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Related Take me to the height where success would seek my help to succeed! I ARE For my senior prom, my father finally said I could go - as long as I was home by 9 P.M.! That was ar... AMY CHUA 'Can't Stop Dancing' is this other side of me that I was ready to introduce to my fans, ... BECKY G I have a tattoo of an executioner on my right upper arm. I have a tattoo of the Grim Reaper on my le... DOMINICK CICALE I've had my fair share of colds, which last longer than they should and can cause wheezing, so I... KEVIN MCCLOUD Aye, well, I've got my garden. LIKE I I told my Nike representative, 'Why didn't you guys use me for this?''' Williams said, laughing. LIKE I On the interception, I was out of bounds, LIKE I casually made his 'abort black fetuses' argument. LIKE I I can field my position. If I start worrying about being ready for a line drive too soon that means ... LIKE I I told him that he played a great game,'' said Falcons quarterback Michael Vick , who like Manning w... LIKE I I was so concerned with getting the ball out of my hands and not taking the sack, that sometimes I t... LIKE I I knew I had to throw the ball better,'' Manning said of his poor start. LIKE I I think the reason that I have that title or that moniker is because people don't know what to expec... LIKE I You're either ready and prepared to take on the task, or you're not,'' he said. LIKE I I did not have one butterfly out there today,'' he said. LIKE I Married to the Mob. LIKE I Hello you're with Drudge. LIKE I I don't expect Christian Fundamentalists to reach out to me. They are adamant that homosexuals are i... LIKE I throw enough shit at the wall and some should stick? LIKE I I'm not happy, that's all I can say about it,'' he said. LIKE I It was an honor and an awakening to know people are looking at me, and that I have an impact on both... BEN DAVIS I can't relate to people who treat me as a 'famous person.' I only like to hang around w... JUDY BLUME I just can't get used to the idea of being somebody unreal in people's minds. I can't li... ZADIE SMITH What I am very, very moved and struck by is that so many people in the world are often living a life... KATE WINSLET I can't wait to be that age and hanging out with a bunch of people hanging out all day playing g... CAMERON DIAZ I don't know what my next dream role gig is, but I have so, so many shows that I'm like, ... ALLISON TOLMAN I just turned 40, and I look at so many performers and so many people who are actually always on tim... MAXWELL I tape every game I can get my hands on. Every game that's on TV, I tape it. My daughter, Terry ... SID GILLMAN I realised a little bit to my astonishment that I can give a lecture for a thousand people, and ther... EDMUND HILLARY I have my guy Semi who is my on the road - he's my personal trainer. He helps me out with traini... 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JACKIE EARLE HALEY Literally, if someone says I am grounded, everyday I am at home, I actually have my hands in the gro... EMILIO ESTEVEZ I need to be able to be at a gig and just put my bag on the floor and not worry about it being stood... CARA DELEVINGNE I don't have a dime left. I am dependent on my friends for food and a small old-age pension. BELA LUGOSI I used to listen to so many song bands that were all straight people, and my thinking on it was, ... LIV BRUCE I never feel like I've been pushed towards a certain thing, but now, at 26, I do feel like I hav... CASSIE VENTURA I can't tell you how many people have asked me to show them Stray Cat Strut and that little dimi... BRIAN SETZER I don't have a lot of skills, but one thing I can do is, I can compartmentalize. I can make that... DANA SPIOTTA Age doesn't bother me. So many of my heroes were older guys. It's the lack of years left tha... DAVID BOWIE I have my own voice and can focus only on that. I know what I like; I find my inspirations in so man... HANNELI MUSTAPARTA I can't help who I am. I'm just doing what I feel like I should do in my heart. If I was wal... EVE I write my songs many times to chord progressions on a piano. Unfortunately, I can't keep playin... NADIA ALI I am constantly accused of being 'First World.' So what should I do? I can't apologise f... KARAN JOHAR For all my longer works (i.e the novels) I write chapter outlines so I can have the pleasure of depa... GARTH NIX I can't watch most of my work. Once I come on screen, all I can think of is 'What am I doing... KATIE MCGRATH Being married, I've got so many things to do that I am the last to do things for myself. Taking ... IAN ZIERING I tend to be that swimmer that doesn't look like she is trying, but is actually dying