I never envisioned being number one for five weeks, knocking Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men off the charts. That's the scariest thing and the greatest thing that ever happened to me.
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Related My first concert was Boyz II Men and Mariah Carey. BRETT YOUNG I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ... KELLY JONES I have a daughter and she's the greatest thing that ever happened to me. She gives me a good exc... MIKE DIRNT That's the best thing that's ever happened to me, bar none, is having grandchildren and livi... HELEN GARNER I have a daughter and she's the greatest thing that ever happened to me. She gives me a good excuse ... MIKE DIRNT I have a daughter and she's the greatest thing that ever happened to me. She gives me a good excuse ... GREEN DAY I wouldn't want it to happen to anyone. It was horrible. It was the scariest thing that's ever happe... HEATHER LEITCH Hitting bottom and hitting it hard was the worst thing that ever happened to me and the best thing t... DAVE RAMSEY The two men had a conversation. Brief, cryptic, to the point. As though they had exchanged numbers a... ARUNDHATI ROY If you really want to torture me, sit me in a room strapped to a chair and put Mariah Carey's re... CAMERON DIAZ He's the best I ever had. And the worst thing that ever happened to me. R.K. LILLEY The best thing that ever happened to me is that nothing happened in writing. I ended up working for ... GEORGE SAUNDERS I was never going to give Mariah Carey any competition. VICTORIA BECKHAM Why would anyone get married and have babies? That's the dumbest idea I've ever heard in my ... AZIZ ANSARI At school, film-making had been the most beautiful thing that ever happened to me. Then I get to L.A... BARRY JENKINS When I worked with Bill Nighy on 'Wrath of the Titans,' he said to me, 'There's one ... LILY JAMES The one thing I will never do is become pigeonholed. VIN DIESEL Being born with a pair of beady eyes was the best thing that ever happened to me. LEE VAN CLEEF It's been quite a roller coaster ride, but I've grown and learned a lot about myself. The gr... CHRISTINA AGUILERA Motherhood is the greatest thing and the hardest thing. RICKI LAKE I never missed a birthday. I never missed a school play. We carpooled. And the greatest compliment I... BILLY CRYSTAL Staring down the barrel of a gun is the scariest thing you could ever experience. It's not funny... CHRISTINA MILIAN We have tears in our eyes As we wave our goodbyes, We so loved being with you, we three. ROALD DAHL All of my lyrics are based on the one thing that's never failed me, and that's the Word of G... YOLANDA ADAMS 'Taxi Driver' was the best thing that ever happened to me, and I didn't become a weirdo ... JODIE FOSTER I am not worthy to be on a Mariah Carey record. She's a true artist, so I just step back and wat... NICK CANNON The parents love this. They think this is the greatest thing that has ever happened. CINDY LIZZA Some years I'm the coolest thing that ever happened, and then the next year everyone's so ov... CHER My way of connecting to the community that I imagined was out there somewhere for me, but wasn't... LIV BRUCE The one thing we can never get enough of is love. And the one thing we never give enough is love. HENRY MILLER Apart from death and taxes, the one thing that's certain in this life is that I'll never be ... BRUCE DICKINSON I'm the greatest thing that ever lived! I'm the king of the world! I'm a bad man. I'... MUHAMMAD ALI Change is the one thing we can be sure of. NAOMI JUDD The one thing that matters is the effort. ANTOINE DE SAINT-EXUPERY I've always been a big fan of Mariah Carey. I think it's her personality. As much as she has... JESSICA MAUBOY People expect you to change when you become a mother, and of course my priorities changed when I had... IMELDA MAY I had one girl tell me last night that I'm the greatest thing ever, that she wants to aspire to ... CARLI LLOYD I always admired Ray Kroc, the man who invented McDonald's. Ray had a vision of the most commonp... DAVID LEE ROTH I got a lot of support from my parents. That's the one thing I always appreciated. They didn'... JIM CARREY I've been working so hard, I'm about to have a Mariah Carey. USHER He brought out the worst in me, and was the best thing that ever happened to me. COCO J. GINGER It's intense having twins. There's no way to prepare for it, but it's been... the greate... JOHNNY MESSNER Honestly, I feel like everything in life happens for a reason, and my son has been the greatest gift... CIARA That went to number one in the charts and really catapulted me into the big league. TIM LAWS I think one of the worst things that happened to me was, you know, my voluntary fallout with my fath... STEVEN SPIELBERG I've tried singing like somebody else, and it never worked for me. The only thing that has ever ... TAMAR BRAXTON I feel that everyone has a Hulk inside, and each of our Hulks is both scary and, potentially, pleasu... ANG LEE Knots Landing is the best thing that ever happened to me. TED SHACKELFORD I'm shooting in Brooklyn, we've got all kinds of crap going on, and I'm all alone now in... DANNY DEVITO I'm not saying I'm wealthy. The best thing that ever happened to me