I played at Sony, Warner Bros., Universal, Big Machine, Capitol... after I played every one of those places, everyone offered me a record deal. I was just like, 'Who am I? Why do I even deserve this?' There are people busting their butts on Broadway doing this hardcore, playing three hours a night for tips, and I didn't even ask for it.
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LIKE I I always feel like out of every session that I do, whether it's a record session or even a conce... BUDDY DEFRANCO I feel like I am a celebrity for no reason, like people are resentful I didn't have to play bars... CARRIE UNDERWOOD I was offered a series by John Carpenter after I did the movie 'Christine,' and I would'... HARRY DEAN STANTON When I met Michael Jordan on a basketball court at an athletic club - we hooped together in Chicago ... R. KELLY I didn't grow up with Broadway music. My mother played Perry Como, while I listened to Andy Will... DONNY OSMOND I played a lot of football, and I was a goalkeeper, but I didn't really like playing in goal. KATARINA JOHNSON-THOMPSON you weren't mine to begin with. IAIN S. THOMAS I'm a pretty big dork. It's crazy. I'm one of those people who grew up with all kinds of... ANNA KENDRICK When I saw 'Legally Blonde' on Broadway, I rang my agent and said 'I want to be seen for... SHERIDAN SMITH I was trying to be someone for the first part of high school. I was kind of this nerdy kid who didn&... GARRETT CLAYTON I guess I was just always one of those guys who asked those fundamental questions: 'Who am I? Wh... RICHARD LINKLATER Like, that was weird in 'Hamlet 2,' because I played myself there, fully myself, but then I ... ELISABETH SHUE I was really disappointed that Warner Bros. didn't think highly enough of my film or my filmmaki... RICHARD DONNER After 'Rent,' I tried to make a record, and it didn't work out, and it was the Broadway ... IDINA MENZEL All the way on the West Coast, never having seen a Broadway show, it was like, 'They don't w... DAVEED DIGGS I was an only child of a father who loved me deeply, but we didn't play catch, even though I was... CHARLIE ROSE I wrote a song several years ago while I was in college called 'Muscadine Wine.' I really di... SAM HUNT I started by just sitting by the chessboard exploring things. I didn't even have books at first,... MAGNUS CARLSEN I worked on 'Sarah Connor' even longer than 'Firefly.' And I always remembered how g... SUMMER GLAU Am I a car aficionado? No: for me, cars have always been just for transport. I didn't even know ... MICHAEL CAINE I remember when I did 'Mrityudand' there was this big hoo-ha, and people were asking me why ... MADHURI DIXIT I didn't realize until I was older what a huge music fan my daddy really was, and actually that ... ALAN JACKSON I've been doing comedy longer than I haven't been doing comedy, as I was performing for thre... STEVEN WRIGHT I had studied the violin to a certain amount of success. At some point, I realized that I didn't... B. D. WONG I have felt for the last 10 years I have had this battle; I've been fighting so hard to have an ... EMMA WATSON For someone who doesn't even like love stories, I've played an awful lot of lovers. SHAH RUKH KHAN Even though I am a lifelong 'Doctor Who' fan, I've not played him since I was nine. I do... PETER CAPALDI When I was eight or nine, I wrote a new version of 'Peter Pan' for the school play. They did... ARTHUR SMITH I did six internships, even though I was only allowed to do one. I had a paper with my advisor's... GRACE HELBIG There may be a lot of people out there who don't like me who don't even know me. But there a... RICHARD SHERMAN When I first came to New York I was a dancer, and a French record label offered me a recording contr... MADONNA CICCONE When I went to Warner Bros., there was a woman named Bonnie Lee who was an executive who helped me t... TIM BURTON I've always felt like there was a lot of hype around me even when there wasn't. I felt like ... CONOR MCGREGOR If I'd just been interested in record sales, I would have taken one of the deals I was offered a... RICHARD FLEESHMAN I remember the first club we played in San Francisco. There were a lot of people on motorcycles stan... PATTI SMITH Most people know me from 'The Office,' where I played a guy who grunted out three or four wo... DAVID DENMAN 'Die a Happy Man' was one of those that, when I wrote it and sent it to my label, their resp... THOMAS RHETT Right after 'The Wackness' came out, it was a really exciting time, and then it was a bit di... JONATHAN LEVINE It was a very stupid thing to do, I'll admit, but I hardly didn't even know I was doing it. J. D. SALINGER I think my thing is that... I don't know. And that's why I don't wanna sing about 'T... ZARA LARSSON That's why I felt so at home when I went to Africa. It didn't matter that I was halfway arou... HERB RITTS Do you know what I love about hunting? That I am no one in the woods, no one at all. I thought the a... ZLATAN IBRAHIMOVIC But here's the deal: If I were smart, I could figure out curling. If I were even smarter, I coul... BOB SCHIEFFER I've met people who didn't even know there was a Calvin Klein; they thought it was just the ... CALVIN KLEIN After having done this whole slew of press for 'Big Love', now I'll have anxiety dreams ... CHLOE SEVIGNY There are characters that have made me uncomfortable. I did a film called 'Rob Roy,' and I p... BRIAN COX I once pitched this show that was just like 'Quantum Leap,' in terms of the set-up, and I