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I've never had any idea that what I like would resonate with the audience, and I'm pleasantly surprised when it does.


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DAVE SIM I'm looking forward to getting older. I look at people like Peter Gabriel and Sting and even Tom...
BRANDON FLOWERS I'm an old rock and roll buff. I love Bruce Springsteen and Tom Petty.
NICK CARTER 'Dust Devil,' I've never really seen with an American audience, so I'm looking forwa...
RICHARD STANLEY Pre-production and post-production is something that I've never been exposed to. I was pleasantl...
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DAVID COSTABILE 'Step Brothers' itself, when I did it, I don't know if I had any idea that it would beco...
ADAM SCOTT I've never had any health problems and I'm Ruben, man, all the way through.
RUBEN STUDDARD I'm a big fan of Bruce Springsteen and Tom Petty, they're my two favorites.
ANDREW SHUE You know, I'm a physician. I like to diagnose things. And, you know, I've diagnosed some pre...
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CECILY STRONG They've said I'm gay, they've said everyone is gay. I personally don't believe in do...
NICOLE KIDMAN Aye, well, I've got my garden.
LIKE I I told my Nike representative, 'Why didn't you guys use me for this?''' Williams said, laughing.
LIKE I On the interception, I was out of bounds,
LIKE I casually made his 'abort black fetuses' argument.
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LIKE I I was so concerned with getting the ball out of my hands and not taking the sack, that sometimes I t...
LIKE I I knew I had to throw the ball better,'' Manning said of his poor start.
LIKE I I think the reason that I have that title or that moniker is because people don't know what to expec...
LIKE I You're either ready and prepared to take on the task, or you're not,'' he said.
LIKE I I did not have one butterfly out there today,'' he said.
LIKE I Married to the Mob.
LIKE I Hello you're with Drudge.
LIKE I I don't expect Christian Fundamentalists to reach out to me. They are adamant that homosexuals are i...
LIKE I throw enough shit at the wall and some should stick?
LIKE I I'm not happy, that's all I can say about it,'' he said.
LIKE I With any of the movies I've had a chance to do, or any of the TV shows I've had a chance to ...
JOHN CENA Radio used to be dominated by Tom Petty and artists like that. If Tom Petty came out today, he'd...
CHARLES KELLEY I'm essentially the result of other people's imagination. And that's fine. Because of ot...
JOHN HURT What I've learned is that the audience is constantly rotating. Just because it feels like I'...
SUZE ORMAN Had I been older, I would've never been able to pull it off because I would've analyzed it t...
FRANK ABAGNALE I've never fought with anyone. A lot of people talk to me, and they're like, 'Oh, you wo...
VIRAT KOHLI I am quite miserable because I'm never satisfied with what I've got. You're always looki...
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MATISYAHU I've had times where I've joked, like, 'I'm going to move to Vermont and become a pa...
KATE MICUCCI I'm surprised that I've survived my own dysfunction, really.
GEORGE MICHAEL I had seen 'Pillowman' in London and loved it. Being part of something that I, as an audienc...
ZELJKO IVANEK It's a slight stretch of the imagination but most people are alike in most ways so I've neve...
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DAVID GRANN I've never done anything but what I wanted to do with my life. I don't think too many people...
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EDDIE MURPHY I had nothing to do with generating this letter, and I was pleasantly surprised.
GERALDO RIVERA I'm like old shoes. I've never been hip. I think the reason I'm still here is that I was...
HARRISON FORD I like the idea that my audience doesn't see what I do as controversial.
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NATHAN FIELDER I've never seen 'The Goonies.' I've never seen 'Indiana Jones.' I watched &#...
ERIC ANDRE It always gave me the creeps when I saw performers who desperately wanted the audience to like them....
BARBRA STREISAND I have never been offended. I don't know what it means. It's not that I disagree with it. I ...
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VIGGO MORTENSEN I've never had difficulty dominating any market I've been in.
STEVE WYNN I'm insecure about everything, because... I'm never going to look in the mirror and see this...
CHER You know, I stumble about what I'm going to do. I don't plan. I've never had ambitions.
BRYAN BROWN I'm just a ballplayer with one ambition, and that is to give all I've got to help my ball cl...
JOE DIMAGGIO I've had some shows where I really plan out what I'm going to say. Then I've had other s...
DIERKS BENTLEY I've never had any problem with crazy people. I like crazy people; I probably am a crazy person ...
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LYDIA KO Immediate, simultaneous connection between the audience and a performer is crucial to me. It's w...
JASON ROBERT BROWN There have been so many times when I'm sitting next to someone, and I have no idea who they are....
RILEY KEOUGH I've never written a book with an outline or a predetermined theme. It's only in retrospect ...
SUSAN CHOI I have had periods when I've overused a word, 'candent' being one example, but I'm t...
NEAL ASHER I thought it would resonate, but I'm surprised at the size of it.
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ALEX KARPOVSKY It's hard for me to just say, 'Wow, this is amazing - I'm famous. I'm living the dre...
SHAWN MENDES I've refined my mechanics, refined my pitches. I've gotten more confidence, and I've got...
RANDY JOHNSON I feel like sometimes, when I'm singing a song like 'Moment of Forever,' that it goes bo...
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TOM TOM Am I good enough?
Trust.
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TOM REISS Treat everyone with respect and kindness. Period. No exceptions.
KIANA TOM Good things, when short, are twice as good.
TOM STOPPARD Time is short, life is short, there's a lot to know. So I skip the entertainers in the newspaper...
TOM STOPPARD The thing that happens remarkably often is that the people who are writing a dissertation believe th...
TOM STOPPARD I'm offended by things and take pathetic little stands against them.
TOM STOPPARD My whole life is waiting for the questions to which I have prepared answers.
TOM STOPPARD The text loses its virginity simply by being staged: it's no longer the abstract ideal version; ...
TOM STOPPARD I don't think writers are sacred, but words are. They deserve respect. If you get the right ones...
TOM STOPPARD Any revival in which I am involved is liable to change.
TOM STOPPARD Hotel rooms inhabit a separate moral universe.
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