in that context was turn... DAVID MILCH That was the worst thing that had ever happened to me. I'd pace back and forth watching the team wre... JOEY SEVERINO My daughter's the greatest thing that's happened to me in my life and she turned me into a m... ADAM ANT I love Mariah Carey. Remember the breakdown? I loved the breakdown. KATHY GRIFFIN The one thing I can assure you is that I'm not going to do a Prescott. DAVID TRIMBLE Here is one fact 1 minute to finish the class, 1 day to die, one day behind that fact, one day in th... DEYTH BANGER Ya know, I always admired Ray Kroc, the man who invented McDonald's. Ray had a vision of the mos... DAVID LEE ROTH I cannot hold a grudge against Mariah Carey. What people don't understand is that I've looke... NICKI MINAJ I love Alicia Keys, Chris Brown, Usher, Mariah Carey... all that stuff. NORMANI KORDEI I find that the very things that I get criticized for, which is usually being different and just doi... SHANIA TWAIN Being a mother has been my greatest teacher and also the most self-sacrificing thing I've ever d... KATEY SAGAL Sigh no more, ladies, sigh no more, Men were deceivers ever,— One foot in sea and one on shore, To... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE A lot has changed for me. My life has improved. It's not only children, but the relationship with my... ROMAN POLANSKI My motivation and aspiration is the same, being number one or being number five. So that's the t... RAFAEL NADAL I think sometimes there is no right thing. ROSAMUND HODGE If there is one thing that makes me unique, it's that I riff a lot. T. J. MILLER The three-peat has never been attempted, ever, and for me, I think it will add to my legendary statu... USAIN BOLT I feel so honored to be able to say "What I do is for my son" without that being an excuse to do stu... C. JOYBELL C. You’re the purest, most genuine thing that ever happened to me.- Caleb L. DUARTE You're the best thing that ever happened to me, Dawson Kellor " -Stripped JASINDA WILDER Well, lo and behold, the greatest thing that ever happened in my life, a month later Alvin Cooperman... RICHARD FOREMAN I admit that the direct model has done a lot for Dell. That's the only thing the company has eve... ECKHARD PFEIFFER [The show is the] best thing that's ever happened to me, ... I'm not cursed with that stigma of bein... CONSTANTINE MAROULIS I was always into things like Boyz II Men and boy bands, and then I got into Radiohead and alt-rock. ST. LUCIA When Joe locked me up for 21 days, it was the best thing that ever happened to me. ANTHONY MOORE The one thing you can control is effort. MALIK JACKSON Curiosity is the one thing invincible in Nature. FREYA STARK The one thing you can't do when you're highly ranked is relax. WILLIAM FLOYD 'A Walk to Remember' was a huge movie for me. I thought Mandy Moore was the coolest thing th... BRITT ROBERTSON In Malaysia, we have a lot of divas, like Whitney Houston, Mariah Carey singers. And they were all s... YUNA I'd just recorded it in Mariah Carey's studio. THey thought the song was perfect for Nina, b... DELTA GOODREM That was the scariest ... thing I've ever done in my life. I'm lucky I'm alive. DANNY WAY First thing I said to him was, 'LeBron, you know this is true. We had five good years and one ba... DAN GILBERT Some people say I've got a five-octave range, which is ridiculous. That would mean I'd sing ... MIKA The Doctor: [aiming gun at the ceiling] Didn't anyone ever tell you? There's one thing you never put... STEVEN MOFFAT If I had to pick one scary movie, I'd go with John Carpenter's 'The Thing.' That'... DREW GODDARD I was told at first that being different was a bad thing. Everywhere I went, it was just, 'You... LINDSEY STIRLING Singing is my passion, regardless of anything else that I've ever done. That's the one thing... ALEX NEWELL I've always looked up to Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey for their outstanding vocal performanc... JESSICA MAUBOY I read a lot of comic books and any kind of thing I could find. One day, a teacher found me. She gra... WALTER DEAN MYERS You just try to absorb as much as you can from someone who has won as many races and championships a... LARRY DIXON I know this because the worst has happened. The thing I can’t live with… has happened. And for a... BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS always sound like Mariah Carey. STEVEN PAGE always sounds like Mariah Carey. STEVEN PAGE Even after the dehadhyas (the belief that 'I am the body') has gone, people will say, "I saw you eat... DADA BHAGWAN The number one thing I've been doing is being daddy. AUSTIN PECK I have met so many heartbroken men. It's a catastrophe. 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SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL Civilisation will not last, freedom will not survive, peace will not be kept, unless a very large ma... SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL Judged by every standard which history has applied to Governments, the Soviet Government of Russia i... SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL I cannot forecast to you the action of Russia. It is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma;... SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL