David Grann Quote: 'Honestly, I had no idea what ...'

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Profession: Journalist
Nationality: American
Birthday: March 10, 1967

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Then I decided I couldn't just crawl in the corner and die, so I started putting pen to paper and wrote some songs. I had no idea what for or who I was going to work with. I tried to find my way and direction.

Glenn Tipton

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When I started 'Record Collection,' I had no idea that it would come out sounding the way that it did, and that's one of the best things about the creative process, taking turns with the things you didn't know.

Mark Ronson

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Nobody in my family was musical. I had no idea you could be a songwriter and make a living at it. It was all discovery. It was all just thrown at me.

Valerie Simpson

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You know, you become crazy. I had done a story for '60 Minutes' on depression previously, but I had no idea that I was now experiencing it. Finally, I collapsed and just went to bed.

Mike Wallace

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I believe that the market is slowly waking up to the fact that the Federal Reserve is a clueless organization. They have no idea what they're doing. And so the confidence level of investors is diminishing, in my view.

Marc Faber

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When I started Teach For America, I wasn't trying to come up with an idea that would change the world. I was trying to solve a problem much closer to home: I was a senior in college, and I had no idea what I was going to do with my life!

Wendy Kopp

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It was really weird dealing with the media. I had no idea how to handle it.

Laura Dekker

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I had no idea I was going to have a career in the theater. I did not plan it.

Robert Wilson

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I'm not fascinated by one particular case, but by knowledge that I had no idea was out there.

Shannon Miller

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My parents were strict, but it was the world I lived in. I had no idea there was a world outside.

Katy Perry

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I knew I was a good stage actor but I had no idea about movies. And I wasn't a Paul Newman type of guy. That's why I thought the stage is just right for me.

Ed O'Neill

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I follow a lot of news outlets on Twitter, so I'll just go skim through the headlines and see what's going on.

Michael Che

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I honestly never had the biological need to reproduce until I met my husband. But by the same token, even if we were unsuccessful, we were totally okay with adopting.

Lisa Ling

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I became very successful at a young age... I had lots of opportunities and lots of power and had no idea how to focus it.

Claire Danes

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Surround yourself with the right people, and realize your own worth. Honestly, there are enough bad people out there in the world - you don't need to be your own worst enemy.

Lucy Hale

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Hemingway never grew out of adolescence. His scope and depth stayed shallow because he had no idea what women are for.

Rex Stout

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Then I started to do furniture and interiors for a friend and just to get stuff in a magazine, and then slowly started to build up and started to doing exhibitions.

Marc Newson

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The Alanis Morissette tour, everybody thinks that was all sitting around, lighting candles and talking intelligently about synergy and big words. That band was so gnarly. We were such scumbags. Alanis had no idea. We were like Van Halen.

Taylor Hawkins

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I was born in '71, so I remember bits of glam rock on 'Top of the Pops' toward the late '70s, but I had no idea what kind of world it was. I didn't like the music, either.

Ewan McGregor

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