I know there are going to be big challenges financially, but I'm excited artistically. I think that if the experience is better artistically, then we have more hope in the future.
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Related I'm a creative guy, artistically with graphics. TIM ALLEN I'm bored way too easily. I'm staring at screens half the day. I need to be overstimulated. ... BO BURNHAM I think that people that are not sensitive, who seem to bang through life, do survive, but I don'... FANNIE FLAGG Cheryl's artistically inclined. She draws and sketches, but I don't know about acting. LANA TURNER It feels like I'm starting to come into my own in terms of where I want to go artistically, towa... JESSICA ALBA There have been times when I felt suicidal and I would stop my head from going in that direction of ... DAVE NAVARRO I want to solidify as an artist and show that as I grow as a person and make mistakes and learn from... EMINEM On nights that I'm feeling a need to stretch personally and artistically, I tend to put together... ESPERANZA SPALDING Take me to the height where success would seek my help to succeed! I ARE I think the break was more about each of us having a chance to explore some other stuff we wanted to... GERALD EATON I think improvisation is a technique and a tool. I think that even the best of them fail most of the... BERNARD SAHLINS I would love to be looked at some day - and I'm not ever saying I'm at this level - but I... TRENT REZNOR All I know is that history repeats itself and people are going to want to experience the world. But ... JOHN BALDACCI 'Narcos' was a very strong experience, not only artistically and politically, but as a human... WAGNER MOURA The good life is one that's artistically made. WILLIAM SHATNER Artistically I am still a child with a whole life ahead of me to discover and create. I want somethi... ALBERTO GIACOMETTI I'm a running coach and I am going to continue to run, but I would hope that we are better defen... DON NELSON I think she has more gospel style than I do. I think I'm more, umm, you know mainstream I guess.... LATOYA LONDON You can be the most artistically perfect performer in the world, but an audience is like a broad - i... FRANK SINATRA I'm actually not a big fan of the word hope. I think it's a depressing word. I don't wan... KELLY CLARKSON I love making money, but you can't live your life waiting to get rich in a job that no longer fe... JULIANNA MARGULIES I'm not confrontational, but if someone challenges, I'm not going to back down. DRAKE Artistically I am still a child with a whole life ahead of me to discover and create. I want somethi... ALBERTO GIACOMETTI Public speaking is scary, I think. I've gotten way better at it. If I have to do a speech and be... CONNOR FRANTA Anyone who creates something new or does something different artistically is going to be singled out... CARLISLE FLOYD I'm excited. I know there is still more in me and I'm going to a program that will work with me. It ... JODIE MCCLAIN But nowadays I feel guilty that I am granted the immunity of the artistically gifted, having never a... SARA BAUME I'm absolutely thrilled. It's exciting to be a part of something so big and artistically groundbreak... BRITTANY MURPHY Well, I feel that everybody in the country knows me. I think people know who I am, and that I'm ... HARRIET HARMAN I think it's important to experience kindness so that you can experience it more in the future. ... E. L. KONIGSBURG I tell myself, 'If I can wake up each day and be excited about what I'm doing, then I must b... ALEXANDRA CASSAVETES Film-makers are always going to be interested in making movies that plug into society around them. T... MARK BOAL One of the biggest obstacles I've overcome in my life was thinking I didn't deserve to be su... BONNIE RAITT My favorite brand I have ever artistically collaborated, entertained, and supported over the years i... THEOPHILUS LONDON A show can be artistically successful; a show can be financially successful; a show can be successfu... DAVID BINDER However, I can’t be happy. I feel I can’t have that experience, I can’t assume I will have tha... NATSUKI TAKAYA That is probably the primo of all the opportunity places we could get. We will have a downtown cente... BILL CHAMBERS In art, at a certain level, there is no 'better than.' It's just about trying to operate... FRANK OCEAN I know that all that matters is that fourth one, if we do indeed play them four times. The more expe... JENNIFER PARKER Well, I