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Most aspiring child actors or child stars have a passion for it. But as easy as it is for me to say ...
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I work as hard as anybody will ever work and I like that. That's why I've been successful an...
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I kind of have a happy magnet. I can't stand being depressed, so I work my ass off to get out of...
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I feel I have to work hard to nurture whatever talent I have as an actor. I feel like it's not n...
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I didn't allow failure to break my heart. So I wouldn't allow success to bloat my head.
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I felt a failure because I couldn't sustain myself from what I earned from my writing. My day jo...
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I think my parents recognised that I'd always wanted to be a writer, and so they didn't thin...
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My dad didn't have a formal education, but he had a wonderful vocabulary. So in 'Harvest,...
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And I can't think of a reason I'd ever use a pseudonym, as I wouldn't want to publish so...
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I always had ambitions to work in the U.K. I just never thought it was gonna happen so soon. So I th...
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I'm proud of my hard work. Working hard won't always lead to the exact things we desire. The...
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I didn't know what it was not to work hard as I grew up.
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When I was in Japan, everyone wanted to work for Pierre Gagnaire, and they wouldn't miss a beat.
DAVID CHANG![]()
I tried to build a company my father would have been proud to work for, that he would have looked ba...
HOWARD SCHULTZ![]()
I'm so lucky to have been raised the way I have, because my parents believed that everyone had t...
GEORGE CLOONEY![]()
My mind was always very cluttered, so I took great pains to simplify my environment, because if my e...
LEONARD COHEN![]()
If I didn't believe in myself as a dancer, I wouldn't choreograph.
TWYLA THARP![]()
I don't find it uncomfortable that I'm recognized and liked by so many people. If that were ...
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I do love writing. It doesn't come to me as readily as I think acting does. I think acting is in...
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BRIT MORIN I had that hunger to work and keep growing. So I started to cut hair. When I started getting better,...
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I am fortunate: my parents told me the world was my oyster, when they could have said I wouldn't...
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RUMER WILLIS
As I get older, my body isn't bulletproof, and it's starting to break down. And I'm stil... JASON DAY From beginning to end I worried that Ang Lee wouldn't be satisfied with my work. So I worked as ...
ZHANG ZIYI People always think actors are really 'out there,' so you wouldn't have me pegged as one...
TALIA BALSAM
If people knew how hard I worked to get my mastery, it wouldn't seem so wonderful at all. MICHELANGELO
I was very obsessed with my music, and I think that, as a young girl, I really wanted to get into th... BEBE REXHA
A simple summary of my life is that my parents worked very hard so that I could have a great educati... GUY KAWASAKI I wouldn't want to go back over my life. I've done it all. I wouldn't have wanted to mis...
ART DONOVAN I wouldn't be where I am, if not for Jamaica. My formative years were here. I wouldn't have ...
MICHAEL LEE-CHIN I went to school and made good grades and went to college. So I was afforded an opportunity through ...
ANTHONY MACKIE
I grew up off the grid in Vernon, and I saw my parents work hard every day, as teachers but also whi... RYAN HOLMES As far as I was concerned, the Depression was an ill wind that blew some good. If it hadn't occu...
SARGENT SHRIVER
I don't think I've ever worked so hard on something, but working on Macintosh was the neates... STEVE JOBS My parents never pushed me to ski race. It was my choice and something I really wanted to do. I woul...
TED LIGETY
I see the Internet as the next big deal - I wanted to get in on it early on so I wouldn't get be... BRUCE CAMPBELL
I didn't want to disrespect my parents, so I never played blues around the house. But I knew the... B. B. KING
What we are communicates far more eloquently than anything we say or do. There are people we trust b... STEPHEN R. COVEY
My parents are left-wing, and I would describe myself as that. But also, you know what? I wouldn'... DANIEL RADCLIFFE
I wanted to collaborate with someone, but it had to be someone I could work with and who wouldn'... GEORGE HARRISON 'The Sopranos' all came down to the writing. I wouldn't have been on for as long as I wa...
JAMES GANDOLFINI My parents are relieved as much as anything that I'm getting some work.
SAM RILEY Everything I do is for my parents, None of this matters without them. If it weren't for them, I ...
