#thought

I kept buying bigger and bigger jeans, and once the size 14s got too tight, I thought, That's it. I'm not buying the next size. ↗

— Valerie Bertinelli

#buying #got #i #jeans #kept

The house seemed so empty without him. And I thought about the life we'd been building together for all that time. I realized I was on the brink of losing it all. It just scared me into reality. ↗

— Hunter Tylo

#been #brink #building #empty #him

We often repent of our first thoughts, and scarce ever of our second. ↗

— Horace Walpole

#first #often #our #repent #scarce

I suspect people always thought I had a boyfriend, so nobody came after me. ↗

— Ziyi Zhang

#always #boyfriend #came #had #i

Popularity, I have always thought, may aptly be compared to a coquette - the more you woo her, the more apt is she to elude your embrace. ↗

— John Tyler

#apt #aptly #compared #coquette #elude

I thought there had to be something I could do because it seemed crazy that, in addition to the psychological tragedy each woman has to face, came also all the rest. ↗

— Emma Bonino

#also #because #came #could #crazy

The general who advances without coveting fame and retreats without fearing disgrace, whose only thought is to protect his country and do good service for his sovereign, is the jewel of the kingdom. ↗

— Sun Tzu

#country #disgrace #fame #fearing #general

I always had this idea that, 'Sure, I wished I was a boy and felt more like a boy and all of that.' But I wasn't, so I would deal with it. And I for some reason thought there were other lesbians that felt that way and that was just part of that community. ↗

— Chastity Bono

#boy #community #deal #felt #had

I couldn't help feeling people thought I was a moron, and my self-imposed insecurity constantly bedeviled me. ↗

— Nicholas Brendon

#feeling #help #i #insecurity #me

I remember when I got to 16, my mum was like, 'No, now you've got to go and get a proper job. We've indulged you long enough.' I don't think they ever thought I was going to be successful in entertainment at all. ↗

— Kelly Brook

#entertainment #ever #get #go #going