I became very interested in the Islamic question, and thought I would try to understand it from the roots, ask very simple questions and somehow make a narrative of that discovery. – V. S. Naipaul
I’ve several times had jobs that I thought were going to be my big break, and it didn’t pan out. – Toks Olagundoye
My dad was an attorney. The last thing he ever thought about was clothes, and yet somehow he always looked good. – Thom Browne
I said I didn’t want to spend most of my life in Holidays Inns, but I’ve checked and they’ve all been redecorated. They’re marvelous places to stay and I’ve thought it over and that’s where I’d like to be. – Walter F. Mondale
I don’t know anything about the film industry. I thought I knew films, but apparently, I don’t know films or people! – Sasha Lane
I have always thought if you are going to make a film, it’s much better to have an original script that will play to film’s strengths. – William Boyd
I thought I’d reached the bottom a few times, but then I’d realise there was another 30 floors of despair below that. – Trent Reznor
When I first arrived in Houston, I was fascinated with the elaborate styles of cowboy boots and thought they were incredibly exotic. They also seemed to be a central part of a specifically ‘Texan’ identity, one distinct from being ‘American.’ – Shahzia Sikander
People question what I thought of Oxford. Students used to talk about the ‘Oxford bubble’ because the place can make you feel cut off from the rest of the world. I would forget there were places like London that were not centred round libraries and essays. – Samantha Shannon
I was kind of confused. I thought, Well, if I get drafted, I’ll go. Everybody was very concerned with it. I had friends who went. Some that came back and some that didn’t. – Tom Berenger
I always thought that sororities were just made up of cheerleaders from high school. And I kind of picked on those cheerleaders! – Spencer Grammer
I was in Milan, and somebody gave me a Trussardi diary, and I thought ‘Genius.’ Inside I put the Polaroids, how much film I shot, who I shot with. This way, for billing later on, I had all the information. – Sante D’Orazio
Oh yeah people recognize me, but the craziest thing? I mean I’ve had the normal autographs… but I had to sign a baby’s carriage once. I thought that was weird, so yeah, I guess that’s the craziest thing. – Terrence J
I’m learning to hunt with rifles, because if you think about it, hunting gets you the healthiest meat – organic, free-range food. It’s a totally yuppie spin on what I thought was kind of a redneck occupation. – Sarah Wayne Callies
I don’t want to be thought of as somebody who’s spiritually ambiguous, but the reality is there’s unknown things happening. I’m not ready to point at what they are or what the reason is, but I know they exist. – Shane Carruth
New York cops are very specific in terms of the way they talk and the way they handle themselves. All these cliches that, as an Englishman, I thought were from a bygone era or were a bit of poetic license with cop shows – the more you hang out with them, the more you realize how real that jargon is. – Theo James
I guess I didn’t feel confident enough to be searching in a big public way. I was very content at the time to toil in obscurity on things that I thought might point me in certain directions or teach me certain things – not knowing what that would be. – Steven Soderbergh
I actually like pole dancing! It gives you so much confidence. I never thought I’d do it, but now I’m really into it. – Taylor Schilling
I was a healthy young man, and I thought I was invincible before I was diagnosed with kidney disease. – Sean Elliott
I created ‘Rookie’ because I read a lot of websites that I thought were cool and interesting, but they weren’t for teens, and I wanted us to have something that could be ours. – Tavi Gevinson
I certainly enjoy going on stage and lecturing and talking to Congress. That’s a personality explanation. And given government proposals, I thought I had a clear view that they were antagonistic to human freedom. – Whitfield Diffie
Well, my aspirations certainly were not to be in a pre-school show. I mean, it’s certainly nothing that I considered; it’s nothing I ever thought anyone would ever let me do. – Steve Burns
I thought I was going to the NBA, but God knows, I’m not tall enough. I don’t know what I was thinking. – Tequan Richmond
Rousseau ranks among the great educational theorists of the modern era, even if he was the last man to put in charge of a classroom. Young adults, he thought, should be allowed to develop their capabilities in their distinctive way. – Terry Eagleton
Everything on this record is what I really wanted to say, and I’m back to being the poet I always thought I was. – Stevie Nicks
