As a kid, I always idolized entrepreneurs. I thought they were cool people in the way that I thought basketball players were cool people. It's cool that some people get paid to dunk basketballs, but I'm not one of those people.
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Related I thought it was pretty cool. Not many people get a chance to do that. MARGO MUHLBAUER The world that I am coming from, hip-hop, is so regurgitated and repetitive that some people are use... KID CUDI I'm thought of as a cool, unemotional dancer, but inside I'm not. SUZANNE FARRELL I wasn't the cool kid in school, but I wasn't the lame one. I knew I wasn't cool, so I c... ASTRO Avicii's melodies were so simple and cool, and they were actually similar to the melodies I play... KYGO I'm always inspired by people who have really cool Twitter profiles. CHARLIE PUTH I've always thought that I'm sexy in my own right, but not in a way that people thought was ... LAURA LINNEY I am the oldest of seven. Do my siblings think I'm super cool? I wish they thought I was super c... BRITT ROBERTSON I've been called 'musically schizophrenic,' and some people think that's a cool thin... GARY CLARK, JR. I think it's cool people love to hate me. CARICE VAN HOUTEN I'm not saying that people have to listen to rock music. It's a great, cool thing and it can... FRANK BLACK Aliens were big and ugly- I thought they were cool! MAE WHITMAN I'm kind of the model that everyone thought would always be the Guess, 'Sports Illustrated... GIGI HADID I think I'm so old I'm in. We call it the 'Tony Bennett Syndrome.' For some reason, ... BILL KURTIS It must be horrible having people scared to talk to you. But I think it's kinda cool that I don&... CAMERON DALLAS I'm not very cool. I have a really hard time meeting people and stuff. TAYLOR SCHILLING I think what turned me off of Christianity as a kid, and what I think turns other people off, is the... SAMUEL LARSEN I'm going to let people know that it's cool to have a child and be young and still be a good... BRANDY NORWOOD I thought all those channels on cable TV were really cool. DARA KHOSROWSHAHI I don't think, generally speaking, people become writers because they were the really good, real... STEVEN MOFFAT Awkwardness gives me great comfort. I've never been cool, but I've felt cool. I've been ... MARC JACOBS I'm cool with failing so long as I know that there are people around me that love me uncondition... DAVE CHAPPELLE I'm not Rihanna. I'm not cool. When people come up to me in the street, they often want a hu... ANNE HATHAWAY I always loved both 'Breakout' and 'Asteroids' - I thought they were really good gam... NOLAN BUSHNELL I'm still a student of fashion, but I like hooking up with the people that really know how to ma... OLIVIA WILDE My parents used to throw great New Year's Eve parties. They invited such an eclectic mix of show... BEN STILLER Thom Browne, Michael Bastian... all these people that I love, when I finally get to meet them, I'... BRAD GORESKI I'm a very good storyteller; I have a lot of compassion for people. That's very useful for a... JAMES PATTERSON My mother used to dress rather risque when I was a kid, and that sort of shocked me. I always though... DREW BARRYMORE I got a big kick out of that, actually. I think even when we were doing the concert ... everyone tho... DAVE CHAPPELLE Lots of people say to me, 'I completely hate Busted'. That's completely cool with me. I ... CHARLIE SIMPSON As I get older, I find myself way more into sports. I'm in a basketball league. You maybe know s... BRYAN GREENBERG I don't really understand why people are so interested in me, personally. I'm just a curator... ELISE ANDREW I'm always trying to be a good example to people and always trying to do something cool. I reall... LUCKY BLUE SMITH When I did 'The Social Network', David Fincher told me that I managed to make a thankless ch... DAKOTA JOHNSON I have got prostate cancer, and I have to keep monitoring that. It's no problem, it's under ... IAN MCKELLEN When I was younger, the pressure was just being cool. I never thought of myself as a cool guy. I alw... PAUL WALKER The cool thing is that now that people have made this evolution where cooking is cool, people are do... EMERIL LAGASSE I'm not cool at all. I'm the least cool person I know. NATASHA LITTLE All of my favorite people - people I really trust - none of them were cool in their younger years. TAYLOR SWIFT Cool is not just one type of cool. Cool is confidence and knowing, I guess, what you are and being f... ANDRE BENJAMIN You just remember back when you were watching as a kid and going, 'Man, Sting's so cool,'... A.J. STYLES It's cool when people know you more, but I like people to treat me regular when they see me. I t... MEEK MILL I always thought if I could just put something in words perfectly enough, people would get the idea,... NEIL PEART Honestly, I'm cool with everyone, and people pick up on that. I'd say, 'I'm not gay,... DYLAN MCDERMOTT Music is for people. The word 'pop' is simply short for popular. It means that people like i... EDDIE VAN HALEN Partying is not a sane way to spend money, but it's fun. When we were young, we did not have a l... MARKUS PERSSON We will lower the tax burden on middle-class Americans by asking the very wealthy to pay their fair ... , "PUTTING PEOPLE FIRST", 1992 I always say, 'Hip-hop takes me everywhere.' It's crazy when I step onstage, and people ... EVE People thought the storyline and characters for 'X-Files' made it a 'dark' show, but... CHRIS CARTER I get to hang