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We've always had our hardcore fans. But the general public has a love-hate thing about the 'Kinks.' It always leaves people with…

— Dave Davies

Daddy had a clear passion for humanity.

— Cedella Marley

It was always my dream, getting to America? Honestly, I couldn't figure America as being real. Because it was on discs or…

— Ian McLagan

Part of America is we've always had people that can get things done.

— Stephen Pagliuca

Before we got married, I had tremendous ambition. Once we got married and I started having children, then I just thought that…

— Eydie Gorme

I've had failures myself before Uber.

— Travis Kalanick

I grew up in the '50s, a tough time for African Americans. I had friends whose fathers would openly say, 'Just bite…

— Gregory Hines

As this is the first time I have had the floor, it may be well for me now to confess, that I…

— Gerrit Smith

My stepfather had an electric guitar. He went to his pawn store one day to get a guitar and an amp, and…

— George Benson

Many who have had an opportunity of knowing any more about mathematics confuse it with arithmetic, and consider it an arid science.…

— Sofia Kovalevskaya

If I had my way, I wouldn't do annual reviews, if I felt that everybody would be more honest about positive and…

— Carol Bartz

I had a bit of a martial arts background from when I was a teenager: I did a bit of karate.

— Joel Edgerton

I didn't go to university, and I always had in my mind that I hadn't studied properly.

— Elena Roger

I knew that I had to write my memoirs.

— Jane Fonda

Imagine if the dinosaurs had tried picturing the rulers of their planet 100 million years hence. They'd undoubtedly envision these creatures as...…

— Seth Shostak

Just had a close call landing in Tampa. The tires blew out upon landing.

— Billy Mays

I've always had confidence in my abilities.

— Kyler Murray

I've got funny things. David Duchovny had to have a cast made of his face to do an old person's make-up, and…

— Chris Carter

I was the first child at four at a modeling agency, so I had an advantage.

— Brooke Shields

I came from a single parent household. And I had a bad example of what a husband and father could be and…

— Sarah Shahi

I haven't had to make a decision between 'my brand' and money. Everybody seems to get what I'm going for: the healthy…

— Mikaela Shiffrin

There has always been something less than wholesome about New Labour. But Blair for a long time had an easy ride. There…

— Martin Jacques

I grew up using hearing aids, and I had speech therapy and so forth, and that helped me to develop a passion…

— Sean Berdy

My childhood bedroom had wallpaper that was printed with clouds and rainbows.

— Brad Goreski

The attractive lady whom I had only recently been introduced to dropped into my lap... I chose not to dump her off.

— Gary Hart

I have seen and heard comedians who had really funny 'stuff' but yet could not make the people laugh; then, again -…

— Al Jolson

My family was in Singapore when the Japanese War started. We were in Singapore at the time of Pearl Harbor, and by…

— Tom Stoppard

Throughout the 19th century, when there was a laissez-faire mentality and insufficient regulation, you had one crisis after another. Each crisis brought…

— George Soros

My nanny had me mam when she was 16.

— Scarlett Moffatt

I'd never really considered doing young-adult novels, but one of the things that a friend pointed out to me is that I've…

— Michelle Gagnon

I had a few dating disasters along the way with girls cheating on me. One girl was the inspiration for me singing…

— Liam Payne

If you have never been tortured, or locked up and verbally threatened, you may find it hard to believe that anyone would…

— David K. Shipler

I was bed-ridden for months because of a slipped-disc. I had no choice.

— Zayed Khan

My dad actually had business cards made up with my sister's website and my website and all of our information. And he…

— Maria Bamford

I've always been very cautious with what I do. You know, that started at a young age. I always had the approach…

— Derek Jeter

I entered the literary world, really, from outside. My entire background has been in sciences; I was a biology major in college,…

— Khaled Hosseini

I had this notion of what I called a democratic way of looking around, that nothing was more important or less important.

— William Eggleston

I've always had an instrument attached to my body.

— Maggie Rogers

I think she said I should seek help. Something like that, but it was in much cruder terms. And that I had…

— Sam Raimi

Cyclops, that's like this primal fear. I had dreams for years that the Cyclops was a small creature living in our huge…

— Henry Selick