Everything I do is for my parents, None of this matters without them. If it weren't for them, I wouldn't be here... If it wasn't for them, if it wasn't for the structure and the backbone that I have, I wouldn't be able to mess up and keep coming back and sit in front of you as a world champion.
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Related Everything I do is for my parents and my family. The car is nice, the house is nice, but none of thi... J. R. SMITH I probably wouldn't be here today if it wasn't for the gay community supporting me. I wouldn... KIESZA I'm thankful for the incredible advances in medicine that have taken place during my lifetime. I... BILLY GRAHAM I am fiercely independent and I probably wouldn't be if it wasn't for the way in which I was... TRACEY EMIN Since I moved to Blackpool, I've met a lot of great people, and if it wasn't for them, I wou... CHARLIE ADAM If it wasn't for women, I wouldn't be here. I'm a mamma's boy at heart. I love my mo... ROMAN REIGNS You know, if it weren't for these fans, I wouldn't have gotten as far as I did. ADAM LAMBERT If it weren't for painting, I wouldn't live; I couldn't bear the extra strain of things. WINSTON CHURCHILL I wouldn't be where I am, if not for Jamaica. My formative years were here. I wouldn't have ... 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EMMA ROBERTS The fact is that we wouldn't be in Iraq if it weren't for Democrats like Senator Kerry. HOWARD DEAN If my life depended on being a social-media person in terms of talking myself up, I probably would b... BABYFACE I know that, for me, I need to try to cover myself while breastfeeding so that no one snaps a pictur... KOURTNEY KARDASHIAN If I didn't have to do it, I wouldn't have done it. If I had a million bucks in the bank, I ... CLAUDIA CHRISTIAN If it wasn't for the TLC story, many artists would not have smartened up, and you wouldn't h... DREW SIDORA Playing college soccer was going to be the top of my athletic feats. I wasn't going to the Olymp... MARK ZUPAN I can tell you this, if it wasn't for my book royalties, I'd be in debt. BENNY HINN The good and bad are all tangled up together. American popular music is loved around the world becau... PETE SEEGER I like to think that if it hadn't gone as well as it has, if I wasn't able to make a living ... BRUCE COCKBURN I don't want to look back and be like, 'You had it all, and you weren't even present for... MACKLEMORE I had between 20 and 40 songs for 'Detox,' and I just couldn't feel it. Usually, I can h... DR. DRE If it weren't for baseball, many kids wouldn't know what a millionaire looked like. PHYLLIS DILLER I'm a professional world champion. Of course if you're a world champion, you're working ... LAILA ALI 'The Sopranos' all came down to the writing. I wouldn't have been on for as long as I wa... JAMES GANDOLFINI I'm real. I believe what I'm saying. If Motel 6 wasn't the type of operation they say it... TOM BODETT Wouldn't it be awesome if we had a jetpack that wasn't a death trap? The problem is that it ... ASTRO TELLER A big problem for me was opening for Limp Bizkit and Linkin Park, two bands that wouldn't exist ... CHINO MORENO If architects weren't arrogant, they wouldn't be architects. I don't know a modest good ... PHILIP JOHNSON I don't think that I would always be asked about my feelings about liberal bias in the media if ... DANA PERINO It would be a great vacation to act in a movie if I weren't directing it. But to do it while you... SYDNEY POLLACK If I wasn't acting, I'd try and be a footballer. I wouldn't be a musician because I can&... JAMIE BLACKLEY I grew up thinking there was something called 'independent film,' which I wouldn't neces... IRA SACHS I did swimming, gymnastics, dance, and the acting was just a small part. I didn't have pushy par... AARON TAYLOR-JOHNSON I wasn't being bullied at school at this point. I had a group of friends, and I was isolated bec... RANDY HARRISON If there was no ladies, I wouldn't wanna be on the planet. Ladies, friends, and music - without ... B. B. KING I am a product of nepotism. I don't think I would have had the profession that I'm in curren... JEFF BRIDGES Acting is what I love to do. I wouldn't trade it for the world. I don't think of it as work.... DAKOTA FANNING We will go on tour, that will be a boost for me. After that I can focus on LaToya. If I didn't h... LATOYA LONDON I wasn't a hacker for the money, and it wasn't to cause damage. KEVIN MITNICK If it wasn't for the Mark Twain Masquers, I don't know where my life would have