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I don't believe in the whole thing ... ELON MUSK I'm one of those low-maintenance people - let's get it done and get going. It's not that... ELISHA CUTHBERT So I don't really have much rivalry, or if there is any, I don't really know anything about ... EMILY BLUNT I crave deadlines. If I don't have a deadline, I become a total slacker, which is why I always h... LORI WILDE I have never called myself an opera singer. Other people do, but I always call myself a classical si... KATHERINE JENKINS I don't let myself get upset about the little nitpicky things anymore. ERIC SHANTEAU I'm a spokesman for myself. It just so happens that there's a bunch of people that are conce... KURT COBAIN Like, that was weird in 'Hamlet 2,' because I played myself there, fully myself, but then I ... ELISABETH SHUE I don't have too many bad days because I just don't let them happen. When I'm having one... 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LL COOL J I don't do my best work while I'm in therapy. I'm too onto myself immediately seeing mea... ELLEN MCLAUGHLIN If I have to degrade myself or do something that I'm not willing to do as a Christian to get som... QUINTON AARON I really don't like to take the easy way out, if I can help it, on anything I do, I like to real... JACK WHITE There's always a side of me that goes, 'I'm just a nerd.' I never look at myself and... HEATHER GRAHAM I don't like talking about myself. I'm not really interested in myself. One of the good thin... DAVID MORSE If I'm sending emails, and I get all wound up and stressed and don't know what to do with my... TOM FORD Sometimes you don't want to get married too much to a lot of rehearsing, I feel, when it comes t... SEBASTIAN STAN So many times, people told me I can't do this or can't do that. My nature is that I don'... CHANTAL SUTHERLAND I love to get to that place where I don't know what kind of music I'm doing; I don't kno... ARIEL PINK In America, you're just an American. You're accepted. It doesn't matter that you're ... BENEDICT WONG My goal was never to win awards. Mine was let me get to a place where I don't have to work. I do... ED O'NEILL So many people always try to help me carry my luggage and help me do things I can do myself. If I ca... CARRIE UNDERWOOD What I don't like so much is to give explanations about people's behaviour... I'm not in... CLAIRE DENIS I don't sell myself. I've never explained my comedy to people who don't get it. Never co... LISA LAMPANELLI If you have total freedom to design, you won't get anything interesting. So I give myself restra... REI KAWAKUBO I make friends easily. I'm a gregarious guy, I'm open, I'm easy to get to know - I don... JERRY WEINTRAUB I'm not a natural writer like, let's say - I'm not talking about Arthur Miller; that'... GENE WILDER I'm in the loners' society. I don't want to classify myself as anything. 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CHELSEA HANDLER I'm very focused on what I do professionally, and I'm very focused on my family, and I don... VICTORIA BECKHAM I love playing characters, so I'm always telling my agents, 'Don't worry if the characte... VANESSA LENGIES I think that it's fun to get the script and open it like a Christmas present. That's 'Al... JEFFREY PIERCE I have to be careful because there is something destructive within me, I think, and I can have a ten... ALEXANDER SKARSGARD And I have to work so hard at talking positively to myself. If I don't, it's just real hard ... DELTA BURKE It's weird because if I'm not doing anything, I get antsy. I feel like I always have to be d... TREVOR JACKSON I'm a germophobe, so I don't like people talking over my food, breathing, spitting, anything... ASTRO I'm not really a strange person or anything, so if there's music I like, usually there's... BEN FOLDS I don't think of myself as funny. I think of myself as rather grave, actually. And I'm suspi... HUGH LAURIE I'm a little sheepish about it. Whenever I meet fans and they're like, 'Oh, you're s... IDRIS ELBA If I have a feeling of not trusting, I don't get too close. NADIA COMANECI I think it's more interesting to see people who don't feel appropriately. I relate to that, ... RYAN GOSLING I want to keep pushing myself so I never feel settled. I don't really know if it's going to ... SELENA GOMEZ Even if I don't always behave as I should, this still doesn't explain why so many people hav... MARIO BALOTELLI I want to let you in on a little secret: I don't always feel like I'm a success. That's ... JOYCE MEYER When I'm writing, I'm constantly thinking about myself, because it's the only experience... CHESTER BENNINGTON Having deadlines helps because people are constantly breathing down my neck, and tapping their toes ... DAVID LINDSAY-ABAIRE Are you taking us to the beach?" - Dan Cahill JUDE WATSON I have never been offended. I don't know what it means. It's not that I disagree with it. I ... MILO YIANNOPOULOS I don't really look at myself as the kind of person who craves attention, but I've never bee... AL YANKOVIC I love to meet the fans. I just get embarrassed with those who weep. I don't know what to do or ... NATHANIEL BUZOLIC And I like to keep whatever is mine remaining that way. It's a funny little game to play and it&... KRISTEN STEWART
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