Darren Shan
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I always wanted it to be unique in some way, so tha... LUCY SILLIMAN I wanted a project in which those people who wanted to express their dissatisfaction on the war coul... CHRISTINE ROBINSON I made a living for 10 years making very typical TV commercials. But I always wanted to reach beyond... CASEY NEISTAT My parents wanted me to be a teacher. Because I could work most of the year and pursue the things th... KATE MICUCCI LAILAH GIFTY AKITA This is a very exciting place, ... The potential to do something here seemed to be really quite grea... GLENN LOURY BHUMIBOL ADULYADEJ DAVID BOWIE CRAIG GROESCHEL I wanted to tell her that I loved her, and not in the complicated way I loved our parents, but in a ... BRENNA YOVANOFF I played a lot of keyboards, but I really wanted to produce the sound that was in my head that I was... D'ANGELO I auditioned for Julliard because I wanted to live in New York, and I wanted to be on Broadway at th... AUDRA MCDONALD HARUKI MURAKAMI I feel pretty good about (the retirement) because frankly there are not too many guys in my business... BARRY ALVAREZ I have an older sister named Haley and she wanted to be an actress. So I wanted to be an actress. It... HILARY DUFF It first started out as a CA program because all of us are required to do three active and three pas... LIZ GORDON I wanted to convince them there's a better way to do stuff, and they've been great about it. LONNIE TVRDY OCTAVIA BUTLER From the stage, I can reach a large audience, and you learn from being on stage how much a song reac... K'NAAN ELIJAH WOOD BERTHA VON SUTTNER DON HENLEY GEORGE MACDONALD MICHAEL CUNNINGHAM MARKUS ZUSAK Everything I've ever written, I had a very distinct vision of what I wanted it to look like. But... DAN GILROY Even with college, the reason I wanted to go so badly is because I wanted to major in film. I want t... MIRANDA COSGROVE For me, it would be pointless to write a novel that I knew I could complete within a specific length... CHARLES PALLISER I decided to go on the show because I wanted to take an opportunity that would give me the chance to... JULIE LELAND JUNOT DIAZ I'd like to do the young cadet thing again for sure, but that's why I wanted to do this, to ... SCOTT SPEEDMAN JOAN D. VINGE I really wanted to do plays since I was a little girl. I wanted to go to Juilliard and to learn, but... ELIZABETH REASER It was such an exciting game and I wanted to win so bad. Everybody worked so hard. Everybody wanted ... CLAUDE GIROUX It just got a little out of hand. Like, it wasn't the way it was supposed to be, and first I wanted ... DANIEL JONES I write to explore something that fascinates me, and I write the way I do because it is the only way... CATHY MARIE BUCHANAN I used to say that I didn't want anything to do with e-mail. It seemed really impersonal, compli... B. D. WONG When I see somebody being mistreated, my eyes tear up and I want to stop it. And I believe that the ... JOHN POMFRET JENNIFER CARPENTER I was really interested in acting and thought secretly I could do it but didn't tell anyone. It ... JOE ALWYN BAHMAN GHOBADI JOAN DIDION We can never make proper goodbyes. It was your last ride in a Checker cab and you had no warning. It... COLSON WHITEHEAD I went to school to learn guitar, solfeggio, and harmony. I wanted to know more about music, how it ... JUAN DIEGO FLOREZ You pray for a lot of things when it begins to happen you don't notice it, but it's even more scary ... RONALD ALLEN It seemed like he had a purpose and an idea of what he wanted to do. JASON WEIMER Weld looked at our two-year-old program and wanted us to help him find a horse that could be fast an... BILL HEILIGBRODT BILL BURR I was taught that everything is attainable if you are prepared to give up, to sacrifice, to get it. ... STIRLING MOSS HOWARD HUGHES PATTI SMITH Up to now I've done everything I've wanted to do the way I wanted to do myself. HASIL ADKINS PAMELA HANSFORD JOHNSON I wanted to do it in the worst way, and it just worked out. I think it's going to be special, kind o... DAVID GREWE I just wanted to prove to myself that I could do it. JULIE BROWN DEYTH BANGER I wanted to do everything. I wanted to be a pilot. I wanted to be a secret agent. I wanted to be a f... JOSH HOLLOWAY I wanted to see first hand what it was like. I wanted to do what I could to help out. ANDREW MACKAY NATASHA TRETHEWEY In my study, there are stacks of papers to grade, books I should have read & reviewed months ago... JESS ROW I just felt that like an actor it's really hard to get a really good role. I mean a part like this, ... ZACH BRAFF