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Related I haven't been offered a lot of comedy. In theater, I've done quite a bit of comedy or drama... MIREILLE ENOS Throughout my career I've played a lot of parts that might've been played by a man. They'... EDIE FALCO I was a good little boy and a good student. I've never been arrested. MICHAEL MOORE I think that Phish has been a band, we've all had- I've had a great life growing up and ever... JON FISHMAN A quarter of my life has been spent on 'Secret Life.' I'm 20 and I've been doing it ... SHAILENE WOODLEY I've never been to jail. I've never been arrested. I've never been locked up. SAMUEL L. JACKSON I've had many incidents in my life of racism. I've been thrown on the ground. I've been ... FOREST WHITAKER I think the only thing I would've ever been any good at was probably being a pub landlord. I'... JOE COCKER I've been lucky enough - well, maybe unlucky enough - to have had a lot of friends who have had ... CHRIS EVANS For myself, anyway, I think that recurring has been such a gift, because I've been able to work ... JESSALYN GILSIG I've been hit in the head a lot, but I don't think I have any problems, but I can't, for... T. J. PERKINS My high-school dream was to be in a band, pay my rent and eat - and I've been able to do that fo... EVAN DANDO I know that there's a god because I was able to survive everything that I've been through - ... FLOYD MAYWEATHER, JR. My first album is a lot of my personal experiences. I wanted people to relate to what I've been ... REBECCA FERGUSON I have a lot of great friends in football. The game was great to me. And I've been able to do ot... BILL PARCELLS I've always been really nationalistic, and I had a brother killed in Korea. And I think the '... JERRY WEST 'Joy' to me is a reflection of the life experiences that I've had throughout the first r... FEFE DOBSON I'm training at Phase 1 Sports in Las Vegas, and it's a very high-end training facility for ... MIESHA TATE The alpine environment is very delicate. I've been able to see change in the mountains in the 20... CONRAD ANKER It's so funny because the roles that I've been offered in the indie film world have been sim... COURTNEY FORD I have minor characters who are Asian-American, and I've been using them throughout my career, b... TESS GERRITSEN Well, obviously I'm not Mark Wahlberg - I have much better abs and I look much better in a pair ... ADRIAN GRENIER I would like to be as fit as I've always been. I've been blessed with good health, I've ... DEREK JACOBI So I've done my fair share of theater. I have also been very fortunate in that I've been abl... NEIL PATRICK HARRIS Certainly, a lot of the films I've worked on have ended up good movies, but they haven't alw... FRANCES MCDORMAND My life path has been a blessing and a great learning experience. Skateboarding is my passion and I ... RYAN SHECKLER I've been lucky enough to play roles that are not just the preppy cheerleader or sullen emo girl... TARA LYNNE BARR I've been a Cub all my life. I came up here when I was 20 years old and spent my whole career he... RON SANTO To go out 20 times and be able to come out on the good side all 20 of those times is really a testam... GENE AMMIRANTE I've always been a religious person, and I try to think that every disappointment might just be ... JERMAIN DEFOE I like to think that I've been a good manager. That fact has been very instrumental in making Li... LINUS TORVALDS I have not been a good father, but no father has loved his children more. Like my father, I decided ... B. B. KING I think that one of my favorite movie roles has been a film that I did with Jason Statham that was o... REGGIE LEE The times in my life when I've been my thinnest, I've been a walking psycho wreck. Forget th... STEPHANIE KLEIN There aren't as many roles, and I think there's a lack of openness in casting an Asian chara... KIMIKO GLENN I think growing up in a big family taught me a lot of problem solving and how to share and compromis... SARAH JESSICA PARKER With a face like this, there aren't a lot of lawyers or priest roles coming my way. I've got... M. C. GAINEY I was just a big fan of tattoos always growing up, and I wanted something cool that symbolizes what ... KEVIN DURANT I always say that the times in my life when I've been happiest are the times when I've seen,... CHRIS EVANS I've definitely had my moments in relationships where I've been able to say yes, I have been... OMARI HARDWICK I think I've lived a pretty hard life. What I mean by hard is that... I've been kind of reck... KIP MOORE To see talented people in roles that others might not see them in, to see how they