I'm very bad at violence in real life. I can't stand it. And I'm so fed up with crime novels that have too much violence. I can't really do it. It's unnecessary.
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MICHAEL HANEKE I can't say this enough, I'm totally comfortable with my body. I like my body, I don't t... CAMERON DIAZ I just play, that's all. When I'm in the field, I always connect with what I'm doing. I ... ADOLFO CAMBIASO I'm very happy with my life. I am what I am. I don't worry about anything that I can't c... TOM WATSON I can't control what's going to happen in the future. I can't control what's going t... SAM BRADFORD It fits my ADD, so that's good. Because I really can't focus on anything for too long. And &... ADAM FERRARA Lots of young players have triumphed at United, so why can't it happen to me? I'm not worrie... CRISTIANO RONALDO I'm tenacious, I think - I know - and I do also have a quality where if you tell me I can't ... ELLEN BARKIN It doesn't matter how much polite self-deprecating fluff you have on the outside if you don'... REBECCA HALL I can't even imagine what it's like and right now I'm like in shock, I can't believe... TARA LIPINSKI I'm so lucky in my life, but I'm so unlucky in my abilities. I love art so much, but I'm... AGNES GUND I don't like to be feared, and I can't work in conflict, I'm very bad with conflict. I t... NADINE LABAKI I'm very much in denial that I can't dance. I really go for it, which is almost more embarra... MIRANDA HART I walk the streets, take the train, it's real simple. Some actors create their own mythology: ... SAMUEL L. JACKSON What I absolutely can't do is just sit around, that drives me crazy. I go nuts! I'm far too ... JONATHAN DAVIS I like science and I love gym. Oh, and I like art, but I'm really bad at it. I'm just a terr... DANIEL RADCLIFFE I really have problems with horror movies. I don't watch them. It's a feeling I don't wa... LUDIVINE SAGNIER I'm not sure what 'cheeky' means. I hear it used so much and in so many different ways, ... TAYLOR LAUTNER I'm living with every step. I can't live with regret. The past is the past. I'm not worr... RYAN SHECKLER The album requires a certain focus of mine that I can't really explain - let's just say it... EMINEM A lot of people can't stand touring but to me it's like breathing. I do it because I'm d... BOB DYLAN I'm really a very weak musicologist. Wish it weren't so, but there's only so much you ca... WENDY CARLOS I'm very unpredictable, but at the end of the day, I'm working. Sometimes things change in m... RAEKWON I'm just me. I'm just very opinionated. I react to whatever I see. If it's good, it'... MEL B They say I'm insane because I need to have so much creative control. They say I'm unmanageab... IGGY AZALEA I'm not a tough guy. I'm just delivering the truth and only the truth and if you can't d... KEVIN O'LEARY I'm not a tough guy. I'm just delivering the truth and only the truth and if you can't d... KEVIN O'LEARY So many times, people told me I can't do this or can't do that. My nature is that I don'... CHANTAL SUTHERLAND I am what I am and I'm a horrible liar. I can't do it. I'm just very candid. PAMELA ANDERSON One day I woke up with an atrocious hangover, and it hurt so badly that I told myself, 'It's... JORDAN KNIGHT While it's really hard to do, at the same time, I'm escaping my body, which I really want to... LAURA HILLENBRAND I don't understand anorexia; I'm too greedy to ever not eat... I just can't do it. KESHIA KNIGHT PULLIAM I can't wait to see The Grinch. It's so out of the world. Every time a movie like that comes... TINA YOTHERS I'm always thinking I'm messing up. I did a lot of classes. I can't stand being on stage... TRAVIS FIMMEL This stand wasn't because I feel like I'm being put down in any kind of way. This is because... COLIN KAEPERNICK I don't have too many bad days because I just don't let them happen. When I'm having one... MATT DALLAS I'm usually very attracted to things that I can't define. If something's too clear, it... RAF SIMONS Are you taking us to the beach?" - Dan