Up Quotes · Page 578

One of the reasons I picked up the guitar is because I saw a video of Feist performing in Paris.

— Yuna

It's a funny thing when you think you're dead. You're not terrified of it anymore. There's a sort of a epiphany to…

— David Lange

I grew up in a very white, privileged, old-fashioned society in South Africa and went to a boarding school run by nuns.

— Prue Leith

Life is all about how things rough up against you and how you see them and the vantage point you have from…

— Craig David

I came from a very strict background, and didn't hear any Jamaican music when I was growing up.

— Grace Jones

Making a living out of acting sounded like science-fiction when I was growing up. I didn't know anyone around me who lived…

— Penelope Cruz

My parents split up when I was 3 years old, and I lived with my mother.

— Garcelle Beauvais

Just because someone has gone to an elite school and college does not make him smarter than the person who has grown…

— Vikas Swarup

I have a lot of influences. I like to sit down with the cinematographer a month before, and we'll watch pieces of…

— Ben Affleck

My parents gave up a lot to bring me up in the little house on the prairie, and I wasn't prepared to…

— Tony Parsons

I was basically a dork that hit the books and liked to build things and did all of the things that you…

— Tom Scholz

When somebody talks about your career, most people are gonna talk about wins and losses, a World Series or pennants. But if…

— Jim Leyland

For one reason or another, a lot of guys wind up with a guitar that isn't really right for them.

— Jim Root

There are a lot of westerns that deal with people standing up for their principles, and that is the predominant theme that…

— Rod Lurie

I was in a meeting and one of the executives told me he was going to have to change my surname. I…

— Jack Savoretti

When someone you don't know comes up and offers you something you need, that touches you. You know it's from the heart.

— Alex Cora

I get up in the morning and I go to practice like everyone else.

— Kylian Mbappe

I don't shop beats. That was never my method coming up. I think it's very strange to have a CD of 30…

— DJ Premier

I grew up in Connecticut, so obviously I'm a Patriots fan.

— Tom Thibodeau

I grew up in Flatbush, Queens, Laurelton. These are places where it's mostly black and there was a lot of diversity.

— JPEGMAFIA

Growing, up I didn't really have anyone to look up to. There weren't a lot of Mexicans on T.V. except for those…

— Cain Velasquez

I want more people to speak up about issues, like equal pay.

— Ava Max

Mourinho knows me! He sat in my lap as a little boy, and wanted his photograph taken with me. I knew his…

— Eusebio

So many actors get caught up in their technique, and to be honest, I see it really getting in the way. I…

— Gerard Butler

I put up my Christmas tree entirely too early. I'm one of those people.

— Rachel Boston

I am not in any hurry to grow up.

— Sylvia Earle

The darned thing about mandolins is they're really hard to turn up as loud as you would need to be to play…

— Chris Thile

We need to not be afraid to step up and take a fight to the corruption that's in this world.

— Madison Cawthorn

I was trying to find an original style that didn't sound like Tony Bennett or anyone else. So I prayed about it,…

— Tiny Tim

For me and my husband, one of my biggest peeves is that I can't stand for an old friend or a woman…

— Ashton Shepherd

Today, families like the one I grew up in still believe in that American dream. But as President Obama says, it's a…

— Chuck Schumer

I can't deny that label-support gave me a leg up - though not every successful artist needs it.

— David Byrne

I'm not very ambitious, sorry... I don't get up and think, 'Today, I shall achieve greatness.' It's more, 'Today I might have…

— James May

You have a person there in Senator McCain that has an integrity in him and will stand up for the political process.

— Joe Kennedy III

I wrote 'Criminal' in 45 minutes when everyone else went to lunch because I had to have a hit. I can force…

— Fiona Apple

I'm not really big on video games at all, I played a lot at the arcade as a kid. I didn't have…

— Kyp Malone

A great way to get all the right nutrients is to make a colorful plate - mix of good vegetables, carbohydrates, and…

— Summer Sanders

I love country; I'm gonna do a country solo album at one point just 'cause. I'm a big fan of Keith Urban,…

— Tony Oller

We've already seen other candidates set up these secretive super PACs where they don't take any responsibility for what they're funding... because…

— Eric Greitens

When my husband and I were in our twenties, we thought it would be fun to take up cross-country skiing as a…

— Robin Marantz Henig