I often don't say things out loud, even when I should. I contain and compartmentalize to a disturbing degree: In my belly-basement are hundreds of bottles of rage, despair, fear, but you'd never guess from looking at me.
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Related He gestured at me. “That’s Belly.” “Belly?” she repeated. “Yup. She’s my gir... JENNY HAN Take me to the height where success would seek my help to succeed! I ARE I've never been particularly good at explaining or even understanding what this sort of rage is ... JASON ROBERT BROWN I dont believe in learning from other peoples pictures. I think you should learn from your own inter... ORSON WELLES i dont like when people say you know when they are in the middle of telling you something to me it g... DALLY SALAD I hate even the idea of a synopsis. When stories are really working, when you're providing subte... SHANE CARRUTH Para Amy, o amor era como drogas, álcool e pornografia: não havia limite. Cada exposiçao precisav... GILLIAN FLYNN I wonder if some part of me knew what was waiting for me. That I would never be a gentle grower of t... SARAH J. MAAS I never brought it up when I coached, but I have close ties at Ohio State. Unfortunately, I even hav... BO SCHEMBECHLER I don't know if I have a favorite color. KATE MIDDLETON It's very special having a new little girl. KATE MIDDLETON I guess they asked me because I am getting my masters degree in business at the New York Institute o... ALLISON BAVER Due to my work as a musician, songwriter, recording artist and author, hundreds of people stream in ... DAN HILL I've often entertained paranoid suspicions about my fridge and what it's been doing to my po... GEORGE MURRAY Our greatest fear as individuals & as a church should not be of failure, but of suceeding at thi... FRANCIS CHAN People didn't like me; I was loud and aggressive. People can take it from a 42-year-old, but whe... ARIEL LEVY But when I played Woodstock, I'll never forget that moment looking out over the hundreds of thou... EDGAR WINTER You cant live champagne life,if you cant buy beer. I DONT KNOW I painted stars and the moon and clouds and just endless, dark sky.” I finished the sixth, and was... SARAH J. MAAS Dont judge me, for i am too complex that you would assume insanity, but in reality i am all what you... AMIR RIVEROLL Shame often causes me to hide my mistakes from others. But really, when I make a mistake, I should m... SHARON WEIL I had to feign interest in all this nonsense until I could ask when I could come over and sit on his... CHELSEA HANDLER But I don’t panic. I don’t bolt like a frightened gazelle. I am more than the sum of my fear. It... RICK YANCEY A part of me understands why a mother is equally proud of all her children, but that little boy insi... LUKAS FORCHHAMMER Music is my way out. I keep things locked up and never say anything. I guess in order to say somethi... FLORENCE WELCH In the midst of my despair
I find myself frantically looking for any flicker of light
Even if it com... ANGELA PORISKY Should I worship Him from fear of hell, may I be cast into it. Should I serve Him from desire of gai... SADHU SUNDAR SINGH I can't account for Beth at all, ... I would not say in any of my books that things have gotten away... JOAN BARFOOT When I drive to work, I listen to thuggish rap at a very loud volume, even though the lyrics are deg... ROXANE GAY Every now and then, someone will tell me that one of my books has made them laugh out loud. I never ... MARY ROACH Milk and cookies, anyone?" Elliot reappears from the kitchen with a large platter of chocolate chip ... STACEY BALLIS I was never too much into school. I liked lunchtimes and breaks, but nah, I hated sitting at a desk.... GARETH BALE I have often been downcast but never in despair; I regard our hiding as a dangerous adventure, roman... ANNE FRANK Since my boyhood, I have sought always to please, but out of a kindness in me, never out of fear or ... BEN HECHT I don't think it's a sad commentary on society. We're just inundated with tragedies. I guess it's a ... LARRY GREENE I'm fairly introverted, but when I do stuff like a Maxim shoot, there's a side of me I call ... ERICA DURANCE I guess we're just in an indefinite holding pattern, ... It's about Chris Carter and Fox coming to t... DAVID DUCHOVNY I guess writing is a kind of therapy in the sense that there are things you need to say and you say ... HANIF KUREISHI i want to be the best i can be but when i cant i'll try my best to achieve my goal my goals in life ... DALLY SALAD Should doubt knock at your doorway, just say to those skeptical, disturbing, rebellious thoughts, I ... THOMAS S. MONSON I love to run. When the weather's bad, I should get on the treadmill in the basement gym of my a... TOM RILEY I guess what I'm trying to say is that you are there, in everything I am, in everything I've ever do... NICHOLAS SPARKS It's all to do with the training: you can do a lot if you're properly trained. QUEEN ELIZABETH II Like all best families, we have our share of eccentricities, of impetuous and wayward youngsters and... QUEEN ELIZABETH II My husband has quite simply been my strength and stay all these years, and I owe him a debt greater ... QUEEN ELIZABETH II It is easy enough to define what the Commonwealth is not. Indeed this is quite a popular pastime. QUEEN ELIZABETH II I have to be seen to be believed. QUEEN ELIZABETH II I have in sincerity pledged myself to your service, as so many of you are pledged to mine. Throughou... QUEEN ELIZABETH II I hope that tomorrow we can all, wherever we are, join in expressing our grief at Diana's loss, ... QUEEN ELIZABETH II I myself prefer my New Zealand eggs for breakfast. QUEEN ELIZABETH II The British constitution has always been puzzling and always will be. QUEEN ELIZABETH II I have behind me not only the splendid traditions and the annals of more than a thousand years but t... QUEEN ELIZABETH II To what greater inspiration and counsel can we turn than to the imperishable truth to be found in th... QUEEN ELIZABETH II What were once only hopes for the future have now come to pass; it is almost