Up Quotes · Page 930

I want to get involved in things that makes a difference in peoples lives and lifts them up. I don't want to…

— Russell Simmons

I'm not a risk-taker; that's probably why I write - because when you're easily bored, but you don't like taking risks, you…

— Catherine Jinks

I have always felt that my career was not going to be a straight shot up, but more of a kind of…

— Stacey Snider

Through school, I saw plenty of theatre my parents weren't necessarily up on. They would prefer a football game to watching 'The…

— Katori Hall

Spidey was the one comic I read consistently throughout my childhood. As someone who grew up a nerd, scrawny, and picked on…

— Josh Keaton

I grew up in Hempstead, NY, and my very first job was working for an environmental organization.

— Karine Jean-Pierre

I worked on 'Blue Peter' and 'Tonight' and lots of TV plays, filmed people like Rudolf Nureyev and Ted Heath, and ended…

— Michael Bond

I never said I'm unhappy about going to the ACC. I'm unhappy the Big East broke up. That's a completely different thing…

— Jim Boeheim

Shyam Benegal has found a lovely voice in this film. We've all seen the kind of cinema he's come up with over…

— Boman Irani

I grew up in a suburb of Columbus, Ohio, in the early '90s, and hospitals and doctor's offices offered to x-ray candy.…

— Cory Michael Smith

I find theatre easier than films, because it gives you an environment of a dark hall, the audience concentrating with you... whereas,…

— Randeep Hooda

I think a benefit is that we try to put it up in a short time. From the decision to do this…

— Claude Nicollier

You know, I grew up with brothers so I'm used to being the only girl.

— Kyra Sedgwick

I love mystery novels... I love seeing the dramas played out in academic departments, particularly English departments. I started reading these when…

— Natasha Trethewey

Don't tell me how to do my job. I don't come to your workplace and tell you how to sweep up.

— Billy Connolly

I grew up in a strong faith-based family. I think I have selected to return to those roots for strength, for my…

— Paula Broadwell

When I came to America, it was Dave Chappelle and a lot of comedians on ComicView. That was my first exposure to…

— Jimmy O. Yang

When I come out of my dressing room, I go to my heart and say a little prayer and go out on…

— Mavis Staples

I do tend to wake up in the middle of the night convinced I've made a disaster.

— Sydney Pollack

I didn't have any idea what I wanted to be when I grew up.

— Tom Sturridge

I was aware of it, but I grew up in a very a-religious family. My mother never went to church, she never…

— Donald Johanson

I think, being surrounded by professional makeup artists and hairdressers, you pick up little tips and trends.

— Samara Weaving

From a young age, I wanted to play in the NBA. Oh well... It was when I was a senior in college…

— Steve James

The way I grew up was making the right play every time.

— Marc Gasol

Growing up, my earliest memories are listening to Sinatra Christmas albums.

— Brendon Urie