J. R. SMITH I have not cared for money, and I enjoy working. Money comes my way. People work hard so they get en...
MANOJ BHARGAVA I always vaguely knew I wanted to perform, but I haven't got the greatest singing voice and my d...
RUTH WILSON
I wasn't allowed to have sugar as a kid. We didn't have candy or soda or anything, so Easter... KALEY CUOCO You know, if it weren't for these fans, I wouldn't have gotten as far as I did.
ADAM LAMBERT Most people don't need to work as hard as I do.
EVA GABOR When I was a teenager, I wanted to be a portrait painter. As I got to be older, I realized that as a...
FRED GWYNNE I didn't really come from money. So I wanted my thesis show to grab as much attention as possibl...
LUCIEN SMITH I always knew mum loved me - tough, look-after-yourself love, as if she knew she wouldn't always...
ALEXANDRA FULLER My brothers bullied me, so I cried a lot as a kid. It was the only defense I had. Telling them to st...
STEVEN ADAMS If I didn't do what I do, I wouldn't be as young as I am.
ROBERT PLANT I had wanted to write Ghost Country for a long time, but it wouldn't work.
SARA PARETSKY
I guess that's one of the things about growing up in the fifties - it never occurred to me that ... HUNTER S. THOMPSON I always knew I wanted to be in films but didn't want anyone to taunt my parents. So I excelled ...
ANUSHKA SHARMA
When I diagnose my depression now, I think it was partially about saying goodbye to these kids that ... ELIZABETH GILBERT I knew I wanted to be a writer and I knew if I had a wife and family, I would neglect something, and...
ERNEST GAINES
I had to live this long, have the experiences I've had, to create what I do. I knew I wanted to ... TERRY GOODKIND
I found out that I couldn't have a nervous breakdown. I tried a couple of times, but it just did... TOM SMOTHERS I wanted to acquire an education, work extremely hard and never deviate from my goal, to make it.
TAYLOR CALDWELL
I always knew I wanted to be a writer. I just wasn't sure what I wanted to do as a money-making ... HANNAH KENT My parents raised me with a never-give-up attitude, telling me I could be anything I wanted to be. I...
GRETCHEN CARLSON
I didn't tell any of my friends that I wanted to be a comedian, because I was superstitious. I t... STEVEN WRIGHT
It didn't matter that I wore clothes from Sears; I was still different. I looked different. My n... JHUMPA LAHIRI When I went to drama school, I knew I was at least as talented as other students, but because I was ...
LANCE REDDICK When you're good-looking, I think you usually don't have to work as hard.
BUTCH TRUCKS I always knew that I wanted to do voiceovers as part of my career. I just kind of didn't expect ...
KARI WAHLGREN
When I was 17 or 18 I wanted to become a wine expert, and my parents wouldn't let me drink. So I... GARY VAYNERCHUK As intense as our work is, I try my hardest to live my life so that people in my office feel they ca...
RANEY ARONSON-RATH
I became a journalist partly so that I wouldn't ever have to rely on the press for my informatio... CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS I think as far as kids go, you just have to work hard. Work on your skills, keep focused.
FRANK LAMPARD I would make a horrible politician, because I wouldn't enjoy my work.
BILLY CAMPBELL
And you know when I was growing up, I knew I wanted to have kids, but I knew I didn't want to do... RACHEL DRATCH I wouldn't be where I am today without the amazing public arts education that I had.
MATTHEW MORRISON Playing college soccer was going to be the top of my athletic feats. I wasn't going to the Olymp...
MARK ZUPAN I was so excited to work with Ridley Scott. Who wouldn't be?
NATALIE DORMER
More than a half, maybe as much as two-thirds of my life as a writer is rewriting. I wouldn't sa... JOHN IRVING I've seen my parents dragged through the mud. But I wouldn't be the person I am today withou...
SAMIRA WILEY
Most aspiring child actors or child stars have a passion for it. But as easy as it is for me to say ... NICK CANNON
I work as hard as anybody will ever work and I like that. That's why I've been successful an... MARK WAHLBERG I can't be a hypocrite as a coach because as a player that's what I wanted. I wanted feedbac...
