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Related I don't want to play myself up as a hero, because it would make me unbelievable. I'd rather ... HARVEY PEKAR I'm a huge NASCAR fan, but I'm not a gearhead. I've never been into fixing cars. It'... LARRY THE CABLE GUY I really don't care what people think of me. I've got my family. I've got my friends. Ye... CHRIS KYLE It's never been an issue for me - I don't want to go on a diet, I don't want to eat a Ca... ADELE Listen, I've been pretty fortunate. And if I've been underrated, it's actually been some... BRAD PITT There have been times when I've been asked to do things and I've thought, 'This is great... BILLY CAMPBELL Advice from my experience, for me, I've never taken no as an answer, I don't believe in that... ROMAN REIGNS It has been hard for me in a sense because from an industry point of view - I don't care if I... OLLY MURS I wouldn't have become an engineer, I wouldn't have done what I did, had a hand not been hel... MICHAEL LEE-CHIN I'm just going to be myself; there's no reason for me to try and go out there and put a cert... PAIGE VANZANT If I've been dating someone for, say, five months, and she cheats on me, I don't think it wo... AVAN JOGIA I don't follow fashion. I need people to style me because I'm pretty clueless about it and I... MEGAN FOX I don't know if you know you're funny, but you enjoy being funny. I know I'm funny becau... GREG BEHRENDT Also I just think I've been lucky enough to have great parents, and I've had good people aro... DANIEL RADCLIFFE I don't go around thinking I'm attractive or not attractive. It has never occurred to me. Pe... MELVYN BRAGG If people don't like me for whatever I do, for being me, then that's too bad. I don't wa... VANESSA HUDGENS I've had trouble being in relationships and writing. This has been a real problem for me. I don&... LUCINDA WILLIAMS The one thing I seek above all else is understanding. Sometimes I'm so frustrated and I don'... JUSTIN GUARINI I don't find it uncomfortable that I'm recognized and liked by so many people. If that were ... SONG HYE-KYO I don't care if people think I'm gay. I know I'm not, so it doesn't bother me. ADAM GARCIA I don't necessarily want to know what people are saying when I'm not around, especially if i... LAURA VANDERVOORT I'm not a pretty person. I don't like pretty, so I don't feel badly. Most of the world i... IRIS APFEL I'm not a big prank guy, because I don't like them done to me. I've been on movies sets ... TERRY CREWS I just want to make music, I don't want people to talk about me. All I've ever wanted to do ... ADELE It kills me to lose. If I'm a troublemaker, and I don't think that my temper makes me one, t... JACKIE ROBINSON I'm a pretty tough guy, you know. I'm a pretty hard man. I've got a lot of compassion, b... ANTHONY HOPKINS I think that I come off as, 'Nothing bothers me, I don't care! I'm funny and sassy.'... LAURA BENANTI I've never played a gay character on screen, so that would be interesting. I've never played... EDDIE MARSAN I'm not a cheater, but if I win Olympic gold and people are looking at me and saying I am a chea... ADAM PEATY I think it would be difficult to argue that I'm a net-negative for womankind. I've tried pre... ARIEL LEVY Every one and every single time is different, and I didn't have C-sections, which I don't kn... MONICA POTTER I don't know what it is about me that gets cast in specific roles. Some people would say, 'Y... GRACE PARK I believe I deserve everything that could maybe happen. And I don't think that's a cocky thi... CHARLI XCX It sounds kind of stupid, but I've never not wanted to be a musician. It's been inside me si... ZOLA JESUS It never crossed my mind to be a director, and I'll tell you why: because I'm a woman. It ju... PATRICIA RIGGEN Don't pity me now, don't pity me never; I'm going to do nothing for ever and ever. JAMES AGATE We've been asked to do 'Playboy' together, me and Victoria, as a pair. I don't think... DAVID BECKHAM Why try to fit in when you were born to stand out?” “I’m nothing special. I’m drowning,” I... IF I WAKE I’d scream, but I have no voice. The bullies stole it from me IF I WAKE You said I don’t exist in one life. What if each of these lives are designed to teach you a lesson... IF I WAKE I’m William James Carter. My friends call me Will,” he says. “I’m Lucy Janette Phillips,” ... IF I WAKE