--- title: "2 Knew Thousands Quotes by 2 authors" description: "Browse 2 Knew Thousands quotes by 2 authors. Discover the best Knew Thousands sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2f7/alan-sillitoe-23194_kept-saying_and-when-the-governor-kept-saying-how-we_290715.png" --- > [“And when the governor kept saying how 'we' wanted you to do this; and 'we' wanted you to do that, I kept looking round for the other blokes, wondering how many of them there was. Of course, I knew there…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-sillitoe/and-when-the-governor-kept-saying-how-we-wanted-you-to-do-this-and-we/) [Alan Sillitoe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-sillitoe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2f7/alan-sillitoe-23194_kept-saying_and-when-the-governor-kept-saying-how-we_290715.png) > [In a wide world. Millions of people knew me. Thousands of them are my enemy. Hundreds of them are my friends. Tens of them are my loved ones. One of them is YOU...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/in-a-wide-world-millions-of-people-knew-me-thousands-of-them-are-my/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/68e/anonymous-1_friendship_in-a-wide-world-millions-of-people-knew_307941.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/knew-thousands/#itemlist", "name": "Knew Thousands Quotes", "numberOfItems": 2, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“And when the governor kept saying how 'we' wanted you to do this; and 'we' wanted you to do that, I kept looking round for the other blokes, wondering how many of them there was. Of course, I knew there were thousands of them, but as far as I knew only one was in the room. 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