go... ADAM GREEN For a long time, sure, I was letting the pressure of being Rodney King get to me. It ain't easy.... RODNEY KING We need to take care of people that are out there busting their butts trying to make it; that's ... COLE SWINDELL I was at a restaurant in Glasgow, and I was walking down the stairs. A woman passed me and said, ... CAITRIONA BALFE Never have doubted it, even when the plane crash happened. I wasn't mad at God. I just knew that... REBA MCENTIRE I got quite cross when I heard about Emma Thompson adapting 'Sense and Sensibility.' It was ... ANDREW DAVIES I'm active even on bad days; it's tough to pin me down. People ask me if I'm a morning o... BIPASHA BASU I don't want to be disrespectful to people who are incredible at their craft, but the truth is, ... PADDY CONSIDINE I like playing characters that are complex, that are intriguing, that come from left field, that do ... PETE POSTLETHWAITE I didn't know who was on the team, but I saw every eye as I walked down the aisle. It looked lik... AL KALINE I always wanted to be the underdog. For me, as a portrait photographer, it's the kiss of death t... PLATON I didn't start doing graffiti until two years after I got to New York. Jean Michel Basquiat was ... KEITH HARING I could've played basketball, but my mind was on baseball. I didn't know what I was in for. ... ERIC DAVIS I've been a very lucky guy. I played on championship teams. I played for Canada. I've won so... BOBBY ORR I've done a great job at being universal in my stand-up, which is why, for 'Let Me Explain,&... KEVIN HART As I was sitting there, the deejay was playing music and talking over the music, and the kids were g... SYLVIA ROBINSON I never wanted a Guardian Angel. I didn't ask for one. One was assigned to me. MERCEDES MCCAMBRIDGE I didn't know what the hell Charlie Parker was playing... I just liked the way he played. CHARLIE WATTS Even when I was at school, I wanted to be liked by everyone, even the bullies. I didn't like the... ALEX KINGSTON I remember the first time somebody played me Janis Joplin. My friend Donna put on Janis Joplin, and ... SOPHIE B. HAWKINS I played quarterback, and it was a leadership position, and even though I'm doing a solo thing n... SAM HUNT That's why I had to leave Hair on Broadway, because I did it for about a year, and one night I w... BARRY MCGUIRE I really wish that I would have gone to college. Even my son, who's into rap himself, I tell him... BARBARA LYNN I was the first companion to kiss the Doctor. I played Grace Holloway to Paul McGann's Doctor in... DAPHNE ASHBROOK I used to have this superstition where I had to eat steak every night before I played, and my nutrit... MILOS RAONIC People cried nepotism every time I was on the field. But I played for a lot of coaches before I play... JOSH MCDANIELS Playing drums feels like coming home for me. Even during the White Stripes I thought: 'I'll ... JACK WHITE When I studied at Juilliard, I did a lot of pushups and became this diesel machine. I was really big... RUTINA WESLEY I can't help who I am. I'm just doing what I feel like I should do in my heart. If I was wal... EVE When I first started making music, I didn't really know what I was doing. I just wanted to write... JULIANA HATFIELD In countries other than Pakistan - I won't necessarily call them 'Western' - people supp... MALALA YOUSAFZAI
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THOMAS HOBBES Socialism in general has a record of failure so blatant that only an intellectual could ignore or ev... THOMAS SOWELL Many are needed to plant and water what has been planted now that the faith has spread so far and th... THOMAS BECKET I'm a voyeur. I say that with no embarrassment. If I could have a superpower, being invisible wo... THOMAS SCHLAMME A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong gives it a superficial appearance of being right. THOMAS PAINE If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace. THOMAS PAINE I'm lazy but generally task oriented so having a hoop to jump through means eventually I'll ... THOMAS LYNCH Nothing makes us more vulnerable than loneliness, except greed. THOMAS HARRIS It's fascinating that people, there's so many people now who will make judgments based on wh... CLARENCE THOMAS Curiosity is the lust of the mind. THOMAS HOBBES Love and a red rose can't be hid. THOMAS HOLCROFT Imagine a political system so radical as to promise to move more of the poorest 20% of the populatio... THOMAS SOWELL One of the common failings among honorable people is a failure to appreciate how thoroughly dishonor... THOMAS SOWELL The problem isn't that Johnny can't read. The problem isn't even that Johnny can't t... THOMAS SOWELL Much of the social history of the Western world, over the past three decades, has been a history of ... THOMAS SOWELL The word 'racism' is like ketchup. It can be put on practically anything - and demanding evi... THOMAS SOWELL That which we obtain too easily, we esteem too lightly. THOMAS PAINE The strength and power of despotism consists wholly in the fear of resistance. THOMAS PAINE I believe in the equality of man; and I believe that religious duties consist in doing justice, lovi... THOMAS PAINE Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting ... THOMAS PAINE An army of principles can penetrate where an army of soldiers cannot. THOMAS PAINE These are the times that try men's souls. THOMAS PAINE What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly; it is dearness only that gives everything its