The kids are old enough now - I just want to let them be kids. I don't want to comment on them too much. They're at an age where I just want to let them be kids.
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Some play hockey on one end, and I let them free skate ... GARY HEIDE I don't want to know movie directors. I don't want to be close to them. I don't want to ... PATRICIA HIGHSMITH My kids were getting to be school age, and I didn't want them exposed to that [atmosphere], GARY HARRIS 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 I don't want to just be a teenage star. I want to be known by parents, and I want them to go, ... SHAWN MENDES I don't want to just entertain people. I want to touch them. JOHN DENVER These kids are athletes. ... These kids want to win. They are not going to just lay down and let tea... CATHY SCHETTER A lot of older parents worry about being older parents. I hear people say, 'I don't want to ... PENN JILLETTE I don't want to be 50 years old and not know what's going on with my kids and my grandkids. 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I'm hustling for t... MIKE BARNOW I know black kids who don't even know any other black kids except their cousins. And that's ... DARRYL PINCKNEY Kids are smart. Knowledge is power. Let them figure things out. Don't turn into that grown-up wh... LAUREN MYRACLE I am not a fake. I am natural. I am just being Caster. I don't want to be someone I don't wa... CASTER SEMENYA They are morally confused -- I don't want my kids seeing them. MICHAEL CLASS Kids today don't want to get married. Too many of their friends have been married and divorced a... WALLY SCHIRRA I ain't want my kids to grow up and call me Thug. I don't want anybody to kind of look at me... YOUNG THUG I love working with kids, talking with them and listening to them. I always encourage kids to reach ... FLORENCE GRIFFITH JOYNER 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 like the idea of things being off-limits to kids - like a fancy sitting room where they ... DEBI MAZAR I'm a crier. I always cry. I cry at the dumbest things, too. This is why I sort of steer clear o... YVONNE STRAHOVSKI Through music I either tame my demons or unleash them and allow them to be what they are. I don'... MICHAEL FRANTI I don't want to just be the best player. I want to be a great person, too. MIGUEL CABRERA Whenever we can, we try to talk to students. If I can, I'll invite kids from a school to a sound... TROMBONE SHORTY I want to just be what kids believe in. QUVENZHANE WALLIS I'm not going to buy my kids an encyclopedia. Let them walk to school like I did. YOGI BERRA I just wanted to follow successful programs and I always want our kids to play the very best competi... WILLIAM BOOTH I see too many celebrity kids who can't sing. If you don't have it, give it up, because peop... CHARLES KELLEY Right now it's been about keeping them focused. Right now the kids seem excited. Maybe I'm just old ... LARRY KRUSE Songs are just like your kids. You love them all, and they're all different. I can't really ... KRIS KRISTOFFERSON I am confined to the Lego palate. I don't paint the bricks. I stick with what Lego has made. And... NATHAN SAWAYA I make movies the same way other kids play tennis or go to piano lessons. I'm trying to get bett... ELLE FANNING My research clearly reveals that if we want to put inner-city workers to work immediately, we just c... WILLIAM JULIUS WILSON I just feel like every kid is growing up too fast and they're seeing too much. Everything is abo... ELLEN DEGENERES I'm all about leaving a legacy behind and trying to cement myself as one of the greats. I don... CHAD LE CLOS These kids -- we don't want them to be forgotten. FRANK SULLIVAN I just want to show the world it's never too late to get your diploma, and show kids they should... FLAVOR FLAV I don't want to be nasty but let's just say Robbie Williams is no Freddie Mercury. JOHN DEACON Kids are a great analogy. You want your kids to grow up, and you don't want your kids to grow up... JONATHAN SAFRAN FOER I don't know if it's responsible for kids of my age to be so aggressively pursuing monogamou... EZRA MILLER The kids are going to do what the kids want to do. If they want to make us the favorite, more power ... MARK LUNDGREN The kids are already asking about them. I met them, so we are really excited. They know about that r... JENNIFER WISLER We just want to talk to landlords and let them know what students are thinking. We want to let them ... DAVE BARON I like other people's kids and being able to give them back when I want to. KARRIE WEBB I don't have too many bad days because I just don't let them happen. When I'm having one... MATT DALLAS I don't really make plans and I just want to be happy and continue with my business and take car... LARRY HOLMES I've noticed women my age and a little younger, anywhere from 35 to 50, saying, 'Who would w... MARY GAITSKILL Everyone has expectations. You just don't want to have them dashed, so you're quiet about th... JOSH RADNOR I told my kids when they were little, 'Look, kids, your mother and I are screwing you up somehow... PAT CONROY I like to write sad songs. They're much easier to write and you get a lot more emotion into them... ALAN JACKSON If certain songs become popular enough to the point where I'll be playing them the rest of my li... CHANTAL KREVIAZUK You can play golf with liberals, be neighbors with them, go out to dinner. I just don't want the... SEAN HANNITY People are always saying that Hollywood messes up kids. I'm like, 'No, families mess up kids... TORI SPELLING We can't let them shoot the threes on us like last time. But these kids don't want to lose anymore, ... CLAIR COSTELLO I just run the camps to teach kids soccer, give them some confidence out there. I just want them to ... KRISTINE LILLY 'The Stooges' used to be ubiquitous, back in the '60s and '70s. They were on TV all ... CHRIS DIAMANTOPOULOS As soon as I can, I want everybody's addresses and stuff so I can send them a thank you note and let... BARBARA GRAY I care about our employees more than anybody in my company. I care about my kids, too, but that does... CHARLIE ERGEN I think what we find, especially with the