These people wanted to exploit my concern for children by threatening to destroy what I believe in and what I do. I have been a vulnerable target for those who want money.
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Related Stand for something. Make your life mean something. Start where you are with what you have. You are ... GERMANY KENT I Don't Like What I Do, I Love What I Do! JOHN PETERS You know how you either grow up in a Michael Jackson house or a Prince house? For me it was Michael ... AMY WINEHOUSE You don't tell an astronaut what to do. ATMOSPHERE When I was 17, my producer Rodney Jerkins was working with Michael Jackson at the time. He knew how ... BRANDY NORWOOD I want to do for rebounds what Michael Jordan did for dunks. DENNIS RODMAN I believe it is my responsibility to do what I can for children and people with Down syndrome as wel... ALBERT PUJOLS Told me if I did not smell of the fire then I smelled of the frying pan. HILARY MANTEL I wanted to write for all children, even those kids who might see language as a threatening thing, e... URSULA DUBOSARSKY I was told by my mom when I was very young not to drink and to make good decisions so for those who ... ANDRE WILLIAMS I think, in some ways, Michael Jackson is out of touch with reality, and I don't think he has people... ED BRADLEY I wanted to be aggressive. I have talked with (assistant) coach ( Mike ) Jackson about being aggress... DANIEL HORTON I didn't want to be a dad under those circumstances. I never wanted to have to have children who wou... RUSSELL CROWE By the time we get to February 1, people will know who I am, what I believe, what I'm for, and what ... BILL BRADLEY I founded 'Point Hope' so that I could accomplish some things I wanted to do for children wh... DELILAH For too long, Democrats have been telling people what they want to hear. I'm going to tell you what ... DEVAL PATRICK I want to give my followers a positive message. I want to give those girls a positive message who ha... QANDEEL BALOCH I hope that my achievements in life shall be these -- that I will have fought for what was right and... C. HOPPE I hope that my achievements in life shall be these - that I will have fought for what was right and ... ART HOPPE What you do, say, and have reveal who you are. LORRIN L. LEE I really believe people want to give and like to give locally. It was great to send money to people ... JULIE WOLIN What I want??? I just want silence I can afford it, it doesn't need to pay for it or does it? DEYTH BANGER I know that education changes lives and I believe that children must be given every opportunity to l... JULIE STEFFEY If you're confused about what to do, it's a sign that your enemy is winning. TOBA BETA If I wasn't doing candy, I'd want to create the best rescue animal-shelter organization. Oth... DYLAN LAUREN When I was a boy I used to do what my father wanted. Now I have to do what my boy wants. My problem ... SAM LEVENSON When I was a boy I used to do what my father wanted. Now I have to do what my boy wants. My problem ... SAMUEL LEVENSON Many believe - and I believe - that I have been designated for this work by God. In spite of my old ... MICHELANGELO He and I have a rich life together. I want to thank all of those people who haven't been seen yet fo... DAN HUNT I just hope that people in the community see what these students can do for them and, in turn, what ... JIM BROWN I really wanted Michael Jackson to be in the first Men in Black, but he didn't want to be considered... BARRY SONNENFELD Michael Jackson has an insatiable appetite for money. GORDON AUCHINCLOSS For as long as I can remember, I have been fascinated by things large and small. I wanted to know wh... HENRY PETROSKI I always divide people into two groups. Those who live by what they know to be a lie, and those who ... CHRISTOPHER HAMPTON I really wanted to be a dancer, actually. Michael Jackson inspired me a lot. CHARICE PEMPENGCO I do feel relieved. I do feel like I did what I needed to do for myself, and for whoever's out there... LISA MARIE PRESLEY Don't like me for what I am. Just like me for who I am. ANTHONY T. HINCKS At a party in L.A., I met this middle-aged gentleman who I was talking to for ages when I asked, ... ELLIOT COWAN I've just been trying to step up for my team because (Jackson) has been out. I just show up at the g... KATRINA ROBINSON "I am a Christian and I don't want there to be any confusion about what I believe or who I am. I don... KRISTIN CHENOWETH I'd like to thank all those who showed concern for me and I send them a kiss. I can't find words of ... ALFREDO DI STEFANO When my film flops, I believe it is my mistake. There have been times when I didn't come out of ... MAHESH BABU When I was 4 years old, I thought that I wanted to be a dancer like Michael Jackson. CHARICE PEMPENGCO When I'm focusing on what's important to God, I live differently. I invest my time differently. CRAIG GROESCHEL Michael Jackson should be held responsible for what he did, RON ZONEN In retrospect, I didn’t really want to be a slut. What I wanted and needed was a therapist who wou... VALENTINE GLASS People want the here and now, rather than the there and after; as most are living in the where and w... ANTHONY LICCIONE I really wanted Michael Jackson to be in the first Men in Black, but he didn't want to be consid... BARRY SONNENFELD I think life experiences are different for people who know what they want as children. BELL HOOKS My parents have been married for 50-plus years, and I wanted to have what they had. DAVID FURNISH What do you want from me! i