think, you know, the university and the high schools are also important, but depends how I... DANIELA HANTUCHOVA I'm more financially successful, but it just means the shopping blunders I make are bigger now. CATHY GUISEWITE I am quite driven. I know what I think, and I know what I want to achieve, but I also hope that peop... NICOLA STURGEON If a man treats life artistically, his brain is his heart. OSCAR WILDE Throughout the movies' golden age, the Western enriched Hollywood financially and artistically. ... RICHARD CORLISS Often, you may have someone who is gifted artistically but doesn't have the business acumen. Craig h... MARTHA FIRLING Maryland has some good wins on their schedule, but doesn't have any great ones. But if Florida State... JAY BILAS I trust myself. I trust my instincts. I know what I'm gonna do, what I can do, what I can't ... CARRIE FISHER There are some people, you know, they think the way to be a big man is to shout and stomp and raise ... RICHARD M. NIXON I'm a big laser believer - I really think they are the wave of the future. COURTENEY COX I'm happy to say that I'm a lesbian in the world. I know there are people who don't want... KATE CLINTON I think I'm going to give my baby her first food on Thanksgiving, make her some organic sweet po... LILY ALDRIDGE I think there is a question of fearing that if we know more, there is apt to be more panic. And I un... CHRIS DODD It was a mind-blowing experience. Artistically, socially and politically, it was an incredible momen... ANTHONY WATERS If it awakens in us as a whole how important that is - the theme of how conquest and ambition are me... ROB MORROW I think not dating reduces drama and kids are just too young emotionally to handle drama, ... Encour... ROBERT LEVINE If there be no great love in the beginning, yet heaven may decrease it upon better acquaintance, whe... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE My deal is have a flat, simple tax. And - Americans want - Americans I hope - aspire to be - be weal... RICK PERRY I don't want any romantics to go into the military. I'm not a pacifist. I think we need a mi... KARL MARLANTES If I'm writing something and I'm not feeling mischievous, then I know it's not going to ... ELIZABETH MERIWETHER If I'm thinking about a particular injury, then I'm already a step behind. If I'm so gun... CAM NEWTON You cant live champagne life,if you cant buy beer. I DONT KNOW I was nervous, but after I got in the game I was so focused, nothing really bothered me. I think (th... GRACE CAMPBELL I teach my children that in life, there is no control of what tomorrow is going to bring. There real... BEBE WINANS Personally, I've always known that I wanted to go back to work because I'm confident, and I&... LISA LING There are people who fly to the height of stardom in a single day, and then there are people like me... TERI POLO In art, at a certain level, there is no 'better than.' It's just about trying to operate... FRANK OCEAN I think we are all in a better place than we were four years ago in Salt Lake City. That is half the... BILL DEMONG I'm tenacious, I think - I know - and I do also have a quality where if you tell me I can't ... ELLEN BARKIN I am very rich because of 'Chic' - artistically as well as spiritually. It's been an ama... NILE RODGERS I was cast in 'Thor' and I'm cast as a Nordic god. If you know anything about the Nords,... IDRIS ELBA I don't know if science and reason will ultimately help guide humanity to a better and more peac... LAWRENCE M. KRAUSS They have all different names for music. I think the music I'm going to change the style with is... IKE TURNER Super polished signage is not always a good sign. I'm always looking for places that you have to... ADAM RICHMAN I have to feel myself doing what's right. If I'm the arbiter of that instead of letting the ... TIM COOK But on the big things, I'm not going to trim in order to win public opinion. Because I really do... BOB KERREY I know that there are many things I could do, but I'm not interested. It's more important to... VERUSCHKA VON LEHNDORFF There's less of a community for film here. Artistically, this is not a strong community, ... It's ea... EDWARD SEYMOUR There are certain things I believe we need to keep in our emotional arsenal as we navigate through l... WENDELIN VAN DRAANEN I don't think there is going to be any significant outcome from a big summit as WSIS. But I really h... KIRAN KARNIK I don't think there is going to be any significant outcome from a big