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Related Get this (economic plan) passed. Later on, we can all debate it. , TO NEW HAMPSHIRE LEGISLATORS I hate that just because you happen to be good at something,people automatically think that's what m... AMBER SMITH I want to do whatever I can to survive. SAM SIMON I'm very proud of being a woman, and as a woman, I don't even like the word 'feminism... EVANGELINE LILLY When I'm focusing on what's important to God, I live differently. I invest my time differently. CRAIG GROESCHEL I'm just this committed dilettante. I think what I've found is that I've tried to do a l... GRAHAM MOORE I'm more interested in my life than I am in my career. I don't want to not work. I do enjoy ... RACHEL TICOTIN I dress the way I want. I don't pretend to be someone I'm not. BRITNEY SPEARS I try to be as optimistic as I can. I feel like that's the beautiful thing about art and music. ... WASHED OUT Go away. I'm all right. , LAST WORDS I'm not a housing market expert, and I don't want to pretend to be one. ERIC MASKIN I have already joined myself in marriage to a husband, namely the kingdom of England. ELIZABETH I (SPOKEN TO HER PARLAMENT) I'm asking God to bless you with something that unsettles you, disturbs you, and upsets you. CRAIG GROESCHEL I see myself doing Harry Potter films as long as I'm enjoying it and as long as they are going t... DANIEL RADCLIFFE If I was a soldier going to war, I'd be pretty scared the night before a battle. It's a scar... GEORGE R. R. MARTIN I am satisfied that all politicians were meant to be journalists and all journalists meant to be pol... OWEN ARTHUR I don't want to play myself up as a hero, because it would make me unbelievable. I'd rather ... HARVEY PEKAR I definitely try to be myself and not try to imitate other performers. That's why I got my music... 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CARLI LLOYD In running, I know that I can train as much as I want and I'm never going to break the world rec... STEFAN SAGMEISTER I'd rather be thought as an international actress rather than a French one. Because I don't ... EVA GREEN I don't want to pretend to be a prophet or a saint. I'm very conscious of my limitations. I ... NORMAN FINKELSTEIN For the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself: 'If today wer... STEVE JOBS My mom passed away at 41 from diabetes. And I'm 42, thank you. I didn't want to do that to m... SHERRI SHEPHERD With 'Palo Alto' as the catalyst, I've surrounded myself with people that have kind of c... JACK KILMER If I feel that I'm not able to do my best work - whether that's my own fault or as a result ... J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI To be, or not to be, that is the question. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE I'd love to be a saxophonist. I don't know why, but I pretend I'm the saxophonist when I... RICHARD PRICE The biggest thing about me, as an actor, is I'm never a finished product, you know? I always wan... ANEURIN BARNARD I think it's really important for artists in general to invest in themselves. And I view my scho... SARAH GADON One thing I am really dying to do, while I'm still young and in shape, is an action movie. I wou... MEGALYN ECHIKUNWOKE I think the thing that I really wanna bring is that I have a full world of music and imagination and... CAM As a kid I would be put to bed when my parents had guests and because I was such a show-off I would ... RUPERT EVERETT As a filmmaker, I always try not to concern myself with the outcome of things. I make the movie, and... SUSANNE BIER I would not want to live if I could not perform. It's in my will. I am not to be revived unless ... JOAN RIVERS I live for my work, apart from my family who come first. And I live to tell stories and pretend to b... JACKI WEAVER The best thing anyone can do is be himself. 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KATEE SACKHOFF I really want to do a film in another language. My dad's from Germany, so it'd be really coo... KIRSTEN DUNST I'm going to be true to what I want to do, because if I care what people think about me, I'm... DONNY OSMOND Dancing is something I do. Not something I just want to do. It's something I just do, depending ... ADAM G. SEVANI I'm ready for a Christianity that 'ruins' my life, that captures my heart and makes me u... MIKE YACONELLI I'm very ambitious. I live in reality but I have dreams I want to fulfill - I want to be a direc... ALEX PETTYFER I have a physical background. It's not like I'm a kung fu master, but my real training was d... VINCENT CASSEL It looks ancient," - Amy Cahill JUDE WATSON I was asked to be in Vogue but I said no. I didn't want to advertise make-up. I didn't want ... FRANCESCA ANNIS I want to be Miss USA or Miss America. I would bring the trophy back to Nebraska. My interests are a... 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