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I liked that idea. Someone who's trying to perform herself and not succeeding.


Maggie Gyllenhaal

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JOSHUA FERRIS I love someone who can make me laugh. And someone who's secure - I think that's sexy.
ROSELYN SANCHEZ I'm not someone who's endlessly patient and wonderful.
NIGELLA LAWSON There is no comparison between that which is lost by not succeeding and that lost by not trying.
FRANCIS BACON, SR. Someone who doesn't take herself too seriously and can be a goofball. Because everyone's a n...
CHANNING TATUM I suppose the common idea of me is that I'm going to be someone who's hyper and cracking jok...
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ISSEY MIYAKE You couldn't not like someone who liked the guitar.
STEPHEN KING There is no comparison between that which is lost by not succeeding and that which is lost by not tr...
FRANCIS BACON I'm not really someone who's always out on the scene going places. I'm a homebody. That&...
SETH CURRY I try to make music with emotion and integrity. And authenticity. You can feel when something's ...
JAY-Z I like someone who's not afraid to be a kid!
VANESSA HUDGENS I liked the idea of being the kind of woman who'd go to the Gobi desert pregnant.
ARIEL LEVY I still feel I am that 14-year-old kid, hungry and trying to find a way through life. That's wha...
ANTHONY JOSHUA With every song I have a person in mind who, in a perfect world, would perform with me. Usually I en...
BUSTA RHYMES The music I always liked as a kid was stuff I could bum out to and realize, 'Hey, someone else f...
TRENT REZNOR Someone once told me that something they really liked about me was that they thought that I was real...
VICTORIA JUSTICE I hire a lot of waiters, waitresses. Someone who's successful has a background that's not pr...
MICKEY DREXLER I don't want to be known as someone who is deliberately trying to do things that are not commerc...
CASEY AFFLECK It's a real challenge to have someone perform a character vs. imitate a character.
DAVE FILONI I'm often daydreaming, and it's because I've always liked the idea of there being someth...
SAMANTHA SHANNON As a singer, I just want to try to honor what the writers create - and as someone who's trying t...
DAVID NAIL Comedy is such a vulnerable thing. With drama, you're not trying to make someone cry. If you do,...
HARLEY QUINN SMITH If the people like watching me, see me as an example of someone succeeding, as a young guy who has t...
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STEVEN WRIGHT It's the worst when you're kissing someone who's not a good kisser, and you're tryin...
DREW BARRYMORE For me, the most interesting people are ones who often work against their best interests. Bad choice...
PAUL HAGGIS My first role was an angel in the nursery nativity. I spotted my mum halfway through and shouted ove...
EMILY BERRINGTON I love the name Maggie, he went on, and she glanced up at him suspiciously-nobody loved the name Mag...
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CINDY CRAWFORD I think it's always a good idea to dress as someone you like, as long as it's done in good t...
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MICHAEL PALIN I've written original material before, where I've come up with the idea and the characters m...
ALEX GARLAND I'm not someone like Norma Desmond who's harking back to her younger days.
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ALEX CHILTON I love old-fashioned manners, as long as it's not forced. I can tell when it's natural or wh...
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KHLOE KARDASHIAN Our underclassmen are really stepping up. Maggie and I, we're just trying to be the leaders out ther...
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CALLIE THORNE I think it's not misplaced in 'Doctor Who' to have someone who is little bit edgy and ma...
PETER CAPALDI I was a tomboy who liked to play rough just like my two older brothers. That's probably why I li...
NANCY KERRIGAN I'd read the book and liked the book, but it made me really uncomfortable trying to picture myse...
ROBERT PATTINSON We are trying to see who can perform under those conditions.
JIM BROWN I was not religious, but I liked rituals. I liked the idea of connecting an action with remembering.
JOHN GREEN I could do nice, but it's just not as much fun. Being nice isn't my biggest goal in life. I&...
SHARON STONE When women break that taboo and they're not afraid to drive that car by herself - that's it....
MANAL AL-SHARIF Daisy had no idea how to put herself to rights again. But she thought it would be a good thing to st...
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CHARLES KOCH I know I'm known for singing some of those high notes, but that's really not what giving som...
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ERIC CHURCH I was constantly, always and forever, trying to perform the musical 'Annie' for anyone who w...
SARAH PAULSON Some stories, my property, have been stolen. Someone's appropriated them. It's an illicit ac...
