#occurred

It never occurred to me that I wouldn't go to college and have a career - as well as a family - of my own. Both my parents, but especially my mother, encouraged me and led me to believe that it was possible. ↗

— Dee Dee Myers

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It was the Congress that imposed 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell,' it was certainly my position, my recommendation to get us out of an even worse outcome that could have occurred. ↗

— Colin Powell

#certainly #congress #could #even #even worse

What I learned is that policymakers have to force consideration of actions that may not have occurred to them at the time. ↗

— Susan Rice

#consideration #force #i #learned #may

It never occurred to me to be an actor. ↗

— John Malkovich

#me #never #occurred

I love the movies, and when I go to see a movie that's been made from one of my books, I know that it isn't going to be exactly like my novel because a lot of other people have interpreted it. But I also know it has an idea that I'll like because that idea occurred to me, and I spent a year, or a year and a half of my life working on it. ↗

— Stephen King

#because #been #books #exactly #go

It had not occurred to me that marriage requires the same effort as a career. And unlike a career, marriage requires a joint effort. ↗

— Jessica Savitch

#effort #had #joint #marriage #me

Anyone who writes an autobiographical work at the age of 34 is, at best, presumptuous. It occurred to me that it was time to set the record straight. ↗

— Jessica Savitch

#anyone #autobiographical #best #me #occurred

I never drink while I'm working, but after a few glasses I get ideas that would never have occurred to me dead sober. ↗

— Irwin Shaw

#dead #drink #few #get #glasses

The unthinkable occurred: two communist countries went to war with each other. ↗

— Neil Sheehan

#countries #each #occurred #other #two

I wrote because I needed to and wanted to. It never occurred to me that I'd become famous. ↗

— Danielle Steel

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