She has a long journey ahead of her. She doesn’t need to hear she will lose before she even begins IF I WAKE I'm elected. I don't report to any politician. I report to the people. If I had to report to... JOE ARPAIO I feel angry that I can't be hypnotized. I'm not putting it down, and I'm not saying tha... THEODORE STURGEON I was quite a successful evangelist. I've had people write to me and say, 'Gee, I'm a Ch... DANIEL EVERETT Don't get me wrong, I'm very good, I'm a loyal person and I would never treat anyone bad... KIERSTON WAREING I don't know if I particularly want to be remembered for anything. I personally do not think I... EDMUND HILLARY I have to make sure that I don't silence myself about the things that I believe in, because some... KERRY WASHINGTON There are many people who probably don't agree with my acting, and it should be that way: they d... ALIA BHATT I'm lucky my wife is a strong woman. She's one of the stronger people I've ever met. It&... DARIUS RUCKER I've always done method acting. I'm a method actor, and I've done that for years. I neve... JESSICA WHITE Luck? I don't know anything about luck. I've never banked on it and I'm afraid of people... LUCILLE BALL I don't need no stool and mike stand. I don't need all of that to be funny. I've been fu... TRACY MORGAN I was very lucky because Tim Burton really gave me a career. I don't think Hollywood would'v... WINONA RYDER I'm surrounded by nothing but great people. I've been blessed with that, so really, I've... TIM DUNCAN It's hard because I seek out strong female roles. I turn down a lot of stuff, not because it'... GINA HOLDEN I don't know if I'm selfless - I still want to make a great record. I want to make a hit rec... LADY GAGA I've always avoided publicity. I've never been good copy at any stage of my life. I don'... CHUCK NOLL Never forget me, because if I thought you would, I'd never leave. A. A. MILNE People keep asking me if I'm watching our rivals' games in the Premier League, but I'm u... JAMIE VARDY I have no deep-seated desire to be famous; that's not what's driving me, so if it's some... CAM I'm not on Twitter or Facebook. I've never been interested in being on any of them. I don... HANNAH WARE I've never been married, but I tell people I'm divorced so they won't think something is... ELAYNE BOOSLER I won't look online. The whole fan thing makes me self-conscious, which is not to say I don'... DAVID DUCHOVNY People might think I'm very hard, what with my black make-up, my hair over my eyes, etc. My inno... CARINE ROITFELD I don't think I've done any profound work yet... People ask me, 'How would you want to b... BIPASHA BASU I've always been able to cook Italian food. That's in my blood because I'm half Sicilian... JEN LANCASTER I don't know what people who I've never met think about me. Some have written horrible thing... BEN ELTON Hey, it's been a great ride for me, a great life. Everything I have I owe to baseball. Baseball ... DON ZIMMER My skin still crawls if you call me a movie star. I get embarrassed. I think, don't be ridiculou... KATE WINSLET I would rather people take me as straightforward and not have to wonder if I'm kidding or not. B... CHARLES GRODIN I'm going to be true to what I want to do, because if I care what people think about me, I'm... DONNY OSMOND I've actually got turned down for a lot of roles because I'm not bubbly enough. People have ... EMILY BROWNING I don't like people lying to me. I don't like people who don't return my calls. I don... DAN AYKROYD Everything I've been through, everything I'm about to go through in my career and my life, i... KARL MALONE I have a fierce temper. I've mastered it over the years, but when I'm angry, no one can forc... LATA MANGESHKAR I'm not particularly needy, and I'm not particularly anxious. I don't look for a directo... CATE BLANCHETT I don't know what drives me, I don't have a clue, but I'm driven more today than I ever ... VINCE MCMAHON Actors, I don't think, ever really grow up. I'm hoping that that rejuvenating process applie... DEREK JACOBI I stand up for what I believe. I don't know if it's always paid off for me, because I've... KEVIN COSTNER I'm not - I'm not a person looking for money. I have no political ambitions whatsoever. I do... CARL PALADINO Knowing that I'm not a model and I'm never going to be has relieved me of the pressure of lo... CHARLIE DAY I don't see