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Related I'm not that big a fan of sampling. But I feel like if I'm going to do it, I'm going to ... KID CUDI I'm really a scientist. I follow recipes exactly - until I decide not to. And then I'll foll... INA GARTEN I'm not saying anything to denigrate 'Criminal Minds'; that's a great show. I just d... PAGET BREWSTER If you don't read it, you don't know. I mean, that's why I have a PR team. They read it ... ANNE WOJCICKI Obviously, the easiest recipes are the most successful when it comes to the home cook, because they&... BOBBY FLAY Directing is genderless. The only thing... I love men. I'm not being mean to them, but they can&... LORI PETTY I'm hungrier than all of them. They didn't put in the effort that I did to get the title. So... STIPE MIOCIC I'm fairly certain when I die that the obituary will say, 'Author of 'Angels in America&... TONY KUSHNER Well, I'm not one of those people who needs the limelight. If I'm performing, that's wha... PATTI SMITH I swear my car won't run unless I'm picking my nose: At least, I'm that superstitious ab... ADAM CAROLLA Thinking of that movie 'The Artist'; if anyone ever needed to reach anyone, I'm just thi... EDY GANEM So I don't really have much rivalry, or if there is any, I don't really know anything about ... EMILY BLUNT I'm one of those crazy people, if I'm watching the trailer for a movie and I'm really ex... ADAM DRIVER A lot of people have told me, 'You're not this and so can't play that,' and I can... ANNE HATHAWAY So I won't say I'm lucky. I'm fortunate enough to find or attract very talented people. ... PETER DINKLAGE I've been having these dinner parties at my house in L.A. for years that turn into charades part... WILSON BETHEL I think if you have ability and talent in one way, you have it in all ways. I'm not a jack of al... EVEL KNIEVEL I didn't really know what to expect, but I thought there aren't a lot of rap groups that can... PHIFE DAWG I'm a grown man. You know, I've been in a lot of scrapes, but I never felt like I got so - t... JAMES STOCKDALE When you know what the male species is looking for - 'I'm not into a redhead,' 'I do... PATTI STANGER I'm a child of the Women's Movement. I always believed that I could do anything. That women ... FOXY BROWN The road will be one long, I'm sure at that. So far the real friends are few, but few more challange... DEYTH BANGER I auditioned for 'Revenge Of The Nerds,' and I so did not want the picture. I didn't wan... JAMES CROMWELL I'm honored that I'm in history, but I don't think it would mean anything if it doesn... RAHA MOHARRAK Right now I'm so old that if I had a big gush of money, I don't know what I'd do with it... JACK VANCE I'm tenacious, I think - I know - and I do also have a quality where if you tell me I can't ... ELLEN BARKIN I'm on the road earning my money. I didn't get any million pound record deals. Not unless yo... IMELDA MAY I've definitely become smuttier. When I first started out, I had these aspirations: 'I'm... JACK WHITEHALL I'm missing work. We didn't have enough money for preschool. I had a panic attack. I couldn&... VANESSA DIFFENBAUGH If I'm alone too long I think too much, and I'm not interested in doing that. That won't... LISA MARIE PRESLEY I didn't want to do all of the mags, and we didn't get paid for those shoots - 'Hollyoak... ROXANNE MCKEE I don't do the media because of 'Woo-woo, Julia Butterfly,' as I call it. I'm not in... JULIA BUTTERFLY HILL I didn't really like reading much before I did 'The Golden Compass'. But then my teacher... DAKOTA BLUE RICHARDS I'm not one of those actors who gets so taken by a role that I can't live my life. I'm t... BILLY PORTER I'm so grateful for the marriages that I have had. I wouldn't be who I am today if I hadn... CHERYL TIEGS They say I'm insane because I need to have so much creative control. They say I'm unmanageab... IGGY AZALEA I never felt I had anything to hide. I never felt being gay was anything to be ashamed of, so I neve... MARTINA NAVRATILOVA I don't have one role that I'm particularly fond of doing, and I don't really look for i... MAE WHITMAN I'm not a dark person at all, so those roles are the most challenging. I don't think I'm... CAMILLA BELLE I'm doing naughty things, I'm drinking too much, I'm going to clubs. It really didn'... MACAULAY CULKIN I hate the analyzing thing. People say, 'Why do you think your character did that? I don't k... SAMANTHA MORTON I support an assault weapons ban, and I'll tell you why. We already have one in California, so I... ERIC