Those days are gone, and good fucking riddance to them; unhappiness really meant something back then. Now it's just a drag, like a cold or having no money. If you really wanted to mess me up, you should have got to me earlier.
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Related If you really wanted to mess me up, you should have got to me earlier. NICK HORNBY You can start by wiping that fucking dumb-ass smile off your rosey, fucking, cheeks! Then you can gi... STEVE MARTIN It was just one of those days. I started really well but she improved a lot in the second set. I man... SANIA MIRZA To be or not to be. That's not really a question. JEAN-LUC GODARD I like animals, I really do, but some animals are just meant to be eaten. EMMANUELLE VAUGIER How lucky I am to have known somebody and something that saying goodbye to is so damned awful. EVANS G. VALENS Everybody was happy and excited to come up here and repeat as champions. The boys really meant busin... JAMES BARRETT No one else has ever meant what you do to me. Please, just … just, come back with me and stay. For... KYLIE SCOTT As an actor, you just want to work, and then you just want to be on a show or have a job that you lo... JESSE TYLER FERGUSON You could just give it all you've got and if you mess up, it's not really going to affect you becaus... DEREK MILLER Nick... I hope one day you find you a woman who loves you like my Melissa loved me. Whatever you do,... SHERRILYN KENYON Comedians work great as actors because they're good under pressure. With a lot of actors, you ha... LOUIS C. K. Hypothetically, if the only choice you got is to do the wrong thing, then its not really a wrong thi... VLADIMIR LEM I think if we'd been getting me the ball earlier, we'd probably have a Super Bowl ring now. ... Like... RANDY MOSS You can make a lot of money doing the right thing SOTONYE ANGA Like most women, I have days where I feel like today I'm not leaving the house - you know days w... LARA STONE A Ritual to Read to Each Other If you don’t know the kind of person I am and... WILLIAM STAFFORD You have no idea how much the last few days have meant to me," I began. "Meeting you has been the be... NICHOLAS SPARKS We knew a team like that would come back on you. You have to put them away and not just go on cruise... ALLIE HASTINGS Eventually I came across another passage. This is what it said: I am not commanding you, but I ... NICHOLAS SPARKS To kill a mockingbird. If you haven't read it, I think you should because it is very interesting. STEPHEN CHBOSKY I will never forget the vision of Jamie walking towards me. NICHOLAS SPARKS As these images were going through my head, my breathing suddenly went still. I looked at Jamie, the... NICHOLAS SPARKS You don't have to learn much out of books, it's like if you want to learn about cows, you go milk on... HARPER LEE You can't really get to know a person until you get in their shoes and walk around in them. HARPER LEE We've played some good teams and some teams that weren't as good, and he's hit well against them all... DAN OLIVER I'm just like any other person you can meet and greet on the street and like or not like. I'm not Ho... BRIAN CELIO Every now and then, you'll get one of those days when you're feeling rubbish or when you hav... AIMEE WILLMOTT There is nothing more touching to me then a family picture where everyone is trying to look his or h... ANNE LAMOTT I think that me turning up is kind of a grim anti-climax. And I think that he should just have the l... TIM CURRY I think that me turning up is kind of a grim anti-climax, ... And I think that he should just have t... TIM CURRY I inherited them, so I got it like that. But I hear you can actually get dimples for a certain price... CAMILLE GUATY We went to a really passive zone and we got them to take shots we wanted them to take. Then they'd r... JOHN MILLER I would really like to go back to school. I would love it now. FIONA APPLE With Martha Stewart, the power of the brand, the power of television, taught me that if you can marr... CHARLES KOPPELMAN That Nick is a nice boy." I eyed her. "He doesn't like me." "Really? Are you trying to con... CARRIE JONES No one really knows what I'm really like, and you won't unless you spend a day with me, or i... AVRIL LAVIGNE And if one day,' she said, really crying now, 'you look back and you feel bad for being so angry, if... PATRICK NESS Having grown up so familiar with creating a pleasing facade, I now end up compelled to reveal things... KATHRYN HARRISON What you are is a fucking tragedy, Simon Snow. You literally couldn't be a bigger mess." He tri... RAINBOW ROWELL You can get something really really fabulous. I just tasted the Pol Roger Winston Churchill 1998 and... JOE SCALICE Being a teen can be tough. Just try to surround yourself with really good friends that really have y... VICTORIA JUSTICE If you got something to say, you should say it or it's just gonna tear you up inside. MACGYVER Still, half of me is gone. But I thank God for what I had growing up. You don't have to be Catholic,... JASON PETERS I really don't like talking about