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"I thought I had to show all my stuff and I almost tore the boards of the grandstand with my fastball."

"I thought I had to show all my stuff and I almost tore the boards of the grandstand with my fastball."

Cy Young, American Athlete

16

"I always thought that the badge a cop has was more like the shield that Captain America has. It's an obvious sign of good and something you'll protect other people with, but it will also protect you."

"I always thought that the badge a cop has was more like the shield that Captain America has. It's an obvious sign of good and something you'll protect other people with, but it will also protect you."

Judd Nelson, American Actor

Thought, People, America, Obvious

16

"Expressing the thoughts of my comrades, I suggested, among other means, the organization of an international information service on inventories, on production, and on the needs of the various countries for raw materials."

"Expressing the thoughts of my comrades, I suggested, among other means, the organization of an international information service on inventories, on production, and on the needs of the various countries for raw materials."

Leon Jouhaux, French Leader

Thought, Thoughts, Countries, Information, Needs

16

"The satisfaction that I get from doing what I do is not what I thought. I thought it would be that I'd feel like a star, I'd feel important. But I don't."

"The satisfaction that I get from doing what I do is not what I thought. I thought it would be that I'd feel like a star, I'd feel important. But I don't."

Lee Ann Womack, American Musician

Thought, Satisfaction

16

"I didn't want to start relying on what someone else thought was right. It was easier to go away all together."

"I didn't want to start relying on what someone else thought was right. It was easier to go away all together."

Kim Novak, American Actress

Thought, Right, Want

16

"I had never really thought of myself as a writer; any writing I had done was just to give myself something to draw."

"I had never really thought of myself as a writer; any writing I had done was just to give myself something to draw."

Len Wein, American Cartoonist

Thought, Writer, Writing

16

"If it can be written, or thought, it can be filmed."

"If it can be written, or thought, it can be filmed."

Stanley Kubrick, American Director

16

"However, the thought hit me that this was a pretty pathetic way to kick the bucket - being accidentally poisoned during a photo shoot, of all things - and I started weeping at the idiocy of it all."

"However, the thought hit me that this was a pretty pathetic way to kick the bucket - being accidentally poisoned during a photo shoot, of all things - and I started weeping at the idiocy of it all."

Lara St. John, Canadian Musician

Thought, Being, Pretty, Weeping

16

"They wanted Bridgette to be this extremely enigmatic character. Im about the least enigmatic person on the planet, so I just thought what I did on the show was boring."

"They wanted Bridgette to be this extremely enigmatic character. Im about the least enigmatic person on the planet, so I just thought what I did on the show was boring."

Margot Kidder, American Actress

Thought, Character

16

"Well, actually, the Second City thing came about because I was taking a few improv classes there. I thought that the improv classes would help with my wrestling career, which it has."

"Well, actually, the Second City thing came about because I was taking a few improv classes there. I thought that the improv classes would help with my wrestling career, which it has."

Trish Stratus, American Entertainer

Thought, Career, Help, Wrestling

16

"We thought that we had the answers, it was the questions we had wrong."

"We thought that we had the answers, it was the questions we had wrong."

Bono, Irish Musician

Thought, Answers, Questions, Wrong

16

"When I finished a song that I thought was good, I thought, I don't know where that came from, so I have no idea if I can do that again. I'm talking like, a hundred and fifty songs down the line. I still feel that."

"When I finished a song that I thought was good, I thought, I don't know where that came from, so I have no idea if I can do that again. I'm talking like, a hundred and fifty songs down the line. I still feel that."

Trevor Rabin, South African Musician

Thought, Idea, Song, Songs

16

"I thought Jack's directing job was the best thing about the film."

"I thought Jack's directing job was the best thing about the film."

Harvey Keitel, American Actor

Thought, Film, Job

16

"Ah, no, far be from me a thought which I loathe like poison."

"Ah, no, far be from me a thought which I loathe like poison."

Giuseppe Garibaldi, Italian Soldier

Thought, Poison

16

"Words are made for a certain exactness of thought, as tears are for a certain degree of pain. What is least distinct cannot be named; what is clearest is unutterable."