It hurt, but I wanted to go at forward because I wanted to prove I could still do it. LYNDI LIVELY I had just been in some repressive situations - the black middle-class college scene and the crazy U... AMIRI BARAKA I went to Washington, not to get that job but to do that job. I wanted to do something about the pro... JOYCELYN ELDERS I walked out of the show business in 1968 because I thought that would be good for the family. It to... PETE BEST Gerry Mulligan and Chet Baker seemed so sophisticated and bad. I wanted to be like that. CARLA BLEY Your "Not To Do" list is also important. MANI S. SIVASUBRAMANIAN The Hilltop wanted to run a regular comic strip, so I tried to do something that would appeal to How... CORY THOMAS It's something that I wanted to do, but I was real nervous and didn't do well. Seeing all the other ... LAURA NUNEZ LAURA DERN GEORGE R. R. MARTIN I wanted to be first here and I felt quite confident that I could do it, EJEGAYEHU DIBABA ERIK LARSON It was just me being a little more aggressive. I was in a little foul trouble in the first half and ... JOSH HOWARD I knew from the age of five what I wanted to do. The one thing I could do was draw. I couldn't d... CHUCK CLOSE OLIVIA WILLIAMS I've never had a problem with that. It's flattering to be wanted, and certainly I would never stand ... BILL COWHER ELVIS PRESLEY ANNETTE BENING I made that declaration and I didn't question it. It was clear to me what I wanted to be. My dad sai... CESAR MILLAN EMINEM PETE WENTZ I wanted to write an adventure in the old-fashioned way, something to which I could apply the adject... CHRIS WOODING I love intricate plotting and exciting twists, but I realize more that people enjoy a good story in ... EVAN DAUGHERTY Because I have never met anyone that I wanted in my life that way before.KRYSTAL SUTHERLAND WILLIAM T. VOLLMANN DAVID MORRISSEY PAUL AUSTER I felt like I had to do it. We really wanted this bad and the girls who were with us last year reall... LAUREN WITHERSPOON NANCY GARDEN
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My books always focus on the response of the characters to extreme events. As dark as they get, they... DARREN SHAN The only way to learn and hone your craft is by working hard and writing regularly. DARREN SHAN Humans elect leaders on the basis of the promises they make. We [vampires] try to elect ours based s... DARREN SHAN The message of 'Zomb-B' is that you have to listen to your own heart and head and question e... DARREN SHAN One of the things I wanted to do with my own books was bridge the gap between 'Goosebumps' a... DARREN SHAN A world without pain, loss, betrayal, hate, death, loneliness? Impossible! DARREN SHAN Real life's nasty. It's cruel. It doesn't care about heroes and happy endings and the way things sho... DARREN SHAN I won't die. I won't give those ghouls the pleasure. I'll live and grow strong. I'll escape, then hu... DARREN SHAN The thing about real life is, when you do something stupid, it normally costs you. In books the hero... DARREN SHAN All reading should be pleasurable! I don't like people who keep reeling out the 'books are s... DARREN SHAN Every generation likes to think that children don't read as much as they used to when they were ... DARREN SHAN There are a lot of black-hearted, mean-spirited bastards in the world. It's important that we hold t... DARREN SHAN I know that no matter how lonely I get, I'll never be truly alone again. Our loved ones don't leave ... DARREN SHAN We all make basic assumptions about things in life, but sometimes those assumptions are WRONG. We mu... DARREN SHAN I grew up on all sorts of horror - Hammer Horror and Vincent Price's 'Theatre Of Blood.'... DARREN SHAN Watching the hole in the ever-fading light. It’s the size of a baby now, closing all the time. Nar... DARREN SHAN ...The pain didn't bother me. In fact, I welcome it: It meant I was alive. DARREN SHAN A world of "if"s, but it would make no difference. If I could go back in time... but I couldn't. The... DARREN SHAN You have to ignore risks, put your brain on hold and follow your instincts, even when your head insi... DARREN SHAN Destiny's what you make of it. You have to face whatever life throws at you. DARREN SHAN Leave him alone!" Debbie shouted.DARREN SHAN I know the names of every intelligent being, the spots on the wings of every butterfly that broke ou... DARREN SHAN Bran,” I sob. “You have to go.” He just smiles. “Bran! You must!” Again the smile. He won'... DARREN SHAN I don't like it, but my hands are tied. I just want you to know this: if I ever get the chance to be... DARREN SHAN Many people think that it is important to have a title before you begin writing the book, but I thin... DARREN SHAN Reading has always been the great love of my life. DARREN SHAN I think sometimes parents and teachers can push children away from reading by telling them it's ... DARREN SHAN I always loved horror, but I read all sorts of books. My favourite as a child was 'The Secret Ga... DARREN SHAN I have music on when I write. I don't like the isolation otherwise and find the silence deadenin... DARREN SHAN I think you can spread yourself across any number of genres when you're a writer as long as you ... DARREN SHAN Anyone who has an imagination can write a book - it's cheap to do - but movies are big money. DARREN SHAN I was lucky because my mum was a teacher and showed me how to read and write. But most importantly, ... DARREN SHAN I'll never forget a meeting with one publisher where they said, 'We don't publish books ... DARREN SHAN Loving can cost a lot but not loving always costs more, and those who fear to love often find that w... MERLE SHAN I would like to be a philosopher in ancient Athens and a poet in ancient China. SHAN SA I have been brought up in a world dominated by honor. I have known neither crime, poverty, nor betra... SHAN SA On the contrary, mortality improved with increasing age at retirement for people from both high and ... 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DARREN HEATHCOTE We've seen gold break the correlation with the dollar in recent times. We saw gold strengthening eve... DARREN HEATHCOTE Old times. Just messing around. I think he was a little upset so I had to try to put a smile on his ... DARREN MCCARTY It went quick, it was like a wedding day. It just blew by. DARREN MCCARTY With the year off and just getting back into it, you're more susceptible, your body's not as hard as... DARREN MCCARTY It's not like a lull. It's just the way the game is. You're not going to win every game and have a l... DARREN MCCARTY It's trauma you know, scary, machine guns in your face, that's not a good feeling and you never know... DARREN NORWOOD We have raised a lot of money. But we're still helping people with disaster relief efforts for the O... DARREN IRBY For me, Glasgow is all about the people and the spirit of the place. You have enough Gregg's bak... DARREN BOYD We wanted to go inside to Liz. We just couldn't get it in there. And we had a tough night shooting f... DARREN MATHEWS DARREN ARONOFSKY It makes me feel good that some people underestimate me and then I go out and prove them wrong, ... ... DARREN SPROLES The girls are enjoying the ride. I told them if you want keep the ride going, you can't underestimat... DARREN JACKSON DARREN CRISS We will file appropriate motions. Obviously, we're disappointed after putting in this much hard work... DARREN LAMARCA As the male was giving his statement to the officers, several items of drug paraphernalia were obser... DARREN MOLONEY There's a severe lack of interest in Asia. There was some physical buying on the dips down. That's s... DARREN HEATHCOTE When you start to build a serious wardrobe, the navy blazer is the very first piece you should choos... DARREN BROWN People are always saying that Darren is an underachiever. He is a superb driver of the ball, maybe t... DARREN CLARKE It was a relief but as a team we weren't thinking about the fact we finished last season with seven ... DARREN LOCKYER It's not a great (pitch). There's a lot of cracks in it, but it's not a 114 (wicket). It's a 250 (wi... DARREN LEHMANN It was a good pitch - a great cricket wicket. It should have been an after-tea day-four game, really... DARREN LEHMANN [There was also support for Rooney from his team-mate, the Scotland midfielder Darren Fletcher.] You... DARREN FLETCHER I haven't seen the article but people have told me about it and it's nice to hear. DARREN FLETCHER You can see the progress we are making under Walter and if we can match that work rate and spirit wi... DARREN FLETCHER He's the most naturally gifted player I have seen in my life. And Keane is still our main man. Even ... DARREN FLETCHER The goals were top class - just incredible. DARREN FLETCHER Fair play to them, they have been doing very well but we are going to try to catch them. We have pic... 