money. All I can say is that the Good Lord must have wanted me to ... LARRY BIRD It wouldn't really do me no good. You can be bitter and do something stupid. But you've got to live,... ARTHUR M. MUMPHREY If you say to a woman "I really like you", it won't be as effective as saying to them "You really li... DAVID DEANGELO You don't really love me, or you never would have treated me like you did. You were just afraid of l... EMILY COLIN If you were born really ugly like me, have no fear. There's steps you can take to be good-lookin... JENNA MARBLES To me, it doesn't matter who you are or where you're from - if you're a good person and ... RITA ORA I got a chance to work with them during two-a-days, so they knew what I was like. Joe Cope came to m... BLAKE FIELD If you put yourself in a place where you're having to work at understanding something, then you ... WAYNE MCGREGOR Dear Ellis, I have something really fucking angelic to tell you. KATHLEEN GLASGOW Teaching and writing, to me, is really just seduction; you go to where people are and you find somet... LAWRENCE M. KRAUSS If only you could be yourself." they shouted. So, she did. "You are not like me or anyone I have met... SHANNON L. ALDER We really cover the whole spectrum and it's a hoot. It's meant to be a really up, fun show. And it's... BOB MOULD I saw you, and I wanted to be close to you. I wanted you to let me in. I wanted to know you in a way... BECCA FITZPATRICK Blocking to me now is just as good as making a catch and running a guy over and scoring a touchdown.... MARCEDES LEWIS Can't you just like a girl who likes you back?' 'None of them likes me back. I may as well like... RAINBOW ROWELL Even now, I still get a bit apprehensive before a game because I am worried about whether I have don... JOHN MOTSON They taught me different was wrong. ANI DIFRANCO Three months ago, if you asked me, I would have told you that if you really loved someone, you’d l... JODI PICOULT My therapist told me I need to learn to love myself. It sounds easy enough, but really, how do you j... STEPHANIE KLEIN I like to have friends who are wacky just like me, and don't mind if I show them who I really am. CAMRYN CHARLEBOIS If they're paying money to have you on their team, you should want to ask and should want to know --... A.J. NICHOLSON I think just being able to see my kids grow up and having a family has really helped me at this poin... ALEJANDRO FERNANDEZ If you really want something, you should stop until you get it, no matter what you have to do. PRISCILLA GLENN Would you do something for me? Please? Would you just picture your life for me? Thirty years from no... NICHOLAS SPARKS We had it just to have a party, and since we were having a party, we wanted the money to go to a goo... COLIN MCENROE Children deserve a good life. Please don't 'sickle' it up. And if you do, remember you've got to sup... IFEOLUWA EGBETADE Generally, you want to raise capital either when you have to or when it's really easy. If the co... SAM ALTMAN Keep going, keep going, keep going! You're going to have crappy days, you're going to have days wher... AKIROQ BROST Get those dinner reservations now. Places are filling up quick. Girls should have any hair or make-u... KIP HAFEY And I said, 'No. You either give this film back to me, or you don't.' I said, 'I've gone through tha... ROBERT ALTMAN You've got to make it a good example for those kids regardless of how much you mess up. FANTASIA BARRINO That really meant a lot to him and to me, ... Those are the great kids we have here at Beaver High S... CHRIS EYRE You just have to be very humble if America has really worked for you like it has for me. Most of my ... DANA CARVEY I really don't like talking about money. All I can say is that the Good Lord must have wanted me... LARRY BIRD It makes me feel good that they're looking forward to having me there and that they want me, as oppo... LANCE CARTER My buddies wanted to be firemen, farmers or policemen, something like that. Not me, I just wanted to... JOHN DILLINGER Where are you idiots taking me?" "Patience, Lada," Mehmed said. "I am going to start slee... KIERSTEN WHITE The Horse and Groom
A groom used to spend whole days in currycombing and rubbing down his Horse, but... AESOP In those days, who bought? Who had money? Aside from being ostracized for doing something no one els... JAMES KOSHIBA To be or not to be is not a question of compromise. Either you be or you don't be. GOLDA MEIR She’s forgotten me. It’s over. I don’t want to see her again, and now I’ll have to. I won’... JACKSON PEARCE Don't waste your tremendous voice writing messages in the sand. LORIN MORGAN-RICHARDS Stop being so...optimistic, its getting on my nerves." "No problem. Do you want me to be all gl... STEPHENIE MEYER It takes two or three generations to do what I tried to do in one; and my impulses--affections--vice... THOMAS HARDY You made me feel worthwhile…. like for once it mattered if I was here or not because I actually me... RANATA SUZUKI I love those moments in which you are barely awake, you are falling alseep or just waking up. In tho... HANNAH