I think being an artist, or just being creative, or imaginative, or aware, where I think everybody starts out, and by about the age of 10, that's been pretty effectively whipped out by education.
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GUY BERRYMAN In regard to music, I just think that it's always best to have an attitude of being a perpetual ... DAVID SANBORN When I think of my version of a role model, it's not about being the perfect Samaritan; it's... ZOE KRAVITZ I think we can topple the patriarchy by using our voices to speak out against things that aren't... JESSICA WILLIAMS I grew up around hip-hop so I didn't think it was about being cool or being black or being white... CHAD HUGO I wrote 'Hereafter' quickly and without mapping it out too much or being too schematic. As a... PETER MORGAN I think I have an inner confidence that my tastes are pretty simple, that what I find funny finds a ... ROWAN ATKINSON I think where men are credited for being strong, women are divas. I just think it's such a cop o... NATALIE IMBRUGLIA I'm kind of floating out there as an artist. I'm in a safe place where I can play a girlfrie... NICOLE ARI PARKER Now a movie goes out to two, three thousand theaters and by Friday night at 10 o'clock they know... MARK RYDELL It's rare to see women in a film who are not somehow validated by a male or discussing a male or... DAKOTA FANNING I've never been all that interested or aware of what people are thinking about me or saying abou... EDIE FALCO Looking out over the port of Dover, with the endless steam of boats coming in and out, every British... JULIAN BAGGINI We confess our bad qualities to others out of fear of appearing naive or ridiculous by not being awa... GERALD BRENAN We confess our bad qualities to others out of fear of appearing naive or ridiculous by not being awa... GERALD BRENAN I think you're a good person or a todd by the age of eight. BRUCE ROBINSON I don't think I want to transition into being a recording artist for the rest of my life or anyt... LAURA OSNES I grew up around hip-hop so I didn't think it was about being cool or being black or being white or ... CHAD HUGO I've never particularly liked travelling with large groups or being told where to go by somebody... MICHAEL PALIN I didn't particularly appreciate it. Not being aware of it, I didn't think about it one way or the o... CRAIG MORTON I've been hounded by a reputation of being difficult when really what I'm being is truthful ... GABRIELLE ANWAR The idea of being a painter, I've always thought, is better than being an artist or a sculptor. DAMIEN HIRST With my friends in Brooklyn, many of them started out as artists. I saw many of these friends move i... KATE CHRISTENSEN I think there's a time to work, and everyone has to kind of adjust. And then there's a time ... VANESSA WILLIAMS Well, I think that part of being young is not exactly knowing why you do some of the things that you... STEPHEN CHBOSKY Being a sci-fi geek, it was just lovely to be on a show where I pretend I'm in outer space. That... MING-NA WEN Stephen King, by far, is the standard-bearer. I think anyone who writes suspense fiction and says th... MICHAEL KORYTA I would like to be known for honest, relatable writing and stories that that are real. There's j... CAM I think that plays are probably the most personal, because it's just me in charge, but sometimes... DAVID HENRY HWANG I think he's being pushed out or made a scapegoat, ... That is, that the president feels he's got to... STANSFIELD TURNER Well, I couldn't do the day-to-day stuff of being a politician or anything, but I just think everybo... TOBY KEITH The story about GE that hasn't been told is the value of an informal place. I think it's a b... JACK WELCH I think everybody has been coming out, playing their game, just contributing when they can, hitting ... COREY ROUSE Relevance, for me, is about being creative and doing things that you believe in, whether that's ... LARRY MULLEN, JR. Think before acting, you get remembered by people either by being hated or being loved and being hat... SAEED AWAD Women are no longer being defined by where they were born or their colour. That's huge. HANNAH SIMONE The struggle isn't just about being straight or gay or transgender - it's a human struggle. ... BOY GEORGE I don't think an artist should always know why they gravitate toward something or someone. You a... MICKALENE THOMAS Going to basketball games or attending [fund-raising] events in the spring or just being around town... AL GOLDEN The thought of him being around wasn't a pleasant thought, so I think it's a relief for everybody in... DALE HARLOW We stipulate about where we need to be in life: By this age you should be married, by this age you s... PAYAL KADAKIA Films don't always tell a story; some films can achieve effect just by being razzle-dazzle or ro... ROBERT REDFORD One becomes a grandfather and one sees the world a little differently. Certainly the world becomes a... C. K. WILLIAMS I think it's really important that people become aware of the amount, the mass of animals that a... YVONNE STRAHOVSKI You can't sit down and write 300 compositions in a three-month period and think that you're ... JOHN ZORN I feel like there's an obsession with pace