You know these famous quotes! What you probably didn’t know is that all of these influential phrases were interrupted mid-sentence by the smell of something burning in another room! Let’s take a look!


 

Albert Einstein

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“Imagination is more important than…than…Elsa! Elsa! Did you leave something in the oven? Elsa!”

 


 

Mahatma Gandhi

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“You must be the change you want to see in the—OH SHIT THE SALMON!”

 


 

John F. Kennedy

“Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do….*sniff*…for your…*sniff*…..*SNIFF*”

 


 

William W. Purkey

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“You’ve gotta dance like nobody’s watching, love like you’ll never be hurt, sing like there’s nobody listening, and live like my house isn’t burning down right now.”

 


 

J.K. Rowling

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“I have an idea for a book about a boy wizard named Harry Potter. Also, I smell something burning. I think it’s incense. My neighbors are Buddhists, you see. I’m J.K. Rowling.”

 


 

Thomas Fuller

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“It’s always darkest just before the—damn. This was not a good time to attempt soufflé. Thomas you fool.”

 


 

Neil Armstrong

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“That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for—oh no.”

 


 

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