HOBSON Lᴏᴠᴇ ɪs ʟɪᴋᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡɪɴᴅ ... Yᴏᴜ ᴄᴀɴ'ᴛ sᴇᴇ ɪᴛ, ʙᴜᴛ ʏᴏ... NICHOLAS SPARKS She filed the image away as an excellent and insulting question to ask the earl at an utterly inappr... GAIL CARRIGER If you really think you have something good, you can't take no for an answer. You've got to ... BILLY EICHNER I wanted something different; I wanted something that challenged me and that pushed me further. Then... RAHA MOHARRAK Everybody really needs to have a gut check that starts with themselves. You've really got to believe... ISAIAH STANBACK You know why I really hated you? With all that you had you were just so oblivious to it all. You did... J.A. IRONSIDE No worries no matter what. Worries are just a drag force like friction. You worry, you embed a resis... EPHDAN When you've toured for about 10 years like me, you end up feeling like you're always waiting... RITCHIE BLACKMORE If you have coyotes or other wildlife, they really have to work on it for a long time to even think ... AL BENNER I always wanted a great love affair: something that feels big and full, really honest, and enough. N... ANGELINA JOLIE
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NICK CLEGG The thing about us businesspeople is that we love our customers rich and our employees poor. NICK HANAUER I usually get down with a little Violent Femmes in the summer. You know, 'Blister In The Sun.... NICK ROBINSON Dad was a difference maker. He reached out to people. He took them by the awe and wonder we feel ove... NICK SAGAN I do public appearances. I'm bluff, hearty, goofy. I wear loud clothes, and I read the funny bit... NICK HARKAWAY When it blows here, even the seagulls walk. NICK FALDO The U.S. has taken an active role in wars from Libya to the Central African Republic, sent special o... NICK TURSE At training, I consider myself a bit of a morale booster. I take a pack of lollies just to boost the... NICK CUMMINS I work in our living room, a strange room in a strange, topsy-turvy house. I work underneath this en... NICK HARKAWAY Love is like a fruit. It may look good, but you shouldn't bite in it until it's ripe. NICK HERTL You know, even working actors can end up having a lot of spare time. And you can either go sit at th... NICK OFFERMAN We will burn that bridge when we come to it. NICK GORSKI You want to be appreciated for all your work as opposed to one performance, but I'll always be &... NICK MORAN I wish I was a cool guy and could drink coffee black, but I put almond milk and raw cane sugar in it... NICK KROLL Lemons. He liked lemons. They made you make funny faces when you bit them, and a very, very long way... NICK HARKAWAY So, your kids must love the iPad?” I asked Mr. [Steve] Jobs, trying to change the subject. The com... NICK BILTON Over the years I've come to appreciate how animals enter our lives prepared to teach and far from be... NICK TROUT It may be a cat, a bird, a ferret, or a guinea pig, but the chances are high that when someone close... NICK TROUT People don't want children to know what they need to know. They want their kids to know what ... NICK HARKAWAY As I live life, I believe that the highest value I, and anyone who is ready, able and willing, is to... NICK CATRICALA The word is control. That's my ultimate -- to have control. NICK FALDO The legacy of Democrats and Republicans approaches: Libertarianism by bankruptcy. NICK NUESSLE With rivers as with good friends, you always feel better for a few hours in their presence; you alwa... NICK LYONS If you feel you have a film that's valid, you stick your ass on the line. NICK NOLTE Magic isn't done; it's only just begun! NICK NEWBERRY If hooking a car battery up to a monkey's brain will help find the cure for AIDS and save somebody's... NICK DIPAOLO Everybody lies, but it doesn't matter because nobody listens. NICK DIAMOS Modernism isn't a design ethos any more, it's an economy of scale, and a marketing tool to sell the ... NICK HARKAWAY A desire for privacy does not imply shameful secrets; Moglen argues, again and again, that without a... NICK HARKAWAY Keeping people fired up starts with having a really clear vision for what the company is aiming to d... NICK WOODMAN We were in Chagrin Falls, Ohio. It's a nice town, but it's aggressively quaint. They've ... NICK ROBINSON I'm developing more stuff in my voice, more Nick Swardson. It's me as myself in a sense and ... NICK SWARDSON I think our slow, humble beginnings in surf shops, ski shops, bike shops, and motorcycle shops have ... NICK WOODMAN In ancient Greece, Socrates reportedly didn't fancy a literate society. He felt that people woul... NICK HARKAWAY I wrote the first draft of 'Tigerman' while my wife was pregnant - needless to say, I was re... NICK HARKAWAY Our actions in the Middle East over the last 15 years have already guaranteed radical Muslims quite ... NICK CLOONEY One of the pleasant duties of America's most famous announcers during the relatively short swing... NICK CLOONEY Traits acquired during one's lifetime - muscles built up in the gym, for example - cannot be pas... NICK BOSTROM