ADAM OATES
I kind of have a happy magnet. I can't stand being depressed, so I work my ass off to get out of... SARAH MCLACHLAN I'm aware of the decisions I make and the responsibility I have as a role model. I wouldn't ...
NAOMI SCOTT
I feel I have to work hard to nurture whatever talent I have as an actor. I feel like it's not n... DAVID DUCHOVNY
I didn't allow failure to break my heart. So I wouldn't allow success to bloat my head. RANDEEP HOODA I delivered Chinese food on Long island, which is pretty depressing. I lived with my parents and did...
DARIN STRAUSS
I felt a failure because I couldn't sustain myself from what I earned from my writing. My day jo... SANDRA CISNEROS There are actors who spend 20 years working and still don't achieve what I've achieved so qu...
ZHANG ZIYI
I think my parents recognised that I'd always wanted to be a writer, and so they didn't thin... CHANG-RAE LEE Acting is what I love to do. I wouldn't trade it for the world. I don't think of it as work....
DAKOTA FANNING
My dad didn't have a formal education, but he had a wonderful vocabulary. So in 'Harvest,... JIM CRACE When you grow up around it, I just watched my father work really hard. He wasn't around as much ...
KATEY SAGAL
And I can't think of a reason I'd ever use a pseudonym, as I wouldn't want to publish so... POPPY Z. BRITE I think I can be pretty focused, but as I say, it was more wanting to be the good student, seeing my...
EMMYLOU HARRIS
I always had ambitions to work in the U.K. I just never thought it was gonna happen so soon. So I th... BEN SCHNETZER
I'm proud of my hard work. Working hard won't always lead to the exact things we desire. The... TAMRON HALL
I didn't know what it was not to work hard as I grew up. PAT NIXON
As far I'm working on The life Of one Kid 7... continue! DEYTH BANGER Snorkeling the Great Barrier Reef, I saw something - I don't know what it was to this day. My mi...
VING RHAMES
I live in southern Appalachia, so I'm surrounded by people who work very hard for barely a livin... BARBARA KINGSOLVER As a writer, I wouldn't know how to not take things out of my life.
ZOE CASSAVETES
I have so many peers who say, 'I need to get away from my parents,' because even though they... DOVE CAMERON I didn't want to play a rancher. I didn't want to have a cowboy hat on; I wanted to get away...
TIM MCGRAW
When I was in Japan, everyone wanted to work for Pierre Gagnaire, and they wouldn't miss a beat. DAVID CHANG
I tried to build a company my father would have been proud to work for, that he would have looked ba... HOWARD SCHULTZ
I'm so lucky to have been raised the way I have, because my parents believed that everyone had t... GEORGE CLOONEY
My mind was always very cluttered, so I took great pains to simplify my environment, because if my e... LEONARD COHEN
If I didn't believe in myself as a dancer, I wouldn't choreograph. TWYLA THARP
I don't find it uncomfortable that I'm recognized and liked by so many people. If that were ... SONG HYE-KYO
I do love writing. It doesn't come to me as readily as I think acting does. I think acting is in... DAVID DASTMALCHIAN
Social life was different for me in college. I didn't go to as many parties as my friends did. I... BRIT MORIN I had that hunger to work and keep growing. So I started to cut hair. When I started getting better,...
YANDEL
I am fortunate: my parents told me the world was my oyster, when they could have said I wouldn't... DAMBISA MOYO I personally wouldn't want my second album to sound like my first; it might sound very rocky or ...
BENJAMIN CLEMENTINE
As a teacher at Princeton, I'm surrounded by people who work hard so I just make good use of my ... JOYCE CAROL OATES It's hard running as an independent. I wouldn't have won the Senate election if I hadn't...
ANGUS KING I don't make political work. I don't make work that criticises the state. I make as human wo...
GARY HUME
I wouldn't have been able to move to L.A. if I felt I was going to lose my identity as a New Jer... GERARD WAY
I absolutely don't care about my looks and I'm so used to them that I wouldn't change a ... COLIN FIRTH I try to go to my parents' house as much as I can. No matter how busy we are as a family, we alw...
TAHJ MOWRY
