I have survived so long because I've been blessed with talented and gracious colleagues and with a top brass who let me choose my topics every week and then allowed me to express opinions that were not always popular. Well, someone had to stand up to the yackety-yak soccer cult.
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Related Being homeschooled for half of my life allowed me to choose my own curriculum and find things I real... YARA SHAHIDI To yackety-yak about the past is for me time lost. Every morning I wake up saying, 'I'm still alive ... JACQUES-YVES COUSTEAU I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ... KELLY JONES I've been blessed to work with amazing designers who have generously given me beautiful bags. La... BEHATI PRINSLOO I'm not that ambitious chick. I'm not chasing a cover of a magazine or an award. I've ju... YVETTE NICOLE BROWN I've always been me. I've always been very direct and have told the truth and have been very... BEV PERDUE I've been so lucky and blessed because words and stuff come so easy to me. I have a good memory. KALEY CUOCO I didn't have any expectations of what my family life would end up being like. But I've been... JOSH TURNER I enjoy writing. Publishing... not so much. I've been lucky to work with some very talented peop... J. A. KONRATH My friends I grew up with were so supportive to me. And I'm not the only one who's done well... EDDIE MARSAN Also I just think I've been lucky enough to have great parents, and I've had good people aro... DANIEL RADCLIFFE I'm asking God to bless you with something that unsettles you, disturbs you, and upsets you. CRAIG GROESCHEL I've gotten to wear such beautiful clothes and had such a variety and it's just been so nice... LEIGHTON MEESTER I got some funky scholarships to play soccer and did well in my SATs, so I went off to college and t... DUNCAN JONES I have been fortunate that publications like the 'New York Times' and 'The Wall Street J... CAMPBELL BROWN I've been struggling so long with my career that I haven't been in a position to invite a wo... COLIN EGGLESFIELD I've had some movies that have been ridiculed, but that's OK with me. I don't feel that ... KEVIN COSTNER God has blessed me with an amazing family, friends and work colleagues that have been my joy, my sup... JOSIE LOREN Nah, I've always had a great relationship with my two brothers, I have always had their support ... LIONEL MESSI I've always been a bubbly and energetic and happy person, but when I get upset, I get frustrated... PAIGE VANZANT I've been able to do things that allow me to hold my head up and still be popular. SAM WATERSTON I've always been brought up to stand on my own two feet and not rely too heavily on everyone els... EMILIA FOX I had an amazing childhood and always loved to sing and dance, but there were moments where I had up... JESSIE J I believe God has a path for me. He's always had a path for me, and I've always been in the ... JUDITH JAMISON Someone told me something that stuck with me: 'You have to envision your life, and then go backw... BRUNO MARS I mean, I'm new but I've always been very interested in film making process and I've bee... CHARLIZE THERON There's never been a game plan, and I suppose I've had an uneasy relationship with my ambiti... JENNIFER EHLE Jonathan Drazen," I said, squeezing his hand. "You're a manipulative bastard, a brazen liar, and a s... C.D. REISS I have so many great memories of the wrestling business. I've worked real hard to get to the top... STONE COLD STEVE AUSTIN I've done pretty well in my career, and I've watched colleagues who have spent most of the p... ANTHONY WARLOW I had no idea that all the things in my career were going to happen. I sure didn't see it. I jus... TONY GWYNN I've learned more and more on each show that I've done. I've been blessed and I've g... STEVEN R. MCQUEEN I've always had a little bit of darkness, and I've always been someone who was grieving. I h... MARY LAMBERT I have learned that track doesn't define me. My faith defines me. I'm running because I have... ALLYSON FELIX Most of the time, I've got my kids with me, so I'm not as prone to meeting people. And then,... CHRISTIE BRINKLEY I think my dad did legal work for someone who had a Packard Bell 8088, and they couldn't pay him... JEREMY STOPPELMAN Being a part of the National Football League for so long, I've come across so many trainers and ... JUNIOR SEAU Sometimes I think I spent forever waiting for you,' he says. 'My whole life, I've never had someone ... AMANDA GRACE I've been really very fortunate with the men I've been involved with. They've always rea... GLORIA VANDERBILT I had a holding deal with ABC to find me a show, and I was very clear about the kind of show I wante... PRIYANKA CHOPRA I've been truly blessed. I've been a fly on the wall of history. I've been just so many ... ARTHUR LAFFER I'm not tough, and I never have been. I suppose over the years I've built up kind of a venee... LAUREN BACALL I'm really happy with everything that I've been fortunate enough to do and with the creative... ERIN WASSON What's been nice is that I've been able to direct from a very idealistic place. I've nev... BILL PAXTON Every day is a new journey for me, and I feel like, in my lifetime, I've been blessed to experie... BINDI IRWIN I've had soccer moms come up and tell me they can relate when I say that I want to throw my baby... LOUIS C. K. I've always had a problem with the average macho man - they've always been a threat to me. KURT COBAIN I always knew I was a writer. And I always thought to myself, 'Well, why not me?' Someone ha... ELIZABETH WURTZEL I have been blessed with roles that allow me to express something