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In my early 20s I was so miserable doing construction, I wanted something that paid money. I liked nice stuff. I liked cars and architecture,… — Adam Carolla
My dad was like a stage mother he always pushed me to do what I wanted. — Jim Carrey
When I entered high school I was an A-student, but not for long. I wanted the fancy clothes. I wanted to hang out with the… — Benjamin Carson
I wanted to know the name of every stone and flower and insect and bird and beast. I wanted to know where it got its… — George Washington Carver
I knew I wanted to sing when I was a very small boy. When I was probably 4 years old. My mother played a guitar… — Johnny Cash
I stayed in submission to my husband, and he allowed me to do anything I wanted to. I felt like I was lucky to have… — June Carter Cash
There are things coming from me that I felt I wanted to talk about. My search for my own blend of spirituality, my acknowledgement of… — Ana Castillo
I painted. I wanted to be a painter. I sang. — Hugo Chavez
I reached a point towards the end on the old heart where I had trouble getting out of a chair. All I wanted to do… — Dick Cheney
I wanted readers to be genuinely unsure as to whether she's telling the truth or lying. It meant making her partly sympathetic, and partly unsympathetic,… — Lee Child
Maybe I wanted to hear it so badly that my ears betrayed my mind in order to secure my heart. — Margaret Cho
I have permanent damage to my body because I wanted to be thin. — Margaret Cho
I always tell people that I became a writer not because I went to school but because my mother took me to the library. I… — Sandra Cisneros
I wanted to see my name on the cover of a book. If your name is in the Library of Congress, you're immortal. — Tom Clancy
Certainly my parents were a huge influence. They always expected the most out of all of us. And expected us to do our very best.… — Laurel Clark
I just had my 30th birthday and we went turkey shooting. It's what I wanted to do, so we went. — Kelly Clarkson
I wanted an electric train for Christmas but I got the saxophone instead. — Clarence Clemons
I like historical fiction. I fell in love with New Orleans the first time I visited it. And I wanted to place a story in… — Isabel Allende
I wanted to be in a punk band before I had even heard any punk music. — Kurt Cobain
I wanted to have the adoration of John Lennon but have the anonymity of Ringo Starr. I didn't want to be a frontman. I just… — Kurt Cobain
Sometimes I wish I had taken the Bob Dylan route and sang songs where my voice would not go out on me every night, so… — Kurt Cobain
The book I always say that influenced me, subconsciously, because at the time I didn't know I wanted to be a writer, was William Goldman's… — Harlan Coben
Writers always say, 'I always knew I wanted to be a writer; when I was a three-month-old foetus a pen formed in my hand and… — Harlan Coben
I've done everything I wanted to do, even if I have had to pay a very high price - which has been the case most… — Paulo Coelho
I wanted life to be episodic. I wanted to be a magazine photographer and I was willing to do what it took to become that. — Sam Abell

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