might fit in the ... JON FAVREAU I'm lucky I've been able to spend a lot of time with my family. JAMES FOX Yeah, I've played a lot of instruments, and I played in a lot of bands growing up, and I've ... ALESSANDRO NIVOLA I've been blessed because every single role I've done has been an educated person. I've ... ROSELYN SANCHEZ I believe in blues, and I believe that it's been misrepresented. JOHN MAYER I was brought up with a lot of love in my family, and I've always been supported. My family has ... ERIK HASSLE A lot of times, I faced bullies - or the 'big dogs' at school. What I wanted 'Red Rising... PIERCE BROWN I like to think my dad was easygoing and kind, and I think some of those things have been passed dow... JOEL OSTEEN If I've been an architect of my own career in any fashion, one thing that I've attempted to ... ED HARRIS In my 20 years of baseball, I've been misquoted three or four times, and for someone who talks a... CURT SCHILLING I've been hounded by a reputation of being difficult when really what I'm being is truthful ... GABRIELLE ANWAR My dad took me to all the best rock and punk shows when I was growing up and music has always been a... WINONA RYDER I learned what I need to do in the long jump, what I needed to do in the javelin and I've been a... JESSICA ENNIS I think right now the way society's going, I think role models are important, and kids need dire... JEREMY LIN I've been a road-rat since I got my driver's licence at 16, so I've probably gone across... SEAN PENN My life has been a blessing. I'm grateful for everything I do have and the places I'm going ... LEAH LABELLE My first book was signed up when I was 13, and I've been writing ever since. But penning the ... ALEXANDRA ADORNETTO I've been arrested many times for illegal high wire walking and illegal street performing. PHILIPPE PETIT I've been able to see some very impressive people that are in politics, and I've been able t... DONALD TRUMP, JR. I've been knocked down a lot of times. JAMES BROWN I think what Mr. Trump has is this - he has experiences. He has put more things together in business... BOBBY KNIGHT Part of being a fiction writer is being able to imagine how someone else is thinking and feeling. I ... ANDREW CLEMENTS I am living and having supernatural experiences. A lot of people get really freaked out about that. ... STEPHEN BALDWIN A lot of my friends were a lot into theatre a lot earlier than I was. A lot of my friends were kids ... ERICH BERGEN For a quarter of a century, I've been playing baseball for pay. It has been pretty good pay, mos... RABBIT MARANVILLE I've been in a lot of trouble and come out of it. I think it shows a lot of good character. STEFAN EDBERG I think I've been able to fool a lot of people because I know I'm a dork. I'm a geek. GWEN STEFANI I've been writing a lot more, I believe, because of the Internet. I've been posting stuff th... ERROL MORRIS Yeah, I mean, climbing's always been a massive hobby of mine up until, kind of, recent times whe... ANDY SERKIS I've had pretty good success against J. The times that I have been able to get him off-balance, I've... ANTHONY JOHNSON I think I've been a moderately good boss. I've made a lot of people extremely wealthy - I th... PETER HARGREAVES I've never been specifically attached to westerns, but there are those I like - one of the best ... MADS MIKKELSEN My goal has always been 20 (wins) and to try to get to the postseason. Fifteen was a number that was... GREG MADDUX I realized that day that blessings come in a variety of shapes, colors, and sizes. CRAIG GROESCHEL I'm a big fan of all the Boston guys that are acting - Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, Mark Wahlberg - ... KENNY WORMALD I just love where I am right now in my career. I love country music. I don't ever feel restricte... MARTINA MCBRIDE I've flown out of character so many times. In that sense I've been lucky, because I've b... JUNE CARTER CASH I have learned how to breathe, to use my cords differently. I had been tilting my head in a way when... RACHAEL RAY I would love to be able to play some characters on television that are similar to some of the indie ... COURTNEY FORD The only time I've been arrested was in opposing the Marble Hill nuclear power plant in Indiana.... WENDELL BERRY I've been a loner all the time throughout my life... I haven't been the best father... Many ... B. B. KING PGA of America has been very good to me; played some of the Junior Ryder Cups, and those go down as ... JORDAN SPIETH I think to be in exile is a curse, and you need to turn it into a blessing. You've been thrown i... ARIEL DORFMAN I mean, I've been around a long time