When I sing, I feel like when you're first in love. It's more than sex. It's that point two people can get to they call love, when you really touch someone for the first time, but it's gigantic, multiplied by the whole audience. I feel chills.
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Related I'm in love with lots of different things. I do love love, though. I don't think love should... ALEXA CHUNG Love hurts the most when you really love. Sometimes you think you're in love, and then you find ... BABYFACE NI love watching science fiction because I feel like when it's done well, it's not just mons... ALAN ARKIN When it's a love scene with someone you actually love, there's no feeling like, 'Can I t... ANNA PAQUIN When I found somebody who I fell in love with, it made me feel different than I felt the rest of the... LANA DEL REY When you first read a script is the purest moment. That's when you can understand how an audienc... DAVID TENNANT When I feel comfortable, I just like to sing and hum, and I don't even know I'm doing it. Bu... DAISY RIDLEY I feel like every time I write a song, it feels like the first time I wrote a song. It's just as... SHAWN MENDES I'll be excited when I get my heart broken properly for the first time. I'll be like, 'T... SAM SMITH Women feel empowered when they can do the things that are supposed to be only for men, you know? It ... RIHANNA It's like trying to describe what you feel when you're standing on the rim of the Grand Cany... JACK SCHMITT I love touring. I can't wait. Everything is just normal when you're finally on tour. I think... ALISON MOSSHART There is something very unsettling about being with someone when they die. People say it's peace... GEORGE CLOONEY When you meet someone for the first time, that's not the whole book. That's just the first p... BRODY ARMSTRONG The music kind of possesses me when I sing. So whenever I start to sing on a show - I mean, first, I... JACKIE EVANCHO It's easy to love yourself when you feel good enough, when you feel special enough, when you'... DEBBIE FORD I don't think love should make you feel uneasy. When you feel sick, I don't think that's... ALEXA CHUNG I love listening to Radio Head's 'Everything in its Right Place' because it's all ma... CASEY ABRAMS I would love to do much more singing; it's just one of those things where I can't quite desc... KEVIN SPACEY I don't feel unlucky in love anymore, and it's not all emo. It's a scary place to be in ... JENNY LEWIS I was with Tina Turner when she first saw Janis Joplin, and she said to Janis, 'Honey, you can... MICHAEL WADLEIGH I think you get to a point where you watch something just to enjoy it. I don't think it's re... CHARLIE WATTS When you feel sad, it's okay. It's not the end of the world. Everyone has those days when yo... MAC MILLER I know that some people shy away from what I say. They think it is too blunt, but when you don't... MISSY ELLIOTT I'm always very uncomfortable with people. It's something that I get upset with myself for, ... NANCY MARCHAND When I get a script, it's the only time that I get to be an audience member with the first-time ... DENNIS QUAID Hearing a whole entire room sing back to me, 'I guess it's true I'm not good at a one-ni... SAM SMITH I like that there's no love as fierce as the love you feel for your family; that there's no ... KATE KLISE You can watch someone on-stage cry and cry - but in the audience you feel nothing. It's easy to ... LAURA LINNEY It's the worst when you're kissing someone who's not a good kisser, and you're tryin... DREW BARRYMORE I can't really explain what it's like to be in love, but I feel like it's being comforta... ASHTON IRWIN I definitely think being a young girl, there's a time where - like when you're in middle sch... CAMILA CABELLO Pet me, touch me, love me, that's what I get when I perform. That's when I'm really gett... CONNIE STEVENS I try to make music with emotion and integrity. And authenticity. You can feel when something's ... JAY-Z There's something to be said for failing. It's not the failure you feel, it's the failur... KEVIN SMITH My real passion is to make movies, to direct. It's good for my ego to be an actress. It's li... MAIWENN When you make a TV show, they always say you're a guest in someone's home. Online, you'r... JERRY SEINFELD When you're surrounded