Best They Thought Quotations
277 They Thought quotes by 231 unique authors
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I think since I was kid people told me that they thought I was funny.
— Demetri Martin
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They thought that I was a man with reasonable judgment, so I was never under pressure from my parents; I could do whatever I wanted.…
— Shimon Peres
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I've not been afraid to take risks, be resolute and passionate about purpose, and inspire people to do things that maybe they thought weren't possible.
— Mindy Grossman
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People were stupid, sometimes. They thought the Library was a dangerous place because of all the magical books, which was true enough, but what made…
— Terry Pratchett
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There have been women who stumbled across Feministing randomly, through a bizarre Google search or something, and had no idea what feminism was. They thought…
— Jessica Valenti
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At North Hollywood High School, I was shunned by everyone. I would sit down in the cafeteria, and students would get up from the table…
— Philip Zimbardo
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Even my family laughed at me because they thought this young guy who's always stuttering in front of other people should be in front of…
— Kurt Masur
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I got into the race and people literally laughed. They thought I had no chance of winning.
— Patrick McHenry
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My mom had an audition for a commercial when I was about two and a half, and I ran in crying and interrupted her. They…
— Mae Whitman
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I never wanted to write. I just wrote letters home from a kibbutz in Israel to reassure my parents that I was still alive and…
— Maeve Binchy
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My hair used to be real long, and my parents were encouraged when I cut it. They thought I was going 'straight,' but I was…
— Billy Idol
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The bad press came because they thought I should fight more. I couldn't get the fights because if I would sign to fight one of…
— Gerry Cooney
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I was going to be a concert pianist, and when I was in high school, my parents were scared to death that I would focus…
— David Hyde Pierce
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I don't have much experience, but the few times when I would go on a date with a girl - like when I was 12…
— Anderson Cooper
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My children and grandchildren loved the secret servicemen and women that served us. I was honoured that they thought I was important enough to protect.
— Andrew Card
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I also argued before the war that the administration was underestimating Arab nationalism and Iraqi nationalism, that it was not going to be as easy…
— Juan Cole
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The most surprising thing for my mother and father was when I was actually earning more money than them by the time I was about…
— Diane Cilento
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I put together an iPhone app called TrimIt and released that in July 2011. About a month later, the private fund of the Hong Kong…
— Nick D'Aloisio
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But I cannot forgive those who did not care about more than their own glory or well-being. They thought they were civilized. They were despicable.…
— Susan Sontag
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For so many years fashion was shrouded in mystery, this glamorous profession that people knew very little about, they thought it was so glamorous. It…
— Nina Garcia
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When I was younger, I was very scared to talk to people. To the point where my parents took me to a therapist because they…
— Harry Shum, Jr.
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I think my parents were happy that I'd gone to university and gotten a degree in history so they thought, 'Well if acting doesn't work…
— Derek Jacobi
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My friends and family always thought I was pretty funny, but I don't know if they thought I was get-my-own-show funny.
— Nick Kroll
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I went to an all-girls pre school where everyone went off to Harvard or Yale, and I had zero interest in doing so. I think…
— Katherine Moennig
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When people asked Socrates, ‘What is wisdom?’ he always gave the same answer: ‘I don’t know’. In fact, Socrates never claimed to know much of…
— Jim Rohn
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