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Related I see myself at a certain age as not being able to play the kind of parts that would keep me stimula... ELISABETH SHUE I knew that I could sing when I was young. I would listen to a lot of jazz; I'm a big jazz fan. ... ANDRA DAY I don't have a favorite song that I've written. But I do have a favorite song: 'Always o... B. B. KING When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of ta... ERMA BOMBECK I cried like a baby. When no one could see me or hear me. Not because I feared what cancer would do,... YUVRAJ SINGH If I could play the ukulele like Zooey Deschanel, I would find my own personal M. Ward, and we would... ANNA KENDRICK The battle against cancer has made me strong. It's like winning a war! When I was diagnosed, I w... YUVRAJ SINGH I could picture life—school and everything else—continuing on without me. But I could not pictur... JAY ASHER I lay in the bed at the hospital and said, 'let's see what I have left.' And I could see... DALE EVANS When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of ta... ERMA BOMBECK When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of ta... ERMA BOMBECK When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of ta... ERMA BOMBECK When I sang, I couldn't help making those little curves. People would say, 'Why don't yo... AARON NEVILLE I don't have children. I don't know how I would feel if my child brought home a different ra... TRACEE ELLIS ROSS If I could have gotten my way at an early age, I would have entered the priesthood, but my mother in... DONNA BRAZILE To be intimate with a married man, when my own father cheated on my mother, is not something I could... ANGELINA JOLIE I can't tell you why a particular athlete would leave a certain coach, but I can tell you there ... ALBERTO SALAZAR I would never purposely sing a song about someone I love, I wouldn't want to embarrass them. But... JACK WHITE Seriously, I don't know if people would really tell you this. But in my dream world, the people ... WARREN SPECTOR Don't lie - when you are 105 years of age - on your deathbed, thinking, 'I should have done ... IMELDA MAY I'm an old guy. I don't hustle and I don't bustle. So sometimes you're behind, but t... KUMAR PALLANA The extremes of who I'd love to be onstage are David Bowie, Prince, and, I don't know, Bjork... MIGUEL If I could go back and change how I left the NRL, I would. My name will forever be tarnished but I w... SONNY BILL WILLIAMS I would like to be remembered as a man who had a wonderful time living life, a man who had good frie... FRANK SINATRA Liverpool is a fundamental part of my life. They don't remember me that way, but time will chang... FERNANDO TORRES I have dogs, and it's no secret that I find reptiles interesting, but the thing about reptiles i... NICOLAS CAGE One of my early childhood memories was my grandmother always having a bowl of Nestle chocolate bars ... CARLA HALL It's just that, when I'm in Japan I could foretell to a certain degree what would be accepte... UTADA HIKARU I live the life of a farmer. I don't see how I could wear Lagerfeld's designs while feeding ... BRIGITTE BARDOT I don't sing now, because I had polio when I was 15, bulbar polio. This was when the epidemic wa... CHARLIE HADEN I don't see many explosions or ten-car crashes in the course of my life, so I don't put them... ALBERT BROOKS I think the worst thing that could have happened to me would have been having a hit at 20. I don'... CAMERON MACKINTOSH I lay in the bed at the hospital and said, 'let's see what I have left.' And I could see, I could sp... DALE EVANS ROGERS I don't mind saying, you know, that I don't take a salary from the church, and God has bless... JOEL OSTEEN I don't know that my voice ever makes sense anywhere, necessarily. I would sing bluegrass music,... CHRIS STAPLETON As a little girl I always expected that one day adventure would happen to me—someday a tornado wou... CASSANDRA REEDER If I could rap, that would be a sensation, but I can't, you see, I'm just a Caucasian. RYAN STILES When we're upset, our vocal cords tighten and we can't speak. And when I lie - well, I can... ALEKSANDAR HEMON I don't know any Beatles songs. My dad never listened to Elvis or Sting or Bowie. Any band name ... FKA TWIGS I don't think anybody should ever take their life for being bullied. But if it wasn't for my... KHLOE KARDASHIAN I don't think there's going to be a day when I don't think about food or my body, but I&... DEMI LOVATO There's certain things as a songwriter that I don't really care to write about, and there ar... RANDY HOUSER When I was young, it was difficult to imagine