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“I was prom king. Which is actually saying I was the sixth most popular, because the five who were on homecoming were automatically disqualified from prom, so of course I have to look at it that way.”

Way Looks Courses Five Kings Prom Homecoming

Author:Andy Richter

“I was promised on a time To have reason for my rhyme; From that time unto this season, I received nor rhyme nor reason.”

Reason Seasons Rhyme Rhyming

Author:Edmund Spenser

“I was proper, proper fast at one point, and obviously I'm not now, so I've lost certain things, but when I was that fast I didn't need to do certain other things in a game. It was such a potent weapon.”

Needs Certain Games Lost Weapons

Author:Michael Owen

“I was prosecutor for 18 years. I was threatened by drug dealers, murders, and organized crime. This was a walk in the park.”

Years Walks Crime Drug Murder Parks Organized Threatened Dealer Prosecutor Drug Dealers Organized Crime Walks In The Park

Author:Tom Marino

“I was protected behind the walls of my house, the walls of the mosque and later, walls of my school. I didn't know that I was Palestinian. I knew that I was a girl, but the identity issues came later when I was 12 or 13 - then, they came in a very strong way.”

Knows Way School Girl House Strong Behinds Issues Identity Wall Very Strong Protected Palestinian Mosques

Author:Rula Jebreal

“I was proud of 'House, MD,' and I think it was good for what it was and remarkably smart for a television show. I loved Hugh Laurie and was proud to be by his side that long and to be trusted by him.”

Thinking Long Shows House Sides Television Proud Smart Trusted Television Shows

Author:Robert Sean Leonard

“I was proud of Lucian. That much was certain. He'd come through today in a big way, creating not only two towers of croquembouche, swathed in glittering strands of angel-fine spun sugar, but also luscious ice creams paired with delicate butter cookies and mangoes to look like blooming lilies.”

Desserts Baked Goods Pastry Chef

Author:Kristen Callihan

Source: Make It Sweet

“I was proud of myself coming down that back-nine”

Proud Nine Proud Of Myself

Author:Graeme McDowell

“I was proud of the waves I had made, but wondered how many boats I was supposed to rock.”

Made Rocks Proud Wave Boat

Author:Phil Donahue

Source: Donahue, my own story

“I was proud of the youths who opposed the war in Vietnam because they were my babies.”

War Youth Baby Proud Vietnam Vietnam War My Baby

Author:Benjamin Spock

“I was proud of working 18 hours a day and sleeping three hours a night. It's something now that has turned into a problem for me: not being able to sleep... having insomnia.”

Problem Able Night Three Hours Sleep Proud Insomnia Puff Combs

Author:Puff Daddy

“I was proud to be an original cosponsor of the Violence Against Women Act when Congress passed it in 1994, and was proud to support the previous renewals in 2000 and 2005. These bills always enjoyed large, bipartisan support.”

Support Violence Proud Originals Bills Congress Enjoyed Renewal Violence Against Women Bipartisan

Author:Carolyn Maloney

“I was proud to be brown in my own way. Well, I was at school; at school I was brown about the funky stuff that came with being vegetarian, like being really arrogant about it, declaring proudly to a room full of beefeaters when Mad Cow disease initially broke that it was 'Vishnu's way of telling y'all to stop eating and start worshipping'.”

Humour Vegetarianism

Author:Nikesh Shukla

Source: Coconut Unlimited

“I was proud to call Dr Rupert a friend. He was always a wonderful source of support and kindness.”

Kindness Support Wonderful Source Proud Drs

Author:Mangosuthu Buthelezi

“I was proud to have been the anti-establishment candidate after more than twenty years in politics, a small town guy fighting for the ordinary Canadian.”

Years Has Beens Guy Fighting Proud Ordinary Twenties Towns Candidates Establishment Small Town

Author:Jean Chretien

“I was proud to witness American Jewish organizations found the Save Darfur Coalition in June 2004 to mobilize a coordinated interfaith response to the ongoing humanitarian disaster.”

