In my own creations, the earliest influence came from the ancient civilisations of Egypt, China, Africa and Persia. In fact, one of… — Mary McFadden Copy Share Image
If I'm going to pour that kind of love and energy and sweat and heartache, all that juju into something, I'm going… — Lake Bell Copy Share Image
I'm a busy guy but I set aside quiet time every morning and every evening to keep my equilibrium centered on my… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
I don't know if it's good to be stuck at one place. I'm probably too close to home on that. Because that… — Raymond Pettibon Copy Share Image
Part of my impetus to get famous is to have access to printed matter. I love all the stuff like postcards, books,… — Jack Pierson Copy Share Image
My own belief is that the way we grow the economy, create jobs, create wealth is in the private sector. The government… — Dick Cheney Copy Share Image
I really believe that when you're playing a character that everything is contained in the script. If I'm pulling from things from… — Walton Goggins Copy Share Image
I began my career creating art for an animated feature film, and it has been a life-long dream to tell some of… — Thomas Kinkade Copy Share Image
I love music, and I loved dance music immediately. So I bought some equipment and started making my own. When I started… — Armin van Buuren Copy Share Image
When I'm travelling, I always take my little notebook and scribble things down as I watch them; I'm very much geared to… — Michael Palin Copy Share Image
The more I've gotten interested in writing about history and making sense of myself within the continuum of history, the more I've… — Natasha Trethewey Copy Share Image
But on balance, a performer wants to feel that there's something there which stands out because you put a lot of effort… — Ben Affleck Copy Share Image
It's terribly wrong to stuff that sacred citadel with junk you know darn well is bad for you, I came to realize… — Ralph Maxwell Copy Share Image
I developed my own production company. I'm reading different books and writing, working on myself. I'm being focused on that, but also… — Kyla Pratt Copy Share Image
It's possible I'm a weird person, you know, and if I could only write for people who are like me, I wouldn't… — Greg van Eekhout Copy Share Image
And then God gave me insight: this was winter. It would end, in time, but not by my own doing. My responsibility… — Mark Buchanan Copy Share Image
I go to see maybe seven films a year at the most, and since I only go to see the best, it… — Jack Palance Copy Share Image
Being a student in an art & design school, that was the moment for me, that was when I began to develop… — Tim Gunn Copy Share Image
I love it when I start a book that is so good that all I want to do is get back to… — Julia Glass Copy Share Image
My feeling about my own work is, I could be writing 'The Aeneid' and they would still have to call it chick… — Jennifer Weiner Copy Share Image
They told me that they are starting a classic label, and wanted me to be the first artist. So I signed, and… — Teena Marie Copy Share Image
I can't listen to my own voice, I don't like it. You see all your mistakes when you hear your voice. You… — Cher Copy Share Image
I was an awful critic. I operated on the assumption that there was an absolute scale of values against which art could… — Tom Stoppard Copy Share Image
When I first started out, I was really attracted to having my own sense of style because I started swing dancing, lindy… — Katy Perry Copy Share Image
I've always really enjoyed sharing my work with others. I find it really hard if I don't think the work will exist… — Ottessa Moshfegh Copy Share Image
My own opinion is that youthfulness of feeling is retained, as is youthfulness of appearance, by constant use of the intellect. — Margaret Elizabeth Sangster Copy Share Image
Once I got to an age where I was old enough to make my own decisions, I quit everything and did what… — Taylor Momsen Copy Share Image
I'm inspired by my own children, how full they make my heart. They make me want to work to make the world… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The Oscar sits on some shelf above my desk. If there was an earthquake, I could actually be killed by my own… — Helen Hunt Copy Share Image
I think all artists are only interested in a couple of themes, really. I'm primarily interested in change and connection as being… — Lauren Oliver Copy Share Image
Figaro is a bad play. It stirs up hatred between the classes. In France, it has caused nothing but bitterness. My own… — Peter Shaffer Copy Share Image
I've always been fortunate in that I've been able to put myself in my own zone and relax. It comes naturally. I'm… — Michael Phelps Copy Share Image
I want to preserve a certain unknowing about my own poems - perhaps because unknowing is in itself a useful poetic thirst.… — Jane Hirshfield Copy Share Image
Oh, I would love to be a motivational speaker. I have pulled myself out of a million potholes, and I can see… — Drew Barrymore Copy Share Image
When I go to movies and I love the movie, it's because it feels like it articulated something about how we're living… — Josh Radnor Copy Share Image
I would be lying if I said the journalism doesn't reflect my own choices as a reporter and a writer: what to… — David Simon Copy Share Image
Being called ugly and fat and disgusting to look at from the time I could barely understand what the words meant has… — Margaret Cho Copy Share Image
Have I ever had sex with a hooker? I'd like to answer that question with a question of my own. Can just… — Zach Braff Copy Share Image
When I play live in restaurants and cafes, I don't play my own stuff. I play jazz and 'American Songbook' standards, and… — Darren Criss Copy Share Image
I understand it's my role to realize people's dreams. I'm O.K. with that so long as my songs are my own. No… — Ayumi Hamasaki Copy Share Image