"Words are made for a certain exactness of thought, as tears are for a certain degree of pain. What is least distinct cannot be named; what is clearest is unutterable."

Rene Daumal, French Writer

Thought, Pain, Tears, Words

16

"I thought cryptography was a technique that did not require your trusting other people-that if you encrypted your files, you would have the control to make the choice as to whether you would surrender your files."

"I thought cryptography was a technique that did not require your trusting other people-that if you encrypted your files, you would have the control to make the choice as to whether you would surrender your files."

Whitfield Diffie, American Scientist

Thought, People, Control, Choice

16

"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

16

"One of the guys that used to run it - for some reason I've no idea why he used to call me the Sea Monster and I was just looking around for a name and thought that'll do. That lasted for a couple of years probably."

"One of the guys that used to run it - for some reason I've no idea why he used to call me the Sea Monster and I was just looking around for a name and thought that'll do. That lasted for a couple of years probably."

Jo Brand, British Comedian

Thought, Idea, Name, Reason

16

"Well, I'm proud to say American Pie was the kind of crazy, gross-out film that guys thought was the greatest."

"Well, I'm proud to say American Pie was the kind of crazy, gross-out film that guys thought was the greatest."

Jason Biggs, American Actor

16

"I was very, very shocked about Cooperstown. I thought my chances were fairly good, but I tried to stay low key about it, not too high and not too low. That was the way I played, too."

"I was very, very shocked about Cooperstown. I thought my chances were fairly good, but I tried to stay low key about it, not too high and not too low. That was the way I played, too."

Al Kaline, American Athlete

16

"I've never looked at myself and thought, 'Oh yeah, I'm sexy'. I've felt sexy and confident, but I don't look at myself that way."

"I've never looked at myself and thought, 'Oh yeah, I'm sexy'. I've felt sexy and confident, but I don't look at myself that way."

Ashlee Simpson, American Musician

16

"I kind of thought the writers were starting to take Taylor and make her kind of down and dirty."

"I kind of thought the writers were starting to take Taylor and make her kind of down and dirty."

Hunter Tylo, American Actress

Thought, Writers

16

"Anyhow, a philosophical turn of thought now was not amiss, else one's patience would have given out almost at the harbour entrance. The term of her probation was eight days."

"Anyhow, a philosophical turn of thought now was not amiss, else one's patience would have given out almost at the harbour entrance. The term of her probation was eight days."

Joshua Slocum, Canadian Explorer

Thought, Now, Patience

16

"Sometimes there is no darker place than our thoughts, the moonless midnight of the mind."

"Sometimes there is no darker place than our thoughts, the moonless midnight of the mind."

Dean Koontz, American Author

Thought, Thoughts, Midnight, Mind

16

"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

16

"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

16

"A typewriter is a means of transcribing thought, not expressing it."

"A typewriter is a means of transcribing thought, not expressing it."

Marshall McLuhan, Canadian Sociologist

16

"But I thought, I've just got to check out Hollywood, so I sent out pictures and resumes."

"But I thought, I've just got to check out Hollywood, so I sent out pictures and resumes."

Delta Burke, American Actress

Thought, Hollywood

16

"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

16

"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

16

"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

16

"I dream of instruments obedient to my thought and which with their contribution of a whole new world of unsuspected sounds, will lend themselves to the exigencies of my inner rhythm."

"I dream of instruments obedient to my thought and which with their contribution of a whole new world of unsuspected sounds, will lend themselves to the exigencies of my inner rhythm."

Edgard Varese, American Composer

Thought, Dream, Will, World

16

"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

16

"So I was determined to use my last two years in college doing something I thought I would enjoy, which was acting. And it was probably because there was girls over in the drama school too, you know?"

"So I was determined to use my last two years in college doing something I thought I would enjoy, which was acting. And it was probably because there was girls over in the drama school too, you know?"

James Earl Jones, American Actor

Thought, Acting, College, Drama

16

"Thinking begins only when we have come to know that reason, glorified for centuries, is the stiff-necked adversary of thought."

