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Related I can tell you that you will have your hearts broken more by the people you love than by the people ... MARGARET PETERSON HADDIX Are you taking us to the beach?" - Dan Cahill JUDE WATSON It looks ancient," - Amy Cahill JUDE WATSON It SMELLS ancient," - Dan Cahill JUDE WATSON Palm trees were fanned by a warm, light breeze, and they rolled down their windows to smell the sea. JUDE WATSON Let's head out to the ruins." - Dan Cahill ROLAND SMITH About f-f-ace!" she said to the horse, flailing with her boots. "Into the barn, please. It's time fo... PETER LERANGIS You see?" Damien leaned over his desk and spread out half a dozen charcoal sketches. "These are only... RICK RIORDAN I'm still a big 'Grey's Anatomy' fan. BROOKE ELLIOTT I used to watch 'Grey's Anatomy' pretty religiously. ERINN HAYES I always find Victoria's Secret models a bit weird. EDIE CAMPBELL I've got a few ideas," (Amy) admitted. "But I don't know where we're going in the long term. I mean ... 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SENECA Luck is where opportunity meets preparation. SENECA Friendship always benefits; love sometimes injures. SENECA Every time I do a play, it's as if I've never done one before. I'm always confused. I al... CRISTIN MILIOTI I'm proud to say that I was that guy playing the character of Dr. Burke on 'Grey's Anato... ISAIAH WASHINGTON I've always wanted to play 'Lady Macbeth' and Strindberg's 'Miss Julie'. OLIVIA D'ABO I've always been a big fan of Rachel McAdams. I saw her for the first time in 'Mean Girls,... CASSI THOMSON No, I haven't asked for a guy's number, but I've always wanted to. CARLY RAE JEPSEN I can't do the same movies all my life. I'm conscious of that. But it's a trade-off. ... CHANNING TATUM Before 'Grey's Anatomy,' I was doing musicals, plays, commercials, you name it. CHANDRA WILSON I realise few people get to live the life they always wanted, but I'm so neurotic, I don't r... CHARLIE HUNNAM I never think about the next movie. I always think about the situation I'm in now, but you do th... ALEX PETTYFER I think talking about one's love life is always... It's a Pandora's box, best kept in jo... EMMA CAULFIELD I've always wanted to smash a guitar over someone's head. You just can't do that with a ... ELTON JOHN It's true, there's a lot of melancholy in my music. I don't know why, I'm not a mela... NORAH JONES I want to coach high school football, and that's always what I've wanted to do. J. J. WATT Trajectories aren't linear. Life's just a roller coaster. If you're getting a chance to ... RIZ AHMED You have to keep challenging yourself. I've always tried to do that, and I'm not saying I... PAUL WELLER I... was not too happy to suddenly take on this public role thrust upon me. They just assumed I was ... BEA ARTHUR With a play, there's more of a definable arc because of the nature of theater: You know, there... DAN FUTTERMAN I've always wanted to work for Walt Disney. That's what I thought I was going to do when I g... KEITH HARING But you know, it's not easy when your husband runs for president. I mean, it's not easy for ... LAURA BUSH I love anything by Joan Didion. Incidentally, she was one of the local moms when I was growing up in... ROB LOWE I've always wanted to go to Australia. I hear it's a great place. I mean, kangaroos are pret... ZACHARY GORDON It just meant a lot because it's something I've always wanted to do. I've always wanted ... CARLY PATTERSON I've done nothing wrong. Some people just don't like me. Maybe I'm somebody that's e... DANIEL CORMIER I suppose politicians have always wanted to get re-elected, but there's a kind of a feeling now ... GEORGE MCGOVERN I've never been able to relate to many people. I've always been the outcast child. I don'... NEON HITCH I have always identified with Joan Didion's depiction of Los Angeles and Southern California, ev... HENRY ROLLINS I just want to make music, I don't want people to talk about me. All I've ever wanted to do ... ADELE I've always wanted to be an animator. That's an ultimate art form, right there. JASON MARSDEN I don't know the secret of Mrs. Brown, but what I do know is that there are things that Mrs. Bro... BRENDAN O'CARROLL For the last 20 years of my life, I've had the mantra to do amazing parts with amazing people in... JOHN HAWKES I don't know why I always liked aerospace engineering. I was in the 10th grade when I figured th... KALPANA CHAWLA If you can believe it, Hollywood wanted to change my birthdate. I was born after Valentine's Day... CESAR ROMERO I think I've developed a sort of ADD for geography now. When I've been in a country for too ... ELIZABETH DEBICKI Personally, I've always known that I wanted to go back to work because I'm confident, and I&... LISA LING It's changed from one-hit wonder to 'Greg Rutherford wins events.' That's what I'... GREG RUTHERFORD If I'm a genre writer, I'm at the edge. In the end, they do work like genre fiction. You hav... ALAN FURST Maybe it's because my mother divorced and my grandmother divorced, so maybe I'm frightened d... JULIETTE BINOCHE I've given up looking for a boyfriend. That's not to say I won't be interested if the ri... EMILY VANCAMP I've always wanted to be a fighter pilot. But I don't want to kill people. I'd hate to. MAX IRONS I know I'm not a wordsmith. And I don't write poetry. Sometimes I think I should, because it... CANDACE BUSHNELL I've always wanted to act and I can't think of anything else I'd want to do, honestly. ALANNA UBACH I don't