My birthday was coming up and we hadn't talked about it. I dreaded it. I was in no mood to celebrate the one day that always reminded me of my unfortunate birth. Celebrations were supposed to be happy things and there was nothing happy about this year or that day.
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ASPEN MATIS I was in Toronto with my parents, and my dad took me to an outdoor hockey rink. I was 3 or 4, and I ... WYATT RUSSELL One of the first people that believed in me, the first person to invest in my talent, me and this gu... DR. DRE The Imperial Senate, ever conscious of the weight of public opinion resting on the tip of the pencil... CHRISTINA ENGELA When I was being honest with myself, I had to own that there was something about me that was drawing... NIECY NASH I told him it was my belief that there was no arson. He just asked me questions about forced entry, ... DEAN FUDALEY My dad is really into wrestling. My dad wrestled in the past and always talked about it and we tried... DENNY LINTON Nothing was decided one way or the other. We talked generalities and about his background, and I spo... BILL SMITH Inside of me, it was like my soul and what I had to do to feed my family was always split. I was wri... TYKA NELSON I set my goal to get up there in the 40s. Everyone supported me. Everyone was just trying to get me ... FERNANDO GAUNA my goal for high school was to make mascot and i got it by practiceing my skit for hours i would not... DALLY SALAD That was a really special day. It was a chance for me to go back to my college and get a big honor, ... RYAN FLEMING ...being Lulu, it made me realize that all my life I've been living in a small, square room, with no... GAYLE FORMAN They've put people just about everywhere. I found my new office the other day and was happy to find ... ERIC MELCHER I was in school - I was a good learner; if I wanted to get something done, I could get it done. I wa... AFROJACK One day it was about getting married that mother talked with me, and I said I was so glad that when ... ELEANOR PORTER My biggest question wasn't about the organization, the work ethic, none of the things that have been... JOE THEISMANN Ironically, 'Apocalypse Now' was a great, great success and remains to this day a classic -- and rea... FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA I got on my bike in 12th and that's my make-up time, ... The bike today was a personal-record for me... DAVE FOLEY I've never thought much about whether I was happy or if I had fun as a child. I was a so-so girl who... LISA LEE I lived in South Africa until I was 11 when we first immigrated. My mom had sent me back there when ... KANDYSE MCCLURE It’s my birthday, Horus insisted. Wish me happy birthday! “Happy birthday!” I yelled. “... RICK RIORDAN I was happy in the dream; but when I woke up it was with a feeling that I was falling apart, that I ... NINNI HOLMQVIST I can tell you I am very happy because this was one of my goals in life. I have been here so long, a... CARLOS MARIN I put the photo in an album called Mortifying Emotional Moments, and I title it Soggy Napkin Note. T... TARRYN FISHER Standing out there in th dark, I felt many different things. One of them was pride in my fellow Amer... JOHN GROGAN I wasn't surprised. Emily has been working hard, and she's really good. I was happy with my run, too... JOYA CANFIELD I reminded myself that there were just some things we never had talked about before, like sex, money... DOROTHY ALLISON It just felt like we were the kids in the back of the class wearing black that nobody wanted to hang... GERARD WAY There was a need for it. I talked to my wife . . . This community has been good to us, and we're hap... DAVID MCCORD I was afraid people wouldn't take me seriously, or would stop respecting me, if I talked about h... BRAD FELD Growing up in Georgia, my dad was a farmer and we worked in agriculture, so we were always looking u... LUKE BRYAN I have no idea how we (meaning his father) will celebrate tonight. We had a lot of fun this week tog... EDOARDO MOLINARI I am happy to have won it, knowing that it was a tough year. Last year, I knew all but one (word). T... 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WINNIE HARLOW I grew up in a house that was always happy, and my family was always music, music. I started playing... RONALDINHO Growing up, my birthday was always Confederate Memorial Day. It helped to create this profound sense... NATASHA TRETHEWEY We were talking about how we wished we had enjoyed the time, like when we were touring in that littl... FABRIZIO MORETTI I was able to put away my opportunities and that is something I am happy about, ANTHONY ALLEN You ought to know, you were my best friend. You were. I know you loved me. I loved you. No one ... ALEXANDER CHEE My family did not talk about college. No one went to college. I was the first one to go and the firs... ALISHA VALENZUELA Did I feel we needed it? No more than normal, that part of it. Did I want it? Yes. All the things th... MIKE HOLMGREN There was no chance of anyone else coming in unless somebody went out and I am happy with my squad. ALEX INGLETHORPE I wish I could celebrate my death-day more than my birth-day. EPHDAN When we started back in '96, we basically wanted to play the music that we liked. Everything was ver... ANDREA FERRO There was a lot of that in the script already, which was nice. It's something I'm interested in, and... JOAN CUSACK When I talked to evacuees, one of the things that struck me was that so many of them were saying, 'A... WADE HORN The holidays are my favorite time of year! Christmas was always one of the biggest celebrations in S... MARCUS SAMUELSSON Sometimes it was difficult to make friends and be social in school because I was always practicing w... NANCY KERRIGAN I think I said to the players last year that they had one day to celebrate. And then they had to sta... BOBBY DAVIS Happy Days was about a family... although the show was shot in the 70s, it was about a family in the... TOM BOSLEY Even though nobody knew that you were in my life, you were the person who brought a raft at every ra... 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WATT The way I look at it is that somebody in the world, no matter what your field is - teacher, violinis... J. J. WATT You know, we've got to this place, where you go to a movie for one particular surgical fix. So, ... J. J. ABRAMS I love the Stanley Cup playoffs. J. J. WATT There is a malaise that exists in your land - what appears to many as the sudden and tragic disappea... J. J. GREENE I'm a fast writer. J. J. ABRAMS There are games where I go a whole game without saying a word. There are games where I'm talking... J. J. WATT It's literally, if I'm not working out, I eat the whole time I'm not working out. It'... J. J. WATT It's pretty neat to be able to help the team in different ways. J. J. WATT Two souls with but a single thought, Two hearts that beat as one. E F J VON MUNCH-BELLINGHAUSEN Who gave it that title, gangsta rap? It's reality rap. It's about what's really going on... EAZY-E ..we'll deal with it, because the good outweighs the bad. E. LOCKHART