Cahill JUDE WATSON Let's head out to the ruins." - Dan Cahill ROLAND SMITH You can't forgive without loving. And I don't mean sentimentality. I don't mean mush. I ... MAYA ANGELOU I can't stop moving. I'm like this weird insect. I can't sit still in real life. ROBIN WRIGHT Honestly, I don't look at it as work because I have way too much fun on set to actually classify... BILLY UNGER I can't watch 'Glee' because I get so jealous that I'm not there with them doing it ... JANINA GAVANKAR I don't like gratuitous violence. I don't like the 'Saw' movies. I don't like th... MICHAEL BIEHN I'm happy to be the guy on the subway that people stare at and they just can't quite place i... DAVID ALAN BASCHE If you want proof that 'Catfish' was real, just put me in an audition room and watch me fall... NEV SCHULMAN I realise few people get to live the life they always wanted, but I'm so neurotic, I don't r... CHARLIE HUNNAM I don't know what I'm really good at. I'm really good at sittin' by the pool. I have... ALEX O'LOUGHLIN About f-f-ace!" she said to the horse, flailing with her boots. "Into the barn, please. It's time fo... PETER LERANGIS You see?" Damien leaned over his desk and spread out half a dozen charcoal sketches. "These are only... RICK RIORDAN I'm a musician. It's what I do! I wouldn't be too good at anything else. CHAD SMITH I'm very focused on what I do professionally, and I'm very focused on my family, and I don... VICTORIA BECKHAM I think it would collapse my heart if I was super famous. I don't have the nerve for it, I'm... BO BURNHAM I'm a real person. I have real feelings. I have real thoughts. It's a quality people like ab... GERRY COONEY I'm an ambitious person. I never consider myself in competition with anyone, and I'm not say... IDRIS ELBA I don't just rely on my right hand when I'm in the ring. That's the least thing I think ... DEONTAY WILDER I worked on movies with a lot of violence when I was a cinematographer, and it always bothered me. I... JAN DE BONT I'm not afraid of death. What's to fear? Once you're dead, that's it. Nothing. I don... PATRICK MACNEE But I can't really say there is too much modern music that I'm blown away by at this moment. DUNCAN SHEIK One of the biggest challenges of writing for middle-grade or even young-adult readers is that I don&... ALANE FERGUSON A good meal is very important to me. When I have a bad meal, especially out, it's like I'm s... JOSH ELLIOTT Sometimes I'm so tired, I look down at what I'm wearing, and if it's comfortable enough ... REBECCA ROMIJN I'm very superstitious, and I think it's bad luck. You don't have to show your love by t... PRIYA SACHDEV I was elected to solve problems, and I don't think it's conservative to have bad roads; I do... BRIAN SANDOVAL I'm doing naughty things, I'm drinking too much, I'm going to clubs. It really didn'... MACAULAY CULKIN I'm very lucky with the people that recognise me - it's at a very tolerable level. I don'... SEAN MAGUIRE It looks ancient," - Amy Cahill JUDE WATSON I think I'm probably a very sad man wrapped in a very joyful package, and I think I'm very r... DAVE MATTHEWS I can't conceive of nursing babies and taking care of children and writing, too. I know there ar... ELLEN GILCHRIST I don't really find a problem with technology or television or anything. I'm a product of it... JASON BATEMAN It's like there's this boldness that I have where I'm driven by something that I can'... K. FLAY I'm not a great actor - let's face it. I don't have a great deal of scope. There are cer... STEVE MCQUEEN I do look better on TV. In real life, I look scruffy and pale, and I get the worst kind of recogniti... TOM WARD I don't believe in dying. It's been done. I'm working on a new exit. Besides, I can'... GEORGE BURNS I'm an enigma, an unknown. You can't really figure out what I'm going to do next. I like... EMMITT SMITH I'm coming up with new music, I'm in the best shape of my life, I'm real sharp, my energ... DOUG E. FRESH I don't really have time to watch too much, but I like 'Family Guy' and 'Entourage.