#knew

I never knew a government yet that wanted to do anything. ↗

— Anthony Trollope

#government #i #knew #never #wanted

At first, I wasn't sure whether I'd be a critic or a filmmaker, but I knew it would be something like that. ↗

— Francois Truffaut

#filmmaker #first #i #knew #like

I freed a thousand slaves I could have freed a thousand more if only they knew they were slaves. ↗

— Harriet Tubman

#freed #i #knew #more #only

As I traveled from one country to another, no one knew anything about me. So I could be anybody, I could speak as I wished, act as I wished, dress as I wished. ↗

— Kathleen Turner

#act #another #anybody #anything #could

Over a three year period, I gave away half of what I had. To be honest, my hands shook as I signed it away. I knew I was taking myself out of the race to be the richest man in the world. ↗

— Ted Turner

#gave #had #half #hands #honest

If I knew I couldn't win races, I would have stayed in the States. ↗

— Jacques Villeneuve

#knew #races #states #stayed #win

I grew up in a city. My parents would think there was something wrong with America if they knew I was secretary of agriculture. ↗

— Tom Vilsack

#america #city #grew #i #knew

Together we knew that we could have success. ↗

— Troy Vincent

#knew #success #together

I didn't come from any kind of academic background, but I lived in a college town and I knew people who weren't without pretense. There was this idea in the town that if something was European it would be good. ↗

— Sarah Vowell

#any #background #college #come #european

I get younger people who watch Conan or The Daily Show, but before that it was mostly people who knew me from public radio. Those people are kind of old. ↗

— Sarah Vowell

#conan #daily #daily show #get #i