Originally, when I wrote the song 'The Sensual World' I had used text from the end of 'Ulysses.' When I asked for… — Kate Bush Copy Share Image
I was focused on building things from an early age. When I was about 3, our toilet broke, and my mother was… — Colin Angle Copy Share Image
One night, I lay awake for hours, just terrified. When the dawn finally came up - the comfortable blue sky, the familiar… — Alice Oswald Copy Share Image
When I was interviewed after I got hired to replace Walter Alston, a future Hall of Famer, I was asked: 'Don't you… — Tommy Lasorda Copy Share Image
In my family, there was one parent you asked for money and the other for permission to do things. You could never… — Julianne Moore Copy Share Image
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When people ask me, 'Are you happy?' I respond with, 'You've asked the wrong question.' There is a deep kind of satisfaction… — David Ulevitch Copy Share Image
I was very lucky all three newspapers approached me and asked me to draw their cartoons for them. — Jonathan Shapiro Copy Share Image
When we were growing up, all of us kids were vegetarians. No one had asked me to stop eating meat - I… — Janet Jackson Copy Share Image
Basically, they had asked me if I would shave my head or wear a bald cap. I said look, if you are… — Persis Khambatta Copy Share Image
I owe my whole acting career to the fact that I'm a singer. I went out to Los Angeles and auditioned for… — Christian Kane Copy Share Image
I wasn't originally taking drama, but the drama teacher asked me to audition for Bye, Bye Birdie. I did and got the… — Kevin Richardson Copy Share Image
When I was 12, I happened to see a schoolmate playing percussion, and it looked interesting. I asked for lessons, and it… — Evelyn Glennie Copy Share Image
I think the sea has thrown itself upon me and been answered, at least in part, and I believe I am a… — Hart Crane Copy Share Image
I thought it was quintessentially American - very hip, very late-'60s. I was absolutely stunned when a German production company asked me… — Joan Ganz Cooney Copy Share Image
When you're young and desperate to hold on to a place in the team you do whatever is asked of you. — Peter Storey Copy Share Image
I get asked, 'How can you have such failures in your films?' Well, what else is life about? There's some sense of… — Alexander Payne Copy Share Image
When President Obama asked Congress to raise the debt ceiling $2 trillion and offered sequestration as an offset, I opposed it. I… — Mike Turner Copy Share Image
I asked my body if it was going to die or not from AIDS. And it said 'no.' I sort of paid… — Edmund White Copy Share Image
I was only 24 years old when a lady called Sabina Sehgal Saikia - the then 'Delhi Times' editor - asked me… — Vir Das Copy Share Image
While visiting Costa Rica, I was inspired to hear that someone had donated a playground to a local school. So when I… — Cheryl Hines Copy Share Image
I was asked to be in Elton John's band, Joni Mitchell's band, and Miles Davis' band. I couldn't do it. — Steve Lukather Copy Share Image
I did 'Footballer's Wives' for two-and-a-half seasons and I asked to be written out. — Laila Rouass Copy Share Image
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