want more then i have and for that i feel guilty, like I'm supposed to h... STUART STOKES I have done everything I have ever wanted to do. I have swum with tiger sharks, been charged by lion... WILBUR SMITH I know this simple fact to be true, for I myself have abandoned people who did not want me to go, an... ELIZABETH GILBERT All I knew is he was wanted by the Marine Corps and had been for a substantial amount of time. His r... G.R. GRAY I loved those cats at Atlantic. They were the only record guys who never told me what to do. Ahmet (... RAY CHARLES I no longer have patience for certain things, not because I’ve become arrogant, but simply because... JOSé MICARD TEIXEIRA I think even before I knew I wanted to be a rapper, I wanted to be an entertainer. I was really into... CHANCE THE RAPPER I had a lot of self-loathing, ... I've been self-sustained since I was 11. I've always been the one ... MELISSA ETHERIDGE I wanted to do something inspirational for my children. HARVEY WEINSTEIN What I wanted to do was to earn enough money to pay for my mother's house. When my mother passed... DOROTHEA BENTON FRANK 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 I write a lot about disadvantaged people, particularly vulnerable children, because I feel that that... CHARLES M. BLOW These are people who have healthy lifestyles, and these are people who already do what you really wa... CHERRI CROGHAN I always stand up for what I believe and what I want to. FOREST WHITAKER We both know... that soon everything is going to end... ... This chat will be in the... DEYTH BANGER I define myself by helping others. This is what I do. Those people who want me to abandon my hu... DEIRDRE-ELIZABETH PARKER I've never been called quiet about anything in my life. However, I'm also not one of those p... ALLEN COVERT We never had a billionaire brand in music; the closest thing we had was Michael Jackson. Michael Jac... BIRDMAN I have been acting for 32 years now and I feel so lucky to be able to have done exactly what I wante... AMANDA BURTON I believe that the children should be temporarily removed from Mr. Jackson's care and custody becaus... GLORIA ALLRED When I was a kid, I remember seeing Michael Jackson. I thought he was an alien. You don't grow u... BENJAMIN CLEMENTINE What matters is the one thing I do know for certain: God is with me. CRAIG GROESCHEL I want you to tell all these people that I wanted more time to spend with them. Tell them I meant to... KAGE BAKER I was in my second year at NYU. I knew what I wanted to do, and I just walked out of college. So, fr... NORMAN LLOYD I have respect for what other people believe. What I believe in my own life is that it's a searc... TOM CRUISE I wasn't sure what I wanted to do for college, but when I decided to go to the University of New Ham... AUDRA PAQUETTE Michael Caine, Tom Courtenay and Al Pacino made me want to act. I've always been interested in m... MARTIN FREEMAN When I turned 50, I asked some of my girlfriends, all actresses of the same age, 'What are we go... GOLDIE HAWN These are my people. I want to get back to New Orleans when I can, but for now, I'm helping those wh... LEE PRICE Ordinarily, I am the person who falls in love quickly and somewhat inappropriately and then goes on ... SARAH DUNN I say what I want to say and do what I want to do. There's no in between. People will either lov... EMINEM Actually, in my advanced, high-falutin' frontier economics, I often work with what I define as &... PAUL SAMUELSON I visualise what I want through meditation. The process of meditating is a great way of making sure ... SHILPA SHETTY This year I've been figuring out who I am. I've been learning what I want, and it's the same as what... ROBIN YORK Some of these people ... I just want to smack 'em. Have they been living in a cave, or what? DIANE WIRTH Daisy stared worriedly into his shadowed face. “What if you change your mind about me? What if you... LISA KLEYPAS I've always been fascinated by activists, people who will devote their life to a cause, people w... RACHEL WEISZ I was one of those weirdos who, at six years old, was telling everybody that I wanted to be an actor... CHRIS WOOD When I was a baby, my mom used to have a dance school, and she used to teach classes there. We didn&... AFROJACK 'War and Peas' by Michael Foreman, one of the great British children's illustrators. His... TOBIAS HILL The results show my message and what I do for New Yorkers are what people want in this city, BETSY GOTBAUM You use your own money. I did have a few people who gave me money for the campaign, but I never aske... FRANK MCCARTNEY I wanna thank Biggie Smalls, Redman, Jadakiss, Tupac and Michael Jackson for being my theme music th... ALLEN IVERSON If somebody says, "He sounds just like Michael Jackson," well there's already a Michael Jackson. You... CHARLIE DANIELS I am political in spite of myself. I don't want to do the things I know I have to do, don't want to ... ROSARIO MORALES People Pleaser, I have been there, done that!
I was who someone else wanted me to be, what a disease... NERY ROMAN “Death do not disturb me, I have no fear for death. I have died thousands of time in past. My conc... DR. SHAILESH THAKER I want to state for the record, unequivocally: Michael Jackson has not sold Neverland. He is not mov... RAYMONE BAIN I have never been insecure, ever, about how I look, about what I want to do with myself. My mum told... ADELE I want my child's money and I want the money for all of those other disabled kids, SONIA BLACK
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