entering a world where my parents succeeded so much an... ISABELLA ROSSELLINI I don't know that I could play a complete and total mess. After awhile, I think I would be like,... NATALIE ZEA When I was a young man, I shined the shoes of Louis Armstrong and Louis Jordan! Music was just every... CHUCK BROWN I would be content being a housewife if I could find the kind of man who wouldn't treat me like one. TERRY MCMILLAN I would be content being a housewife if I could find the kind of man who wouldn't treat me like one TERRY MCMILLAN I was working probably at the age of 10, when I had my first paper route. I had every different kind... HOWARD SCHULTZ My father left when I was really young, but he's still living. There are things I wish I'd s... SARAH SHAHI My daughter Stacia was born when I was 31, after I was divorced from David, and she was my gift to m... ANGELA BOWIE A stockbroker urged me to buy a stock that would triple its value every year. I told him, 'At my... CLAUDE PEPPER I don't speak Spanish. I've done Spanish 1 and 2 classes. My grandma asked me when I was you... SCOTTY MCCREERY I am young, and I think all young guys would love to play a superhero - any superhero - it doesn'... DANIEL CURTIS LEE I don't think I could ever describe myself as unlucky because people would look at me, playing f... JERMAIN DEFOE I don't like people lying to me. I don't like people who don't return my calls. I don... DAN AYKROYD I could never change the overall feel of my music. That's why people like me - I don't follo... ACTION BRONSON I have no regrets on anything. People ask me all the time, 'Do I have any regrets?' I don... ALLEN IVERSON I don't know why people eat so badly. I could eat pasta all the time, but it really is fattening... CHRISTOPHER WALKEN My father believed in astrology. His astrologer had predicted that his daughter would become a write... TWINKLE KHANNA People have always found me challenging - I don't know why, when I am only being myself. I don... IAN HAMILTON FINLAY My family believed I could do no wrong. That's probably why I have utter confidence in myself ev... EILEEN FORD When I was a young prosecutor, I got called to testify against my boss. I could have backed down, bu... SUSANA MARTINEZ I would be so mad if I saw something called a memoir, and then it was Mike Birbiglia. It would be so... MIKE BIRBIGLIA I don't have a dime left. I am dependent on my friends for food and a small old-age pension. BELA LUGOSI There were certain young actors I had trained with at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art who had alwa... DAVID WARNER I cannot exist without you - I am forgetful of every thing but seeing you again - my Life seems to s... JOHN KEATS I don't think Hollywood knows what to do with me. I would imagine that when it comes to romantic... GARY OLDMAN I'm very lucky with the people that recognise me - it's at a very tolerable level. I don'... SEAN MAGUIRE A good man is not mine to see. Could I see a man possessed of constancy, that would satisfy me. CONFUCIUS I bite the hell out of my fingernails. I can't stop. I should stop. It would be nice to grow my ... JACKIE EARLE HALEY I could see my pitch count, so I determined that I would get a strikeout no matter what. DAISUKE MATSUZAKA I'm sure any vocal teacher that listens to me would rather cut my throat than do anything - I do eve... JULIE LONDON I was bullied every day at school because I carried a briefcase. I could have left it at home. But I... TOM FORD If I could wish for my life to be perfect, it would be tempting but I would have to decline, for lif... ALLYSON JONES I don't need you to remind me of my age. I have a bladder to do that for me. STEPHEN FRY If I could find someone who would love me to the extent I do, I would love her to the extent she cou... M.F. MOONZAJER I don't keep a record of the parts I've played, and I don't compare characters, but mayb... JAMES FRAIN I like playing characters that are complex, that are intriguing, that come from left field, that do ... PETE POSTLETHWAITE If I could sing, I wouldn't be a guitarist. ROBIN TROWER I make images from things I find serendipitously. I don't know what it is, but I know it when I ... NATE LOWMAN When I sing, I don't want them to see that my face is black. I don't want them to see that m... MARIAN ANDERSON If I could live in a cabaret, I would. If I could live in 'Moulin Rouge,' I would. RITA ORA I was always too mature for my age - and not very happy. I had no young friends. I wish I could go b... MARIA CALLAS Of course I hang out at my bars, ... Why would I go to a bar to pay for drinks when I could go get d... GREG DULLI I would love to sing. I