right now in theater, with things being very fast and... ANNIE BAKER There's nothing about Lynn Good at age 30 or age 35 that would have said, 'I am setting my s... LYNN GOOD Kids below 10 or 12, I think they just need to learn by playing at golf. Later on, in high school, w... BUBBA WATSON I think of myself as a producer who tries to bring the best out of everyone, whether that be an arti... L.A. REID For me, being with Obama or having dinner with Bill Clinton... it's crazy. It's mind-blowing... JAY-Z I've thought about the idea of, 'Can happiness and creativity co-exist?' So much of what... CONOR OBERST I've always been slightly hesitant about generalizing movies made by men and women being differe... SUSANNE BIER I passionately hate the idea of being with it, I think an artist has always to be out of step with... ORSON WELLES I passionately hate the idea of being with it. I think an artist has always to be out of step with h... ORSON WELLES I passionately hate the idea of being with it, I think an artist has always to be out of step with h... ORSON WELLES I passionately hate the idea of being with it; I think an artist has always to be out of step with h... ORSON WELLES They're one or two goals shy of being a playoff team and a top-10 team, and I think we understand th... JEFF TAMBRONI Letting go of things and not being afraid of being ridiculous or over the top - I think that's t... CHARLOTTE GAINSBOURG I tend to think of stories and books as being for everyone, just with an 'entry reading age'... GARTH NIX My desire to be an artist really came out of being broke and unemployed and incapable of holding a j... GARY HUME I think a liberal arts education isn't necessarily about doing something with your degree; it... SARAH GADON I think that's what all New Zealanders who are fair-minded want - a good chance for everybody to... DAVID CUNLIFFE If all be true that I do think, there are five reasons we should drink: Good wine -- a friend -- or ... HENRY ALDRICH I have spent a good many years since―too many, I think―being ashamed about what I write. I think... STEPHEN KING Being enlightened is just being aware. It's just being aware of something that you weren't a... EDGAR RAMIREZ I'm certainly not 10 pounds away from being an ingenue! Of course I would love to lose 10 pounds... MARISSA JARET WINOKUR I think as an artist or a writer it's OK to want to control your own work. JAMES FREY I've been living the American Dream for over 25 years - just being able to do what I do, be crea... DR. DRE What's so brave about being bald? I've not fought for my country or found the cure for cance... GAIL PORTER It just happened to be woven into the dialogue. I think that's great. It's revolutionary in many way... KEITH BOYKIN I love all insider memoirs. It doesn't matter whether it's truck-drivers or doctors. I think... DAVID MAMET A lot of times I think people, when they're doing a movie that's a family movie, they're... BILL HADER I just love expanding my horizons and growing as an artist. The only way you get to do that is by do... VANESSA HUDGENS In terms of work I've always had a Bad Attitude in that I won't work anywhere which requires... BRAM COHEN I don't think that genius goes hand in hand with being socially inept or being a sociopath or be... HANYA YANAGIHARA Everything I do, whether it's producing or signing an artist, always starts with the songs. When... RICK RUBIN Simplicity - that's what I want. It's been a rare commodity for me for a number of years, bu... JOHNNY DEPP Every time an article is written about me or any of my contemporaries who's had the fortune and ... JOAN COLLINS I write about emotions - falling in and out of love, finding what you want to do, no matter where yo... CECELIA AHERN I'm self-deprecating, but I'm an artist, too. I have to write new songs to chronicle stuff f... STEVE FORBERT Being the 8th out of 10 kids, and being the one that stayed in trouble, I sort of became a momma'... BO JACKSON I'm at the age where I just want to experiment. You know, play a crime investigator one week, a ... LEVEN RAMBIN There's tremendous shame with being bullied. I think there's a level at which you think that... MATT REEVES I wasn't happy with the outcome in Vietnam. Now, I've never said that, but, you know, I'... ALEXANDER HAIG I think, actually, everyone starts out with some strange in them. It's just whether or not you decid... KATHERINE RUNDELL I put a spell on people so they don't know they're working out... An enchanting spell, where... RICHARD SIMMONS I think of science fiction as being part of the great river of imaginative fiction that has flowed t... J. G. BALLARD I think we know too much about actors as it is and their personal lives and it's this informatio... RYAN REYNOLDS I've always been drawn to stories and telling them; whether it was through being a part of theat... ELLEN PAGE Acting is something different to everybody. I just know that if you watch an actor or actress gettin... CAMERON DIAZ I don't subscribe to any particular doctrine or ideology. I just think that there's kind of ... MICHAEL J. FOX My mother approved, my father just didn't accept the idea of my being an actor. I think that's the r... JAMES STEWART
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