value... THOMAS PAINE Belief in a cruel God makes a cruel man. THOMAS PAINE There is no such thing as perpetual tranquillity of mind while we live here; because life itself is ... THOMAS HOBBES No man's error becomes his own Law; nor obliges him to persist in it. THOMAS HOBBES Not believing in force is the same as not believing in gravitation. THOMAS HOBBES Sudden glory is the passion which maketh those grimaces called laughter. THOMAS HOBBES Words are the money of fools. THOMAS HOBBES I put for the general inclination of all mankind, a perpetual and restless desire of power after pow... THOMAS HOBBES Man should not consider his material possession his own, but as common to all, so as to share them w... THOMAS AQUINAS God should not be called an individual substance, since the principal of individuation is matter. THOMAS AQUINAS How can we live in harmony? First we need to know we are all madly in love with the same God. THOMAS AQUINAS If, then, you are looking for the way by which you should go, take Christ, because He Himself is the... THOMAS AQUINAS It is clear that he does not pray, who, far from uplifting himself to God, requires that God shall l... THOMAS AQUINAS The test of the artist does not lie in the will with which he goes to work, but in the excellence of... THOMAS AQUINAS Law is nothing other than a certain ordinance of reason for the common good, promulgated by the pers... THOMAS AQUINAS Good can exist without evil, whereas evil cannot exist without good. THOMAS AQUINAS The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. THOMAS PAINE An injured friend is the bitterest of foes. THOMAS JEFFERSON If someone had told me when I was a kid I'd get an ovation from Frank Sinatra! One time, I did a... IRWIN THOMAS I'm not even allowed to sing in the shower at home. Too loud. IRWIN THOMAS I was born into a world where a lot of people who came to the house were performers. IRWIN THOMAS I was always one of those fortunate people who never wanted to be anything other than a singer and a... IRWIN THOMAS People refer to me as 'that 'Love Boat' man.' IRWIN THOMAS I find great beauty in songs with a creative interpretation, but most people generally don't get... IRWIN THOMAS I particularly like Hershey's chocolate - the kind which has almonds in it. IRWIN THOMAS Because I'm shy and a bit quiet, I think people assume I'm an elegant person. IRWIN THOMAS My grandfather was from Aberdare. He was a coal miner who emigrated and then continued mining in Pen... IRWIN THOMAS When people say to me 'what do you think of rap music?' my answer is there's no such thi... IRWIN THOMAS I believe in the players and what I've put together and we'll make it work. ISAIAH THOMAS Larry Brown thought Steve Francis was a Larry Brown type of player. ISAIAH THOMAS All of those things had been talked about, suggested, rumored, as a manager and as a member of the K... ISAIAH THOMAS I'll continue to try to make changes to better improve the team. ISAIAH THOMAS We decided to go the way of trading and getting younger players. ISAIAH THOMAS We were going to have to experiment, and we needed to develop our younger players. And a lot of the ... ISAIAH THOMAS It's been made clear to all of us that a player should never leave the playing field and go into... ISAIAH THOMAS My thought has always been completion. Maybe you have to rebound better, shoot better, hit free thro... ISAIAH THOMAS The type of athletes we draft still need types of versatility on the defense side of the ball, run t... ISAIAH THOMAS It wasn't about the X's and the O's and the strategy; it was more about keeping 12 guys ... ISAIAH THOMAS Everybody wants to be perfect. ISAIAH THOMAS You're always at war with the guy on the other bench. You pick up their patterns. That's wha... ISAIAH THOMAS I love what I'm doing. ISAIAH THOMAS You have to develop your whole game to completion. ISAIAH THOMAS It was important to me to believe, because if I don't believe, how can I expect them to believe? ISAIAH THOMAS It's hard to get people to overcome the thought that they have to take care of themselves first.... ISAIAH THOMAS My greatest gift that I have in life is basketball. ISAIAH THOMAS Titles are but nicknames, and every nickname is a title. THOMAS PAINE Capitalism knows only one color: that color is green; all else is necessarily subservient to it, hen... THOMAS SOWELL A coward is much more exposed to quarrels than a man of spirit. 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THOMAS HOBBES You never enjoy the world aright, till the sea itself floweth in your veins, till you are clothed wi... THOMAS TRAHERNE The most successful war seldom pays for its losses. THOMAS JEFFERSON The second office in the government is honorable and easy; the first is but a splendid misery. THOMAS JEFFERSON Difference of opinion is advantageous in religion. The several sects perform the office of a Censor ... THOMAS JEFFERSON So confident am I in the intentions, as well as wisdom, of the government, that I shall always be sa... THOMAS JEFFERSON I abhor war and view it as the greatest scourge of mankind. THOMAS JEFFERSON We are not to expect to be translated from despotism to liberty in a featherbed. THOMAS JEFFERSON There is not a sprig of grass that shoots uninteresting to me. THOMAS JEFFERSON When we get piled upon one another in large cities, as in Europe, we shall become as corrupt as Euro... THOMAS JEFFERSON Where the press is free and every man able to read, all is safe. 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