While I can't promise you that I'm going to be a perfect candidate and I can't promise you that I'm not going to make mistakes, I can unequivocally promise you that no one, no one, will work harder on your behalf, no one will fight harder with you and no one will make you more proud.
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Related I remember when I was 11, I told my mom, 'One day I'm going to buy you a house.' And she... WILL.I.AM Don't forget, I'm 39. I didn't come here just for the money to impress myself. I'm n... JAROMIR JAGR I'm no one's lap dog, you can't put me on a leash. JOHN LYDON I'm aware of the decisions I make and the responsibility I have as a role model. I wouldn't ... NAOMI SCOTT Someone once accused me of being like Eliot Ness. I sad no sir, I'm not E.N., but I can promise ... ROBERT STACK Sometimes I want to just pull the off switch, but you can't because if you go outside, you have ... NICKI MINAJ I never promise something; I always say that I will try. Because if you promise something and you do... HENRIKH MKHITARYAN There will be no wardrobe malfunction with me. I can promise you that, ... I have nothing I will be ... PAUL MCCARTNEY My manager's biggest dream is for me to be on Letterman. She says, 'Oh, Maggie, will you pro... MAGGIE Q There is really no one who hasn't made mistakes in their career. I'm always shocked that peo... JAMES CORDEN No one ever said 'no' to me about anything. No one ever told me anything was wrong. Never. N... MARC JACOBS Some libertarians say, 'Well, if people work harder, they can make more money.' But, you kno... BEN HOROWITZ If one thing that bothers me about acting, it's that there's no clear-cut number one. The cl... DANA HILL I wasn't ready for fame and all that brings to your life. It was an amazing experience, but so o... IYANLA VANZANT If you come away with me, I can promise you pain and disgrace,” I said. “But I will love you lik... STEVEN E. WEDEL I'm very responsible. And with ability you have to have responsibility. I'm not perfect. But... R. KELLY I know I'm a good professional, I know that no one's harder on me than myself and that's... CRISTIANO RONALDO if one day you feel like crying... call me I don't promise that I will make you laug... ROBERT J. LAVERY We're going to make the playoffs. I can promise you that. KYLE HOLLAND The road will be one long, I'm sure at that. So far the real friends are few, but few more challange... DEYTH BANGER I'm going to discipline my kids, and can't no one tell me how to discipline my kids. CALVIN JOHNSON I have to keep reminding myself: If you give your life to God, he doesn't promise you happiness ... PATRICIA HEATON Maybe I'll give Broadway a try. But you know what would be great? Hosting the Oscars. I promise ... DWAYNE JOHNSON I can promise you that we won't do anything to embarrass you. We're going to bust our butts to make ... MARTIN BOIRE No one really knows what I'm really like, and you won't unless you spend a day with me, or i... AVRIL LAVIGNE No one will die because of bad acting. No one will die because you missed a cue. We're all human... KATE BALDWIN Since no one but you can know what's best for you, government control can't make your life b... HARRY BROWNE I'm not trying to be macho, I promise you. DANIEL CRAIG I don't blame David Stern because a player gets on the court and he doesn't put out competit... OSCAR ROBERTSON I can't promise not to make you mad. I can't promise that I won't hurt you. All I can promise is tha... CHELSEA M. CAMERON I've learnt that you are who you are, and in the end, if you don't believe it, then no one w... USHER Go out and make something that reflects your interests, your taste, and your ideas. No one will pay ... JOSEPH KOSINSKI The one thing I can assure you is that I'm not going to do a Prescott. DAVID TRIMBLE You can't be like, 'Alright, I'm going to make this viral!' You just put stuff out t... CAMERON DALLAS I believe that you control your destiny, that you can be what you want to be. You can also stop and ... LEO BUSCAGLIA I promise that, one day, everything's going to be better for you. JAKE GYLLENHAAL I can promise you that when I go to Sacramento, I will pump up Sacramento. ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER Truth of a modest sort I can promise you, and also sincerity. That complete, praiseworthy sincerity ... JOSEPH CONRAD I was brought up not to be selfish or self-centered. So if you play somebody who isn't so lovabl... JULIE KAVNER You can't stand for too many things. You can't use the bully pulpit for too many things. So,... MEG WHITMAN It´s going to be a while, I can promise you that, ... I don´t foresee (burials) happening for at l... JACK KING Obviously, as you grow up, no one's ever 100 percent proud of every decision that they've ma... KIM KARDASHIAN When you lose a loved one, you come to these crossroads. You can take the path that leads you down t... BINDI IRWIN I've seen so many people in this business that made a fortune. They get old and broke and can... JIMMY DEAN In rowing, you're always striving for that perfect stroke, that repetition, each one being as go... BRYAN VOLPENHEIN There's only two givens with choosing acting as a profession: one is you will always be unemploy... FRANCES MCDORMAND I'm a little sheepish about it. Whenever I meet fans and they're like, 'Oh, you're s... IDRIS ELBA I'm a mad Gummi fan. I always have Gummis in my trailer. But you can't eat too many because ... JENSEN ACKLES I think the quickest way to get me to do something is really, 'You can't do that.' And I... LAUREN HOLMES I can't