J. D. SALINGER I liked Sartre's views but not his writing.
TAHAR BEN JELLOUN I'm not trying to brainwash my critics. If they're critics, they're critics, and that...
JOHN CENA I liked the idea of having actual magic performed as stage magic, so you could assume that it was ju...
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CARLI LLOYD If I'm hesitant at all about an idea, then that's not the right idea.
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TOM FELTON I won't perform in Cuba until there's no more Castro and there's a free Cuba. To me, Cub...
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JOHN LYDON I'm going to try to do music for the rest of my life, but that's just trying. Maybe it's...
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RANSOM RIGGS I liked the idea of being a writer more than I liked the idea of writing.
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NEIL GAIMAN I'm not the kind of artist who has an idea and then carries it out; it's more like I find wh...
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EVAN BAYH I am trying to find myself. Sometimes that's not easy.
MARILYN MONROE I guess I've always liked the idea of being an artist.
LARRY RIVERS If I feel like someone's trying to bring me down, I just walk away from it.
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MAGGIE Q Here's my goal: I want to make a seriously dark show, and not on a network that has ever done th...
MAGGIE Q You're asked, 'Do you know kung-fu?' Yeah. That's what we do. We wake up, we brush o...
MAGGIE Q There is nothing cooler than having lines like, 'Batman, the fate of the world is upon us.' ...
MAGGIE Q The 1970s 'Wonder Woman' was sort of a kitsch thing. It was a very specific time for that, a...
MAGGIE Q Audiences are so much more sophisticated than they've ever been. They expect a lot more. I don&#...
MAGGIE Q I've gotten used to the point where I'm so used to being sweaty! I like to wear less makeup ...
MAGGIE Q We rarely grow when we're happy, we grow when we hurt.
MAGGIE Q I don't work out and be healthy and want a strong body because I want to look good in a bikini. ...
MAGGIE Q I'm not a vampire movie fan, per se. That's not to say that I haven't enjoyed movies wit...
MAGGIE Q It's just cool for a girl to be able to do her own thing. I do a lot of movies, and I'm very...
MAGGIE Q I, Maggie, personally cannot tell you that you're going to save the planet. But what I do know i...
MAGGIE Q I don't do anything but sleep, when I'm not working. I have no life. I'm no fun. All I w...
MAGGIE Q I love shooting guns. Not at people or animals, but I love shooting blanks!
MAGGIE Q Not only do I not want to be stereotyped as this Asian girl who fights - gee, what a wonder - but al...
MAGGIE Q I enjoy privacy. I think it's nice to have a little mystery. I think because of technology a lot...
MAGGIE Q Our choices are going to determine the future for our children, our children's children, and the...
MAGGIE Q There's so many issues tied to the meat industry. I mean, social, environmental, humanitarian - ...
MAGGIE Q I've always wanted to work with dogs, so in high school, I worked at the Humane Society for a li...
MAGGIE LAWSON I played softball for a few years growing up. Both my brothers played baseball.
MAGGIE LAWSON William Shatner just reeks of cool.
MAGGIE LAWSON I grew up in Kentucky, so we do not have a pro team. My family was split between the Cubs and the Re...
MAGGIE LAWSON Rice cakes and peanut butter is my favorite snack in the whole wide world.
MAGGIE LAWSON By the year 2020, the year of perfect vision, the old will outnumber the young.
MAGGIE KUHN When you least expect it, someone may actually listen to what you have to say.
MAGGIE KUHN Power should not be concentrated in the hands of so few, and powerlessness in the hands of so many.
MAGGIE KUHN Stand before the people you fear and speak your mind - even if your voice shakes.
MAGGIE KUHN Few people know how to be old.
MAGGIE KUHN The challenges our state faces must be met with the best solutions and ideas we can muster - and goo...
MAGGIE HASSAN Together, we can build a stronger, more innovative New Hampshire, where our businesses can grow, flo...
MAGGIE HASSAN In New Hampshire, we know that small businesses and entrepreneurs are the engines of economic growth...
MAGGIE HASSAN We are all focused each and every day on doing our jobs, chief executive of our states, until the ve...
MAGGIE HASSAN I didn't intend to run for public office. I didn't really think about it.
MAGGIE HASSAN Our economy works really well without an income or a sales tax.
MAGGIE HASSAN I certainly think that we can take steps to prevent this kind of weapon that is designed to create m...
MAGGIE HASSAN As Senator, I will always put the health and safety of New Hampshire's families first.
MAGGIE HASSAN