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Related I did not know how to paint a mural. I did not know how to prepare the surface. There was nobody fro... MAURICE SENDAK So far a lot of battles I have won, so far I have reached the game with the chess puzzles 105 level ... DEYTH BANGER I think that I'm so psychotic and so mentally ill that if I could tap into that I could do somet... MEGAN FOX I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ... KELLY JONES She smiled at him. “How did you know just what I’d want to see?” “How could I not?” h... CASSANDRA CLARE I asked [Armstrong] how long did it take him to get to the league. He said, 'you know what ... it to... ANTHONY GRUNDY I have kept a diary, WITHNAIL AND I I'd previously done 'Expelled,' and that was more on the comedy side, so I really wanted... CAMERON DALLAS I did not know that mankind were suffering for want of gold. I have seen a little of it. I know that... HENRY DAVID THOREAU When I planned to ski Everest, the first thing I faced was, 'How can I return alive?' All th... YUICHIRO MIURA What I was proud of was that I used very few parts to build a computer that could actually speak wor... STEVE WOZNIAK I am really focused on how I can improve myself and the world around me. RACHEL ROY What would Golan Do? That way I can ask myself before I do anything. Before I take a dump. How would... RANSOM RIGGS I like visualizing a lot, so the night before a competition and right before, I will visualize mysel... KACY CATANZARO That was when the world wasn't so big and I could see everywhere. It was when my father was a hero a... MARKUS ZUSAK He could see plainly that she was not herself. That is, he could not see that she was becoming herse... KATE CHOPIN Before I gave birth to Hope, I had a miscarriage. The pain was so enormous, I had to write myself ou... RACHEL JOYCE From the beginning of puberty, I did really badly in school. I was super dyslexic; I was in special ... PETRA COLLINS I grew up never seeing myself on-screen, and it's really important to me to give people who look... SANDRA OH My first ever job after college was as a flight attendant. I wanted to travel and could not afford i... JACQUELINE WINSPEAR As a kid, I thought of myself as stupid because I needed remedial help. It was not until much later ... CAROL W. GREIDER I did a couple comedies to balance myself as an actor and balance how audiences see Donnie Yen as an... DONNIE YEN Well, for the reasons I mention above, although I am not sure the live shows were really so brillian... PETER ASHER So I was in America and I thought I'll stick around while I'm here and just see what happens... RADHA MITCHELL I had to, ... Tie my suit up, tie my tie and just get downstairs to my car as fast as I could, so no... NATE ROBINSON I've never turned around and not been able to see a person's head before. When I was guarding Hawes,... BRAD HOOVER So long as I confine my thoughts to my own ideas divested of words, I do not see how I can be easily... GEORGE BERKELEY I was so happy it did turn out that way that I didn't want to look back, ... I think we're just as c... CHARLES JACKSON I've played villains on stage - you know, the Iagos and so on - but I think of myself as a funny... MICHAEL EMERSON She didn't say it, I only thought she said it. So really it was my thought, my words, and not hers. ... JAROD KINTZ And because I’m so out of control, I can’t help myself. I’m not even mine anymore, I’m yours... RAINBOW ROWELL The three of us stood there for a minute. I don’t know what Stew was thinking, and the filing cabi... LEMONY SNICKET I look at myself at 19 and think I would never do what I did then now! I was so brazen, so confident... BOY GEORGE You're right, Dad. Dr. Golan did help me. But that doesn't mean he has to control every aspect of my... RANSOM RIGGS And sometimes, if I was really, really lucky, he’d smile at me. A real smile, too—not the dry on... RICHELLE MEAD It was really important today because we didn't know if the game could be called or not. We talked a... ALEX CALVERT I had no words for these feelings. And then people started using the word Ms. Suddenly, there was th... BETTY BUCKLEY I feel sorry for you, and I'm going to be your friend." "I don't want to be your friend," Cath ... RAINBOW ROWELL I think I tried to separate indoors and out. And so when he beat me indoors, I did not see that as l... RALPH BOSTON I was trying to explain my situation to myself. My situation was that I was in pain and nobody knew ... SUSANNA KAYSEN One of the first things that I did was, I got myself a publicist as soon as 'Maria Full of Grace... PATRICIA RAE I took a glance at the clock, and I only saw a couple of seconds and I still had three balls there. ... DIRK NOWITZKI I am so tired. I have grown old from being serious. I have grown ill from being serious.... KAMAND KOJOURI I hope I'm worthy in my dying. I hope I can maintain myself - that I wouldn't become patheti... BRENDAN GLEESON I suppose I was artistic as a child. Our house was so full of art and artists that it never occurred... WENDY FROUD I also did not put as much pressure on myself as I had before. I just tried to keep it simple. It de... JUNIOR LESSARD I am chaos eternal. I desire everything this