&... ALEXANDER LUDWIG I just want to be myself, and I really, like, can't say I'm sorry for it. I just can't. AIDY BRYANT I really can't describe what my stand-up is like - people see it and they say it's like that... DYLAN MORAN The types of climbing that I choose to do I'm good at justifying. I do really try and pick thing... TOMMY CALDWELL I can't spell or do grammar, but I'm smarter and more serious than people think. I'm no ... CHER I don't diet, I don't do fads, I've just decided to not eat carbs. So no more bread and ... NANCY MEYERS I grew up as a Mormon, and that had more of an impact on my values than my beliefs. I'm afraid I... AMY ADAMS I really enjoy dancing. When there's music around, I can't help it; I start dancing, especia... CAMERON MONAGHAN It's different, it's weird to say, 'She's a white rapper or she can't do this be... IGGY AZALEA I'm a mad Gummi fan. I always have Gummis in my trailer. But you can't eat too many because ... JENSEN ACKLES I think it's important not to grow up too fast. I'm 26 now, and I still can't wait for C... LAURA HADDOCK If I cry, it's because I'm very angry and I can't do anything about it because I've ... RIHANNA I don't see myself as a stand-up comic doing cynical, mean-spirited or disrespectful stuff. I... TRACEY ULLMAN Onstage I'm the one in control - I'm not at the mercy of how an editor chooses to put the sc... LAURIE METCALF I'm single. I just moved to a new city. I'm sort of starting over. I'm in Los Angeles. I... SUTTON FOSTER Actors, I don't think, ever really grow up. I'm hoping that that rejuvenating process applie... DEREK JACOBI
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DAVID EINHORN During my freshman year at Cornell, I joined my dorm's intramural football team. At the first pr... DAVID EINHORN I rooted for the Milwaukee Brewers and its stars, Robin Yount and Paul Molitor. I went to a lot of g... DAVID EINHORN I've got a fantasy-baseball team with my brother. But I have to admit, he does all the work. DAVID EINHORN My father and grandfather were businessmen. The family business was Adelphi Paints in New Jersey. Wh... DAVID EINHORN There's more at risk in what happens in Microsoft than I could ever bet on a poker table. DAVID EINHORN On my best days, I fancy myself a combination of Dad's persistence/patience and Mom's toughn... DAVID EINHORN Both poker and investing are games of incomplete information. You have a certain set of facts and yo... DAVID EINHORN Language itself changes slowly, but the Internet has speeded up the process of those changes so you ... DAVID CRYSTAL I tolerate lactose like I tolerate people. LARRY DAVID Mathematics knows no races or geographic boundaries; for mathematics, the cultural world is one coun... DAVID HILBERT Every spring, this country will be reminded of the Lady from Texas. As trees bloom and flowers carpe... DAVID MIXNER If you're a reporter, the easiest thing in the world is to get a story. The hardest thing is to ... DAVID HALBERSTAM I'm a good person, I hope. But I'm never as good as I want to be, never as nice as I want to... DAVID TENNANT I checked out all types of tobacco trying to find one that would be easiest to live with, I ended up... DAVID STRATHAIRN A poet could write volumes about diners, because they're so beautiful. They're brightly lit,... DAVID LYNCH Smoking calms me down. It's enjoyable. I don't want politicians deciding what is exciting in... DAVID HOCKNEY It is not contrary to reason to prefer the destruction of the whole world to the scratching of my fi... DAVID HUME Lion sounds that have not grown from the mouse may exude naked power... but cannot convey any wisdom... DAVID WHYTE The rules of morality are not the conclusion of our reason. DAVID HUME Mathematics is a game played according to certain simple rules with meaningless marks on paper. DAVID HILBERT But Dr. Smith says, and I believe it to be a true state of the case, that he himself gave a course o... DAVID RITTENHOUSE I played hockey in the winter, and then I would play golf in the summer. But I always knew I'd b... DAVID HEARN Enjoyment of the landscape is a thrill. DAVID HOCKNEY