Up Quotes · Page 171

I had grown up in a toy shop in Blackpool and then moved to London to do an acting course.

— David Thewlis

You know, once you've stood up to cancer, everything else feels like a pretty easy fight.

— David H. Koch

I grew up so poor in Austria that we never took a vacation with my family.

— Wolfgang Puck

When I'm coming up with melodies, it feels like I'm in this other meditative state you can't describe.

— Sophie Thatcher

I've always liked simple. Growing up, I wore corduroys and Lacoste shirts, Maraolo flats, and maybe one gold bracelet.

— Aerin Lauder

I grew up with the Bible education, and my values come from there.

— Kaka

I grew up in Rayagada in Orissa state in eastern India. Few people have even heard of it.

— Ritesh Agarwal

Growing up, the dream was to be on Broadway. I always loved theater.

— Lauren Worsham

As an artist, you have to express yourself. I make no excuses for my versatility. I grew up singing classical arias, but…

— Idina Menzel

House music for me was incredible. It was a huge part of my growing up and developing into a young adult because…

— Gok Wan

It took me a while to open up to the idea that you don't have to be a wrestler to have ideas.…

— Tommaso Ciampa

I can't even compare ourselves with the Supremes. I adore the Supremes! I can't set myself up as comparison to people I'm…

— Keren Woodward

There's plenty of people I don't like that we put fights on with. It's not up to me whether I like them…

— Dana White

Tra-la-las and doo-be-do's became a Neil Sedaka trademark. I was the king of the tra-la-las and doo-be-do's in the '50s and '60s.…

— Neil Sedaka

Growing up in Britain, Michael Caine has always been such an icon. Chatting with him, I know I came across as the…

— Rose Leslie

My father had slowed down playing a little... I was 'round 10 or 12 years old. Every time he put his guitar…

— David Edwards

It hasn't really made it easier getting film work. It's not like I can call up a studio or a producer and…

— Parker Posey

I'm much better known in France and Germany and Spain than I am in the U.S. When I go to Russia, I…

— Bill Plympton

It's easier for me to write certain character types because of my own life experiences, but I find it too artistically limiting…

— Brent Weeks

Keeping it all together as a modern woman means multitasking, especially when you work. I think you always need to try your…

— Heidi Klum

I had to steel myself against this psychic devastation - to see your father on the street. It's hard enough to pick…

— Nick Flynn

In 1969, 'Life' magazine came up to me and said they wanted to do a little story on the Hobie, and I…

— Hobart Alter

Timbaland was crazy to work with. When he stepped in the studio, it was like working with Morpheus from 'The Matrix' -…

— Xzibit

I've always loved the films where it's like you're building up to something, you're getting a drip feed of mystery and tension…

— Gareth Evans

I adore Dartmoor, where I grew up, and the Cotswolds are amazing.

— Michael Ball

When the 'Thriller' album came up, we all knew that was going to be the cool record.

— Steve Lukather

All the muddy waters of my life cleared up when I gave myself to Christ.

— Mickey Rooney

Why did I break up with Elvis? It was difficult to watch his slow demise.

— Linda Thompson

There's some really good stuff in the way I was brought up. There's some really rubbish stuff as well.

— Naomi Alderman

I'm pretty sure I could've ended up on 'Real Housewives of Orange County.' They need a fair-skinned redhead.

— Ree Drummond

TV loves to bring in affairs - as soon as you have a relationship, let's screw it up.

— Connie Britton

Change happens from the bottom up - all of us as individuals deciding that we will and we do have an impact.

— Hill Harper

You know, I'm still deciding what I'm going to be when I grow up.

— Deborra-Lee Furness

When the opportunity presented itself, I had never been bar mitzvahed. I wasn't going to pass it up.

— Carlos Lopez-Cantera

I'm just a girl from Harlem who ended up in the right place at the right time.

— Gabourey Sidibe

Sometimes the career you end up with has no logical connection to where you began.

— Nina Tassler

Sometimes you've just got to hold your hands up and say you've been beaten by a quality free-kick.

— Peter Schmeichel

People would do the sound of a truck backing up - beeeep, beeeep - as I was sitting down.

— Ashley Graham

Other kids went out and beat each other up or played baseball, and I built electronics.

— Robert Moog

You have to set up the right technique to get that takedown. It can't just be any shot. You have to really…

— Cain Velasquez