I always say: 'Share your happiness with the world, give other people that happiness and let it come back,' but some things make me question it. I don't know if I want some people to know that I am happy. I think a lot of people want to take it away from you, and that's really scary.
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MACKENZIE ROSMAN When I go to see people, I always kind of hope they are going to play some kind of songs I know. So ... TOM PETTY I don't let many people in. I don't discuss everything. If I don't want to discuss it, I... ANOUSKA HEMPEL There's always room for your hard-core country songs, and that will always shine through, and I&... LUKE BRYAN Some people write a thank you note for a gift, and it's three pages long, and some people write ... BILL CALLAHAN There's just a lot of stuff that really moves me, and I don't know how to express it, and I ... CAT POWER You know, you have a lot of people - I've met a lot of people in the past, I've gone to priv... ISSA RAE I think it would collapse my heart if I was super famous. I don't have the nerve for it, I'm... BO BURNHAM The Internet's like one big bathroom wall with a lot of people who anonymously can say really me... ZOOEY DESCHANEL You know, I'm not really any good at working out when people are flirting with me. And I think I... JOSH HARTNETT I know some people are really comfortable with talking about their feelings and hopes and fears in p... NATASHA LITTLE I don't want to know about the lives of other actors and I don't want people to know too muc... CHRISTIAN BALE I don't agree that everyone should agree with everyone's lifestyle. I think that some people... NICKI MINAJ Some people, I think, think that because I don't take it as seriously as a lot of the girls do, ... CHRISSY TEIGEN I would like people to know me for who I am, especially since I think people have a very skewed imag... MARA WILSON My happiness is not dependent on others; it comes from within. Spiritual growth in a person is never... SONU NIGAM I always think of the live show first, where the song is gonna go in the show. That's why they a... JASON MRAZ I can think of the number of people who were like, 'I will never get a cellphone because I don... DENNIS CROWLEY I don't know if you know you're funny, but you enjoy being funny. I know I'm funny becau... GREG BEHRENDT I've written songs before, and I don't want to share them with anybody. It's really pers... JEREMY JORDAN I want a world without war, a world without insanity. I want to see people do well. I don't even... TOM CRUISE You know that I had heard so many times people say things like, 'You could never write 'Harr... CASSANDRA CLARE One thing I've learned, and I don't really blame anybody for this: most people who have a lo... EDDIE TRUNK I told the truth about the Miami life. It's a nice place to visit, but you don't want to liv... TRICK DADDY It's funny when people say, 'I don't think Julia likes me.' Honey, if I don't li... JULIA ROBERTS You collect people to take with you. Some people change, other people don't... it's wonderfu... IMOGEN POOTS I think - you know, I want to intimidate people when I'm on the field. I want people to be scare... CARLI LLOYD For some reason, I'm the guy people love to hate, which I think is weird. People who know me fin... DAVE BAUTISTA I don't think I am that tough, actually. Well, tough in the sense that I don't take any rubb... ZAHA HADID I want to live in my truth. Tell me you don't like me, and I know it. But when you don't tel... LEE DANIELS It could be that people just want to be connected to something that's bigger than they are that ... DWIGHT SCHULTZ A lot of people don't know that I'm really a silly guy. I don't take anything seriously.... EVAN PETERS I'm happy to say that I'm a lesbian in the world. I know there are people who don't want... KATE CLINTON So I don't really have much rivalry, or if there is any, I don't really know anything about ... EMILY BLUNT I think my thing is that... I don't know. And that's why I don't wanna sing about 'T... ZARA LARSSON You know that's history, that's why some people say that my stuff is retro, but I don't ... MARC NEWSON The world that I am coming from, hip-hop, is so regurgitated and repetitive that some people are use... KID CUDI I was quite a successful evangelist. I've had people write to me and say, 'Gee, I'm a Ch... DANIEL EVERETT When people say I look intimidating, it's hard for me to relate to. I hear that a lot. I don'... DITA VON TEESE I really am a thinker. I don't do things rash. I know some of the things I've said or the wa... BODE MILLER I just want to make music, I don't want people to talk about me. All