compared to a lot of other actors. I mean, I've been working on... VIGGO MORTENSEN I've been extraordinarily fortunate that I've been able to go live a very active, stressful ... DICK CHENEY I think there's a social responsibility that comes with a public platform. Because of the positi... PRIYANKA CHOPRA I've been on the cover of 'Time' magazine three times, not for my beauty but because wha... CHERYL TIEGS Being an actor is a good way to earn a living. And to meet fabulous people. It's great to live v... GARY OLDMAN Mark Wahlberg, when I was in high school, people were like, 'You look like Marky Mark!' Then... IKE BARINHOLTZ A lot of the images I use are already out there in the public or in the news. I just steal them or p... NATE LOWMAN I've been really fortunate to be able to do different kinds of films in different scales, differ... KEANU REEVES Everything I was afraid of when I was growing up, I've become. I've taken on my nightmares, ... MARILYN MANSON It's all to do with the training: you can do a lot if you're properly trained. QUEEN ELIZABETH II Like all best families, we have our share of eccentricities, of impetuous and wayward youngsters and... QUEEN ELIZABETH II My husband has quite simply been my strength and stay all these years, and I owe him a debt greater ... QUEEN ELIZABETH II It is easy enough to define what the Commonwealth is not. Indeed this is quite a popular pastime. QUEEN ELIZABETH II I have to be seen to be believed. QUEEN ELIZABETH II I have in sincerity pledged myself to your service, as so many of you are pledged to mine. Throughou... QUEEN ELIZABETH II I hope that tomorrow we can all, wherever we are, join in expressing our grief at Diana's loss, ... QUEEN ELIZABETH II
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MARK TWAIN Facts are stubborn, but statistics are more pliable. MARK TWAIN Part of the secret of a success in life is to eat what you like and let the food fight it out inside... MARK TWAIN Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see. MARK TWAIN The very ink with which history is written is merely fluid prejudice. MARK TWAIN Often it does seem such a pity that Noah and his party did not miss the boat. MARK TWAIN I make it a rule never to smoke while I'm sleeping. MARK TWAIN The right word may be effective, but no word was ever as effective as a rightly timed pause. MARK TWAIN All generalizations are false, including this one. MARK TWAIN 'Classic.' A book which people praise and don't read. MARK TWAIN I wear the same outfit or, at least, a different copy of it almost every day. MARK ZUCKERBERG The human race is a race of cowards; and I am not only marching in that procession but carrying a ba... MARK TWAIN The secret of getting ahead is getting started. 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MARK TWAIN The teacher reminded us that Romes liberties were not auctioned off in a day, but were bought slowly... MARK TWAIN By his father he is English, by his mother he is Americanto my mind the blend which makes the perfec... MARK TWAIN So I became a newspaperman. I hated to do it but I couldnt find honest employment. MARK TWAIN The people of those foreign countries are very, very ignorant. They looked curiously at the costumes... MARK TWAIN We should be careful to get out of an experience only the wisdom that is in itand stop there; lest w... MARK TWAIN The difference between the almost right word and the right word is really a large mattertis the diff... MARK TWAIN Say the report is exaggerated. MARK TWAIN A jay hasnt got any more principle than a Congressman. A jay will lie, a jay will steal, a jay will ... MARK TWAIN To my mind Judas Iscariot was nothing but a low, mean, premature Congressman. MARK TWAIN I think I can say, and say with pride, that we have some legislatures that bring higher prices than ... MARK TWAIN A myriad of men are born; they labor and sweat and struggle; ...they squabble and scold and fight; t... MARK TWAIN Life does not consist mainly, or even largely, of facts and happenings. It consists mainly of the st... MARK TWAIN Annihilation has no terrors for me, because I have already tried it before I was born --a hundred mi... MARK TWAIN Whoever has lived long enough to find out what life is, knows how deep a debt of gratitude we owe to... MARK TWAIN We never become really and genuinely our entire and honest selves until we are dead -- and not then ... MARK TWAIN Let us endeavor so to live that when we come to die even the undertaker will be sorry. MARK TWAIN All say, How hard it is that we have to die -- a strange complaint to come from the mouths of people... 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