out with people I think are awesome, and do work I think is awesome. It's really c... HAROLD PERRINEAU Honestly, with me, as long as I have a park to play basketball in, I'm pretty cool. MANNY MONTANA I'm not totally sure what I want to be doing, but it's so fun to be on 'SNL' because... VANESSA BAYER I used to dress like Roger Taylor when I was ten because I thought he was cool. In high school, I us... TAYLOR HAWKINS I think it's important that we have strong, female characters in movies now, which can really le... SAOIRSE RONAN I thought the colors were really cool. It was very rock. I liked it. COURTNEY LOVE I think I'm cool. That's all that matters. TYLER, THE CREATOR If you work in casting, it's sort of not cool to want to act. A lot of people think that casting... CATHERINE KEENER I've always believed in good music over bad music. I believe in two sorts of musics. And the lin... JAY-Z The real guys that I knew were really cool people, who I played basketball with and traveled with on... MAHERSHALA ALI I have some friends, and they're super-hipster. And they're like, 'All I wanna do is sin... ZARA LARSSON A couple of years ago, I came up with the idea for a film that I thought could be interesting, and I... HERBIE HANCOCK 'RPM' is basically about my pace in life, and I think a lot of people can relate to that. Ou... SASHA PIETERSE I'm not cool with ACORN or the working families' party, or people that vote like democrats a... DOUG HOFFMAN I don't think I ever thought of myself as Superman. But there were people who thought of me that... EMINEM All the music I loved as a child, people thought it was junk. People were unaware of the subtext in ... BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN I'm always very uncomfortable with people. It's something that I get upset with myself for, ... NANCY MARCHAND It's funny because the action figures are cool, and then I enjoy the magazines because that'... DAISY RIDLEY People see my photos and think I labor over my image and I'm this cool, brooding artist. But I... LENNY KRAVITZ I was 11 and watching soap operas with my mom, and I thought it would be cool to be an actor. I thou... BRITT ROBERTSON Comic-Con is really cool. It's different. I like to people-watch. I like to see the costumes. CARLI LLOYD In my school, people liked the gym teachers because they were the football or soccer coaches. But lo... DANNY MCBRIDE I am the 'Cosmic Dancer' who dances his way out of the womb and into the tomb on 'Electr... MARC BOLAN I was in a really crummy pop-punk band. I think we did a whole bunch of Blink-182 covers, and we wer... NATE RUESS People who know me would say they get a kick out of the fact that I'm always playing nice people... ELIZABETH REASER It's pretty cool I'm known for FIFA. If you think of KSI, people instantly think, 'Ah, t... KSI I hate it when people come up to me on trains and ask 'Are you Soulja Boy?' If people want p... SOULJA BOY Being on set with my dad - that's so cool. People always ask me if that made me nervous, but it&... O'SHEA JACKSON, JR. At first I thought we were going to build some cheap-o boat. But they?re pretty cool ? and pretty st... BRANDON ZARTMAN I'm an extremist so I'm either hated or loved. I think it's down to when I first got to ... LEWIS HAMILTON At a young age I thought, 'Wow, that fiddle thing, that's pretty cool. That mandolin is grea... ROBBIE ROBERTSON I'm not a guy who curses very much in my personal life. When I curse it sounds like a kid trying... JUSTIN HALPERN I always thought there were some people who were just destined to be disengaged in their jobs becaus... TOM RATH Tech companies approach you to hold something in a picture and then say, 'This is what I want yo... ALEXA CHUNG It's always cool to meet people who can do things that you have no capacity to do. KEVIN JAMES Some people thought I'd be on the PGA Tour, that I'd win tournaments, play in majors, conten... ZACH JOHNSON I'm cute - and God I hate that. Because that's not cool. I'm like your niece, and nobody... KELLY CLARKSON Some people don't like my songs because they think they're too simple or easy or not that th... LANGHORNE SLIM For a long time the people at my shows were sort of the Pantera-tattoo trucker guys, really cool dud... DAVE ATTELL I'm cool with people dressing up as Eleven for Halloween. I definitely want to open my door and ... MILLIE BOBBY BROWN Let him who walks in darkness and no light trust in the name of the Lord and rely on his God PEOPLE OF CHRIST I guess I look strange a bit. Strange but confident. I'm not like a model or anything. I always ... VINCENT CASSEL My family are massive fans of 'I'm A Celeb,' so that would be pretty cool. There's s... ADAM PEATY Only after the last tree has been cut down,only after the last river has been poisoned,only after th... THE CREE PEOPLE I follow all these fashion blogs that are cool and inspire me. I'm not really obsessed with anyo... KYLIE JENNER I loved Adam Sandler's early stuff. I thought it was so cool how irreverent and weird he would g... ADAM DEVINE I love reading religious authors. Especially in the sort of circle I move in, people tend to be more... MALLORY ORTBERG I do love Instagram, and my kids are with me, like, 24-7, so it's inevitable that they'll be... BRITNEY SPEARS I'm of the mindset that most people who have kids are, which is, 'Hey, I want another me. I ... DAVID CROSS He squinted thoughtfully, then grinned. “Actually, I thought having him around was pretty cool. Pe... NICK JANS
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