think I've ever been an agnostic. I've always thought there's a superior pow... BOB DYLAN I'm obsessed. I've always needed to know what's going on but now it's a must. PATRICIA CLARKSON I've always read books and loved human behavior since I was ten or twelve years old. Maybe even ... DANE COOK If I talk to a girl, it's assumed that I'm having a scene with her. If I don't, then it&... SHAH RUKH KHAN I always invest my own money in the companies that I create. I don't believe in the whole thing ... ELON MUSK I have always taken care of my body; I'm not a drinker, I've never smoked. And I've alwa... RALPH HALL I don't want to tell your story because you're a insensitive, self-centered moron. I've ... JOEL SCHUMACHER I've always declined to speak about things I don't think are anybody's business, and wha... ANNIE POTTS I'm happy being an actor, it's what I have always wanted to do. I'm just lucky I got to ... CHARLIE HUNNAM The song 'Conceited' on 'There's Something About Remy' was inspired by people al... REMY MA I have some NASA memorabilia from the early Apollo days that I can't imagine parting with. I'... MATTHEW DADDARIO I've always wanted to introduce hip-hop filmmaking to film. There's hip-hop art, dance, musi... 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DAVID SUCHET I've always felt that because I'm from Cleveland, which isn't recognised as a place for ... KID CUDI He's just like my father that way-my father just adored my mother and let her do whatever she wa... JUNE CARTER CASH I'm always aware of writing around things I can't do, and I've come to think that that... GEORGE SAUNDERS I've always wanted to meet Robert Downey, Jr. because I think he's awesome. ELDEN HENSON I'm a Scrabble nut, and I need something to do while I'm travelling. Scrabble keeps me occup... SUZI QUATRO They got rid of bottled water. We got thermoses that say 'Grey's Anatomy Season 4' with ... BROOKE SMITH I always say I've given 24 insufficient performances and I'm looking forward to the time in ... RUSSELL CROWE I want to let you in on a little secret: I don't always feel like I'm a success. That's ... JOYCE MEYER I've been a fan for a long time, and it's a reason I wanted to be a part of it. Now I'm ... YURI LOWENTHAL If I don't play well, then it's not the end of the world, because we all learn in tennis tha... LAURA ROBSON I have an idea for a Godzilla movie that I've always wanted to do. The whole idea of Godzilla... QUENTIN TARANTINO My mother gave me singing lessons; that was totally painful, because I couldn't do what she want... LINDA LAVIN
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ELLEN STOFAN Sometimes the adversities you go through help you become a person you are proud of, and instead of h... ELLEN GREENE Christmas is far and away my favorite holiday. I love everything about it, from the event that inspi... ELLEN HOPKINS What does it mean to be a superhero? We're all fighting for the better good. But, at the same ti... ELLEN WONG I wish I was a teenager in the 1970s. ELLEN PAGE It is lovely, when I forget all birthdays, including my own, to find that somebody remembers me. ELLEN GLASGOW Nothing says holidays, like a cheese log. ELLEN DEGENERES For short term relaxation, I take a hot tub. It's my best way to unblock writers' block, too... ELLEN HOPKINS I think everybody should have the same anger towards the injustice that's happening and the hatr... ELLEN DEGENERES I have sadness in me. I have anger in me. I have heartbreak in me. ELLEN DEGENERES Whatever you define family as, family is just a part of belonging to something that takes care of yo... ELLEN DEGENERES We need more kindness, more compassion, more joy, more laughter. I definitely want to contribute to ... ELLEN DEGENERES I get those fleeting, beautiful moments of inner peace and stillness - and then the other 23 hours a... ELLEN DEGENERES I eat cheese and salami and a lot of fried chicken. I eat a big bag of oatmeal-raisin cookies every ... ELLEN BARKIN If we're destroying our trees and destroying our environment and hurting animals and hurting one... ELLEN DEGENERES The abundance of cheap food with low nutritional value in the Western diet has wreaked havoc on our ... ELLEN GUSTAFSON Here are the values that I stand for: honesty, equality, kindness, compassion, treating people the w... ELLEN DEGENERES It's our challenges and obstacles that give us layers of depth and make us interesting. Are they... ELLEN DEGENERES I have very poor eyesight, and I can't imagine a world without my glasses or contacts. ELLEN HOLLMAN For one thing, I don't think art needs to be about suffering; sometimes it really seems like it&... ELLEN FORNEY Things will get easier, people's minds will change, and you should be alive to see it. ELLEN DEGENERES We have to ask, 'How can we break a huge challenge like sending humans to Mars into a series of ... ELLEN STOFAN So often survivors have had their experiences denied, trivialized, or distorted. Writing is an impor... ELLEN BASS When I was at 'Newsweek' magazine - which, you know, this really sounds like I walked four m... ELLEN GOODMAN I just want to find somebody special, somebody that I click with. ELLEN DEGENERES The woman pastor would often be, especially for women and children, a better minister than the clerg... ELLEN KEY We criticize mothers for closeness. We criticize fathers for distance. How many of us have expected ... ELLEN GOODMAN I was a girl who came into the clubhouse, into the treehouse, with the sign on the door saying, '... ELLEN ULLMAN