"Thinking begins only when we have come to know that reason, glorified for centuries, is the stiff-necked adversary of thought."

Martin Heidegger, German Philosopher

Thought, Reason, Thinking

16

"He never is alone that is accompanied with noble thoughts."

"He never is alone that is accompanied with noble thoughts."

John Fletcher, English Dramatist

Thought, Thoughts

16

"I remember in the circus learning that the clown was the prince, the high prince. I always thought that the high prince was the lion or the magician, but the clown is the most important."

"I remember in the circus learning that the clown was the prince, the high prince. I always thought that the high prince was the lion or the magician, but the clown is the most important."

Roberto Benigni, Italian Actor

Thought, Learning

16

"I always thought, it would be neat to make the Olympic team."

"I always thought, it would be neat to make the Olympic team."

Michael Phelps, American Athlete

16

"I will throw all my best efforts into it, my thoughts and political observations, but ultimately I want to create a narrative that keeps you turning the pages and leaves you with a sense that this thing has a reason for being there."

"I will throw all my best efforts into it, my thoughts and political observations, but ultimately I want to create a narrative that keeps you turning the pages and leaves you with a sense that this thing has a reason for being there."

Frank Miller, American Artist

Thought, Thoughts, Being, Reason, Sense

16

"How full of trifles everything is! It is only one's thoughts that fill a room with something more than furniture."

"How full of trifles everything is! It is only one's thoughts that fill a room with something more than furniture."

Wallace Stevens, American Poet

Thought, Thoughts, Trifles

16

"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

16

"The thought that we're in competition with Russians or with Chinese is all a mistake, and trivial. We are one species, with a world to win."

"The thought that we're in competition with Russians or with Chinese is all a mistake, and trivial. We are one species, with a world to win."

George Wald, American Scientist

Thought, Mistake, Competition, World

16

"As soon as he hit it, I thought I had it. But I lost it when it went into the lights. I did my best."

"As soon as he hit it, I thought I had it. But I lost it when it went into the lights. I did my best."

Danny Bautista, American Athlete

16

"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

16

"We thought that whatever we wanted to do was right and good, simply because we were Americans, and we would succeed at it because we were Americans."

"We thought that whatever we wanted to do was right and good, simply because we were Americans, and we would succeed at it because we were Americans."

Neil Sheehan, American Journalist

Thought, Americans, Right, Succeed

16

"We did it Disneyland, in the knowledge that most of the people I talked to thought it would be a financial disaster - closed and forgotten within the first year."

"We did it Disneyland, in the knowledge that most of the people I talked to thought it would be a financial disaster - closed and forgotten within the first year."

Walt Disney, American Cartoonist

Thought, People, Knowledge, Financial

16

"For my own part, I abandon the ethics of duty to the Hegelian critique with no regrets; it would appear to me, indeed, to have been correctly characterized by Hegel as an abstract thought, as a thought of understanding."

"For my own part, I abandon the ethics of duty to the Hegelian critique with no regrets; it would appear to me, indeed, to have been correctly characterized by Hegel as an abstract thought, as a thought of understanding."

Paul Ricoeur, French Philosopher

Thought, Duty, Ethics, Understanding

16

"When I look back at it, I'm mostly amazed at how poorly it was shot. David Kelley is a great writer, and I thought the scripts were great, but it just looks so cheap."

"When I look back at it, I'm mostly amazed at how poorly it was shot. David Kelley is a great writer, and I thought the scripts were great, but it just looks so cheap."

Peter Berg, American Actor

Thought, Writer

16

"I thought in terms of the enthusiasm of doing it. I didn't think about whether I was ready."

"I thought in terms of the enthusiasm of doing it. I didn't think about whether I was ready."

Elmer Bernstein, American Composer

Thought, Enthusiasm

16

"Moderation is a virtue only in those who are thought to have an alternative."

"Moderation is a virtue only in those who are thought to have an alternative."

Henry A. Kissinger, American Statesman

Thought, Virtue, Moderation

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