kids that grew up with 'Clone Wars,' when they'... DAVE FILONI I want to shake people up so bad, that when they leave a nightclub where I've performed, I just ... NINA SIMONE The kids from the streets don't want preaching or messages. They want what they can identify wit... EAZY-E I try and tell all the kids that I meet that hope to be amazing one day and be a professional athlet... TIM HOWARD I want to be alone and work until the day my heads hits the drawing table and I'm dead. Kaput. I... MAURICE SENDAK I just want to be healthy and happy. I don't want to hurt anybody or make them mad. If that'... CHAD MICHAEL MURRAY Kids love to emulate their parents. [They] want to take pictures, they want to listen to music on MP... LISA MANCUSO I really believe kids want to do well. It's a coach's job to create an environment for them to be su... NORMAN VINCENT PEALE I don't want to be on anyone's board. I just want to have good investments. NATHAN KIRSH
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EMINEM Personally, I just think rap music is the best thing out there, period. If you look at my deck in my... EMINEM My father? I never knew him. Never even seen a picture of him. EMINEM I say what I want to say and do what I want to do. There's no in between. People will either lov... EMINEM The truth is you don't know what is going to happen tomorrow. Life is a crazy ride, and nothing ... EMINEM I am whatever you say I am; if I wasn't, then why would you say I am. EMINEM Somewhere deep down there's a decent man in me, he just can't be found. EMINEM People can try to reinvent themselves. I don't think you can really change who you are, though, ... EMINEM Before I was famous, when I was just working in Gilbert's Lodge, everything was moving in slow m... EMINEM When Bugs Bunny walks into rehab, people are going to turn and look. People at rehab were stealing m... EMINEM Being a student of hip-hop in general, you take technical aspects from places. You may take a rhyme ... 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EMINEM LL [Cool J] was actually like- like hearing him rap actually made me want to rap... Yeah, man. That ... EMINEM It doesn't exactly feel like a shock, but it's all new to me, and I'm taking it in as it comes. EMINEM The Slim Shady LP, EMINEM They call me Superman, Leap tall hoes in a single bound, I'm single now, Got no ring on this finger ... EMINEM But what's this sh*t you said about you like to cut your wrists too?I say that shit just clowning do... EMINEM I'm just a little bit sicker then the average individual I think. EMINEM When I say I'll murder my baby's mother, maybe I wanted to but I didn't. Anybody who takes it litera... EMINEM When I say I'll murder my baby's mother, maybe I wanted to, but I didn't. Anybody who takes it liter... EMINEM I am whatever you say I am; if I wasn't, then why would you say I am. EMINEM To the people I forgot, you weren't on my mind for some reason and you probably don't deserve any th... EMINEM Dont do drugs, dont have unprotected sex, dont be violent. Leave that to me. EMINEM "Sometimes you just gotta let shit go and say to "hell with it" and move on" EMINEM I'm stupid, I'm ugly, I'm dumb, I smell. Did I mention I'm stupid? EMINEM I'm not alone in feeling the way I feel. I believe that a lot of people can relate to my shit-whethe... EMINEM Will Smith don't got to cuss in his raps to sell records - well I do, so fuck him and fuck you too EMINEM Don't do drugs, don't have unprotected sex, don't be violent... leave that to me EMINEM Don’t do drugs, don’t have unprotected sex, don’t be violent. Leave that to me. EMINEM Sometimes you just gotta let shit go and say to "hell with it" and move on EMINEM The truth is you don't know what is going to happen tomorrow. Life is a crazy ride, and nothing is g... EMINEM I suppose it’s old, partner, but the beat goes on, EMINEM Unless you want to fuck me, why do you care what I look like? EMINEM The Real Slim Shady, EMINEM Look. I was pissed off! That's all I could say. I really felt that I wanted to do that shit. At one ... EMINEM There was a while when I was feeling like, 'Damn, if I'd just been born black, I would not have to g... EMINEM Dealing with backstabbers, there was one thing I learned. They're only powerful when you got your ba... EMINEM God gave you them shoes to fit you, so put them on and wear them. Be yourself man, be proud of who y... EMINEM Some asshole kept throwing oranges and other fruit at me while I was onstage. Fucker had an arm like... EMINEM Holy Gigantical Completely Natural Bulges!!! EMINEM These times are so hard, and their getting even harder. EMINEM Sometimes I'm real cool, but sometimes I could be a real asshole. I think everyone is like that. EMINEM Whoever likes my stuff, likes my stuff. But just know Slim Shady is hip EMINEM Coz what you say is what you say. Sometimes what you mean is two different things, depending on your... EMINEM I try not to look at it that way. Being white. I don't wake up every day and look in the mirror, 'Oh... EMINEM You can do anything you set your mind to, man. EMINEM It's funny how all the magazines can dwell on my race, but they could never say that my shit is whac... EMINEM Let me remind you of what got me this far, picture me quitting, now draw a circle around it and put ... EMINEM That's why we seize the moment try to freeze it and own it, squeeze it and hold it. EMINEM I don't give a fuck, God sent me to piss the world off. EMINEM I say what I want to say and do what I want to do. There's no in between. People will either love yo... EMINEM Cause sometimes, you just feel tired. Feel weak. And when you feel weak, you feel like you wanna jus... EMINEM Love, when spelled backwards and read phonetically, reads evil EMINEM I have the right to remain violente. Everything I say can and will be used against you. EMINEM You know, fame is a funny thing, man, especially, you know, actors, musicians, rappers, rock singers... EMINEM I felt like it's my time to shine, I have to rip this. At that time, I felt that it was a life or de... EMINEM To know I chose my own fate I drove through the fork in the road and went straight. EMINEM I might talk about killing people, but that doesn't mean I do it. EMINEM