Not many people are really that meticulous with what they do, I suppose, but I'm just a control freak and terribly afraid of failure or regret. I work very hard on these things.
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ELIZA COUPE I like to consider myself a relatively spiritual person, and I just do my thing. I'm very focuse... VICTORIA BECKHAM I was terribly shy when I was growing up, I really wasn't confident with other people and I thin... EMILY MORTIMER I work with really hard-working people who are really good at what they do. J. J. ABRAMS I'm completely aware of the fact that I'm a control freak. PAUL THOMAS ANDERSON Take me to the height where success would seek my help to succeed! I ARE Being on TV sucks. It's a lot of work. You memorize scripts and then you show up and they change... GABRIEL IGLESIAS I'm a very good storyteller; I have a lot of compassion for people. That's very useful for a... JAMES PATTERSON Oh, I constantly say things that I regret. I mortify myself constantly. But that's just part of ... KATHY GRIFFIN I think people assume I'm perfect. I'm not. I make mistakes. I do things I regret. I'm s... HILARY DUFF I'm far more relaxed with German. I'm a control freak. I like to know exactly who's sayi... MICHAEL HANEKE I'm such a control freak, and it's very hard for me to lose my inhibitions without something... PINK I'm not really a control freak, but... can I show the right way to do that? ANONYMOUS I'm not looking to freak people out - eating rodents or bugs. I don't do that anymore. ANTHONY BOURDAIN I'm just lucky. I do have very clear memories of childhood. I find that many people don't, b... BEVERLY CLEARY There are many things that people do happily that I can't imagine why they would do it... But I ... IAN MACKAYE I'm a bit of a control freak. E. L. JAMES I have no problem with the people who work hard to get success. But I think people are very jealous ... ALAIN PROST I have a pretty clear picture of the whole weight of my life, and there are things that I've don... DAVID CROSBY There was a time when I just felt like a superwoman. I was like, 'I got Jesus! I ain't afrai... TASHA SMITH When you say 'control freak' and 'OCD' and 'organized,' that suggests someon... TAYLOR SWIFT I'll admit it: I'm a control freak. I am. If I'm going to do something, I'm going to... VICTORIA BECKHAM I'm convinced many of America's heroes are public school teachers and administrators. Many o... ADAM HAMILTON I'm not just offensive, I'm very smart about the way that I do it, and that takes a lot of t... ANTHONY JESELNIK I'm not quite that difficult, even though maybe I'm a little bit bossy. But you know, in ord... HEIDI KLUM I hope I'm building a record of being a good team player and not just standing for my principles... AARON SCHOCK I'm not a policy oriented person. I'm constrained to what I study. But educational policy ha... ANGELA DUCKWORTH I work hard, like I'm sure everyone else does, and I'm very honest with the work I do. SHAH RUKH KHAN But I'm so slow on it because I find it terribly hard writing blind on computers. The computer s... JACK VANCE I really do like a really good science fiction movie and a really good horror movie. Those are the k... PAUL GIAMATTI Luck? I don't know anything about luck. I've never banked on it and I'm afraid of people... LUCILLE BALL As an actor, you have to give up all control to the director. He's the boss and has all the powe... EBON MOSS-BACHRACH I am oblique; I think that has to do with my own nature. I like trying to do things which work on ma... ALAN J. PAKULA I'm very focused on what I do professionally, and I'm very focused on my family, and I don... VICTORIA BECKHAM They say I'm insane because I need to have so much creative control. They say I'm unmanageab... IGGY AZALEA I'm very good with sunglasses. There are things like... maybe headphones - either they're st... LEIGH LEZARK Michael Jordan and Michael Phelps are the greatest to ever do what they did, and I'm not. But if... JORDAN SPIETH I like comedy a lot, and dramatics show how I can really act. Because a lot of people can do comedy ... CAYDEN BOYD I'm really an inner spirit that only makes itself known through the music. A lot of people think... FAITH EVANS My big philosophy is: Try and work with good people, because the process is your life. That's go... DANA FOX Some stresses are unavoidable - it's just part of life. One of the things I do to avoid stress i... DAN HILL I'm not afraid of werewolves or vampires or haunted hotels, I'm afraid of what real human be... WALTER JON WILLIAMS I cannot learn creation from other people; I've got to do it myself. Now, honestly, I regret not... PSY There have been so many times when I'm sitting next to someone, and I have no idea who they are.... RILEY KEOUGH Every day is like Halloween or Christmas eve for me. I go to bed, and I'm so excited to get back... ADAM GREEN I work hard at what I do, and it does take time and a lot of commitment, so for me, it is proving to... TALI LENNOX I suppose I am one of life's naturally clumsy people; I don't drop stuff all the time, or br... KAREN GILLAN They seem to have these personalities that are very generic and so I can't really relate to them. I ... ALISON GOLDFRAPP I like to control everything, and you cannot control everything. You have to at some point say, '... NAOMI CAMPBELL I don't analyze what I'm doing. I've read convincing interpretations of my work, and som... CINDY SHERMAN I'm not going to change the way I look or the way I feel to conform to anything. I've always... JOHN LENNON I don't feel that I'm