Who is my biggest inspiration? Wow... I really, without wanting to sound 'aw gee shucks,' I'd have to say my wife who taught a rather uptight Englishman what there is to be got out of life. Susan is my greatest inspiration. She has more integrity than anyone I know, and integrity is more important than anything for a happy and successful life.
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Related Being true to myself, observing and applying what works for me is my Integrity and that is more impo... WAKE UP! MESSAGE There are many people who are behind whatever I've achieved so far. My dad, Daboo Malik, is my m... ARMAAN MALIK After having my baby I felt like I'd been introduced to my life, I slowed down, I paid more atte... CECELIA AHERN For me, my life is a journey. JAY ELECTRONICA My life is a struggle. VOLTAIRE To inspire those who lack inspiration, is the greatest gift that I can give to my fellow man. More t... ENRIQUE VEGA My wife and family, to say the least, are the center of my life; they are my grounding. I don't ... BILL DE BLASIO Being kind is the most important thing I've ever been taught. That's what my parents always ... RAFE SPALL It's true to say that I'm a budding young actor. But I'd rather get my name out there be... JOSH BOWMAN Architecture is my work, and I've spent my whole life at a drawing board, but life is more impor... 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JOSH PECK My speech is really important to me, but the thing is at the moment it can't be more important t... GARETH GATES I'm more liberated and happy than I've been my whole life. I'm just happy. LANCE BASS To be totally honest, if I could be thinner without it causing a lot of pain and anxiety in my life,... COURTNEY THORNE-SMITH I wouldn't trade anything for family time. To me, it is more important than everything else, and... FELICITY KENDAL I can only say that whatever my life and work have been, I'm not envious of anyone-and this is m... ROMAN POLANSKI In my life, I'm just looking for that life of integrity that my father had. I have a good heart;... JOHNATHON SCHAECH I am not a rock star or a movie star; I'm a businessperson. I definitely know who my friends are... MARTHA STEWART creativity keeps the world alive, yet, everyday we are asked to be ashamed of honoring it, wanting t... NAYYIRAH WAHEED I'd rather have 100,000 people who really get what I'm doing and like it for what it is than... KACEY MUSGRAVES If I were in a room full of people, I'd rather be the person who is more interesting than the on... MARILYN MANSON There has never been a moment when faith hasn't been an important part of my life. There have be... MARCO RUBIO My life is better than a lot of people I know. I'm definitely happy about that. WALE I didn't have any expectations of what my family life would end up being like. But I've been... JOSH TURNER There is nothing I have to reflect on that gives me more satisfaction than the fact that my life is ... EZRA CORNELL Although I'm only fourteen, I know quite well what I want, I know who is right and who is wrong. I h... ANNE FRANK My greatest achievement so far is that I've been able to continue with my normal life. I love wh... KIM SMITH My identity was a big issue when I was a teenager, and I had a lot of questions, like: 'Who am I... 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I'm the sort of person that doesn't really have specific 'inspiration.' It probably ... NATSUKI TAKAYA I would rather live my life as if there is a God and die to find out there isn't, than live as i... ALBERT CAMUS 37. It is better to be single and unhappy than unhappily married. JAMES C. DOBSON My life is a series of things that just happen. HAROLD RUSSELL My life is a mosaic, and there's no room in between pieces at all. MARCIA CLARK I don't have stylistic loyalty. That's why people perceive me changing all the time. But the... DAVID BOWIE The blues are what I've turned to, what has given me inspiration and relief in all the trials of... ERIC CLAPTON Wasn't it Emerson who said, 'My life is for itself and not for a spectacle'? I have a ha... MARY OLIVER I would say my greatest achievement in life right now - my greatest achievement period is - and I... BO JACKSON I think to have done 'Titanic' would have been a tortuous experience altogether. I feel good... 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ESTHER DYSON I'm not a supermodel. That's not what I do. What I do is music. I want my fans to feel the w... LADY GAGA I'm laughing because I know the secret of life. And the secret of life is that I have validated ... CARLOS SANTANA I want people who see my watches to go, 'Wow!' And the more they look at them, the more they... RICHARD MILLE I draw inspiration from anything and everybody and that's what country music is to me... real li... DUSTIN LYNCH My wife would say I'm more Hyde than Jekyll! JAMES NESBITT I'm not ashamed to be me. More than anyone else I know, I love my life and accept myself. What... JOHNNY WEIR I'm married to a white man, and then my daughter came out looking like the whitest white child w... KARYN PARSONS 'Inspiration' is a word used by people who aren't really doing anything. NICK CAVE My dream is to be World Lightweight Champion in the UFC. Have more money than I know what to do with... CONOR MCGREGOR For me, skateboarding is a lifestyle. I really don't know anything different. My life revolves a... RYAN SHECKLER Next generations will not know what is to have childhood. DANIEL MELGAçO How can they say my life is not a success? Have I not for more than sixty years got enough to eat an... LOGAN PEARSALL SMITH What I have to say is far more important than how long my eyelashes are. WALTER SCOTT What I have to say is far more important than how long my eyelashes are. ALANIS MORISSETTE I always say this to people: 'If Shaq can be in the NBA for 19 years and dominate for 19 years u... RICO LOVE My pet peeve and my goal in life is to somehow get an adjective for 'integrity' in the dicti... RASHIDA JONES I'm probably doing puns more than anything in my life. SCOTT AUKERMAN
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