by all these people, it can be even lonelier than when you're by your... FIONA APPLE I think that one of the things that you do learn is that falling in love and being in love with some... JULIANNE MOORE If you work hard at anything, you're going to experience some success. And the greatest gift is ... ROBERT KENNEDY, JR. When I'm running fast, I don't feel anything, it's effortless, it's like my feet don... EVELYN ASHFORD To feel nervous; to feel threatened and vulnerable and alive and engaged in that sense when interact... ALEX KARPOVSKY I always feel like 'as long as I'm doin' what I love to do, the money's naturally go... AKON I love England. I don't really like places when they're too hot. It's my Celtic blood. GARY KEMP I don't think you can cry if the script is rubbish. I have to feel it; it's as simple as tha... OLIVIA COLMAN I think there is sexy. And then there's tacky sexy. When you're young, you can get away with... ANDIE MACDOWELL I don't know what leadership is. You can't touch it. You can't feel it. It's not tan... BOB EHRLICH I love to swim. When I jump in the water, I feel like I'm 12 years old again. It's really fu... SUMMER SANDERS I love to fool you once, I love to fool you twice, I love to fool you a third time. And just when yo... HARLAN COBEN In life, there are those relationships where you really love someone, but they're just not right... JENNIFER MORRISON I developed in my head that I'm never any better than my last concert or the last time I played,... B. B. KING I remember the first time somebody played me Janis Joplin. My friend Donna put on Janis Joplin, and ... SOPHIE B. HAWKINS I spend a lot of time with the grandchildren. They love it when we sing together. It's fantastic... AGNETHA FALTSKOG Acting was a lot like football. When you're a DB and you're one on one with a receiver, you&... BRIAN J. WHITE But I really feel strongly that our kids do way too much homework. The research is on my side. It... AYELET WALDMAN The whole trick is to make it feel like you're spying on real people's lives as they get thr... DAVID O. RUSSELL People need realness, reality. People can sense when someone is being pretentious or fake. It's ... AFROJACK There's so much pressure, but I think if you really love it, if you truly love it, and it's ... FLEUR EAST I roller skated when I was younger, but when you're on a track that's slanted and you're... KRISTEN WIIG For me, I have to love it and feel something for it because you're going to be stuck with it for... CHARLES S. DUTTON I'm sure you're used to hearing that when people get to Long Island for the first time, it... KATIE NOLAN I love my parents. But I'm almost 28 and it's not fun to be asked, 'What are you doing t... JONAH HILL I know what it's like to feel snobby; I know what it's like to feel anxiety; I know what it&... MARIA SEMPLE I go to Florida sometimes for vacation. I actually really like Florida. It's a weird place, it... JEMIMA KIRKE To me, it's not the end of the world if I end up not being with someone. I love romance. I love ... JERRY HALL I don't feel old. I don't feel anything till noon. That's when it's time for my nap. BOB HOPE At first, when you go to premieres and award shows, you're thinking, 'How the hell am I here... EMMA STONE I love reading other people's diaries, especially someone like Virginia Woolf's - such a for... MICHAEL PALIN It's more than a job. It's very personal, so when you're hurt, you're really hurt in... CHARLOTTE GAINSBOURG I love to prune my roses. That's the one thing I really feel I do pretty well. Other things I us... JULIE ANDREWS I think when you're a director, it's hard to do something unless you're absolutely over-... ADAM GREEN When you found a company, you feel a deep sense of responsibility for it. I'll care about Dell e... MICHAEL DELL What bothers me, I guess, is when I get these messages from girls on Twitter, and they're like, ... CARA DELEVINGNE The trapeze was my first love. To me, it's normal. It's all I've ever known. But when I ... NEON HITCH The great thing about gurus is not that they make you feel everybody's love. It's that they ... LARRY BRILLIANT When I read a script and have my first interaction with this character, do I feel like there's s... BILL SKARSGARD And because of the reunion I think we've got more energy and enthusiasm than we've