It was a lovely opportunity for the first time in my whole career to stand up and thank people who are really responsible for me getting to realize my dreams.
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Related I want to thank my momma for pulling up. I want to thank my boys who was with me since day one; than... QUAVO My first thought was I'm glad it wasn't me out there, ... It was intense. They kept making putt on t... KENNY PERRY For every person who closed the door in my face, thank you. For every person who told me I wasn't go... YVONNE PIERRE Before all this happened, I always used to see my stammer as being a negative, all my life, but then... GARETH GATES When I came out, I was 68, and I was totally prepared for my career to recede when I spoke to the pr... GEORGE TAKEI It was a perfect opportunity for me to work with sports design graphics, which is what my career goa... TRAVIS LEE i want to sleep for my whole life, because in my dreams, you are everywhere around me. PRASOON DWIVEDI Sobering up was responsible for breaking up my marriage. That's what it couldn't stand. JAMES TAYLOR The most embarrassing thing for me was the day Bob Hope called me up and I was spaced out on cocaine... ANDY GIBB Rachel was first on my list. I'm so happy it's happened this way. I'm having so much fun and I'm pro... ELAINE YOUNGS He wanted me to learn to stand on my own feet, and to make it impossible for me to thank him. BOB CROSBY The goal for me is always to have the opportunity to work in different genres. This is a great and e... DWAYNE JOHNSON Life hands us opportunities at every turn to get over ourselves, to get outside ourselves, to wake u... SHAUNA NIEQUIST When I did the first 'Matrix,' after it came out, I had a woman come up to me and just thank... CARRIE-ANNE MOSS Even though I wrestled Ric Flair very early on in my career, it was a short match, so getting to wre... SHAWN MICHAELS I know that people will remember me as Miss Universe because it was my first great achievement, but ... ALICIA MACHADO With Sumthin Else Music Works, I wanted to spread the love and give newcomers a chance to make it be... NILE RODGERS My dreams for the future are simple: work, a happy, healthy family, a lovely long motorcycle ride, a... MIKE FARRELL 'The Firebird' just symbolizes a lot for me and my career. It was one of the first really bi... MISTY COPELAND It was my sister Maureen who was responsible for my becoming a Reagan. MICHAEL REAGAN Some of the worst things that have happened in my career, like things getting leaked, have actually ... MILEY CYRUS I had such a nice time making it, and I can't wait to make the fifth one. The whole crew were ju... DAVID THEWLIS I was really surprised. This is my first year in FFA. I'm going to save it up for college and I'll d... AMY MARTIN I guess my first big break was getting the hit show 'Cavemen' on ABC. People made fun of it,... NICK KROLL I wanted to step it up and go as big as possible and totally represent my brothers who have helped m... HANNAH TETER I really enjoyed my time in Philadelphia, and I want to thank my teammates and the fans for a heck o... JIM THOME I was one of those kids who was always seeking the truth, and I first looked for truth by reading no... CYNTHIA KENYON God I have come to you in prayer, not because I'm in need, but because you have been always there fo... ERIKA F. CASADO An idea isn't responsible for the people who believe in it. DON MARQUIS My dad told me it was a great opportunity for me. It was my chance to go to a school and make my mar... MARQUES FITCH I was always a visual artist my whole life, and I came to music really late - when I was 21 or 22 wa... TYCHO When the opportunity to choreograph came up, it was nothing more in my head but an opportunity. Then... ADAM SHANKMAN Thank you...for gracing my life with your lovely presence, for adding the sweet measure of your soul... RICHARD MATHESON My whole body seemed to seize up on me in a full cramp. It was really scary. CHRIS DUFFY Find me a cure for these tears, I'd really like to exhale for the first time in my life. TAHEREH MAFI That whole environment was just incompatible with my beliefs and my personality. It was a dark time ... ZHANG ZIYI The opportunity to go up to Canada and play was just a blessing for me and my family. DARREN FLUTIE My first time on TV doing stand-up, I actually did this show in Holland called 'The Comedy Facto... HANNIBAL BURESS Thank you from the bottom of my heart. Just won my first writing award, thanks to you. To all who to... LINDA HEAVNER GERALD It's time to replace career politicians with citizen's politicians. It's time to elect p... CHRISTINE O'DONNELL For the first time I had the opportunity to represent my country. This was very special to me to pla... ENDY CHAVEZ I'd just thank the people out there who have been with my up-and-down, weird-road, strange career an... JOHNNY DEPP For the first time in my life, I really had to do something so we made a pact to stay and change the... LAREN POOLE My longings, my hopes, my dreams, and my every effort has been to live for Him who rescued me, to st... RAVI ZACHARIAS These are women who, when I was growing up, made a difference for me, ... The first time I saw Diana... OPRAH WINFREY I'm very sorry for these actions. And I thank the state for giving me the opportunity to get along w... DWIGHT GOODEN I'm real happy, very excited. It's a great opportunity for me to end my career here and