fun and exciting and a very worthwhile job."

Mark Kelly, American Musician

Thought, First, Fun, Job

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"Probably some of the projects I chose to do after that had more to do with what people thought of me. The industry was very open and probably hoping that I could do anything."

"Probably some of the projects I chose to do after that had more to do with what people thought of me. The industry was very open and probably hoping that I could do anything."

Bo Derek, American Actress

Thought, People, Open, Projects

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