myself as beautiful, because I can see a lot of flaws. People have really odd opinio... ANGELINA JOLIE I am the biggest klutz on set. I honestly don't think I have ever been as klutzy as when I'm... LAURA MARANO I'm of the mindset that most people who have kids are, which is, 'Hey, I want another me. I ... DAVID CROSS I've never been adamant about joining Twitter; I have nothing against it; I'm not one of tho... DREW VAN ACKER If you stuck me in a room and gave me art-making tools but told me no one would ever see the results... AMANDA PALMER No, I love it at Chelsea. I've been here since I was 14, and I'm 28 now. All my friends are ... JOHN TERRY One of the most talented, smartest people happens to be my wife, so I can get great advice from her.... DAVE GOLDBERG I have never had a social life, don't ever want one because it's boring. I'm just not ve... DANIEL JOHNS I don't care what people think of me, unless they think I'm mean or something, but I don'... SIA I don't like to be me. I'm not so comfortable being me on screen because then I'd be a p... AARON JOHNSON I have never been offended. I don't know what it means. It's not that I disagree with it. I ... MILO YIANNOPOULOS I don't think I've ever been in love, I'm sure I will be some day. I've had enormous... NATALIE PORTMAN I've been hit hard a few times, been hit really hard a few times, but I don't think I've... STEVE YZERMAN I tell my children now that they are older, 'If something happens to me... don't make no big... B. B. KING I've had to write in a different way because I'm not in a bad place and I'm not heartbro... BOY GEORGE I don't believe in God, though I'm not prepared to call myself an atheist either. You know t... ED ASNER I'm not a security-type person: I don't want to have bodyguards around me. I'm not into ... THE NOTORIOUS B.I.G. 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AMY JACKSON Writing is an extreme privilege but it's also a gift. It's a gift to yourself and it's a... AMY TAN I worked at an ice cream parlor called Chadwicks. We wore old-timey outfits and had to bang a drum, ... AMY POEHLER I always liked my teachers, and I was in a lot of after-school projects. I was a Girl Scout until my... AMY SEDARIS As you navigate through the rest of your life, be open to collaboration. Other people and other peop... AMY POEHLER When you read about the lives of other people, people of different circumstances or similar circumst... AMY TAN People talk about this 'bucket list': 'I need to go to this country, I need to skydive.&... AMY TAN My parents had very high expectations. They expected me to get straight A's from the time I was ... AMY TAN It's both rebellion and conformity that attack you with success. AMY TAN I have survivor skills. Some of that is superficial - what I present to people outwardly - but what ... AMY TAN I was intelligent enough to make up my own mind. I not only had freedom of choice, I had freedom of ... AMY TAN I think I've always been somebody, since the deaths of my father and brother, who was afraid to ... AMY TAN There are a lot of people who think that's what's needed to be successful is always being ri... AMY TAN I write because I know that one day I will die, and thus I should experience as many deliberate obse... AMY TAN My grandmother. She's someone I never met, and I would've loved to have met her. She's b... AMY TAN I have a writer's memory which makes everything worse than maybe it actually was. AMY TAN Until the age of five, my parents spoke to me in Chinese or a combination of Chinese and English, bu... AMY TAN I did not lose myself all at once. I rubbed out my face over the years washing away my pain, the sam... AMY TAN No one can travel your own road for you; you must travel it for yourself. My faith in this stems fro... AMY TAN I saw my mother in a different light. We all need to do that. You have to be displaced from what'... AMY TAN Words to me were magic. You could say a word and it could conjure up all kinds of images or feelings... AMY TAN God, life changes faster than you think. AMY TAN A lot of parents today are terrified that something they say to their children might make them '... AMY CHUA Life's short. Anything could happen, and it usually does, so there is no point in sitting around... AMY WINEHOUSE Thanksgiving Day is a good day to recommit our energies to giving thanks and just giving. AMY GRANT