Sadly, I haven't been able to find my earliest stories, but the impact of being told by someone important to me that I could do something special is immeasurable.
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Related I lost my virginity when I was 14. And I haven't been able to find it. DAVID DUCHOVNY I don't know if I have a voice of my own. I don't see me being an important person with some... PETER ACKROYD It really annoys me that I'm vain, but unfortunately, I haven't been able to discard that te... CARRIE FISHER If there is something that strikes me as interesting or beautiful or something I could learn from, a... TAVI GEVINSON I try to do things I haven't been able to before. DAVID MORSE Certainly, I know what it's like to be obsessed. I haven't always been there for my children... HENNING MANKELL I feel good about being able to take bluegrass on to television like 'Letterman' and 'Th... STEVE MARTIN Anyway, I just haven't been able to find any humanity in any Republican candidate ever in my ent... ALAN RUDOLPH As an African-American actor, a lot of our stories haven't been told. CHADWICK BOSEMAN I'm attracted to stories that excite my imagination, stories that, as I'm reading the script... TATIANA MASLANY Warren Beatty once told me that if someone's really stuck on you, find them their next boyfriend... VAL KILMER I wanted something different; I wanted something that challenged me and that pushed me further. Then... RAHA MOHARRAK If someone gave me the chance to create something, I put myself into it. I just want to try to do so... BILLY WEST Being kind is the most important thing I've ever been taught. That's what my parents always ... RAFE SPALL Perhaps the earliest memories I have are of being a stubborn, determined child. Through the years my... ROSALYN SUSSMAN YALOW My first job was a McDonald's commercial. It made me want to wake up at 4 A.M. to do something I... NADINE VELAZQUEZ I don't want to play myself up as a hero, because it would make me unbelievable. I'd rather ... HARVEY PEKAR When someone asks me to do something, something new, something I don't know about, and if I have... OSRIC CHAU I have a lot of stories to tell because I've been down a lot of roads people haven't been. JIMMY WALKER I really woke up one morning and said, you know, 'I haven't seen a good film about the Ameri... IRWIN WINKLER I get satisfaction of three kinds. One is creating something, one is being paid for it and one is th... WILLIAM F. BUCKLEY, JR. Before the operation on my left hand I wasn't able to stretch my fingers open all the way. I'... EDDIE VAN HALEN I haven't had to do anything outside of show business my whole life. I've never been a waite... CHRISTOPHER GUEST When I jump into something, I really do it to the fullest extent that my time and energy will allow ... MEHCAD BROOKS To me, unconventional thinking is approaching a problem and asking, 'Why not? Why can't some... ELI BROAD To say that I'm going to veto something that I haven't read is just - or sign something that... DOUG DUCEY For me, I was given a great gift by my father and my mother in that I was never told any idea was ba... JENNIFER LYNCH Anytime someone tells me that I can't do something, I want to do it more. TAYLOR SWIFT I also want to announce that I'm changing my name. I haven't told anyone. You get the scoop. LUTHER CAMPBELL The other day I got a text from a boy, but it wasn't hot. I mean, if you're going to text me... CHLOE SEVIGNY I haven't had to struggle very much. I haven't paid my dues. I think I have been lucky. COLIN FIRTH I just don't think I'm equipped to soundtrack the times. There might be someone out there wh... ALEX TURNER It's very important to me to love what I do. It was important to me to find a career that I trul... ADAM BRODY I want to encourage kids to speak up, to tell their stories. That is the only way people will know w... LAUREN POTTER I'm disappointed that I really haven't been able to race in a way that is reflective of the ... IAN THORPE Not to sound too pathetic, but there have been long stretches where I haven't been able to get a... DAVID CARUSO If I'm not in shape, it feels like something is wrong. If I haven't been able to get to clas... BEBE NEUWIRTH I think that they haven't been able to perfect a good facelift for a man. TOM FORD I want to show my versatility and how diverse I am, how I approach the track, my rhythm, my melodies... FUTURE I told (Mississippi athletic director Pete Boone and Thomas) once our season was over, they could ta... ALLEN WARD I haven't been worried about my image so much as I have been trying to find projects to push mys... CAMERON DIAZ I could have just received royalty checks every month by lending my name to a collection, but I didn... NICKY HILTON The most important thing for me is to walk the little alleys of the city, to find the little alcove ... YOTAM OTTOLENGHI There's been a huge history of cisgender success on the back of trans stories, which is somethin... EDDIE REDMAYNE I'm not sure my books would translate into movies very easily. So rather than have someone do a ... JASPER FFORDE I am greedy for both Hollywood and Bollywood. For me, Bollywood is not new, as it is something that ... TENA DESAE You have to really stretch your imagination to infer what the intrinsic value of Bitcoin is. I haven... ALAN GREENSPAN I don't know what other people are like, I haven't been able to crawl inside anybody else. IRIS DEMENT I haven't been drinking for years now. Something's got to give. I don't mind that I'... DAN HICKS I've had a lot of dates, but I don't think