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Recall
Stories
I don't recall having any self-awareness about the intricacy of my stories.
- A. E. van Vogt
Thoughts
Britain
Like many people in Britain, I have an affectionate respect for the Queen, and am surprised that I should be having such republican thoughts.
- A. N. Wilson
Work
Aim
If four things are followed - having a great aim, acquiring knowledge, hard work, and perseverance - then anything can be achieved.
- A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
Thought
Which
I have an inner satisfaction of having done what I thought was right at the time which I thought was propitious.
- A. Philip Randolph
Living
Dreaming
Having a dream, living that dream, losing that dream, dreaming again and then having that dream come true again is one of the greatest feelings ever because I'm stronger.
- Aaron Carter
Director
Been
Being an actor really, really strengthens me as a director. There's just a certain type of understanding that comes from having been there and knowing how much is really being asked of actors that helps me.
- Aaron Ruell
Voice
Think
I am all for everyone having a voice; I just don't think everyone has earned the microphone. And that's what the Internet has done.
- Aaron Sorkin
Some
Bright Lights
Being around some of the bright lights of the technology world and having them expect great things helps you sit down and do it seriously.
- Aaron Swartz
Need
Raw Material
The pleasure from acting comes from having great writing to work with. If it's well written and the character is interesting, then, as an actor, that's the raw material I need.
- Aasif Mandvi
Always
Sofa
I honestly don't diet or work out regularly. I'm just always running around - you'll never catch me having a day on the sofa.
- Abbey Clancy
City
Created
We couldn't pitch the show without having created one, at least one 20 to 25 minute version of 'Broad City.' We wouldn't know how to describe it.
- Abbi Jacobson
Think
I Think
I am not a politician by nature, but I will say I think there need to be more women in FIFA, and I would be open to having those conversations when the time is right.
- Abby Wambach
Bad
Always
It's cheesy, but having a pimple or a bad hair day isn't going to matter in five years. I don't always remember that, but I try.
- Abigail Breslin
Lives
Usual
Having traveled to parts of the world where war has done its usual nasty work on people's lives, I have come to develop a particular hatred for the shape, the look, the sound of the AK-47.
- Abigail Disney
Father
Becoming
Marriage is a school itself. Also, having children. Becoming a father changed my whole life. It taught me as if by revelation.
- Abraham Maslow
Method
Include
Good psychology should include all the methodological techniques, without having loyalty to one method, one idea, or one person.
- Abraham Maslow
Always
Praised
In America, we have always taken it as an article of faith that we 'battle' cancer; we attack it with knives, we poison it with chemotherapy or we blast it with radiation. If we are fortunate, we 'beat' the cancer. If not, we are posthumously praised for having 'succumbed after a long battle.'
- Abraham Verghese
Myself
Kind
So I consider myself a dog person. Kind of. Had dogs when I was a kid, but my parents would never have dreamed of having them in the house.
- Abraham Verghese
Always
Reporters
I'm always having to get rid of reporters.
- Ada Yonath
Lovely
Normal
You kind of forget he's Peter Jackson in a way because he's so normal; he's lovely. It's like having a friend direct you, except it's Peter Jackson.
- Adam Brown
Like
Commercials
I like the freedom of podcasting. With podcasting you can really mess around with the form and the format. You can do as much time as you like without having to pause for commercials.
- Adam Carolla
Which
Twofold
Man may be considered as having a twofold origin - natural, which is common and the same to all - patronymic, which belongs to the various families of which the whole human race is composed.
- Adam Clarke
Like
Couple
When you see a merger between two giants in a declining industry, it can look like the financial version of a couple having a baby to save a marriage.
- Adam Davidson
Fail
About
Acting is really about having the courage to fail in front of people.
- Adam Driver
Think
Everyone
There's such an emphasis on having a character be likable. I don't think it would be helpful if I worried about that. I mean, not everyone's likable.
- Adam Driver
Big
Fan
I'm not such a big fan of having a linear answer to things.
- Adam Driver
Expert
Making
When making decisions about people, stop confusing experience with evidence. Just as owning a car doesn't make you an expert on engines, having a brain doesn't mean you understand psychology.
- Adam Grant
Two
Anymore
Having two kids, I don't get out to see stand up much anymore.
- Adam McKay
Yelling
Lot
Having a guy on a microphone yelling lines at you is counter to a lot of acting techniques.
- Adam McKay
Game
Con
This is the ultimate con game - I'm having fun and people pay me to do it.
- Adam Osborne
Olympic
Washing
There is enough going on in Olympic year without having to do my own cooking and washing.
- Adam Peaty
Some
Galaxies
It's everywhere, really. It's between the galaxies. It is in this room. We believe that everywhere that you have space, empty space, that you cannot avoid having some of this dark energy.
- Adam Riess
Think
I Think
I do think about having babies a lot, actually. I think I look forward to that more than anything else.