SWALWELL Guys wake up at your place and they expect breakfast. They don't eat bagels and M&M's in... ELAYNE BOOSLER I'm not on Twitter or Facebook. I've never been interested in being on any of them. I don... HANNAH WARE At any age, we struggle with intimacy. When you're a kid, you think, 'I won't have that ... DAVID FRANKEL Life is short, so I'm knowing exactly where I'm putting my time. I don't want to do thin... MIRA NAIR There are people that really live by doing the right thing, but I don't know what that is, I'... LOUIS C. K. My ability to be emotive and cry... I think I'm so fearful of tapping that that I won't know... ANDREW BREITBART There's so many kids in the world who are told, 'You can't do this, you can't do tha... NATE ROBINSON I don't really read 'business books,' and I didn't think 'The Paradox of Choice&... BARRY SCHWARTZ You know, last season I didn't do anything on the show, so I was frustrated. I mean, don't g... LORRAINE BRACCO I didn't really feel that there were any filler tracks on 'The Red Shoes,' but if I were... KATE BUSH My hats off to anybody filming action, because you get beat up. If I'm going to get the crap kic... JOHN CENA I don't miss the limelight, not at all. I'm just more comfortable out of it. I don't mis... DON MEREDITH I write in the morning - and then I'm always experimenting and tasting recipes for the books. DIANE MOTT DAVIDSON In a way, I'm always trying to do something I'm not qualified to do. So I feel that lack of ... JENNIFER EGAN I can't watch 'Glee' because I get so jealous that I'm not there with them doing it ... JANINA GAVANKAR Once I thought that if I just had enough in the bank, if I had enough fame, that it would be all rig... CHRIS FARLEY I'm an ensemble guy, I guess - that comes from the theater. If I ever won some kind of award som... GARRET DILLAHUNT I don't invest in the stock market. I did it a long, long time ago when I was really young, and ... RUDY GIULIANI I think my greatest victory was every time I walked out there, I gave it everything I had. I left ev... JIMMY CONNORS Acting with someone else, I can't tell how good they are because if I'm doing my job right, ... MATT MCGORRY I've accomplished so many things in basketball. I financially secured my kids' life and thei... ALLEN IVERSON I won't say I didn't like it at the time, the sex, that is, because I wouldn't have let ... CHRISTINE KEELER 'If I Should Love Again' - I was just so impressed with myself writing something like that. ... BARRY MANILOW In elementary school, we all say, 'If you don't have anything nice to say, then don't sa... NICK VUJICIC I can't play soccer, and I'm not a great swimmer. I won't drown, but you won't see m... MICHELLE OBAMA Even in my really bad, drugged-out days, I didn't go away. I still toured, still did interviews.... STEVIE NICKS One of the reasons I'm an actor is because I was no physical specimen as a child. I wasn't a... MICHAEL SHANNON My doctor told me I shouldn't work out until I'm in better shape. I told him, 'All right... STEVEN WRIGHT Sometimes over things that I did, movies that didn't turn out very well - you go, 'Why did y... ROBIN WILLIAMS I was a very special child. I did stand-up comedy. I did it all. My family didn't understand. ... ALESSANDRA TORRESANI I'm an ambitious person. I never consider myself in competition with anyone, and I'm not say... IDRIS ELBA I was a 'Duck Hunt' and 'Mario' guy, and stuff like that. I was never technologicall... GARRETT HEDLUND Everything I'm saying shouldn't be taken so serious. I'm playing, but at the same token,... COMMON I'm tough, I'm pushy, I'm really loud. I used to spend a lot of time thinking about it. ... CHRISTINE QUINN Don't forget, I'm 39. I didn't come here just for the money to impress myself. I'm n... JAROMIR JAGR I'm a great supporter of the European Union. I didn't support entry to the Euro, not because... GORDON BROWN With all the highs and lows I've had in my life, I wouldn't change anything. So no, I don... DAVID COVERDALE I challenged God. I said, 'God, I know that I'm a sinner. I know that I won't probably h... NICK VUJICIC Oh, I can't play soccer, and I'm not a great swimmer. I won't drown, but you won't s... MICHELLE OBAMA I'm an enigma, an unknown. You can't really figure out what I'm going to do next. I like... EMMITT SMITH I'd love to do a comedy. I'm terrified of comedy. I don't think I'm funny, but I gue... JARED PADALECKI I think that there are laughs in all aspects of life. I'm not a planner; stuff comes along and y... JULIE WHITE One should always try to do the best you