on the ins... CATE CAMPBELL I have a few rules on lipstick... I don't wear gloss because I can't talk properly. I like m... TRACEE ELLIS ROSS I do not have a brain that I long for in dealing with matters of which I am ignorant - that don'... RICHARD ATTENBOROUGH I can't wait to have kids. I want so many. I want to adopt and have my own. EVE I can have everything I love at the same time. I can have my family, I can have my friends, and I ca... JOSE MOURINHO I attempt to surf. I'm not as good as anyone else in the water. I'm more like a beached whal... OLESYA RULIN My main motivation for staying in the spotlight at all is, I don't want to just be known for bei... HOLLY MADISON I can see only three planets in the entire universe, namely Heaven, Earth and Me! Heaven shines its ... ISRAELMORE AYIVOR I did 75 films. I didn't take a break; I didn't spend my money. I have my savings, so when y... MAGGIE CHEUNG If I'm riding my bike I just replay the same scenarios over and over in my head, like I haven... DAVID SEDARIS Being at school, being who I am, being an athlete, it was hard to find people like me. There's n... SALLY PEARSON Of course, I want to look the best I can, but I am playing characters that should match my age, and ... NAOMI WATTS I am my own sanctuary and I can be reborn as many times as I choose throughout my life. LADY GAGA Asthma doesn't affect me, even though I have it. It can seem like it wants to act up a little if... GARY VALENTINE Evan Bourne is just like me. Hopefully, he can pick out his offensive moves, because he's got so... REY MYSTERIO We will go on tour, that will be a boost for me. After that I can focus on LaToya. If I didn't h... LATOYA LONDON Some days, I know beauty techniques like it's my job, and other days I can't do my makeup fo... CHRISTIAN SERRATOS I don't talk about how old I am because sometimes it can affect parts that you get in Hollywood.... GARRETT CLAYTON So long as I can stay mentally alert - inquiring, curious - I want to keep going. I love my wife and... RUPERT MURDOCH If I have my opinion about something, you have your opinion about something, we don't have to fi... DON LEMON My habit would have been to veer towards the dark - to prove I was something; edgy, or maybe to prov... GEORGE SAUNDERS I couldn't do it at all. I was never really good at it, but I can't imagine what it can be l... STOCKARD CHANNING While I am overwhelmingly proud of work that I, believe me, did not do on my own, I can assure you t... MERYL STREEP I don't want to rest on my laurels. I still feel like I'm learning a lot about the golf game... FRED FUNK I'm fortunate in that I'm a lecturer too and this gets me out and about and away from the co... PAUL KANE I believe in glamour. I am in favor of a little vanity. I don't rely on just my genes. IMAN When I was younger I didn't have much financially, like we couldn't afford a lot of stuff an... NICKI MINAJ I know that I am the kind of person that gets a little bit more nervous than other skaters, but that... CAROLINA KOSTNER I can't control how high my song goes on the charts, you know what I mean. I mean, I can sway it... CASEY JAMES My age has so little to do with my image of myself because at a certain point, the number just didn&... CHRISTIE BRINKLEY I can, therefore I am. SIMONE WEIL I can't be as open on national television as I can when I'm having dinner with friends. But ... MATT LAUER I focus on making sure I'm sharp, and it doesn't matter who I am fighting. I need to perform... ROBBIE LAWLER I get very anti-social, depressed and irritable with people. I don't have time for them. I can... SIMON COWELL I've learned in the little bit of my life so far that you can't fool people. And so I only t... BENJAMIN CLEMENTINE And I figured out that the reason I couldn't get through the day as well as I can now is because... ERYKAH BADU I'm asked all the time in interviews about who I am, and I know a few people my age who have a s... KRISTEN STEWART I don't make enemies, it's just I'm not afraid to speak my mind, which can sometimes mea... ALAN SUGAR My whole life, I feel so blessed. I met my wife: I can't get over that I got so lucky. I have tw... MANDY PATINKIN When I found out I had to take off my shirt in 'Teen' movie, I panicked and hit the gym. I w... CHRIS EVANS A lot of people have told me, 'You're not this and so can't play that,' and I can... ANNE HATHAWAY I don't have examples in my life of people who are all good or bad; I have deeply loved many peo... EDIE FALCO I am fortunate in having this bone structure because I have a tremendously prominent temple. I like ... KATE O'MARA I come from - I came from Wales, and it's a strong, butch society. We were in the war and all th... ANTHONY HOPKINS At my age, you need to verify that everything is fine. I put a lot of pressure on my body, and I fee... HERMANN MAIER I am committed to helping Alzheimer's Society in any way I can. My family and I rely on the help... CAREY MULLIGAN
