I never had a rivalry with Madonna. You don't knock another sister, ever. There's room for everybody on this planet; you don't have to be like anyone else.
Cyndi Lauper
Related I don't have to be concerned about everybody else's character. R. LEE ERMEY Don't try to be like somebody else. You'll be miserable. You need to be yourself, and don... CARLENE CARTER I've never owned a T-shirt. I don't like vests or sweaters or cardies with zips. I like a pr... HOWARD JACOBSON When you're comfortable with someone, you don't look for anyone else. DANIELA PESTOVA When you're a guest star on a movie or a TV show, I always say it's like being invited to a ... ATO ESSANDOH I have never had a social life, don't ever want one because it's boring. I'm just not ve... DANIEL JOHNS Tell me that you don't like cartoons, and I think there's something wrong with you. I don... JOHN DIMAGGIO I don't ever knock anybody; that's bad manners. LETITIA BALDRIGE I don't believe you have to be better than everybody else. I believe you have to be better than ... KEN VENTURI I don't think there's ever been anyone like me that's lasted. And I'm going to keep ... PARIS HILTON I don't think anyone who runs a TV show would ever say to you, 'I have a grasp on running a ... ELIZABETH MERIWETHER Not many of my friends I had from college are playing in this league. Everybody knows it's a pri... CALVIN JOHNSON I would love to have the same rights as everybody else. I would love, I don't care if it's c... ELLEN DEGENERES You know, you don't have to look like everybody else to be acceptable and to feel acceptable. FRED ROGERS Certain kinds of people will always have an issue with my music. But that's fine; it's OK. I... KACEY MUSGRAVES You don't have to be a rock star - if you don't like the situation you're in, you don... MACY GRAY Don't ever know who you may meet, or just because a person may not be dressed up all fancy, don&... FLOYD MAYWEATHER, JR. There's over a billion people on this planet that don't have access to clean drinking water. MICHAEL MOORE I don't think anyone should be banned. If you don't like a book, set it aside. VIKRAM SETH We don't sign an artist to fill a void, ever. I'll never find a Taylor Swift. You can't ... L.A. REID Don't ever try and be like anybody else and don't be afraid to take risks. WAYLON JENNINGS It's difficult to have everybody like everything you do. I don't know anybody that's per... GORDON BETHUNE I don't ever feel like the cool kid at the party, ever. It's like, 'Smile and be nice to... TAYLOR SWIFT There have been times where I've said, 'Jesus, I don't believe in you anymore, get out o... MIKE YACONELLI I don't like L.A. It's just not fun. I don't know why, but I just don't get it. You ... LADY GAGA I don't have no story. Everybody wants this Hollywood story, but the world don't owe you not... BERNIE MAC I don't revisit anything unless there's a really good occasion, like BAM screened 'This ... GABY HOFFMANN I don't recall having a gun. I really don't. I don't think I ever pulled a gun on anyone... DARRELL ISSA Quentin Tarantino is controlled insanity, I would say. He's very loud and fun. I don't think... ROSE MCGOWAN What I don't like so much is people who - how do you say this? - who make judgments over the gen... JOHN DE MOL, JR. I don't agree with everything Madonna's done but she is fearless. CATHY FREEMAN If you told me to sit in a room, and you had a million dollars cash stacked right there and said, ... TIM HOWARD It's so important to keep moving and don't buy into the myth. I say do anything you feel lik... FLORENCE HENDERSON I don't like surgery. I don't like elective surgery, I don't like surgery that you have ... SANDRA BERNHARD But I've really learned you don't have to fit in. No matter where you go, you're always ... JENA MALONE Never say never, but I don't think I'll ever get Botox because we don't know the long-te... KRISTIN CAVALLARI There's this old saying that, if you aren't particularly gifted in natural sciences, if you ... BERNHARD SCHLINK We're confronted with great darkness as a species right now as spiritual creatures on this plane... BRUCE COCKBURN I'm my own artist, and I see artists as movies. No one should try to change them for anything. I... ZEDD I've never had an audition like that before. They don't let you know about anything on '... RANDEE HELLER I love being married: you don't have to go out, you don't have to be on the prowl, and you d... AVIVA Don't look now but there's one man too many in this room and I think it's you! BERT KALMAR You don't even wish for the success that I had, because you don't think it's attainable. TOM DELONGE Don't you find that the more you know, the more you don't know and can't ever learn beca... LARRY HAGMAN I've never dated anyone in Hollywood - or anyone famous, for that matter. I don't know that ... ED SHEERAN I love Mike Tyson. I was a fan, as everybody else was. The moment somebody stood up to him, he didn&... DANIEL CORMIER I don't think there's ever a point when you turn to yourself and go, 'Yes, I've made... DOMINIC COOPER It's funny when people ask an actor what they want to play next, because you don't get to de... DYLAN WALSH I don't know if I would've had the opportunity to be on 'Wizards of Waverly Place' i... SELENA GOMEZ I was in the video for Cyndi Lauper's 'Sally's Pigeons' when I first started acting. JULIA STILES