gone. PETER FALK If I grew up in 'da hood,' it would make my story so much more interesting - if I had someth... PALMER LUCKEY I wouldn't have seen it if I hadn't believed it. MARSHALL MCLUHAN When I was younger, coming up in this industry, I was 17, 18 years old. You couldn't tell me Bey... LIL MAMA I feel like everything I wear is a favorite thing. I wouldn't wear something if I didn't lov... DAKOTA JOHNSON At one stage, I didn't have any money, so I slept on the streets for a few nights. It wasn't... KERRY STOKES If I had my way, the woman I marry, she wouldn't be a part of Twitter and she wouldn't be on... LANCE GROSS You and I probably wouldn't be here if our ancestors hadn't been greedy savages. MARK PAGEL If I spent all my time criticising myself, I wouldn't be able to function. There are actors who ... ANTHONY HOPKINS If it weren't for the Internet, WWE probably wouldn't even know my name. If I had to rely on... DANIEL BRYAN If I didn't do what I do, I wouldn't be as young as I am. ROBERT PLANT Chuck Berry told me if it wasn't for Louis Jordan, he wouldn't have probably ever even got i... ROBBIE ROBERTSON I don't like to share my personal life... it wouldn't be personal if I shared it. GEORGE CLOONEY If I couldn't compete, I wouldn't ride. I don't ride for fun; I ride to prepare for the ... GEORGINA BLOOMBERG If it wasn't for baseball, I'd be in either the penitentiary or the cemetery. BABE RUTH I always had ambitions to work in the U.K. I just never thought it was gonna happen so soon. So I th... BEN SCHNETZER I was in a group called Wild Orchid and it just wasn't working. I wasn't being myself. What ... FERGIE If it wasn't for Abe Lincoln, I'd still be on the open market. DICK GREGORY There were only ever two black kids at my school. I never considered myself to be 'a black kid... DALEY THOMPSON At least, I'm very happy that it's going out on DVD because if it wasn't for the fans wh... CAROLINE DHAVERNAS I wouldn't let a biopic be made on me. That's because I don't believe in them. I don'... LATA MANGESHKAR I've seen my parents dragged through the mud. But I wouldn't be the person I am today withou... SAMIRA WILEY This left-wing kind of speech, the Robin Hood thing that Pablo had, of course he was a criminal and ... WAGNER MOURA I've always believed that a good twist is one that, when it is presented to the audience, half o... DAMON LINDELOF I'm so grateful for the marriages that I have had. I wouldn't be who I am today if I hadn... CHERYL TIEGS Like I've always said, love wouldn't be blind if the braille weren't so damned much fun. 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JOHN MADDEN For me, the Internet's like music. I don't like working without it. I will tune it out for h... WARREN ELLIS There were times I wouldn't come to practice, because it didn't excite me. It wasn't int... MICHAEL PHELPS If I were to listen to people all the time when they say, 'Hey, this is a really high challenge,... GABRIEL E. GOMEZ I always had a lot of fun in America, with much more freedom than if I had tried to cook in France. ... DANIEL BOULUD I'm excited, happy, nervous, anxious, all those feelings about playing for the Jets again. If I ... VINNY TESTAVERDE I wouldn't know how to design. I couldn't even if I wanted to, for I can't draw, and a p... JEAN PATOU I never really got paid for 'Tell It Like Is,' but I look back at it and say God knew what h... AARON NEVILLE My father would tell me if I wasn't writing in meter verse, it wasn't poetry. JOHN DARNIELLE I wasn't Lennon, or I wasn't McCartney. I was me. And the only reason I started to write son... 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They weren't in the military, they weren'... J. R. MARTINEZ In this life, all you need is for someone to believe in you. J. R. MARTINEZ There are a lot of people who can be classified as heroes and do great things and inspire me. J. R. MARTINEZ I think in life, if you continue to challenge yourself, you can pride yourself in what you continuou... J. R. MARTINEZ My father left... but I tell my mom - and I told my mom this when I was a kid - I said, 'You kno... J. R. MARTINEZ I'm going to write a book, continue acting, continue motivational speaking and just share with p... J. R. MARTINEZ I love helping out good people who are doing good things. J. R. MARTINEZ I do go to the gym five days a week. J. R. BOURNE I don't mind playing bad guys, but I love having the opportunity to play all different types of ... J. R. BOURNE My niece was born with cystic fibrosis 15 years ago, and she's