- Adam Rodriguez
Comedy
Dad
The problem with me, as far as getting married and having a family, is that my comedy is so important to me. So I don't know if I'll ever be as good a dad as my dad.
- Adam Sandler
Mirror
Studying
As a kid, I'd go into the bathroom when I was having a tantrum. I'd be in the bathroom crying, studying myself in the mirror. I was preparing for future roles.
- Adam Sandler
Mood
Pointless
I like to work fast. I despise not having the right tool or, worse, knowing I have it but not being able to find it. It's a pointless delay that wrecks my pace - and mood.
- Adam Savage
Music
Lyric
Really, music is what I'm interested in, and the lyric part of it came from just having to have something to sing.
- Adam Schlesinger
Everyone
Social
I mean, the acting school I went to, we did have a social experience, but you know, when it's a bunch of actors, it's everyone self-consciously having a social experience rather than just having a social experience.
- Adam Scott
Depend
Couple
Every year, you can depend on having at least a couple really exciting Nicole Kidman performances, and that's a rare thing.
- Adam Scott
Doing
Year Later
It was just really fun doing 'Step Brothers,' and then 'Party Down' came a year later. I was having so much fun. I loved the people and the comedy community.
- Adam Scott
Chance
Very
Ever since having kids, napping is something that I'm prone to do and very easily could do but rarely get the chance to.
- Adam Scott
Book
Whenever
Having a book published whenever is a huge honor.
- Adam Silvera
Singer
Whole
I wanted to be a singer forever. But it's not really my cup of tea. Having the whole world know who you are.
- Adele
Diet
Like
I like having my hair and face done, but I'm not going to lose weight because someone tells me to. I make music to be a musician not to be on the cover of Playboy.
- Adele
Die
I Remember
I remember once having to stop performing when I thought an elderly man a few rows back from the front was actually going to die because he was laughing so hard.
- Adrian Edmondson
Always
Like
If you're having dinner with friends and they're always on the phone or always texting, it's just impolite. Unless it's something important - like someone is in the hospital or something - don't do it.
- Adriana Lima
Imagine
Larger
War is chaotic and when you start having a larger scale film and you have a lot of safety protocols and choreography, I would imagine it becomes more difficult.
- Adrien Brody
Wait
Like
I see my sister, and she's on her second baby, and I'm like, 'That's success.' Having a family - I can't wait for that.
- Adrienne Bailon
Wait
Like
I want a family. I see my sister, and she's on her second baby, and I'm like, 'That's success.' Having a family - I can't wait for that.
- Adrienne Bailon
Always
His
He that always gives way to others will end in having no principles of his own.
- Aesop
Dog
Pedigree
I'm not into having a pedigree dog.
- Agnes Obel
Through
Knew
I never knew modelling was what I wanted to do. I was just meandering through life having fun, having a laugh with my friends.
- Agyness Deyn
Some
Months
If someone was having some surgery that was going to put them out for three months, it's something you should consider, with a man or a woman. What is the impact of having the C.E.O. or visionary out for three months?
- Aileen Lee
World
Mirrors
The world is diverse, and having a professional team that mirrors the world is going to be more helpful for us.
- Aileen Lee
My Life
Lot
A lot of my life is about will - having the will to prove what my body can do.
- Aimee Mullins
Doing
Quick
So much of a stand-up's life is doing live radio and having to be funny and quick on the spot with these strangers, and sort of surgical in terms of how funny I can be in three minutes.
- Aisha Tyler
Thought
Career
I wasn't mentally prepared to take care of them, I was focused on my career. And then when I got to be in my 40s and I thought about having kids, I wasn't able to have kids naturally. I don't regret it.
- Aisha Tyler
Worry
About
I used to worry that if I wasn't having a dynamic life, then I wouldn't have anything to talk about.
- Aisha Tyler
Hollywood
Big
For me, it's not about breaking big in Hollywood, but having interesting experiences.
- Aishwarya Rai Bachchan
Proud
Very
Minnesota has a proud tradition of having two Senators on the Ag committee - a tradition I'd like very much to continue.
- Al Franken
Need
Issue
We need to start by having a conversation about climate change. It would be irresponsible to avoid the issue just because it's uncomfortable to talk about.
- Al Franken
Fact
Using
We are just fanatics about using the technology to make it all wonderful. We laughed at the fact that we were having such a great time working this way.
- Al Jarreau
Everyone
Bribe
I'm for everyone having the opportunity to accept a $150,000 bribe.
- Al Lewis
Shy
Been
My first language was shy. It's only by having been thrust into the limelight that I have learned to cope with my shyness.
- Al Pacino
Gift
Like
Jamie Foxx does a good rendition of me. It's a real gift, mimicry of that kind, the tonal thing. It's sort of like having a talent for playing an instrument.
- Al Pacino
Abuse
Still
If I was having a bad day, eating was like self-medicating. But if you abuse food, you still have to use that substance that you abuse every day. You have to learn to use it responsibly.