there's been anyone that special or important... ANNE ROBINSON Young people in the business have grown up and made the wrong decisions, or bad decisions, and haven... JUSTIN BIEBER My paranoia never ends, but I haven't been paranoid about being spied on my shadowy forces for s... JON RONSON Predictability is boring! I want a book to take me someplace I haven't been before, show me sigh... THERESE FOWLER I don't think that I could ever be a strict dad. I never grew up with anybody strict in my life.... RANDY HOUSER I think track is still one of the most exciting participant sports, but we haven't been able to ... BOB BEAMON So, I guess motherhood and the threat of not being able to pay my rent inspired me to be a novelist.... GAYLE FORMAN As a child, I was a brat, and my parents didn't know how to control me. So they told me ghost st... BIPASHA BASU When I was fresh out of law school, I had a burning desire to do something important, to have an imp... JENNIFER GRANHOLM I've been to two festivals in my life, and I've never been to Toronto. I haven't really ... JOSS WHEDON The biggest problem I have in journalism is being quoted or misquoted and then being asked to defend... ROBERT FISK The thing I fail to do is fully comprehend what's given back to me by the audience. You would th... MICHELLE SHOCKED There is something magical about that green coat. I mean that sincerely. It's a very special wee... FUZZY ZOELLER I've always had a burning desire to help people and make a difference in the world. I didn't... MIRANDA KERR I go by the role pretty much. And I think the only genre I haven't gotten to do but I'd love... SAM NEILL If someone asked me to do something I didn't want to do or didn't think was right, I wouldn&... CARLENE CARTER To be honest, I still feel like I haven't scratched the surface of where I want to be. If someon... CORY HARDRICT For me, the Earth had always been a kind of a safe haven, you know, where I could go to work or be i... MICHAEL J. MASSIMINO The first two books that I did by myself were long stories in verse. I knew I could do that because ... NATALIE BABBITT I think it's really important whilst you're a young actor to try as many new things as possi... ED SPELEERS As much as I can and am able to, with the projects that are presented to me, I try to just really ch... MICHELLE MONAGHAN I used to take someone with me for the chemotherapy so I could do jokes. You always try and find som... JENNIFER SAUNDERS I love cooking. It's one of my favorite things to do. To share my parents' recipes that I gr... LANCE BASS My greatest achievement so far is that I've been able to continue with my normal life. I love wh... KIM SMITH There's always a part of your nation's history that you haven't been told that... has a ... BARBARA KINGSOLVER I looked up to my father when I was 7 and 8. I believed it was my calling to be in the big leagues. ... BARRY ZITO I have no way of comparing myself to other people my age; I can't compare myself with Jane Fonda... DIANA RIGG I didn't get my licence because I wasn't allowed to. But I haven't had a seizure for a l... HUGO WEAVING Each day I will accomplish one thing on my to do list. LAILAH GIFTY AKITA These people are fascinated by me, but I haven't done anything. FRANCES BEAN COBAIN Gossip is when you have a malice of intent or mindless, third-party conversation to someone about so... IYANLA VANZANT I haven't been approached to do a 'Doctor Who' movie. I think they would be scraping the... COLIN BAKER I think I'm at a place where I haven't really been encountered by anyone overtly strange. Bu... WARREN KOLE There's not much that I haven't done in my life, but there's lots of things that I'd... ALAN THICKE A very close friend of mine keeps reminding me that since about the age of 50, I've been saying,... ATHOL FUGARD Simplicity - that's what I want. It's been a rare commodity for me for a number of years, bu... JOHNNY DEPP Acting, and the privilege of being able to do it for a living, is so important to me. I don't tu... KATE WINSLET I haven't won a World Cup. There's things that haven't been finished, and I'm not af... ABBY WAMBACH I still haven't been able to capture the joy of what it's like when I sing - you know, when ... CAT POWER I needed to move, but I haven't had the time to find a place to go. ELISABETH ROHM But it's the particularity of a place, the physical experience of being in a place, that makes i... HARI KUNZRU I didn't have any expectations of what my family life would end up being like. But I've been... JOSH TURNER I don't have them down here asking me what my urban agenda is. I don't find them really doin... MAXINE WATERS I wished I could spend the rest of my life... being slightly crushed by someone who loved me. GAIL CARSON LEVINE I've always been passionate about acting. I haven't been passionate about being famous. DAVID ALPAY I transcend earthly bounds. I never cease to amaze myself because I haven't yet found my limits.... DON KING For me, it's not an option to despair. The question is: what can we do to make someone's lif... SAMANTHA POWER This is such a special summer holiday for me. I haven't known myself so relaxed in years. KYLIE MINOGUE I think that one of the things that you do learn is that falling in love and being in love with some... JULIANNE MOORE For some reason, I find jogging incredibly boring, but yoga is the only thing I've been able to ... ALEXANDRA DADDARIO My risk tolerance is higher than some people's, but it's not nearly as high as some people... ANDREW SOLOMON
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