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TERRY PRATCHETT Literature transforms and intensifies ordinary language, deviates systematically from everyday speec... TERRY EAGLETON Experience is what keeps a man who makes the same mistake twice from admitting it the third time aro... TERRY MCCORMICK Sometimes the gods have no taste at all. They allow sunrises and sunsets in ridiculous pink and blue... TERRY PRATCHETT All propaganda or popularization involves a putting of the complex into the simple, but such a move ... TERRY EAGLETON People are capable of doing an awful lot when they have no choice and I had no choice. Courage is wh... TERRY ANDERSON The terrible thing about terrorism is that ultimately it destroys those who practice it. Slowly but ... TERRY WAITE What persuades men and women to mistake each other from time to time for gods or vermin is ideology.... TERRY EAGLETON Postmodernism is among other things a sick joke at the expense of revolutionary avant-gardism. TERRY EAGLETON When you've got something to prove, there's nothing greater than a challenge. TERRY BRADSHAW In sport, mental imagery is used primarily to help you get the best out of yourself in training and ... TERRY ORLICK Readers are less and less seen as mere non-writers, the subhuman other or flawed derivative of the a... TERRY EAGLETON What's the worst thing that can happen to a quarterback? He loses his confidence. TERRY BRADSHAW A mistake is a Buddhist gift.
Director Terry Gilliam to Robin Williams. TERRY GILLIAM I meant, said Ipslore bitterly, what is there in this world that truly makes living worth while? Dea... TERRY PRATCHETT Conceit is an insuperable obstacle to all progress. ELLEN TERRY Only in our dreams are we free. The rest of the time we need wages. TERRY PRATCHETT It's not enough to be able to pick up a sword. You have to know which end to poke into the enemy. TERRY PRATCHETT The important thing in writing is the capacity to astonish. Not shock - shock is a worn-out word - b... TERRY SOUTHERN ’I'd have you lot up in front of the University authorities first thing in the morning, if it wasn... TERRY PRATCHETT Taxation is just a sophisticated way of demanding money with menaces TERRY PRATCHETT It's lies. It's all lies. Some of them are just prettier than others, that's all. People see what th... TERRY PRATCHETT One of the universal rules of happiness is: always be wary of any helpful item that weighs less than... TERRY PRATCHETT It's not worth doing something unless someone, somewhere, would much rather you weren't doing it. TERRY PRATCHETT Wisdom comes from experience. Experience is often a result of lack of wisdom. TERRY PRATCHETT This book had two authors, and they were both the same person. TERRY PRATCHETT If you don't know when to be a human being, you don't know when to be a witch. TERRY PRATCHETT Knowing things is magical, if other people don't know them. TERRY PRATCHETT Even if it's not your fault, it's your responsibility. TERRY PRATCHETT ...inside every old person is a young person wondering what happened. TERRY PRATCHETT We who think we are about to die will laugh at anything. TERRY PRATCHETT His philosophy was a mixture of three famous schools -- the Cynics, the Stoics and the Epicureans --... TERRY PRATCHETT Coming back to where you started is not the same as never leaving. TERRY PRATCHETT Real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time. TERRY PRATCHETT DON'T THINK OF IT AS DYING, said Death. JUST THINK OF IT AS LEAVING EARLY TO AVOID THE RUSH. TERRY PRATCHETT It is said that your life flashes before your eyes just before you die. That is true, it's called Li... TERRY PRATCHETT Some humans would do anything to see if it was possible to do it. If you put a large switch in some ... TERRY PRATCHETT Give a man a fire and he's warm for a day, but set fire to him and he's warm for the rest of his lif... TERRY PRATCHETT Racism was not a problem on the Discworld, because—what with trolls and dwarfs and so on—species... TERRY PRATCHETT Something Vimes had learned as a young guard drifted up from memory. If you have to look alon... TERRY PRATCHETT Fantasy is an exercise bicycle for the mind. It might not take you anywhere, but it tones up the mus... TERRY PRATCHETT Don't worry, it's not loaded. TERRY KATH Evil begins when you begin to treat people as things. TERRY PRATCHETT To be a star, you must shine your own light, follow your own path, and don't worry about the darknes... TERRY PRATCHETT