ever had.... GLENN TIPTON I don't think it's good to run on anger, but it's really great when that's the first... JOSH HOMME I love being a single mom. But it's definitely different when you're dating. BROOKE BURNS When you're little, you're open to things. It's not like you get into this rehearsed zon... KIRSTEN DUNST I get kind of sad when I look at all of my magazines and think about how at one time I was much more... TAVI GEVINSON It's funny: when people always talk about the importance of role models, I used to think that wa... DEMETRI MARTIN Every weekend, I'm on the highway to Antwerp. I need to be there, to have the calm. It's a w... RAF SIMONS Hairdressers call me dark blonde, but I think they're wrong. I feel far more naturally confident... TAMSIN EGERTON I love theatre. It's far more satisfying than film. Sometimes there's a collective sigh from... KATIE LEUNG I think grieving is the same for everybody that lost someone you love deeply. It's the same. You... LEE RADZIWILL I'm from Miami, I love it when we're out in the heat. When it's cold, I'm like, '... MAJANDRA DELFINO The most special Slam is Wimbledon, of course. But where I feel the best is Melbourne. And you'r... MARIN CILIC I love, in movies, when you feel and you understand the past of the character without it being said ... DENIS VILLENEUVE I feel that it's lovely when, as a user, you're not aware of the complexity. JONATHAN IVE Whether you like it or not, you're forced to come to the realisation that death is out there. Bu... CLINT EASTWOOD There's more than one person on the planet. When you're madly in love, that's not what y... HELEN FISHER The reason you take antidepressants is to feel calm. And romantic love is not calm - it's elatio... HELEN FISHER When you look at myself, I'm a coach, and that's what it's all about. When you're a ... JASON KIDD I don't like to chase an audience. You can smell when someone is chasing an audience and it'... M. NIGHT SHYAMALAN I think I feel my best - I really feel the fountain of youth is inside, not out - when I'm just ... JACLYN SMITH Sarcasm is weird. Even not in acting, in life I feel like 'sarcastic' is a word that people ... AUBREY PLAZA I'm a huge 'Harry Potter' fan. When you're acting, it's a fantasy already, maybe... MEGHAN ORY Your first hit in the majors - that's tops. It means you're on your way. When you get the fi... ROD CAREW A lot of people say, 'Wow, you're a single father of twin boys, that's crazy!' Two t... RICKY MARTIN
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JANIS KARPINSKI We're never going to know the truth until they do an independent commission or look into this indepe... JANIS KARPINSKI [The first time Karpinski got any clarification about the photographs was January 23, 2004. The crim... JANIS KARPINSKI [Karpinski tried to get information, but] nobody knew anything, nobody - at least, that's what they ... JANIS KARPINSKI was told by Colonel Warren, the JAG officer for General Sanchez, that they weren't assigned to me, t... JANIS KARPINSKI We haven't dealt very effectively with those photographs or what they indicated, JANIS KARPINSKI I've never spoken to any of them, JANIS KARPINSKI living conditions now are better in prison than at home. At one point we were concerned that they wo... JANIS KARPINSKI Look how they've tormented me, what they've taken away from me, JANIS KARPINSKI We need to fix this. It hasn't been done yet because there's still a reluctance to admit tha... 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JANIS SMITH We're hoping that motivation will carry over into a regular school. Our goal is to help these studen... JANIS SLATTERY This stinks. Why is my mom is making me come to school on Saturday? JANIS SLATTERY We have kids who are disgruntled at school. At Flight School, these kids are really digging learning... JANIS SLATTERY For his very first slalom, he improved his time by 13 seconds, and that's pretty good. It was a diff... JANIS SERRANO Definitely, snowboarding has taken some skiers. We used to have 30 or 40 skiers, but we've just watc... JANIS SERRANO We're in a rebuilding process, we're doing fine for where we're at. We're just trying to improve on ... JANIS SERRANO Haley is experienced and talented. You would never guess that she's just a third-year skier. She sta... JANIS SERRANO She had a