I've ever wanted to do ... ADELE There's something about me that suggests I don't have an intelligent atom in me at all. So p... JENNIFER COOLIDGE We don't wake up happy and looking absolutely perfect and feeling amazing every day, you know? W... BEBE REXHA I don't want to stand in front of a whole lot of fakeys. If I'm going to meet someone and sa... DAMIEN RICE People have given me the freedom and believe in me enough to say if I want to do these things that I... WAYNE COYNE Well concerning the world records that I did, I think it helps a lot to me, yeah. I think it's a... INGE DE BRUIJN I'm scared of horses, and I don't know how to shoot them, but that's what excites me. Af... ALEJANDRO GONZALEZ INARRITU There are some people who become best friends with everyone they photograph. There are people that I... MARY ELLEN MARK I think it's important to take a break, you know, from the public eye for a while, and give peop... AALIYAH I can't help other people's frustrations. I don't owe people anything. If people would l... DAVID GILMOUR Seriously, I don't know if people would really tell you this. But in my dream world, the people ... WARREN SPECTOR I like fresh and clean. I don't ever want anyone to smell me and say, 'Oh that guy is wearin... ERIC STONESTREET You should not do an autobiography if you want to tell the truth. There are a lot of things I know a... ABRAHAM A. RIBICOFF There's ageism in everything. I don't give a hoot. It isn't what other people think; it&... CYNDI LAUPER People want to be happy, so they don't want to feel as though they're mired in this world of... SHERYL WUDUNN It's not a natural process, 'American Idol,' but it does great things for the people tha... CRYSTAL BOWERSOX I like to be other people, not me. And when you're on the red carpet, it's like, 'Here... TOM HARDY If it's old school friends that my parents know, then I can stay out till late. But if they don&... TENA DESAE I hate it when people come up to me on trains and ask 'Are you Soulja Boy?' If people want p... SOULJA BOY It's kind of a catch-22 now because since the 'Da Vinci Code,' I have access to places a... DAN BROWN What I care about is readers because without readers I can't make a living... And I think it'... BARRY EISLER Some people say to be an actor you've got to die to do it. I think it's healthy if you think... KATE ASHFIELD I could go away five or six weeks in a row and never touch a club. I would just look at them and say... FRED COUPLES I think a lot of people think I'm either unintelligent because I'm a very happy person and I... DOVE CAMERON My fear is turnout. I think a lot of people might think: 'Well, in the end, it's the rationa... DAVID CAMERON I don't let anyone's insecurities, emotions, or opinions bother me. I know that if I am happ... DEMI LOVATO I know that there's people that have expectations of me, and I'm a people pleaser, so I want... YVETTE NICOLE BROWN I don't know if I'm selfless - I still want to make a great record. I want to make a hit rec... LADY GAGA You know how a lot of people say, 'I lose myself in music,' or 'I like to escape,' b... JHENE AIKO People know my lyrics; they know the stuff I've written, and it's all about life, love, happ... KASKADE When I was in college I did a lot of stupid things and I don't want to make an excuse for that. ... MARK ZUCKERBERG I joined Twitter and you read a lot of the comments. You're biting your lip and you want to repl... MICHAEL OWEN A lot of people don't know I'm from the West Coast. My swag is different. Me being from Youn... TYGA I'm not ambitious. I don't want to get anywhere, I don't want anything more. I sometimes... ARUNDHATI ROY I never think it's right to chew gum in front of other people, but a lot of times I'll come ... JENNIFER LAWRENCE People say it's a Ponzi scheme, it's a bubble. People really don't want to take it serio... CAMERON WINKLEVOSS There are certain things that I know I don't want to do anymore. Playing out-and-out terrorists ... ART MALIK I've been able to see some very impressive people that are in politics, and I've been able t... DONALD TRUMP, JR. Actors live dependent on being validated by other people's opinions. I don't understand what... SHIA LABEOUF It doesn't really change, actually. I think The Rolling Stones have gotten a lot better. An awfu... CHARLIE WATTS I am a shy person, basically. I don't think I can take my shirt off in front of so many people. ... MAHESH BABU I want to be honest, and even if that's scary, I know it's worth it. EMM GRYNER Wherever I am, it's a really good feeling to have that connection to people. I love to go out to... DANNY DEVITO
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