promise to love someone for ever. I can't imagine anyone could promise to love me fo... KELLY BROOK When you come to see a picture of mine, I want you to know that I'm not going to do anything tha... JOHN WAYNE The funniest people I know were, not necessarily troubled, but had a harder time in school or were s... KAITLIN OLSON When I first used to tour, guys would come up and say, 'Where's the fight club in my area?... CHUCK PALAHNIUK As a coach, they would love to sit there and say, 'It's going to be five steps, you're g... BRETT FAVRE I'm of the school of thought where, if you can't sort something out for yourself, no one can... AMY WINEHOUSE If I'm seeing you, you're going to influence me. I'm sorry - I'm just that way. I... DOUGLAS CARTER BEANE There's no way that anyone can know the ebb and flow of one's career. You can't know tha... HOLLY HUNTER I don't know where I'm going from here, but I promise it won't be boring. DAVID BOWIE Writing by myself, I spread that out more. I'll spend more time on a song then. I'm more cri... HUNTER HAYES I heard somewhere that whenever you write a book, people will ask you One Question about it over and... PATRICK DEWITT There is just one thing I can promise you about the outer-space program - your tax-dollar will go fu... WERNHER VON BRAUN When I worked with Bill Nighy on 'Wrath of the Titans,' he said to me, 'There's one ... LILY JAMES Go for it, while you can. I know you have it in you. And I can't promise you'll get everything you w... J.M. DARHOWER When money was plentiful, I was the first one who told you to stack it. Live your life with it. Now ... YOUNG JEEZY Find something you love and go for it with all your heart. No excuses, no plan B. Never settle for a... CHARLOTTE ERIKSSON Now, as a nation, we don't promise equal outcomes, but we were founded on the idea everybody sho... BARACK OBAMA There is just one thing I can promise you about the outer-space program: your dollar will go further... WERNHER VON BRAUN No one intimidates me because I'm not trying to do what you do, because I can't do what you ... MARY J. BLIGE I tend to stay in character between scenes... to be rather serious on set, but here's why, and I... CHRISTIAN BALE The truth of the matter is that I have lasted a long time, and with it comes both good and bad thing... HAROLD PRINCE 'No one can make you successful; the will to success comes from within.' I've made this ... FABRIZIO MOREIRA No one wants to follow a pessimist... You can be skeptical, you can be realistic, but you can't ... BOB IGER I promise you we will make films that entertain you the moment the lights go down. We're making Disn... JOHN LASSETER When you're dead, you're dead. No one is going to remember me when I'm dead. Oh, maybe a... SUSAN HAYWARD I'm not always happy, I promise. I can be serious. HALSTON SAGE You know, I think I'm a stronger person for realizing that you can't make everybody love you... CLAY AIKEN Yeah, I just don't break. I don't. And there's only one person I know who's a better... OSCAR NUNEZ I'm not going to throw chairs; I'm not going to cuss. I'm not going to do that kind of s... ANDRE WARD No one else can make you happy, and putting that expectation on the other will doom both of you. You... PENELOPE DOUGLAS Chemistry is one of these crazy things you can't teach or learn or you can't fake. You go in... JESSE TYLER FERGUSON I think acting can be very frustrating, and there's no experience that doesn't make you a be... REBECCA HALL No one can ever guarantee that your business will be successful someday. Not even you. It is like a ... OLASOT I promised I will always protect you. You've been wounded badly because I've failed to keep that pro... C.J. REDWINE No person is perfect. I haven't, thank God, had any infidelity issues. But you can't say wha... TASHA SMITH I'll tell you one thing you can't do: you can't put your shoes on, then your socks on. FLAVOR FLAV One of the biggest things I used to struggle with was about things like going on holiday. Whereas al... DOUGLAS BOOTH I'm not cocky at all. You ask anybody, I'm one of the nicest guys. I try to be as humble as ... SHABAZZ MUHAMMAD Stand up comedy is this thing you get to do, so you have to treat it with respect. You can't jus... BILL BURR I'm not one of those actors who gets so taken by a role that I can't live my life. I'm t... BILLY PORTER Of course I make mistakes. I'm human. If I didn't make mistakes, I'd never learn. You ca... ALEXANDER MCQUEEN I have a deep, deep belief that if I tell you I'm going to crack you with a clean shot to the ch... CONOR MCGREGOR I refuse to stand up in front of a rabbi and my friends and the woman I love - who I will tell you I... GENE SIMMONS There is just one thing I can promise you about the outer-space program -- your tax-dollar will go f... WERNHER VON BRAUN There is just one thing I can promise you about the outer-space program - your tax-dollar will go fu... WERNER VON BRAUN I really woke up one morning and said, you know, 'I haven't seen a good film about the Ameri... IRWIN WINKLER I'm not going anywhere. You can print that wherever you want to. I'm here and I'm a Spur... TIM DUNCAN One of the reasons for me that there's no 'Spaced 3' is that I don't think you can p... EDGAR WRIGHT It's tough when you're No. 1. You don't have any private life, you can't even walk a... BJORN BORG There's never been a better time to change the way you think. Replace every 'I can't'... MAYNARD WEBB You have to like your character, because if you don't, no one else will either. GALE HAROLD
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