Found Proud Organization Response Humanitarian Disaster Witness Ongoing June Coalitions Interfaith Darfur

Author:Jan Schakowsky

“I was proud to work with the great Gershwin, and I would have done it for nothing, which I did.”

Done Work Proud Gershwin

Author:Howard Dietz

Source: Dancing in the dark

“I was proud, excited and a little frightened. It was all taking off so quickly…the more successful the boys were, the further away from me John felt. I was getting used to being a mum, but most of the time I felt like a single parent…it was hard not to feel frustrated with being stuck at home. I loved Julian, but I knew that if I hadn’t had him I could have seen much more of John and that was hard…I felt shut off from the life he was living. After years at his side, I was excluded, just as it was all happening.”

Ifs Feels Years Littles Hard Home Used Felt Parent Sides Boys Successful Proud Happenings Excited Stuck Frightened Mum Frustrated Excluded Single Parent

Author:Cynthia Lennon

“I was provided with additional input that was radically different from the truth. I assisted in furthering that version.”

Different Funny Military Stupid Ignorance Versions Dumb Input Iran Contra

Author:Oliver North

“I Was Psychologically Sick For 3 Days Afterwards.”

Motivation Sick Fighter

Author:Wladimir Klitschko

“I was published in Tarbell Course in Magic when I was 12.”

Courses Magic

Author:David Copperfield

“I was publishing when I was 20, 21. And it really never stopped.”

Publishing

Author:Daniel Berrigan

“I was pulled this way and that for longer than I can remember. And my problem was that I always tried to go in everyone's way but my own. I have also been called one thing and then another while no one really wished to hear what I called myself. So after years of trying to adopt the opinions of others I finally rebelled. I am an invisible man.”

Men Way Trying Years I Can Problem Remember My Own Opinion One Thing Invisible

Author:Ralph Ellison

Source: Invisible Man

“I was punched breathless by the strongest emotions I have ever felt and they are now stored in my intuition as a writer.”

Felt Emotion Intuition Strongest Breathless

Author:Amy Tan

“I was punished for blowing the whistle on my father's lifestyle.”

Father Tears Lifestyle Boyfriend Whistling

Author:Tatum O'Neal

“I was punished for communicating.”

Communicate

Author:Mumia Abu-Jamal

“I was pure and good. I loved it that they couldn’t understand how profound I was.”

Emo

Author:Ian Mcewan

Source: The Children Act

“I was purely content to sit in the car and wander around my own mind. Watching the world itself, the people in it, and my whole internal life was more than enough to keep me entertained.”

People World Mind Enough Whole My Own Car Wander Internals

Author:Gabrielle Hamilton

Source: Blood, Bones & Butter: The Inadvertent Education of a Reluctant Chef

“I was pursuing the inner path at the expense of the rest of my being and the rest of the world.”

World Path Walking Expenses

Author:Satish Kumar

“I was pushing myself to extremes in order to discover my many selves.”

Self Order Extremes Pushing

Author:Jerzy Kosinski

Source: Conversations with Jerzy Kosinski

“I was put here to sing.”

Author:Ronald Isley

“I was put in the Air Corps. I was never educated to serve in the military, but soon my activities in the American Air Corps became very interesting to me.”

Interesting Air Military Activity Educated Very Interesting

Author:Leon Askin

“I was put in this world to change it.”

World Power This World Duty

Author:Kathe Kollwitz

“I was put into a no-win situation by an airport gate agent. They had seen me video recording in the gate area and told me to delete the videos or I would not be allowed to board my plane. I was the last to try and board and they had closed the jetway to the airplane. My assessment of the situation was the jetway was not going to reopen regardless of what I did. As such, I opted to keep my video recordings and they canceled my ticket. The end result was the videos became really popular on social media!”

