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Related I used to do Facebook but you get a little too wrapped up in that stuff. Its more distracting than a... EMMA STONE Modeling can be a bit brain damaging. Starting my own brand was what I needed to do. I only model if... KATE MOSS I don't care what you say about me anymore! I don't care what you write about me anymore. I ... GERRY COONEY I don't think the music that I do is nostalgic in any way; I don't think about going back to... IMELDA MAY Most powerful of all powers in its holy insinuation is _being_. _To be_ is more powerful than even _... GEORGE MACDONALD I don't want to make any judgments, and I don't want to preach, but I'm hoping that marr... JONATHAN SILVERMAN I'm free. I just do what I want, say what I want, say how I feel, and I don't try to hurt no... ERYKAH BADU I don't want to sound like a grumpy old man, but nothing winds me up more than people saying, ... MARTIN FREEMAN Just don't give up trying to do what you really want to do. Where there is love and inspiration,... ELLA FITZGERALD My old drama coach used to say, 'Don't just do something, stand there.' Gary Cooper wasn... CLINT EASTWOOD I don't want to go to prison... but there is nothing they can do to me that will make me stop th... CARLES PUIGDEMONT The quest of the Inner Ring will break your hearts unless you break it. But if you break it, a surpr... C.S. LEWIS You can't delete racism. It's like a cigarette. You can't stop smoking if you don't ... MARIO BALOTELLI What one promise do you need to claim? Find it. Don't give up. Cling to it. CRAIG GROESCHEL I always tell girls who say they want to start a band but don't have any talent, 'Well, neit... KATHLEEN HANNA I believe that you control your destiny, that you can be what you want to be. You can also stop and ... LEO BUSCAGLIA I just think of everything I do and how happy it will make me to do it. I don't like having my p... LAURA MARLING If you ask why I do what I do - I want to make a difference. I don't just want to maintain the s... ELI BROAD Yes, if I had it my way I would do all the shots myself - I used to do that when I was just a camera... DENNIS MUREN Often, if there's something that I want to do, but somehow can't get myself to do, it's ... GRETCHEN RUBIN I don't do Jewish stuff because I don't want people to be left out. If I mention the Torah i... RITA RUDNER I don't want to get married - I've been there and done that. So I know what I'm talking ... LONI LOVE Anybody can have this body if you do enough sit-ups and you just make a decision that 'Every day... VALERIE BERTINELLI I used to wear heels because I wanted to show people I wasn't ashamed of being tall. But I don... ELLE MACPHERSON I didn't want to make it a lifetime thing. I don't believe in statutory term limits, but peo... GEORGE J. MITCHELL I used to love politics. I can't say I do any more. All the fun has gone out of it. Each side is... ROBERT HARRIS I say I don't need a tax cut. It will not do me any more good. I can't buy more, I can't... FRANK LAUTENBERG When I do a film score, I am basically nothing more than a fancy pencil for hire. I don't own an... JAMES HORNER When I was on the radio, I used to be able to go a lot farther than I can now. You don't really ... JIMMY KIMMEL Right now I'm so old that if I had a big gush of money, I don't know what I'd do with it... JACK VANCE Let me explain what I do here. I don't want to confuse you any more than absolutely necessary. EUGENE ORMANDY Being a person who has had plastic surgery and goes to the gym five days a week to work my muscles u... FAYE WATTLETON There are certain people who aren't with me any more, but they're with me in spirit. I just ... HENRY SPEIGHT Looking back on humanity's battle with pollution, history has been made by thousands of ordinary... CHAI JING I don't think we can go back to the old days. But I think that what the government needs to do i... DAN GLICKMAN I used to hate old-timers who didn't praise the younger wrestlers, but you've got to pass th... RANDY SAVAGE You don't tell an astronaut what to do. ATMOSPHERE I don't want to do any more movies where I look at it and go, 'Oh, God, gross.' SEAN YOUNG When I get old, I'm going to the old folks' home. I don't want to be one of those guys w... SHAQUILLE O'NEAL If I ever feel that acting is just soul-sucking and I don't want to do it anymore, I could stop. ZOE KAZAN I'll tell you what I miss most. What I would love to do, more than anything, is just anthologies... AARON SPELLING People don't want just vanilla. They want 31 flavors. I couldn't do what Rihanna does. I cou... KATY PERRY I never want to cannibalize my act, and I'm really excited that I am going to be able to perform... DANIEL TOSH People have given me the freedom and believe in me enough to say if I want to do these things that I... WAYNE COYNE I don't want to give any advice to a 19-year-old, because I want a 19-year-old to make mistakes ... FIONA APPLE I don't want to wake up and be bored. That's probably my greatest fear is to have nothing to... TOM BRADY I don't bring expectations to any of my books. I don't tell people what to do. I want to inv... BARBARA KINGSOLVER I really want to do something