They Called Quotes

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My grandmother was, back when they called them 'stewardesses,' a flight attendant. I actually had a ball wearing that little uniform and making sure everything… — Erika Christensen
We had a big controversy in the United States when there was a limited number of dialysis machines. In Seattle, they appointed what they called… — Ezekiel Emanuel
I might say that when the settlement was made the Nixon administration issued what they called a second inflation alert in which the General Motors… — Leonard Woodcock
There was an ancient Roman lawyer, of great fame in the history of Roman jurisprudence, whom they called Cui Bono, from his having first introduced… — Edmund Burke
They called it the Terminal Bar but they had no idea that like twenty years later the place'd be filling up with terminal cases. — Tom Waits
On the king's gate the moss grew gray;The king came not. They called him deadAnd made his eldest son one daySlave in his father's stead. — Helen Hunt Jackson
My mom, God rest her soul - she liked nicknames. In the womb she named me Skip. There was another black guy in Piedmont, W.Va.,… — Henry Louis Gates
I used to not be confident. My father certainly didn't add to my confidence. When I was 17 or 18, I was voted the most… — Joan Collins
If the press really thinks Obama is Lincoln, they ought to treat him like they treated Bush, 'cause that's how they treated Lincoln. His critics… — Ann Coulter
When I was losing, they called me nuts. When I was winning they called me eccentric. — Al McGuire
You know, when they called me about the role, I thought Knots Landing was a show about a houseboat with Andy Griffith! — Donna Mills
People used what they called a telephone because they hated being close together and they were scared of being alone. — Chuck Palahniuk
When I was coaching with the Patriots, the players pulled a practical joke and I said, 'Do you think I'm Charlie the Tuna, like a… — Bill Parcells
I came down to Orange because I sold the Smothers Brothers a song called 'Chocolate,' and that gave me enough money to move down here.… — Pat Paulsen
When I was in nursery school, the teachers asked me, y'know, 'What does your dad do for a living?' So I said 'He helps women… — Natalie Portman
When I was a little boy, they called me a liar, but now that I am grown up, they call me a writer. — Isaac Bashevis Singer
Why do people want to know exactly who I am? Am I a poet? Am I this or that? I've always made people wary. First… — Patti Smith
As a kid I loved John McEnroe. They called me Mac because, while everyone else liked Borg, I was crazy about McEnroe. I tried wearing… — Sachin Tendulkar
Call me Jonah. My parents did, or nearly did. They called me John. — Kurt Vonnegut
I heard somebody open and shut the gate to the barn lot, but I didn't look around. If I didn't look around it would not… — Robert Penn Warren

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