stay close t... MARTIN BRODEUR The Only Way Out Is To DIE!!!! BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE I'm really close to my mother. She sacrificed a lot for me and my sister. She gave up her career... RANBIR KAPOOR When I first came to Hollywood I was told to go out with an agent because it was good for my career.... SALMA HAYEK I was hoping for new female vocalist and that's all I was really hanging my hopes on. This is a monu... CARRIE UNDERWOOD I had a tough time getting help for myself because I was afraid to leave my children who needed me. BRENDA JOHNSON Getting to fight at the AT&T Stadium is a huge privilege for me and my career. CANELO ALVAREZ For a long time, I missed being in the courtroom every day. I missed trial work. It was so much a pa... MARCIA CLARK My first vision for this race was that maybe 500 people would show up. So thank you guys. This is aw... CHRIS FARLEY There are parts of me that are broken. Thank you, they don't need fixing. There are places and... MISHI MCCOY It's a fabulous program. And thank God for the people who are willing to donate their time to do it. DAVE PRUNTY My whole career has been trying to please people in basketball. Now it's time to please myself. CANDACE PARKER I really started dreaming... and broke out of my shyness when I got to Howard University. My first a... LANCE GROSS I wouldn't give up my career for somebody. The most important thing to me is my work, and reachi... ADELAIDE KANE I love to live in dreams, I love to love in dreams, it is really annoying for me when someone try to... MEHTAB ALAM KHAN 'One Tree Hill' really had an impact on my life. It was the first time I left my house and m... DANIELLA ALONSO My goal the whole time has been for people to see me as a stand-alone artist. I came out with Young ... NICKI MINAJ I went out to shoot with (my dad) and he let me know straight out what I was doing wrong and how to ... JODI HOWELL During my first visit, I was really struck by how deeply religious many Oklahomans are. It is a very... FAMKE JANSSEN Thank you for a lovely weekend. They tell me it rained. KAY REDFIELD JAMISON For the first time I had the opportunity to represent my country. ENDY CHAVEZ To lose him is going to be tough. He really helped me step up in my career. We'll miss him but at th... JAKE PLUMMER My whole take is that it's important for Americans to have weapons, and down in Texas, people carry ... LILLIAN BERLIN The simple facts of Chadian life - what it takes to survive in that kind of climate with nothing but... ALEX HONNOLD But I had two very special people who helped to take my style to the next level. Thank God for my fi... GRANDMASTER FLASH In a nutshell though, it's just all about opening up to the people that really care about my car... RAEKWON For the pageants, it was my mother who got me involved in Miss America. It really gave me the opport... JANE BADLER Stand up to injustice, even if you stand alone SUZY KASSEM It just came down to the fact that it was my home-town school. I grew up around here, it was the opp... SEIMONE AUGUSTUS I had a lot of people saying to me, to my surprise, thank you for making it. JAKE GYLLENHAAL I still say one of the greatest moments in my whole NBA career was getting drafted. KEVIN JOHNSON My first couple of games I was really struggling. I really feel comfortable [at the top of the order... GREG BUCHANAN The first place I ever performed was at CU Boulder. I went there my freshman year and discovered sta... NIKKI GLASER This record for the first time - feels like a record that really represents my whole entire life and... VINCE GILL I look upon The Animals, they were a great band initially, we left our mark, but thing was it was a ... ERIC BURDON The whole of my life I have relied on my beauty first, brains second. It was expected, even re... KRISTEN CALLIHAN It's tough when you are waiting for the other girl to score, but I thought my team came out and play... ELAINE PAGLIARULO For me, it's a great opportunity on a public platform to get on your knees and humble myself and... TIM TEBOW This means a lot to me. This makes up for a lot. It caps my career. ANTHONY BIONDO My first job is to say thank you to those who voted me. Those who didn't, I'm going to get your vote... BARACK OBAMA Jeanie McCarthy is the love of my life. She's the only woman who really understands me, my music... JIMMY SCOTT Brian has been ready for this opportunity for a long time. He's always done an outstanding job for m... DANA ALTMAN My reasons for becoming a chef are somewhat of a cliche. I always loved to eat but it was watching m... ALEXANDRA GUARNASCHELLI wo chhod dete hain jb hm tnha hote hain
wo paas hote hain jb mere paas hazaro hopte hain. SONYY TYAGI I love Vince McMahon. He came up with the Kurt Angle character. He ran with it, and then I was able ... KURT ANGLE This is not a goodbye, my darling, this is a thank you. Thank you for coming into my life and giving... NICHOLAS SPARKS I would like to thank my middle finger for always sticking up for me when I needed it. ANONYMOUS Igby was a really good opportunity for me to grow up. The cast was great. KIERAN CULKIN It is a wonderful opportunity for me to share my life, my hopes and my dreams. This year will be my ... DONNA JONES I gave up my whole life to my career. DAVID CASSIDY This is the kind of opportunity I've been working for my whole life, ... I thought I could have play... RHETT BOMAR This is the kind of opportunity I've been working for my whole life. I thought I could have played b... RHETT BOMAR When I got pregnant, I had to concentrate on being pregnant for a whole nine months, even though I k... YOKO ONO I really feel sorry for people who are, who divide their whole life up into 'things that I like' and... RUSSELL CROWE