in Europe. With a small movie, it can be an interesting challenge. But... ZIYI ZHANG I just want to make music, I don't want people to talk about me. All I've ever wanted to do ... ADELE I'm lucky I had parents willing to be open and believe that an 11-year-old might know what she w... CLAIRE FORLANI Really smart people don't want to say stupid things, and they really don't want to be a part... KARA SWISHER I don't think I am that tough, actually. Well, tough in the sense that I don't take any rubb... ZAHA HADID They all want you to make a movie for under a million dollars, which I don't want to. I don'... JOHN WATERS I need to make sure that when I'm running out to the drugstore I'm not wearing a Biore strip... ELLIE KEMPER What was I qualified to do to make a living? Nothing. You don't need qualifications as an actor ... JAMES GARNER I embrace my blackness, just as I do my conservatism and my Christianity, but I don't want to be... J. C. WATTS I have a feeling I'm going to wake up one day and say 'I can't do dirty stuff anymore, I... BOB SAGET I see all these old people who don't have anything to do but eat, drink and sleep. I will never ... MARIO ANDRETTI We often grow up being told that we can do this or that, but if you don't see anybody that looks... JESSE WILLIAMS I just worry about the girls who look up to me. I don't want them to think I starve myself or do... ELLEN POMPEO You should not do an autobiography if you want to tell the truth. There are a lot of things I know a... ABRAHAM A. RIBICOFF Most of the films I've tried to make I've ended up making. And they don't necessarily go... DAVID MACKENZIE My logic used to be if I get angry at my boyfriend, he could say, 'Well, if that thing I do that... NIKKI GLASER In my divorce, I stood up and said to my ex-wife, 'Hey, I messed up. This had nothing to do with... KEVIN HART There is this one thing that I never ever want to know, and that is knowing how to give up on a true... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH I take none of that to heart. I don't feel like there's anything that I need to do for anybo... DANICA PATRICK I used to be super trendy and totally sexy. But I look back now and I used to want everything short ... KIM KARDASHIAN I have no superhuman powers. If people don't want to make peace, there is nothing I can do. MARTTI AHTISAARI When I was a kid, I used to make up all these characters. I love comedy a lot, and I don't get t... OMAR DORSEY I really feel all my adult life has been spent in that little black box. If a wonderful part on TV c... BEA ARTHUR I'm going to continue doing what I want to do. And if it means I want to go and make a big movie... JAKE GYLLENHAAL I never play a villain that I don't have something I can either do or say so the audience sees t... BRION JAMES My main aim is getting set up so that when I do quit, I can step away and re-evaluate what I want to... BOO WEEKLEY I used to say that I didn't want anything to do with e-mail. It seemed really impersonal, compli... B. D. WONG I used to dirt bike a lot. I can't do that anymore. Can't eat a whole lot of chocolate anymo... SHIA LABEOUF We both know... that soon everything is going to end... ... This chat will be in the... DEYTH BANGER We all want to live forever, but we don't want to suck blood to do it, right? I think people lik... MELISSA DE LA CRUZ I grew up on the East Coast, and we always used to say, 'Go get your hustle on,' whether it ... ANTOINE FUQUA The first thing I'll do if I want to look really crappy is, I don't wear any makeup at all. MICHAEL CAINE Do you love me as the person that I am now, or do you love me as the person I used to be? ANTHONY T. HINCKS I do what I do to inspire people. They can't be inspired by an ego, a big-headed person. It does... LA'PORSHA RENAE If you want to believe that humans walked with dinosaurs and the planet is a few thousand years old,... HENRY ROLLINS People don't know about the human part of me that really cares about the world. For instance, I ... DIANA ROSS My fear is that I go up to the girl of my dreams and say 'I'm sorry, but I've got to say... JOHN MAYER I don't want any more vicissitudes, I don't want any more of this try, try again stuff. I ju... ELIZABETH WURTZEL You know what I want? The answer is, I truly don't know what I want. I don't want to do a te... MICHAEL J. FOX If you're playing a negative character, sooner or later it rubs off on you. Some people don'... ALAN ARKIN I don't know what I want to do. There are people who want me to do things. There's a possibl... VALERIE SIMPSON In whichever way my music can get out there, I'm just like, 'Sure.' It's also throug... PRISCILLA AHN I used to be a rabid reader, but now it's scripts or nothing - network television is quite relen... ROBERT CARLYLE People say, 'He doesn't want to be a spokesperson for the gay community.' I do, of cours... SAM SMITH Old age has got to start creeping up on me one day soon, and frankly I'm very scared. I don'... DAVID NIVEN I don't think people expect Bruce Springsteen to come out in a pink satin jacket, but Rod Stewar... ROD STEWART I just start with a pencil and paper. I don't want something too trendy, too fashion-forward. I ... JOHN MALKOVICH Sometimes people ask me, 'You do stand-up?' I try explaining what I do, and I don't thin... CHARLYNE YI I love spaghetti. And I like to cook spaghetti. And I used to eat it every day. I weighed thirty pou... CHRISTOPHER WALKEN I have no deep-seated desire to be famous; that's not what's driving me, so if it's some... CAM I want to get up and ride my horses, do what I love doing. I don't want to be recognised. CHARLOTTE DUJARDIN If it's a whole show of my own, I'll do more of what I think Del Shannon is. But for shows l... DEL SHANNON I used to do my best thinking while staring out airplane windows. The seat-back video system put a s... MARY ROACH