Airplane End Result Airport Gate Agent Video Recordings Gate Area Popular On Social Media Board My Plane Canceled My Ticket Jetway No Win Situation

Author:Steven Magee

“I was put into jail as I was going to the shoemaker's to get a shoe which was mended. When I was let out the next morning, I proceeded to finish my errand, and, having put on my mended shoe, joined a huckleberry party, who were impatient to put themselves under my conduct; and in half an hour - for the horse was soon tackled - was in the midst of a huckleberry field, on one of our highest hills, two miles off, and then the State was nowhere to be seen.”

Two States Next Hours Party Half Morning Fields Highest Horse Prison Shoes Miles Hills Midst Jail Impatient Errands Huckleberry

Author:Lysander Spooner

“I was put into office by the people who believed in my idea that corruption is the root of poverty; that an end to corruption would mean an end to poverty.”

People Mean Ideas Ends Poverty Office Roots Corruption

Author:Benigno Aquino III

“I was put into this business by my parents as soon as I could walk. I was groomed by them for this business. I didn't wake up at the early ages of 5 or 6 and say I want to be a star.”

Want Age Stars Parent Walks Wake Up

Author:Irene Cara

“I was put on a surfboard by a cute boyfriend in high school.”

School High School Cute Cute Boyfriend

Author:Marguerite Moreau

“I was put to the grammar-school at eight years of age, my father intending to devote me, as the tithe of his sons, to the service of the Church.”

Years Age School Father Church Son Eight Grammar Tithe Grammar School

Author:Benjamin Franklin

“I was put under contract. A major studio. I got nominated for an Academy Award. Isn't that ridiculous? I mean, at the age of 18!”

Mean Age Majors Studios Ridiculous Awards Contracts Academy Academy Awards

Author:Angela Lansbury

“I was putting middleweights, Light heavy's, heavies and Super Heavy's to sleep. And it got to a point where no one would fight me, so I retired. I will never box again because I went 2 years and no one would fight me at all, zero. That's when I started training fighters.”

Fighting Sleep Training Fighter Retired

Author:Ann Wolfe

“I was putting myself under enormous pressure to be successful.”

Successful Pressure Enormous Being Successful

Author:Kenny Dalglish

“I was putting so much time and energy into just my work, but I was raised [to believe] that family comes first.”

Firsts Believe Energy Raised Time And Energy Family Comes First

Author:Katherine Heigl

“I was putting too much stress on my body and not living a healthy life style, I wasn't taking care of myself. I was able to turn that around by having a belief in myself and trusting God and then doing what it took to get healthy again.”

Body Care Able Turns Belief Too Much Style Healthy Stress Trust In God Healthy Life Life Style

Author:John Assaraf

“I was quaking in my boots.”

Climbing Boots

Author:Lynn Hill

“I was quiet but I was not blind.”

Quiet Blind Mansfield Park

Author:Jane Austen

Source: Mansfield Park

“I was quiet, a loner. I was one of those children where, if you put me in a room and gave me some crayons and a pencils, you wouldn't hear from me for nine straight hours. And I was always drawing racing cars and rockets and spaceships and planes, things that were very fast that would take me away.”

Ifs Children Hours Rooms Car Quiet Drawing Nine Planes Take Me Racing Pencils Rockets Loner Spaceships Race Car Crayon Take Me Away

Author:Gary Oldman

“I was quiet. If I really wanted to say something, I would. I just wasn't interested in saying anything.”

Ifs Wanted Quiet

Author:Nelsan Ellis

“I was quietly and methodically thinking my way out of the bear trap, slaying the negativity and emotionally healing without realising it.”

Emotional Healing Negativity Positivity

Author:Roger Macdonald Andrew

Source: Forgive: Finding Inner Peace Through Words of Wisdom

“I was quietly rebellious. My parents thought I was very good but secretly I did things like saying I was staying in one place and going somewhere else instead. My older sister was openly rebellious and would tell my parents where to go, but I never did that.”

Parent Very Good Staying Somewhere Else Rebellious Older Sister

Author:Frances O'Connor

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