world and the next offers. I am greed, I am hunger. Oh ... PIPPA DACOSTA I want a world without war, a world without insanity. I want to see people do well. I don't even... TOM CRUISE I am so scared of the sea, so what did I do? Learned to scuba in the Great Barrier Reef. TRACIE BENNETT Where am I? Who am I? How did I come to be here? What is this thing called the world? How did I come... SOREN KIERKEGAARD I don't know if I have a favorite color. KATE MIDDLETON It's very special having a new little girl. KATE MIDDLETON I looked at myself in that window, oblivious to all the people around me and I stared and smiled tha... MARKUS ZUSAK I was trying to spend it as quickly as possible. Because I'm so lazy, all that money created a b... EVAN DANDO If I were another person, I go on, I wouldn’t want to deal with me, I don’t want to deal with me... ELIZABETH WURTZEL When you take a flower in your hand and really look at it, it's your world for the moment. I want to... GEORGIA O'KEEFFE When you take a flower in your hand and really look at it, it's your world for the moment. I wan... GEORGIA O'KEEFFE Go away. I'm all right. , LAST WORDS I'm a first-time father, and it was amazing to me to learn that my son could actually use sign l... MATT REEVES I was cursing and swearing at you because of that address, I hated you already because of the lies I... FYODOR DOSTOYEVSKY The leg drop was a move that nobody really used, and nobody ever hit the ropes and jumped up really ... HULK HOGAN The way my father raised me was really informative of how I think about my role as a female and how ... IVANKA TRUMP There was a time I could have been mistaken for Burt Reynolds. I had a moustache and so did he. But ... TOM SELLECK I always wanted to be an actress. And it wasn't ego. I felt so little about myself, considered m... FRANCES BAY I think Douglas was a real one-off. He was so clever and so intelligent and so well read in real sci... LALLA WARD 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 I myself prefer my New Zealand eggs for breakfast. QUEEN ELIZABETH II The British constitution has always been puzzling and always will be. QUEEN ELIZABETH II I have behind me not only the splendid traditions and the annals of more than a thousand years but t... QUEEN ELIZABETH II To what greater inspiration and counsel can we turn than to the imperishable truth to be found in th... QUEEN ELIZABETH II What were once only hopes for the future have now come to pass; it is almost exactly 13 years since ... QUEEN ELIZABETH II First, I want to pay tribute to Diana myself. She was an exceptional and gifted human being. In good... QUEEN ELIZABETH II I cannot lead you into battle. I do not give you laws or administer justice but I can do something e... QUEEN ELIZABETH II To all those who have suffered as a consequence of our troubled past I extend my sincere thoughts an... QUEEN ELIZABETH II Grief is the price we pay for love. QUEEN ELIZABETH II The upward course of a nation's history is due in the long run to the soundness of heart of its ... QUEEN ELIZABETH II At its heart, engineering is about using science to find creative, practical solutions. It is a nobl... QUEEN ELIZABETH II At Christmas, I am always struck by how the spirit of togetherness lies also at the heart of the Chr... QUEEN ELIZABETH II For many, Christmas is also a time for coming together. But for others, service will come first. QUEEN ELIZABETH II The lessons from the peace process are clear; whatever life throws at us, our individual responses w... QUEEN ELIZABETH II I declare before you all that my whole life, whether it be long or short, shall be devoted to your s... QUEEN ELIZABETH II Therefore I am sure that this, my Coronation, is not the symbol of a power and a splendor that are g... QUEEN ELIZABETH II We lost the American colonies because we lacked the statesmanship to know the right time and the man... QUEEN ELIZABETH II Madam President, speaking here in Dublin Castle it is impossible to ignore the weight of history, as... QUEEN ELIZABETH II These wretched babies don't come until they are ready. QUEEN ELIZABETH II I know of no single formula for success. But over the years I have observed that some attributes of ... QUEEN ELIZABETH II The events that I have attended to mark my Diamond Jubilee have been a humbling experience. It has t... QUEEN ELIZABETH II In remembering the appalling suffering of war on both sides, we recognise how precious is the peace ... QUEEN ELIZABETH II Like all the best families, we have our share of eccentricities, of impetuous and wayward youngsters... QUEEN ELIZABETH II No one who knew Diana will ever forget her. Millions of others who never met her, but felt they knew... QUEEN ELIZABETH II I have been aware all the time that my peoples, spread far and wide throughout every continent and o... QUEEN ELIZABETH II I cannot put into words how happy I was to have had the opportunity to be around him as much as I wa... OSSIE DAVIS I like to do new things, so I always take on roles that I feel will keep me on my toes. I never want... ARCHIE PANJABI I grew up believing that my parents helped change the world. I was so in awe of them, and I wondered... TANANARIVE DUE
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