exactly 13 years since ... QUEEN ELIZABETH II First, I want to pay tribute to Diana myself. She was an exceptional and gifted human being. In good... QUEEN ELIZABETH II I cannot lead you into battle. I do not give you laws or administer justice but I can do something e... QUEEN ELIZABETH II To all those who have suffered as a consequence of our troubled past I extend my sincere thoughts an... QUEEN ELIZABETH II Grief is the price we pay for love. QUEEN ELIZABETH II The upward course of a nation's history is due in the long run to the soundness of heart of its ... QUEEN ELIZABETH II At its heart, engineering is about using science to find creative, practical solutions. It is a nobl... QUEEN ELIZABETH II At Christmas, I am always struck by how the spirit of togetherness lies also at the heart of the Chr... QUEEN ELIZABETH II For many, Christmas is also a time for coming together. But for others, service will come first. QUEEN ELIZABETH II The lessons from the peace process are clear; whatever life throws at us, our individual responses w... QUEEN ELIZABETH II I declare before you all that my whole life, whether it be long or short, shall be devoted to your s... QUEEN ELIZABETH II Therefore I am sure that this, my Coronation, is not the symbol of a power and a splendor that are g... QUEEN ELIZABETH II We lost the American colonies because we lacked the statesmanship to know the right time and the man... QUEEN ELIZABETH II Madam President, speaking here in Dublin Castle it is impossible to ignore the weight of history, as... QUEEN ELIZABETH II These wretched babies don't come until they are ready. QUEEN ELIZABETH II I know of no single formula for success. But over the years I have observed that some attributes of ... QUEEN ELIZABETH II The events that I have attended to mark my Diamond Jubilee have been a humbling experience. It has t... QUEEN ELIZABETH II In remembering the appalling suffering of war on both sides, we recognise how precious is the peace ... QUEEN ELIZABETH II Like all the best families, we have our share of eccentricities, of impetuous and wayward youngsters... QUEEN ELIZABETH II No one who knew Diana will ever forget her. Millions of others who never met her, but felt they knew... QUEEN ELIZABETH II I have been aware all the time that my peoples, spread far and wide throughout every continent and o... QUEEN ELIZABETH II It's always frustrating, but I just looked at it as ... it actually helped me out as a player, ... I... CHRIS BAKER One of the most terrifying things I fear is not my potential, but how much regret I’ll die with sh... CRAIG D. LOUNSBROUGH One of my biggest superstitions is to never speak about the future out loud. Let's just say I go... STEVEN BLUM I suppose I've always done my share of crying, especially when there's no other way to conta... RAY CHARLES I am not a fool. I am wise. I will run from my fear, I will outdistance my fear, then I will hide fr... MARK Z. DANIELEWSKI People say a lot of hurtful things, but in a way, the abuse that I endured from my husband prepared ... LA'PORSHA RENAE When I got the second goal, I knew I had 100 goals so one of my teammates, Gillian Apps, grabbed the... HAYLEY WICKENHEISER On my second swim at Deception Island, the water was very clear and I was looking at hundreds of wha... LEWIS GORDON PUGH When I think it's my 20th year, really I guess looking up at the wall and looking at the pictures, I... JOYCE COMPTON Say this out loud: "I am a certified champion by birthright. My certificate of life gives me the rig... JOHN DI LEMME I write because I'm afraid to say some things out loud. GORDON ATKINSON When I was out looking at different degrees, I felt it was the best degree to prepare me for any typ... CHARLES BULLOCK My mother was totally different from the mothers of my friends. She would never separate from me. In... CHANTAL AKERMAN I'm lucky enough that there is never a blank canvas in front of me, ... I have hundreds of projects ... GEORGE LUCAS Ballet found me, I guess you could say. I was discovered by a teacher in middle school. I always dan... MISTY COPELAND I'd love a werebear. But I guess you need that seductive element of danger. And though bears can... KANDYSE MCCLURE We'll sort of get over the marriage first and then maybe look at the kids. But obviously we want... PRINCE WILLIAM Family is the most important thing in the world. PRINCESS DIANA You philosophers are lucky men. You write on paper and paper is patient. Unfortunate Empress that I ... CATHERINE THE GREAT With the right help, children have a good chance of overcoming their issues while they are still you... KATE MIDDLETON As iron sharpens iron, so a friend sharpens a friend. KING SOLOMON I don't mind a big fascinator. I think there is more scope for artwork in a fascinator rather th... ZARA PHILLIPS I was always told from the hat-makers that you should have your hair up because it shows the hat mor... ZARA PHILLIPS I don't think I'll still be riding at 40. There are a couple of people who are still riding ... ZARA PHILLIPS My dad's not a big talker. ZARA PHILLIPS My dad can be pretty critical sometimes. ZARA PHILLIPS
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My favorite summertime hobby was stunning ants and feeding them to spi... GILLIAN FLYNN I felt a queasy mixture of relief and horror: when you finally stop an itch and realize it’s becau... GILLIAN FLYNN I'm definitely much more of a beach bunny. I prefer the sun over the snow. GILLIAN ZINSER I am trying to break free from my stripes addiction, but the pull is strong! I need help buying non-... GILLIAN JACOBS A lot of my friends are guys, so I'm used to bro antics. GILLIAN JACOBS Just as sure as each knot on a fisherman's net does not physically connect so far as each knot forms... GILLIAN DUCE Love reached across space and time to find you. You are the smile of a million stars. GILLIAN DUCE I know other actors who are relieved when their shows get cancelled, and I've never felt that wa... GILLIAN JACOBS I've always thought - and I don't even know if I'd be right for the part - that Jean Seb... 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