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RACHEL ZOE I'm not normally the kind of person who holds on to grudges, I'm really not. RACHEL STEVENS I think for anyone - male or female - in improv, the biggest thing to get over is the fear. I think ... RACHEL DRATCH I am pro-choice, but I don't consider that inconsistent at all with pro-life - there's no wa... RACHEL SKLAR I would do fragrance. I'm a fragrance fanatic. RACHEL ZOE It's really unfair to working women in America who read celebrity news and think, 'Why can... RACHEL ZOE As far as I can remember, every dime I ever had went to something extravagant. I would rather spend ... RACHEL ZOE The constant in all the businesses I've become a part of is taking what I do and making it real ... RACHEL ZOE I don't come from a family of slackers, but I do come from a family of doers. RACHEL ZOE People tell you everything changes when you have a kid, but what nobody says is you don't mind. RACHEL ZOE I think in spring, we don't want to wear makeup, we don't want to wear a ton of clothes, we ... RACHEL ZOE As great as it is, 'Vogue' won't change a designer's business. But if an unknown bra... RACHEL ZOE The thing that I really look for in people is enthusiasm and excitement and, not to sound really sap... RACHEL ZOE Everyone wants to be a stylist. If you know that's your calling, then you need to intern as much... RACHEL ZOE I always say that I don't like it when people follow trends too much, just because it is on the ... RACHEL ZOE When you look like you stepped out of a catalog, that's never good. People shouldn't succumb... RACHEL ZOE I think that sexiness should be in the subtleties. RACHEL ZOE I think people should look cute all the time. RACHEL ZOE I don't think that people should wear dresses two sizes too small. I just think that sexiness is... RACHEL ZOE Sexiness should not be overt. Something shapeless that drapes across your hip, hangs off the shoulde... 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RACHEL WARD It had to be a book that held my attention and kept me wanting to read it; when my husband finished ... RACHEL TUCKER When I was in the running for the role of Elphaba, I knew it was important to research and study as ... RACHEL TUCKER 'We Will Rock You' is one of my favorite shows. I first saw it when I was a student at the R... RACHEL TUCKER We lived in Manhattan, which was unbearable sometimes because it was so noisy. There were sirens bla... RACHEL TUCKER Living in New York for 10 months was incredible; it was everything I thought it was going to be and ... RACHEL TUCKER I like surprising my audiences, and it's compulsory to have fun and be silly; I never take mysel... RACHEL TUCKER If I thought about it before I went on, I would have never went on. So, therefore, you don't thi... RACHEL TUCKER I did a reality TV show in London called 'I'd Do Anything,' and when I got put in the pr... RACHEL TUCKER I'd been brought up on musicals. Instead of cartoons, we watched videocassettes of musicals at h... RACHEL TUCKER I can be very ordinary looking. RACHEL TUCKER I pride myself on not being run of the mill. I don't want to be your umpteenth Fantine in 'L... RACHEL TUCKER We used to have front-row seats for the Grand Opera House pantomime every year, and once the dame Ma... RACHEL TUCKER It's such a relief to see Catholic and Protestant ministers getting on - that's so rare. And... RACHEL TUCKER When my dad, Tommy Tucker Kelly, was about six, he started out with his dad on 'The Black and Wh... RACHEL TUCKER Sting is a father figure to us all. RACHEL TUCKER I am glad and thankful that my husband forced me to start reading for pleasure, as it took me years ... RACHEL TUCKER My mum was no pushy parent. She would drop me off for auditions when I was in my teens at the Lyric ... RACHEL TUCKER 'The Last Ship,' which is a beautifully written piece, is about a love triangle and young me... RACHEL TUCKER Green is one of my favorite colors - emerald green. RACHEL TUCKER I read books for exams at school, but only because I had to read them, and really didn't enjoy i... RACHEL TUCKER As far as developing a career as an actress, I think it's a fine balance between trying to just ... RACHEL TRUE Which is why I felt I was truly blessed this year, with leads in two nice films, and also the luxury... RACHEL TRUE So now I feel I'm lucky in the respect that I can sort of pick a little more carefully, which is... RACHEL TRUE If you're fortunate enough, you get to a position where you can be a little pickier about your r... RACHEL TRUE When you work on a movie, you just have no idea how it's going to come out; you hope it's go... RACHEL TRUE Even befor doing this film, I've always been interested in mythology. RACHEL TRUE For six months I'd do movies and make it all about me. Then the other six months, it's not a... RACHEL TRUE I'm actually developing a project so that I can have a lead. RACHEL TRUE Which is not to discount everything I've done in my past; everything I have learned tremendously... RACHEL TRUE And I can relate to that, because I went to an all white school, so I knew what that was like. And i... RACHEL TRUE