- Al Roker
Childhood
Reasons
One of the reasons I get so much joy out of my own children's childhoods is that I'm having my first childhood myself.
- Al Sharpton
Work
Could
You want to have fun but you also want to work well. Sometimes I was quite happy at Ferrari, because we would have fun, but then they could not stop having fun and go back to the real work.
- Alain Prost
Very
Covering
The idea of being a foreign correspondent and wandering the world and witnessing great events, having adventures and covering the activities of world leaders, appealed to me greatly. It was a very glamorous life in those days.
- Alan Cranston
Hammer
Which
I did a production of Macbeth in the 1960s in which I had a swordfight in the final scene. But the blade fell off my sword just as I was stabbing the guy. I ended up having to hammer him to death.
- Alan Dale
Every Day
Going
I don't miss playing football, but I do miss going into the dressing room every day and having a laugh.
- Alan Hansen
Need
Read
Having an intelligent secretary does not get rid of the need to read, write, and draw, etc. In a well functioning world, tools and agents are complementary.
- Alan Kay
Living
Admired
The conception of two people living together for twenty-five years without having a cross word suggests a lack of spirit only to be admired in sheep.
- Alan Patrick Herbert
Access
Suite
Having a diverse suite of U.S.-manned spaceflight systems to access space is inherently robust.
- Alan Stern
Go
Big
I'm a big proponent of having a mental health component go along with whatever the physical realities are.
- Alan Thicke
Younger
Fifteen
Divorce is never easy, but it's even more painful when you find out your husband is having an affair with a beautiful model fifteen years younger than you.
- Alana Stewart
Gun
Hollywood
It bothers me when the Hollywood elite are all so against people having guns and want rigorous gun restrictions.
- Alana Stewart
Song
More
The more vulnerable and the more confused the song is, the equal and opposite effect is how I feel after having written it.
- Alanis Morissette
Dress
Desire
I like having the freedom to dress as I desire.
- Alber Elbaz
Deep
Alive
By having a reverence for life, we enter into a spiritual relation with the world By practicing reverence for life we become good, deep, and alive.
- Albert Schweitzer
Been
Might
I wanted to be a doctor that I might be able to work without having to talk because for years I had been giving myself out in words.
- Albert Schweitzer
Help
Lot
I lost a lot of territory I really enjoyed having, but there was no doubt I had to do it to help Democrats.
- Albert Wynn
Bad
Like
No one remembers it; none of my friends remember me having it, but I had really bad acne for, like, years.
- Alden Ehrenreich
Think
I Think
I think it would be frustrating having to do things you wouldn't want to do, having to make movies you didn't like.
- Alden Ehrenreich
Being
Anything
The biggest challenge to being an actor is, when you're not working, just being unemployed: the downtime and not having anything to do.
- Alden Ehrenreich
Career
Imagine
I just can't imagine having to do an accent all the time - like, in your whole career.
- Alden Ehrenreich
Tied
Period
The danger in having modern music tied to a period piece is that hearing something may take you out of the moment.
- Aldis Hodge
Surviving
Set
Surviving the elements is working, but being on set and having to do a scene and being in a room with the same people who you actually enjoy and respect, your day project was easy.
- Aldis Hodge
Thought
Sure
Have I thought about having more kids? Oh sure, that would be great; that would be heaven. That would be fantastic.
- Alec Baldwin
Drive
Easier
It is much easier to drive without having an accident.
- Alec Issigonis
Love
I Love
I love cooking. I love having friends around.
- Alek Wek
Temporary
Being
I've seen mothers and children really being vulnerable in the refugee camps; it's supposed to be temporary, but they end up having children who have grown up in refugee camps.
- Alek Wek
Africa
South Africa
Going on safari in South Africa was hardcore but a lot of fun - though my friend Maura was absolutely freaking out about all the bugs in her hair and having to pee in the sand.
- Alek Wek
Country
Minor
For a country to have a great writer is like having a second government. That is why no regime has ever loved great writers, only minor ones.
- Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Always
Prove
As a young girl, I'm always going to have to work a bit harder to prove myself; that's just reality. But having to work harder makes me feel like girls are stronger, too.
- Alessia Cara
Always
Imagine
Having a mom as a hairdresser was really awesome: I was always her test dummy. I've had every style, every color you could imagine.
- Alessia Cara
Say
Go
It would be hard to go to your neighbor and say the things people say on the Internet without getting punched out or having your tires slashed.
- Alex Gibney
Always
Oscar
Oscar always opens up doors, especially the night of the Oscars. On that night, you hold that gold man, and it's like having Gandalf's staff. You can go anywhere and do anything. It's a talisman of such power.
- Alex Gibney
Amazing
Lot
I've had the privilege of having a lot of amazing people cook for me.
- Alex Guarnaschelli
Students
Inspiring
Having students was so inspiring.
- Alex Guarnaschelli
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