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JOANNA AJ The past is full of examples of renegade writers who were overlooked in their time not only because ... JOANNA SCOTT I'm not afraid of needles. JOANNA KRUPA I'm a third done into a new book but sorry - I have a superstition about talking about it! JOANNA TROLLOPE You're only as wanted as you are needed, and you're only as loved as you feel. JOANNA MOJA Sometimes the grass really IS greener on the other side and you're happier, until you step in shit a... JOANNA MOJA I had planned to consult with a Black colleague, but when I approached her in the hall she had a cro... JOANNA RUSS Let me tell you what I want,' he said fiercely. 'For a start, I want you. I told you that, but perha... JOANNA MANSELL It's an incredibly emotive issue. This is something that really upset Afghans. But it is also being ... JOANNA NATHAN There seemed to be endless obstacles... it seemed that the root cause of them all was fear. JOANNA FIELD I was now ordered to have my writings copied, and put into the printer's hand. JOANNA SOUTHCOTT Helping others is the key duty for everyone on this earth who is remotely capable to do so. JOANNA KRUPA Courage doesn't mean being free from fear; it means learning to work through fear and speak even whe... JOANNA BROOKS I'm really such a bumbler! Writing fiction is like arranging furniture in a dark room. I can'... JOANNA SCOTT If the rules of a language are followed, words usually make sense. But these very rules can stir the... JOANNA SCOTT I've experienced huge kindness here, a great welcome and some very generous reviews without the ... JOANNA TROLLOPE When I was 18, I took it for granted and was eager to move on to the bigger cities like Boston and t... JOANNA GOING In order to survive as a race, as a planet, you must learn to share light. There is no other way. JOANNA GAWN To have real issues to delve into, research-wise, always makes it a lot more satisfying to me. I can... JOANNA GOING The objective is to raise the profile of the city to its residents and visitors. JOANNA ORMESHER Here we go then," Dad says. "Motoring towards our dreams, Bridge." "You shouldn't follow dreams... JOANNA CAMPBELL I have a collection of lucky pennies, and I like to carry some of them with me. So far, they seem to... JOANNA GARCIA The very first Walnut Whales recording was recorded just a few weeks after I had started singing, ou... JOANNA NEWSOM Typing was, as the placement agency lady had assured me, like riding a bike: my fingers remembered t... JOANNA RAKOFF I am consciously not trying to bring in World Music elements. The ways that I work and feel are comp... JOANNA NEWSOM The voiceless and most defenseless ones are the animals, so most of my attention goes to them. JOANNA KRUPA One pretty amazing thing we learned early on was that the more time we spent together, the better ou... JOANNA GAINES I don't mean to be trite about abortion, but I do feel it's a woman's body, and I don... JOANNA CASSIDY The trouble with men is that they have limited minds. That's the trouble with women, too." JOANNA RUSS As my mother once said: The boys throw stones at the frogs in jest. But the frogs die in ... JOANNA RUSS There's no being out too late in Whileaway, or up too early, or in the wrong part of town, or unesco... JOANNA RUSS While it can be pleasurable to move speedily through a work of fiction, there's a different sort... JOANNA SCOTT There's a lot of weight on the shoulders of a single parent, and that's taken a lot of energ... JOANNA CASSIDY I finally believed it was actually a beautiful thing to be unique and to be different. JOANNA GAINES In the first movement, our infancy as a species, we felt no separation from the natural world around... JOANNA MACY Of course, even when you see the world as a trap and posit a fundamental separation between liberati... JOANNA MACY One of my best friends had a tough time getting pregnant, and her situation had me really thinking a... JOANNA KRUPA How wonderful it would be to scatter words as they rise to consciousness, to let them lie where they... JOANNA SCOTT It's not that the authors are unskilled, but we must frequently venture outside our areas of origina... JOANNA RUSS If you are a woman and wish to become pre-eminent in a field, it's a good idea to (a) invent it and ... JOANNA RUSS When the memory of one's predecessors is buried, the assumption persists that there were none and ea... JOANNA RUSS I think it no accident that the myth of the isolated achievement so often promotes women writers' le... JOANNA RUSS