really good race. This was her second top-10 finish, so it looks like she's on her way to ... JANIS SERRANO Each dollar a visitor spends doubles in value as it spreads through the community. The attractions a... JANIS SCHMEES Far beyond the economic impact is being able to show off our city to political leaders. It's a coup ... JANIS SCHMEES They've been looking for an opportunity to come back, but we haven't had the Convention Center avail... JANIS SCHMEES At the Harvard meet, I beat the one-meter champion my freshman year. It's really hard to believe. JANIS SCANLON As soon as Julie stepped in, I knew that I would have to step up my diving. Julie works really well ... JANIS SCANLON I wasn't even expecting it. It was one of the best meets of the season so far. Making NCAA Zones def... JANIS SCANLON It happened on my very first dive at the meet. With the gainer two-and-a-half, you're supposed to ju... JANIS SCANLON It's hard to play competitively in Canada and still be a full-time student, so when I heard from IU,... JANIS PARDY It has allowed me to experiment with different styles of play to come up with the most successful on... JANIS PARDY We have great team chemistry and I think a lot of our success can be attributed to how well we all g... JANIS PARDY We have all played together for so long. We have a lot of chemistry. We know how each other plays an... JANIS PARDY We're a basic, general dental office that provides all phases of dentistry with the exception of ort... JANIS MORIARTY We've received lots of new patients since we moved. There's great visibility here that we didn't hav... JANIS MORIARTY In the past, people only went to the dentist when they had a problem, which was a constant horror sh... JANIS MORIARTY Certainly I would be concerned but I would be equally concerned... that the pictures had not been re... JANIS KARPINSKI The most pronounced difference was when Miller came to visit. He came right after Rumsfeld's visit .... JANIS KARPINSKI It's easy in a big district to rarely see or know one another. This event brings the three buildings... JANIS HYLAND He had an effective removal order against him, he had a legal deportation order against him, there w... JANIS FERGUSSON We were of the opinion that he was a danger to the public and that he should not be allowed to remai... JANIS FERGUSSON They will be contacted. Their case will be dealt with. JANIS FERGUSSON You couldn't really see the drivers. Here, you can see them. They're right there (close to the fence... JANIS FARRELL We got the car as soon as we saw it. JANIS FARRELL We know T-shirts and hat sales aren't going to generate enough money to bring filming of 'Dallas' to... JANIS BURKLUND The competition is getting more aggressive. If we don't do something, we're going to get left in the... JANIS BURKLUND Both Florida and Texas are going to have to increase the incentives to get more movies. Right now, L... JANIS BURKLUND Florida's nice, but let's get real. The show was called 'Dallas,' right? It took place in Dallas, ri... JANIS BURKLUND We're just getting it started, and I don't know how successful it will be. But we're going to have t... JANIS BURKLUND It's not that they won't shoot here at all. They just might not shoot much here, and that would be h... JANIS BURKLUND This particular movie there's more at stake then just money. Of course, there's the money to our eco... JANIS BURKLUND I think all of us thought that by the '70s, at the latest the '80s, all the world's prob... JANIS IAN Some people would rather stay ignorant and self-satisfied. JANIS IAN I feel I was born with the music coming to me, and that's not something to be wasted. JANIS IAN At the end of the day, all you can hope for is to go on. The older I get, the more I realize that ju... JANIS IAN Research about the prevention of obesity should consider infancy, as well as childhood. DR JANIS BAIRD What is needed are in-depth studies to try to understand better the pattern of growth in infancy and... DR JANIS BAIRD There were very consistent findings in all of the studies we looked at. DR JANIS BAIRD The entrance into the family of an outside professional with legal authority is always a crisis-ridd... JANIS TYLER JOHNSON Women need total life support services for the mother as she and the family move through the crisis ... JANIS TYLER JOHNSON