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She famously bemoaned his birth in a cruel letter, which Okrent suggests Sondheim may have misquoted.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 17, 2026

Biographers have made up figures about her, from the number of enslaved people she rescued to the bounty on her head, while others have misquoted her, including Hillary Clinton and Kanye West.

From New York Times • Oct. 23, 2019

“First of all, I think Julian might have misquoted me,” he replied, to laughter from the floor.

From The Guardian • Feb. 4, 2019

“First of all, I think Julian might have misquoted me,” Belichick said.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 4, 2019

They tell me I have misquoted; and I owe it to you, and maybe I owe it to myself, to read one or two words to you upon this subject.

From Lectures of Col. R. G. Ingersoll, Volume I Including His Answers to the Clergy, His Oration at His Brother's Grave, Etc., Etc. by Ingersoll, Robert Green