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We lost ground again and Chelsea will be pleased as we are the clos... DARREN FLETCHER Small, Smart Choices + Consistency + Time = RADICAL DIFFERENCE DARREN HARDY The girl was in the backyard, minding her own business. DARREN MOLONEY We are positioning ourselves for the future. We hope to turn the tide in the South. DARREN JOHNSON I think we missed out on a window but at the time when we released that record, we didn't really eve... DARREN JACKSON I can see that inevitably people are going to point fingers. I think what is amusing is that people ... DARREN STAR We continue to regard Borg as a top pick in a group that we are quite negative on. DARREN KIMBALL If it comes down to that, it'll be left up to a coin toss. We just hope it doesn't come to that. DARREN HOTELLING We welcome the review. Our unit leads the nation in recoveries, has in 2004 and will in 2005. Recove... DARREN DOPP The attorney general's office has been in court every day this week seeking sanctions to help stop t... DARREN DOPP If he gets a new job, things would be different. DARREN DOPP If any retailers are feeling pressured or squeezed in any way, we want to know about that. We will a... DARREN DOPP I just think if you finish in the top four, you should be allowed a second chance. You've worked tha... DARREN LOCKYER With myself coming back, we always have a pretty good combination so hopefully we can reignite that. DARREN LOCKYER [Australia have been extraordinarily adept at keeping players fit, their injury management having be... DARREN LEHMANN Mr. Weld knows less about solving strikes than he does about running trade schools. DARREN DOPP People like Eliot because he's a fighter, not a quitter. If Mr. Weld thinks Eliot was too tough on c... DARREN DOPP Whatever hits the water causes a ripple effect on land. Earth often undergoes rapid temperature fluc... DARREN GRöCKE It's going to be a crazy night. It's always wild at Giants Stadium when the Cowboys come to town. It... DARREN WOODSON A father - son transplant would have the best chance for success, and I want to keep my dad around a... DARREN LINDSEY Randy is in his own league. But there are still a lot of good receivers in the division. DARREN SHARPER I've been restricted to cross training so far and have only jogged a bit on a treadmill. I wouldn't ... DARREN LOCKYER The story is not accurate. DARREN DOPP He is out of touch. Let him take the side of people who committed fraud and stole billions from inve... DARREN DOPP I bring this to work with me every day and use it to file copies of time cards, contact info, fax nu... DARREN REINHARDT It's all predicated by the defense. There's no trapping, just straight man. DARREN SANDERLIN Spurs have a lot of young players and a lot of quality, and they are progressing in the right way un... DARREN FLETCHER I am desperate to play and if there is a chance I can, even if it is still bothering me, then I will... DARREN FLETCHER We were disappointed we didn't retain the ball as much as we wanted, DARREN FLETCHER We've got to look at this result as a one-off, ... Maybe other people don't see it like that. They'l... DARREN FLETCHER Taking ownership is so important, and I think it will help the rep to maintain confidence in you. Th... DARREN REINHARDT We remain unconvinced that an acquirer would be interested in buying/merging with Hanson, unless the... DARREN SHAW I have a wide background in different areas of education and elementary systems. And I have a thinki... DARREN BALLANTINE It's flattering anytime someone wants to hire you as an assistant. Jobs are not easy to get. DARREN SAVINO Depth is something we've been working on lately. We've tried to develop our No. 5 and our No. 6. The... DARREN MAYNARD It is scary, it is terrifying. DARREN DAVIDSON We had a few chats. Personal issues. If you ever have to go through it, you'd know. DARREN CLARKE Used it on me one time on a drag route and I lost him. Had to grab him and pull him back. Good thing... DARREN WOODSON We had to change a lot of things with her. Once she learned and adapted to our system, it was like o... DARREN JACKSON DARREN CRISS If someone does not have a specific charity they would like to donate to, that's OK. An undesignated... DARREN BROWN It's most dizzying if, for women to go in and spend $1,000 for a skirt and the next season, it's 12 ... DARREN GREENBLATT It's hard on the kids because the kids want to play. My fullback had four carries and Rider probably... DARREN KALINA I feel fortunate that there was a place like the CFL where I could hone my skill and become a consis... DARREN FLUTIE DARREN CRISS DARREN ARONOFSKY Acid thrown in someone's face is pretty unique. You gotta be pretty twisted. It was pretty nasty. DARREN MARINO Being on teams that won in the past I can kind of sense when a team has the pieces in place to win a... DARREN SHARPER The message that I think has resonated with viewers, especially women, [is] that you don't need to g... DARREN STAR
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