would love to do a musical, but I wouldn't say that that singing is my s... CHANNING TATUM I also find it interesting that a lot of people in their 30s are not married and don't have kids... JOHN STAMOS Tattoos, for me, are like a timeline of my life. I could look at a certain tattoo, and it reminds of... TYGA If I could have been a marine biologist I would have, but I didn't have that kind of intelligenc... NICOLAS CAGE I have a couple of best friends, and I don't think I would live with them. It definitely... cert... ALEXANDRA CHANDO When I was younger I didn't have much financially, like we couldn't afford a lot of stuff an... NICKI MINAJ I don't remember ever not singing. My mother loved music, and she taught me songs, country music... FLORENCE HENDERSON I don't think I could ever give up music. It's what makes me tick. If there was no music, th... MAGGIE STIEFVATER I don't believe that recordings should sound radically better than the artist, I think that'... MALCOLM WILSON I just didn't make music that you could sing with a big grin, still don't. GARY NUMAN I don't have any of the modern electronics at all. I know the Internet would be a distraction. I... ELMORE LEONARD Of course it would depend on the project, but I don't think I could ever separate myself from my... ZACK SNYDER From my experience, I would say no: actors of East Asian descent don't get the opportunities whi... GEMMA CHAN Then is courtesy a turncoat. But it is certain I am loved of all ladies, only you excepted: and I wo... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, 'Look for ... FRED ROGERS I don't mind people looking at me. That's never bothered me. I don't want them looking a... ZACK GREINKE
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DAVID BOWIE I never thought I would be such a family-oriented guy; I didn't think that was part of my makeup... DAVID BOWIE I'm very good at what I do, and I don't turn my hand to something unless I'm very good a... DAVID BOWIE I'm very at ease, and I like it. I never thought I would be such a family-oriented guy; I didn... DAVID BOWIE I'm a born librarian with a sex drive DAVID BOWIE Don't let me hear you say life takes you nowhere, angel. - Golden Years DAVID BOWIE What is the quality you most like in a man? The ability to return books. DAVID BOWIE Once you lose that sense of wonder at being alive, you're pretty much on the way out... DAVID BOWIE Make the best of every moment. We’re not evolving. We’re not going anywhere. DAVID BOWIE There's a taste in my mouth and it's no taste at all. - Queen Bitch DAVID BOWIE When I looked in her eyes they were blue but nobody home. - Scarey Monsters (and Super... DAVID BOWIE Some make you sing and some make you scream, One makes you wish that you'd never been seen. DAVID BOWIE And I don't care what anybody says; I like doing it, and it's what I shall continue to do DAVID BOWIE Confront a corpse at least once. The absolute absence of life is the most disturbing and challenging... DAVID BOWIE We can be "heroes" just for one day. - "Heroes" DAVID BOWIE No more free steps to heaven. - It's No Game DAVID BOWIE We can be heroes just for one day DAVID BOWIE HEROES I didn't feel the need to rebel as a teenager. From age nine to 16, I went to school in Montreux... ANGELA BOWIE Salary arbitration is probably in place - was put in place then and probably is in place now - becau... BOWIE KUHN During my childhood in Cyprus, the British talked about the Cypriots as if the Cypriots were outside... ANGELA BOWIE We think that it is clearly being directed against our company. If it's truly a worthy cause, then i... CATHERINE BOWIE We felt there was so much misinformation being put out about the company that it was time to stand u... CATHERINE BOWIE We really haven't decided everything we are going to do. None of it will be occurring at ratepayer e... CATHERINE BOWIE To add the cost of (a new water) project to the cost of buying out the company would not save ratepa... CATHERINE BOWIE We're concerned an unfair standard is being applied as to cleanup. CATHERINE BOWIE Being a grandparent doesn't interest me whatsoever. Babies are all right if they're your own... ANGELA BOWIE The trumpet is forceful. LESTER BOWIE Even though she didn't qualify, she was still so happy with her ride and will go to the championship... ANNE BOWIE I go to support her at every show and as a trainer, we can coach all the way up until the riders act... ANNE BOWIE She is 100-percent committed to her sport. She is as devoted as any instructor of any sport would wa... ANNE BOWIE I don't know how much love David felt - I suspect very little. My main appeal to him was as a nu... ANGELA BOWIE