very personal at a specific time i... VICTORIA CLARK I grew up with video games. My generation kind of grew up with the Nintendo and the Sega Genesis. Th... CC SABATHIA Still, I always felt I had an outside chance because I had been training well. I have been running 1... BILLY MILLS I've been blessed to find people who are smarter than I am, and they help me to execute the visi... RUSSELL SIMMONS Stay with me to-night; you must see me die. I have long had the taste of death on my tongue, I smell... WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART I'm pleased that I won, ... I'm happy ... that the colleagues who I worked closely with were always ... GEORGE DARDEN Two things are vital for me. I've always had people who protected me, and I've always had pe... HANSJORG WYSS I've been trying to learn how to not be so conflicted about things like my own anger. I've a... ANI DIFRANCO I have never had a man give me money. I've always been the provider. I have always been the one ... EDDI READER I would like to be as fit as I've always been. I've been blessed with good health, I've ... DEREK JACOBI My spiked hair goes back about 15 years ago. I had long, curly rocker hair then. The woman who cuts ... GUY FIERI I've always felt like I've had the ability to choose which roles I was going to play. I don&... BRIE LARSON Chileans have this rumor that they're great soccer players, but I stunk as a soccer player. I al... DANIEL ESPINOSA My life has been a gift up to this point, and I've been blessed beyond my wildest imagination. A... SEAN HANNITY I've worked with the great and the not-so-great. But mostly I've worked with men and women w... HARRY CAREY, JR. I've always had the greatest respect for and listened to both my father and my mother. I've ... NEYMAR 'American Top 40' allowed me to be current without my having to force change to keep up with... CASEY KASEM My whole life, I feel so blessed. I met my wife: I can't get over that I got so lucky. I have tw... MANDY PATINKIN I do realize that God has given me so many blessings in my life. I mean, not only with football, but... SAM BRADFORD You are always here with me when I do so, at least in my heart, and it is impossible for me to remem... NICHOLAS SPARKS I think right now the way society's going, I think role models are important, and kids need dire... JEREMY LIN I had a father and mother, who were devout and feared God. Our Lord also helped me with His grace. A... SAINT TERESA OF AVILA With every song I have a person in mind who, in a perfect world, would perform with me. Usually I en... BUSTA RHYMES I was brought up to express myself only when asked to express myself, and then to do so in a way tha... PATTY GRIFFIN I guess I have sort of an atypical relationship with my mom for someone my age, because I think I st... MANDY MOORE I have been blessed in my career and I was able to afford the extra procedures and everything to hav... CINDY MARGOLIS The only real experiences I've had with therapists were the ones who were working with me and my... KEVIN SPACEY They taught me different was wrong. ANI DIFRANCO I had convinced my father to let me pursue this career, and I passionately wanted it. And here was t... GEORGE TAKEI I've always been into dressing and being stylish because I feel like that's where I gained a... TYGA I'll tell you something: my dad was a nuclear engineer and he was really bright, and I've al... FAITH PRINCE But I've always liked to be the kind of drummer and musician who likes to go outside of what'... MATT CAMERON I've been blessed to have a long career. CEDRIC THE ENTERTAINER I was very blessed to have family and friends, but particularly family, who told me I was not only a... MAYA ANGELOU I stand up for what I believe. I don't know if it's always paid off for me, because I've... KEVIN COSTNER Well, well, well I am trap in well, half way to hell. DEYTH BANGER One of the biggest misconceptions about me is that I'm a comedian, which I'm not. A comedian... EUGENE LEVY I've always been inspired by Genet, Henry Miller and Hubert Selby, Jr., who taught me that you... LYDIA LUNCH I've been fortunate in my career to have the opportunity to pick and choose the parts I play. I&... POWERS BOOTHE Well Brooke, I've always liked her, and when I was little I used to stay with Diana Ross, me and... MICHAEL JACKSON I've been blessed. I've had a great life and am continuing to have one. JACK RAMSAY I've always had a healthy disregard for authority - it allows me to do my job as a portrait phot... PLATON I have always been a flirt. My mother says whe I was a child, I used to stand outside the house and ... BELL HOOKS I've been so blessed in my life that things have kind of seemed to fall in place for me. I just ... LYNN ANDERSON I've always been very competitive, and I've always had this desire to win my entire life. I ... PAIGE VANZANT One of the most talented, smartest people happens to be my wife, so I can get great advice from her.... DAVE GOLDBERG The decision to retire was quite an easy one for me because by that stage my knees were so badly gon... JO DURIE Because there are so many shows on and because I've been so hands-on - I've had a piece on a... BARBARA WALTERS It was amazing for me to play a character opposite Benedict Cumberbatch - he's someone who I'... TOM HOLLAND Where I went to school, Eton College, we had to wear dark trousers, a tailcoat, and a stiff, starche... CHARLIE SIEM I've always been spiritual but I've never had a proper context, and it took me awhile to fin... BILLY CORGAN It's a fire, it's a passion to get out and to create and to innovate. And that I've alwa... KEVIN PLANK
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