Don't be the schmuck on the other side of the table. Don't get an interview with the guy. Be... RICHARD BEN CRAMER I'm not a size 0, and I'm nowhere close to it. But, I don't want anyone to know what I a... RACHEL ROY I don't have a boyfriend right now. I'm looking for anyone with a job that I don't have ... ANNA NICOLE SMITH I think there is no defending a title. You don't go into a season with a points advantage over a... CASEY STONER No man ever got very high by pulling other people down. The intelligent merchant does not knock his ... ALFRED LORD TENNYSON You know, I don't watch television! Sorry! I actually don't even have a television. I don... BROOKE SMITH I don't need anybody to market or promote me. If people don't want to hear this music, then ... LAURYN HILL There is a huge business case for diversity. You will be making products for people you don't un... RENEE JAMES There's stuff I don't like to rehearse, really emotional things, I don't like to rehears... KAT DENNINGS I don't think geometric art is... I don't like to call it that. I don't think it's a... DONALD JUDD When you put something out there into the world, there's all these words you don't want to h... JACK WHITE What I don't like so much is to give explanations about people's behaviour... I'm not in... CLAIRE DENIS Never take advice from anyone in a tie. They'll bankrupt you. Don't ask a general for advice... NASSIM NICHOLAS TALEB I'm not even on Facebook. I've got enough friends I never see. You know how you have a lot o... MADS MIKKELSEN Auditioning and actually acting on a set are two different things. When you audition, you're in ... ADELAIDE KANE You don't have to buy from anyone. You don't have to work at any particular job. You don'... HARRY BROWNE I don't know why, it's the same reason why you like some music and you don't like others... JERRY GARCIA There's a stigma about being vegan. Some people say it doesn't taste great. Don't knock ... TIA MOWRY When you are not missing something, longing for something, you don't really think about it that ... DANICA PATRICK I don't like the whole off-and-on thing. I don't like 'taking a break.' Either you... SELENA GOMEZ Don't ever forget two things I'm going to tell you. One, don't believe everything that... BABE RUTH I don't think that's healthy for the country when anyone thinks their morals are better than... BARBARA BUSH If you're not having fun - I don't care what you're doing - don't do it. Move on. Fi... JERRY DOYLE I don't have to do anything for anyone else's benefit anymore. I just want to exceed my own ... DANE COOK You don't have to turn on the TV set. You don't have to work on the Internet. It's up to... RAY BRADBURY You're allowed to make things for women on television, and there's not like... you don't... CALLIE KHOURI Be thankful for what you have; you'll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don'... OPRAH WINFREY I don't want to be on anyone's board. I just want to have good investments. NATHAN KIRSH As far as criticism, I don't mind critics. I mean, I wrote for 'Rolling Stone' for a hot... PATRICK STUMP I don't believe that directors need to essentially manipulate actors into doing things. You can ... RUTH NEGGA I don't think I've ever had a bad Valentine's Day, I mean... c'mon, y'all know I... PRINCE ROYCE Don't pity me now, don't pity me never; I'm going to do nothing for ever and ever. JAMES AGATE I don't accept my business the way it is, to be honest. I don't like what it's become. I... RUPERT EVERETT The blues is like a planet. It's an enormous topic. You can't ignore the impact that it has ... TOM WAITS You are the only you. That means you don't lose roles to anybody else. There's no competitio... RACHEL BROSNAHAN 'They' is... stay away from them, please. There is so many different definitions of 'the... DJ KHALED I don't have a great imagination to share something with you that you don't know, so it'... NATE LOWMAN I don't think you can ever be bitter about anything, because if you don't allow your heart t... DEBBIE REYNOLDS Many artists in Mexico fight to be the Latina Madonna. I don't want that! Never! Maybe she's... GLORIA TREVI I don't like gratuitous violence. I don't like the 'Saw' movies. I don't like th... MICHAEL BIEHN You don't want to be photographed? You don't want to be known? Then you don't need to be... CAMERON DIAZ There's a cardinal rule that you don't talk about sharks. If you don't see it, it's ... MARK WARKENTIN I don't have anything to prove anymore. I don't have a record deal, no one has any expectati... JULIANA HATFIELD Always just remember that you can never know all; you're always going to be learning; there'... IAIN DE CAESTECKER If you go back to the '80s, you had a whole plethora of artists, everyone from Madonna and Cyndi... BOY GEORGE You have to really want it, and don't take it personally if you don't get a job. Because som... CAROL BURNETT I had never done a 90-minute play with no intermission, so it is a bit like you get onto the train a... LILY RABE To me, acting is like a party. It's like a fun thing to do. You don't have to worry. You don... ROB REINER I think to this day, 'Superman/Wonder Woman' is probably one of the trickiest things I'v... CHARLES SOULE You know, I don't think I've ever listened to someone's commentary. Ever. DAVID FINCHER
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