incredibly healthy and an incredi... J. R. BOURNE I think the biggest challenge we faced in making 'The September Issue' was the fact that peo... R. J. CUTLER I first thought about doing a project about Anna Wintour and 'Vogue' when I read an article ... R. J. CUTLER I grew up on Long Island, and from as early as I can remember, as far back as first grade, I had two... R. J. CUTLER I discovered the theater when I was in the first grade. R. J. CUTLER Whatever storytelling muscles you've developed as a documentary filmmaker will be extremely help... R. J. CUTLER I always find myself gravitating toward stories of transformation, and one of those periods is teena... R. J. CUTLER If I had to name my favorite media personality, it would be a tie between Jon Stewart and Trey Parke... R. J. CUTLER I record the following shows on a daily basis and watch them when I have the time/inclination: '... R. J. CUTLER Throughout the day, I frequently use my iPhone to check 'Deadline Hollywood' and my Twitter ... R. J. CUTLER Living in L.A. keeps me in my car a lot, and I'm constantly flipping back and forth between the ... R. J. CUTLER I was watching 'The September Issue' in the back of a theater in New York, and I thought, ... R. J. CUTLER Belushi was one of my very first heroes. At a time when film, television, and music were undergoing ... R. J. CUTLER Cheney refers to his vice presidency... as one of the most consequential vice presidencies in Americ... R. J. CUTLER It's my approach as a filmmaker always to go in, not with a thesis or preconceived notion, but w... R. J. CUTLER In both the world of fashion and politics, what's required to succeed is passion, dedication, an... R. J. CUTLER On some level, you could say you wouldn't have 'In Style Magazine' at all had Anna Winto... R. J. CUTLER Directing plays lacked the immediacy and connection to real world events that journalism offered; jo... R. J. CUTLER Feature filmmaking is a very powerful medium. It has a hold on me now. R. J. CUTLER 'The September Issue' is really a film about Anna Wintour's relationship with long time ... R. J. CUTLER If ever we deserved a candidate at this moment in our culture, that candidate is Donald Trump. R. J. CUTLER I don't think it's a coincidence that 'The War Room' and 'A Perfect Candidate... R. J. CUTLER I believe a democracy needs men and women of conviction in its positions of leadership in order for ... R. J. CUTLER Reality television has borrowed so much from the world of politics, whether it's alliances or vo... R. J. CUTLER The presidency made John Adams an old man long before there was television. As early as the nation... R. J. CUTLER No matter how much you've done before, you wonder if there will be a light at the end of this pa... R. J. CUTLER I will say this: I think 'Big Brother' is the biggest snooze known to mankind. R. J. CUTLER A president, however, must stand somewhat apart, as all great presidents have known instinctively. T... J. R. POLE The wayside of business is full of brilliant men who started out with a spurt, and lacked the stamin... J. R. TODD I admit that the generation which produced Stalin, Auschwitz and Hiroshima will take some beating; b... R. J. HOLLINGDALE It is a great deal easier to do that which God gives us to do, no matter how hard it is, than to fac... J. R. MILLER The impatient may not always be wrong on issues, but they are almost always wrong in their attitudes... R. J. RUSHDOONY I've learned in my life that it's important to be able to step outside your comfort zone and... J. R. MARTINEZ I don't have a weapon in my hand, and I don't have a uniform on my body, but my uniform now ... J. R. MARTINEZ Baseball always gets credit for the foundational part of masculinity - the father thing. The eternal... J. R. MOEHRINGER In Zurich, in a cafe overlooking the Limmat, I ate butter-drenched white asparagus pulled from the g... J. R. MOEHRINGER The only thing documentary filmmakers have to work with, at least the way I make films, is trust. Th... R. J. CUTLER How can we know that what Jesus has shown us of God is the truth; or how do we know when we look int... R. J. CAMPBELL Looking into my heart, which is perhaps the best way of looking into other men's, I know that the Sa... R. J. CAMPBELL It is no strain of metaphor to say that the love of God and the wrath of God are the same thing, des... R. J. CAMPBELL When I was 3, my parents strapped on a pair of Playskool plastic roller skates to my feet, and that&... J. R. CELSKI There are no accidents, everything is planned. J. R. WHITEMAN