It's hard for people sometimes to relate to me. They weren't in the military, they weren't injured overseas in Iraq, they weren't burned, they didn't go through 33 surgeries, or two and a half years in the hospital.
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DAVID CHIPPERFIELD The killer app that got the world ready for appliances was the light bulb. So the light bulb is what... JEFF BEZOS I went through my whole life wanting to feel I belonged. I was very, very lonely, so I would marry p... LANA WOOD I don't think Puffy knows what he did for hip-hop. Because he intertwined hip-hop and R&B so... MISSY ELLIOTT There weren't a lot of 'Singin' in the Rain' fans in my age group. JEAN LOUISA KELLY I wouldn't say there isn't a direct path to a successful career. There are people who knew e... CLAYTON M. CHRISTENSEN If it weren't for baseball, many kids wouldn't know what a millionaire looked like. PHYLLIS DILLER They weren't immigrating to some existing society; indeed, they often did whatever they could do... SAMUEL P. HUNTINGTON I entered into Dawson's Creek to do a couple of episodes. They weren't sure about my role in... SASHA ALEXANDER We weren't wealthy but we definitely weren't poor. We were incredibly rich because there was... 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CUTLER No matter how much you've done before, you wonder if there will be a light at the end of this pa... R. J. CUTLER I will say this: I think 'Big Brother' is the biggest snooze known to mankind. R. J. CUTLER A president, however, must stand somewhat apart, as all great presidents have known instinctively. T... J. R. POLE The wayside of business is full of brilliant men who started out with a spurt, and lacked the stamin... J. R. TODD I admit that the generation which produced Stalin, Auschwitz and Hiroshima will take some beating; b... R. J. HOLLINGDALE It is a great deal easier to do that which God gives us to do, no matter how hard it is, than to fac... J. R. MILLER The impatient may not always be wrong on issues, but they are almost always wrong in their attitudes... R. J. RUSHDOONY Baseball always gets credit for the foundational part of masculinity - the father thing. The eternal... J. R. MOEHRINGER In Zurich, in a cafe overlooking the Limmat, I ate butter-drenched white asparagus pulled from the g... J. R. MOEHRINGER The only thing documentary filmmakers have to work with, at least the way I make films, is trust. Th... R. J. CUTLER I mostly play my dynasty or against someone in the hotel. I don't really like online games. I ca... J. R. SMITH Coach Lue always amazed me. I'm like, 'How do you have this much joy coming out of life? You... J. R. SMITH How can we know that what Jesus has shown us of God is the truth; or how do we know when we look int... R. J. CAMPBELL Looking into my heart, which is perhaps the best way of looking into other men's, I know that the Sa... R. J. CAMPBELL It is no strain of metaphor to say that the love of God and the wrath of God are the same thing, des... R. J. CAMPBELL When I was 3, my parents strapped on a pair of Playskool plastic roller skates to my feet, and that&... J. R. CELSKI There are no accidents, everything is planned. J. R. WHITEMAN El señor Traseronian miró al público. -"Más amables de lo necesario" - repitió -. Qué fra... PALACIO R. J. I've been playing this game, fortunately for me, since I was three years old. That's one of ... J. R. SMITH My father was champion of North Africa and he beat the European champ. He was very good, a professio... OLIVIER MARTINEZ I was born and raised in a suburb of Paris by a working-class family. OLIVIER MARTINEZ I don't feel restricted by the language: I feel more free. OLIVIER MARTINEZ Also, I have found that I really like to work in English. It's very strange because it's exa... OLIVIER MARTINEZ If you compare me to an actor, I'm probably one of the best boxers in the profession. But if you... OLIVIER MARTINEZ In Hollywood, you can live alongside very famous but still incredibly boring people. I've never ... OLIVIER MARTINEZ I want just to be happy and peaceful. And that's not always the case when you're married. OLIVIER MARTINEZ Love is based on imagination. OLIVIER MARTINEZ People sometimes recognize me here, but they are very nice. OLIVIER MARTINEZ But when you work with the director and the real person who is playing opposite you, it changes ever... OLIVIER MARTINEZ I played a scene at the end of my first year, and that's how I was discovered. OLIVIER MARTINEZ It's like all the signs were telling me that I shouldn't be a boxer, so I quit. OLIVIER MARTINEZ There are two smells that I can recognize right away. The smell of the boxing ring and the smell of ... OLIVIER MARTINEZ I don't have goals in life. OLIVIER MARTINEZ I'll always be a foreigner. OLIVIER MARTINEZ I don't want to dig in the truth all of the time. Let me dream. OLIVIER MARTINEZ I see my friends, my family, my cousins work all day long for very little money, and if I have this ... OLIVIER MARTINEZ Sometimes you have to laugh about what gets published; sometimes it's annoying, but in general I... OLIVIER MARTINEZ It's not only imagination, it's the distortion of the vision. You suddenly think, This perso... OLIVIER MARTINEZ Imagination creates some big monsters. OLIVIER MARTINEZ Before, I was so stupid. But, you know, when you have friends who died on the street, you say, okay,... OLIVIER MARTINEZ And I think it is the genius of actors to be able to escape whatever people are expecting of them. O... OLIVIER MARTINEZ I'm not a movie star like other actors in the way that I need to walk with a bodyguard. OLIVIER MARTINEZ I quit after a bad car accident. The thing about boxing is that you can be a star for five or six ye... OLIVIER MARTINEZ