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		Knowing does not always allow us to prevent, but at least the things that we know, we hold them, if not in our hands, but at leastin our thoughts where we may dispose of them at our whim, which gives us the illusion of power over them.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Marcel Proust 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		Scientists have proven that it's impossible to long-jump 30 feet, but I don't listen to that kind of talk. Thoughts like that have a way of sinking into your feet. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Carl Lewis 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		My thoughts fly to the old Icelandic storytellers who created our classics, whose personalities were so bound up with the masses that their names, unlike their lives' work, have not been preserved for posterity. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Halldor Laxness 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I wake up every morning knowing how ridiculously lucky I am to be able to do what I love for a living, and that sense of wonder never, ever wears off. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				J. Michael Straczynski 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I've never been a six-foot-tall, skinny model, so therefore, I want to create an illusion. People always think I'm taller than I am - not just because of the shoes I wear but because of the way I dress. It's all relatively streamlined. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Victoria Beckham 
			 
			
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		Thank you for the sacrifices you and your families are making. Our Vietnam Veterans have taught us that no matter what are positions may be on policy, as Americans and patriots, we must support all of our soldiers with our thoughts and our prayers. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Zack Wamp 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		What matters is to live in the present, live now, for every moment is now. It is your thoughts and acts of the moment that create your future. The outline of your future path already exists, for you created its pattern by your past. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Sai Baba 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		Know that any and all thoughts that you have regarding your own skills, interests, and inclinations are valid. To reinforce the validity of your thoughts, keep them private. Tell yourself that they're between you and God. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Wayne Dyer 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Men admire the man who can organize their wishes and thoughts in stone and wood and steel and brass. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Ralph Waldo Emerson 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The quality of our thoughts is bordered on all sides by our facility with language. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				J. Michael Straczynski 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Our pain hides beneath these fluttering, random thoughts that run through our heads in an endless loop. But there's so much freedom in getting to know what's under there, the bedrock. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Dani Shapiro 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I'm still learning a lot as a songwriter. I try to write down and make a note of ideas that I cross paths with on a day-to-day basis, whether it be a conversation or something I hear on the radio, seeing a movie, or just thoughts in my head as I'm walking down the street. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Sam Hunt 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The trick to acting is not to show off; it's to think the thoughts of the character. I was lucky because when I started acting, it was doing jobs above pubs. I learned to act in anonymity, so by the time people saw me, I knew what I was doing. I was crap for years, but no one saw me being crap. It's a trade you learn. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Eddie Marsan 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
		
	
	
	
	
		Family dinner in the Norman Rockwell mode had taken hold by the 1950s: Mom cooked, Dad carved, son cleared, daughter did the dishes. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Nancy Gibbs 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		One of the most striking signs of the decay of art is the intermixing of different genres. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I thought I was benefiting the Indians as well as the government, by taking them all over the United States, and giving them a correct idea of the customs, life, etc., of the pale faces, so that when they returned to their people they could make known all they had seen. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Buffalo Bill 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		In order to render this change eligible as well to the society as to the slaves, it would be necessary that a complete incorporation of the latter into the former should result from the act of manumission. This is rendered impossible by the prejudices of the whites, prejudices which proceeding principally from the difference of color must be considered... 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				James Madison 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Knowing does not always allow us to prevent, but at least the things that we know, we hold them, if not in our hands, but at leastin our thoughts where we may dispose of them at our whim, which gives us the illusion of power over them. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Marcel Proust