possibly can. I'm not in a race to the finish line - I ... L'WREN SCOTT If you're going to nap, make sure you have a proper chunk of time blocked out. I'm not one o... J. J. WATT A career is a job you love, right? That's what a career should be. If you're in a job that y... CAMERON SINCLAIR I always felt like I was kind of an outsider because I didn't have the right things. I didn'... LEAH REMINI I don't think because I hang out with enough black people, I'm gonna turn black. What kind o... KHLOE KARDASHIAN Like, if you look at Heidi Montag, who got 10 surgeries she didn't need, I think that's unfo... HOLLY MADISON I'm one of those people who laughs everything off. If I mess up, I just say, 'Ha! Totally di... CHRISTINA GRIMMIE That's why I felt so at home when I went to Africa. It didn't matter that I was halfway arou... HERB RITTS I don't like technology and all that. I'm a farm boy. I would rather live in that time when ... TRAVIS FIMMEL The trouble is, once you say something about a source, then you've pegged it down, and so now I&... MICHAEL HEIZER There's not enough time in each day to really focus enough attention on any one thing, but I'... ALEX GUARNASCHELLI I'm not a big fan of CGI. I'm not a fan at all, unless they use it in a way that doesn't... BILLY CAMPBELL There's just so much love that goes into home cooking, and I think it will really help the Ameri... MING-NA WEN I just play, that's all. When I'm in the field, I always connect with what I'm doing. I ... ADOLFO CAMBIASO I don't really like politics, to be honest. But it's other people making decisions about my ... LAURA RICKETTS I don't remember being a child, and that's why I think I'm so child-like now in my unend... MARIANNE WIGGINS
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JULIA MICHAELS When all this fame first comes, it's like being hit by a giant wave. You panic and think if you ... JULIA ROBERTS I want you to know what I have told Australia's Parliament in Canberra - what I told General Pet... JULIA GILLARD When you first start out, people think this is super easy and you find your crew super quick. But yo... JULIA MICHAELS Somewhat sadly, the survival of many bookstores now depends on selling merchandise other than books. JULIA GLASS I was gonna throw the first pitch at a Mets game, but there was a rain delay. So I'm waiting for... JULIA STILES From what far, heavenly height of hope
Didst thou descend to light our way,
Cleaving with flas... JULIA LARNED I tried Botox one time and was permanently surprised for a couple of months. It was not a cute look ... JULIA ROBERTS We're not doing brain surgery. We're not saving lives... Even if you're doing Shakespear... JULIA STILES when we look up, it widens our horizons. we see what a little speck we are in the universe, so insig... JULIA GREGSON Out of the strain of doing and into the peace of the done. JULIA WOODRUFF A fine memoir is to a fine novel as a well-wrought blanket is to a fancifully embroidered patchwork ... JULIA GLASS Watch over Honoria, will you? See that she doesn’t marry an idiot. JULIA QUINN I am asking you to marry me because I love you,” he said, “because I cannot imagine living my li... JULIA QUINN She had a strange feeling in the pit of her stomach, like when you're swimming and you want to put y... JULIA GREGSON It was the twenty-first of June and Bitsy announced a Summer Solstice party. JULIA FIERRO There were rules among friends, commandments, really, and the most important one was Thou Shalt Not ... JULIA QUINN I bought you something" Willows blurts out. "You bought...What?" Willow closes her eyes fo... JULIA HOBAN The slight that can be conveyed in a glance, in a gracious smile, in a wave of the hand, is often th... JULIA KAVANAGH Hollywood is a place that attracts people with massive holes in their souls. JULIA PHILLIPS I wouldn't do nudity in films. To act with my clothes on is a performance. To act with my clothes of... JULIA ROBERTS In order to create, we draw from our inner well. This inner well, an artistic reservoir, is ideally ... JULIA CAMERON If you are never scared, embarrassed, or hurt, it means you never take chances. JULIA SOUL When your dreams turn to dust, vacuum JULIA CAMERON What's nice about my dating life is that I don't have to leave my house. All I have to do is read th... JULIA ROBERTS What's nice about my dating life is that I don't have to leave my house. All I have to do is read t... JULIA ROBERTS And so Harry became proficient in the task of cleaning up vomit. JULIA QUINN If you go, then I'll miss you.. terribly JULIA HOBAN