summit as WSIS. But I really h... KIRAN KARNIK I have very high expectations of myself. I'm a very competitive person but competitive with myse... WENTWORTH MILLER Maybe I'm a better actor when I know there's going to be an older woman involved. HUNTER PARRISH If I'm the people's poet, then I ought to be in people's hands - and, I hope, in their h... MAYA ANGELOU My aggression out there is my weapon. I think it's more letting them know that I'm not going... ANDY RODDICK We need to be better (at the plate), but we we are just trying to figure out what is going on. It's ... DAVE HEISE I think it's a big advantage for us. I think the experience is going to help us. We just need to tak... ASHLEY DAVIS I don't see myself in terms of artifice. I see myself as a real person who chooses to live my li... LADY GAGA In general, the more entrepreneurs we have, the better off we will be because the economy is driven ... BRIAN LEE There have been times when I felt suicidal and I would stop my head from going in that direction of ... DAVE NAVARRO I don't know what the future holds for me. But right now, I think it's bright. I have good people ar... DONN BELAIR I've loved being in legislative office on a state level, and I think on a federal level there ar... GRACE MENG I hope that Requiem is better than Pi. I hope that Pi is better than my student films, and I'm h... DARREN ARONOFSKY If I was the most talented quarterback in the draft last year, but I don't believe in myself, and I ... DAN ORLOVSKY I know that I'm going to have to work hard, keep working hard, and not because of this victory t... KIM CLIJSTERS There are some great divers in Europe and I'm really excited about going to Eindhoven. TOM DALEY So I don't really have much rivalry, or if there is any, I don't really know anything about ... EMILY BLUNT I love curves; I'm all about curves. I don't have many, which is really sad, but I think the... CARA DELEVINGNE I had a lot of bad jobs but the one big internship I had is I interned for 'SNL' when I was ... JAKE JOHNSON 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
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KAREN DUFFY You become a parent when you have a baby, no matter how you get there. KAREN DUFFY My father managed shopping malls when I was a kid, and my high school job was to dress up in an elf ... KAREN DUFFY I am a bit of a Cheap Pete, but I do spend a fortune on books and false moustaches and practical jok... KAREN DUFFY I am enormously honored to be one of the spokesmen of the New Age Womens Health Campaign, so you'... KAREN DUFFY I don't have feeling in my feet to my fingertips; I also have active lesions in my bone marrow a... KAREN DUFFY In the beginning, when I first found out I had a disease that was incurable, emotionally I had to ge... KAREN DUFFY I just had that conversation this morning with my doctor. I just got back from the hospital a half-h... KAREN DUFFY My family has been amazing, and they understand how blessed I am. They've been able to keep my s... KAREN DUFFY Everyone who has sarcoidosis is affected differently. KAREN DUFFY In addition, I'll be attending women's health expos and medical conferences with the goal to... KAREN DUFFY A lot of people asked me if it was frustrating not having a clear specific diagnosis, but I didn'... KAREN DUFFY The ancient Greek view of happiness was really defined by leading a productive life: It's not ab... KAREN DUFFY It is a mistake to do nothing just because you think you can only do a little. KAREN DUFFY I try to manage my time to conserve energy. KAREN DUFFY I still when I wake up hit the ground running; and having an illness, I'm only one of hundreds o... KAREN DUFFY Concealing an illness is like keeping a beach ball under water. KAREN DUFFY I did as much research as I could and I took ownership of this illness, because if you don't tak... KAREN DUFFY I never expected in a million years that I would have the honor to become an advocate of women's... KAREN DUFFY My friend had a funny remark; he told me everybody has something - some people have a big butt, some... KAREN DUFFY The lesion is in the area of my brain that is responsible for motor function, so I have continual ch... KAREN DUFFY It really is a blessing when two people who are so full of dignity and kindness and really live to m... KAREN DUFFY In a way, I have simplified my life by setting priorities. KAREN DUFFY When in the end, the day came on which I was going away, I learned the strange learning that things ... KAREN BLIXEN