They Said Quotes

• A man who has never gone to school may steal from a freight car; but if he has a university education, he may steal the whole railroad.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Graduation, Senior, Education

  "Art of Communicating Ideas". Book by William Joseph Grace, p. 389, 1952.

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• I thought I could capture the stories of the city on paper. I thought I could write about the horrors of the city. Horror stories you see. I tell you I didn't have to look far for material. Everywhere I looked, there were stories hidden there in the dark corners. . . . I wrote and still there were more. . . . No one would publish them. 'Too horrible,' they said. 'Sick mind,' they said. I thought I could write about the horrors of the city but the horror is too big and it goes on forever.

  Grant Morrison

  Writing, Dark, Horror Stories

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• Forgiveness is the choice to see people as they are now. When we're mad at people, we're angry because of something they said or did before this moment. By letting go of the past, we make room for miracles to replace our grievances.

  Marianne Williamson

  Forgiveness, Letting Go, Past

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• People make mistakes - they say things they shouldn't have or didn't necessarily mean. But I strongly believe in consequences. If there are none, someone might feel like they've gotten away with something, or that what they said couldn't have been that bad.

  Katherine Heigl

  Mistake, Believe, Mean

  "The Girl of Summer '07". Interview with Laurie Sandell, www.glamour.com. May 31, 2007.

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• People criticized me for my photography. They said it's not art.

  David Hockney

  Photography, Art, People

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• Cubism was an attack on the perspective that had been known and used for 500 years. It was the first big, big change. It confused people: they said, 'Things don't look like that!'

  David Hockney

  Confused, Years, Perspective

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• I remember when I interviewed at MSNBC, one of the first things they said to me was, 'In your tapes, you had a mustache, right?' I said, 'Yeah, I recently took it off.' I said, 'If you hire me, you get to decide if you want it or not.' They said, 'No, no, we're fine with it now.'

  Lester Holt

  Mustache, Tape, Want

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• They said that Etta James is still vulgar. I said, Oh, how dare them say I'm still vulgar. I'm vulgar because I dance in the chair. What would they want me to do? Want me to just be still or something like that? I've got to do something.

  Etta James

  Dance, Want, Chairs

  Interview with Daryn Kagan, www.cnn.com. September 21, 2002.

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• I talked to the record company about what I had in mind. They said they wanted something lush. I figured the best thing to do was let them hear what I had in mind.

  Etta James

  Mind, Records, Said

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• It took us three years to build the NeXT computer. If we'd given customers what they said they wanted, we'd have built a computer they'd have been happy with a year after we spoke to them - not something they'd want now.

  Steve Jobs

  Years, Three, Want

  "The Entrepreneur of the Decade". Interview with Bo Burlingham, George Gendron, www.inc.com. April 1, 1989.

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• I came in with my idea of what a cowboy would wear, but then I met some real cowboys and they said that I rode the horses well, shoed the horses, but no good cowboy would be wearing a pair of Levi's. I had to get a good old pair of Wranglers.

  Steve Kanaly

  Horse, Real, Cowboy

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• My parents thought it was nice to develop my imagination, but they never seriously thought that anything would ever come of it. They said that I couldn't be an actress because I would be taller than all my leading men, so I thought I would be a writer instead.

  Nicole Kidman

  Nice, Men, Imagination

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I bounce my knees, but I do not have restless leg syndrome. I did an interview, I don't even know who it was with, and they said I told them I have restless leg syndrome and it distracts me from my work. I do not have any syndrome.

  Taylor Lautner

  Legs, Knees, Interviews

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• They did is sent me down Clearwater, Florida, and they said to me, Jessica, I need you to make Jim Bakker feel better.

  Jessica Hahn

  Feel Better, Florida, Needs

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• As God as my witness, they said, We're above the law. There's nothing you can do to us. You're just a church secretary.

  Jessica Hahn

  Law, Church, Said

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• My family got all over me because they said Bush is only for the rich people. Then I reminded them, 'Hey, I'm rich'.

  Charles Barkley

  Basketball, People, Hey

  Charles Barkley (2009). “Sir Charles: The Wit and Wisdom of Charles Barkley”, p.57, Hachette UK

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• Yes, I did and a lot of my friends who are in the same program as I were very much supportive, and the most important thing they said to me is do not let this interfere with what you have to do in taking car of yourself. That was the most important thing.

  Naomi Campbell

  Car, Supportive, Important

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• J.K. Rowling said Bellatrix's role was going to be significant in the last one, when I showed some reluctance in playing a tiny bit part. Up front, they said, 'You're very significant in the last one.' But significant could mean a lot of things. That could just mean a significant plot point. Doesn't necessarily equal big part.

  Helena Bonham Carter

  Mean, Plot, Roles

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• They said it was impossible to touch the third rail of politics, to take on public-sector unions and to reform a pension and health benefits system that was headed to bankruptcy. But with bipartisan leadership, we saved taxpayers $132 billion dollars over 30 years and saved retirees their pensions. We did it.

  Chris Christie

  Health, Years, Reform

  Chris Christie's speech at the Republican National Convention, www.foxnews.com. August 28, 2012.

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• Everyone's got skeletons in their closet, and I've got a million in mine, believe me. I tested the envelope; I pushed it. Whenever somebody in authority told me not to do something, I did it just to find out why they said not to do it.

  Denis Leary

  Believe, Skeletons, Envelopes

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• Journalists, especially English journalists, were very cruel to me. They said I only knew three chords when I knew five!

  Leonard Cohen

  Three, Chords, Said

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• You know, I was a school rebel. Whatever they said do, I didn't do. I was totally anti-everything.

  Roger Daltrey

  School, Rebel, Said

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• In those days, reserve duty lasted for six years, which, I might add, was three times as long as service in the regular army, although to be perfectly honest, I was unable to fulfill my entire obligation because I was taking acting classes and they said I could skip my last year.

  Larry David

  Army, Years, Class

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• Da Pak was a group out of Chicago. It was a put-together group. We actually met for the first time at this showcase. They were like 'Yo, you should do a song together.' So we did. It just so happened that the name of the song was 'Wolf Pak.' They said, 'Y'all should be a group called Da Pak, and here's a record deal.'

  Lupe Fiasco

  Song, Names, Together

  Interview with Nathan Rabin, www.avclub.com. October 31, 2006.

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• I was performing in New York and my friends started to call me Gaga. They said I was very theatrical... So they said, you're Gaga.

  Lady Gaga

  New York, Said, Call Me

  "How Stefani Germanotta Became Lady Gaga". Interview with Barbara Walters, abcnews.go.com. January 21, 2010.

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