explaining the world or teaching people anything. And I'm not tryi... STEVEN WRIGHT I'm not very cool. I have a really hard time meeting people and stuff. TAYLOR SCHILLING I will tell you that I'm a bit of a snob. I love film, and I would like to work in film, and I... KELLY MASTERSON The music itself is very challenging, so I've never really felt the lack of stimulation. I love ... BRIAN MAY Some people are just quiet - they don't need to be talking all the time and aren't extrovert... CHIRLANE MCCRAY I think I just learned that God has a plan for all of us, and I work hard and do all the things I ca... MATT HOLLIDAY I've tried a few times to depart from what I know I can do, and I've failed. I've tried ... IRVING PENN I have help, but I'm very hands-on in everything I do. I do normal stuff, I'm a normal mothe... KIMORA LEE SIMMONS Personally, I do the best work with people I'm closest with. I know what their tastes are, and t... ATTICUS ROSS My life is not that glamorous. I actually live a pretty simple life, really. I just work. I don'... OLGA KURYLENKO Paul is a very creative artist but I'm more that thorough, meticulous, disciplined nut. ART GARFUNKEL I think I'm happier, not just because of winning Grammys and selling records, but because it'... JOHN LEGEND Being Bob Marley's son has done many things for me, in terms of having a career in music. I'... DAMIAN MARLEY One of the things I've learned from 'Borgen' is that it's very easy to criticise peo... PILOU ASBAEK I'm a control freak. If you're going to slap my name on something, I would like to control i... ANTHONY BOURDAIN I'm like, 'I think I'm just going to wear what makes me happy,' so I'm just real... LILLY SINGH I find it quite boring when people do things that are very considered and thought through. I like th... EDIE CAMPBELL I don't like dirt. Cleanliness is high on my agenda, but I don't have a phobia of dirt. I... KEELEY HAWES I'm a bit of a control freak, and I had to realize you can't control everything in your life... ERICA DURANCE I listen to music all the time, and I just choose things I like, or things that I've not used be... WAYNE MCGREGOR I don't know many people, if any, who have had some straight line toward success. I mean, they s... SAM DONALDSON I don't regret it when i see millions of likes for nasty things and just realizing i have 2 or 3 lik... THE INSPIRATIONIST I'm very good at breaking up with people. Very good. It requires a lot of skill, but what you do... DIANE VON FURSTENBERG I think the biggest lesson that I take from 'Avatar' on any set that I go to is just work et... LAZ ALONSO I'm very proud of our NHL players. I think they all handle themselves extremely well and they al... WAYNE GRETZKY When I'm around black or white people, I'm always in the middle. Especially when I am around... KARYN PARSONS Many Czech people are very talented. They can do many things, but when they get to a certain level, ... IVAN LENDL You can just go to a magic shop or magic builder and buy what most magicians do, but that's not ... CRISS ANGEL Work is so much fun that it doesn't really seem like downtime when I'm not. But cooking, spe... BAILEE MADISON I just work hard and do things as they come along. But it has been a challenge to learn that I have ... HANNELI MUSTAPARTA I'm a firm believer in God himself, but that's as far as I can go. I'm not any denominat... RAY CHARLES You've got to trust people. And because I am a control freak, sometimes that's difficult for... VICTORIA BECKHAM I'm not afraid to call a wine that tastes like Skittles or green peppers mixed with orange marma... GARY VAYNERCHUK I'm kind of a failure. I mean, I'll be honest. I'm successful in that I'm getting to... PAUL FEIG I'm not a neat freak. I don't mind things being messy but I mind them being dirty. I just ca... LEAH REMINI It's hard to think it's important to try out as cheerleader when you're starring on Broa... BONNIE BEDELIA What people are looking for are candidates and representatives that are going to work hard, tell it ... ADAM HASNER I don't try to focus on anything that doesn't affect me personally and how I go out there ev... TIM TEBOW I don't know that I'm not normal, because usually, when I tell people the things I do, eithe... GLENN DANZIG I do love the films I've done in the past. I work hard in my movies and my friends work hard and... ADAM SANDLER I'm learning slowly to not be as much of a control freak. I can't afford to be all the time,... HALSEY
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MICHAEL KORDA What I did, you know, being away from my family, letting so many people down. I let myself down, not... MICHAEL VICK That wasn't the way that things was supposed to be. And all because the so-called culture that I... MICHAEL VICK Calendars and clocks exist to measure time, but that signifies little because we all know that an ho... MICHAEL ENDE In Eastern Europe, the past is not only always hovering over the present, it is not even passed. It ... MICHAEL KORDA Up to a thousand milligrams of caffeine is considered safe for most people, which translates into ab... MICHAEL GREGER T. E. Lawrence was far more than a glamorous, swashbuckling, heroic figure in flowing robes mounted ... MICHAEL KORDA I still believe the lessons I learned when I was raised in a Roman Catholic household. Like, it'... MICHAEL MOORE I first went to Cambodia in 2002, primarily, as it turned out, to change diapers. My wife had work i... MICHAEL PATERNITI Going to Cambodia to cover the genocide trials, I did read a lot about the Khmer Rouge; I read a lot... MICHAEL PATERNITI