I was probably nine or ten the first time I heard there was no Santa Claus.
‐‐ Joe Nichols
I was probably singing before I could talk. Musical theater is my passion. If I could afford it, I would just do dinner theater and live a simple life.
‐‐ Bethany Joy Lenz
I was probably six years old when I first sang before an audience.
‐‐ Brian McKnight
I was probably spoilt, if I'm being totally honest.
‐‐ Mark Shand
I was probably tall as a child, but I just stopped growing.
‐‐ Kevin Hart
I was probably the first kid in my high school to go to Yale. I applied almost as a lark. Then, when I got there, I was the dumbest person in your class.
‐‐ Maya Lin
I was probably the one who tattled on the class clown. To get in good with the teachers.
‐‐ Christine Lavin
I was probably the only revolutionary referred to as cute.
‐‐ Abbie Hoffman
I was probably unusually close to my parents, so I do what I can now to preserve the integrity of their memory. The Holocaust deserves to be remembered.
‐‐ Norman Finkelstein
I was producing demos for a band that was called Physical Ed. Out of production of demos I went and did a few jam sessions with then in Northern California clubs, but I never actually toured with them.
‐‐ Ronnie Montrose
I was profoundly moved to be the first United Nations Secretary-General to attend the Peace Memorial Ceremony in Hiroshima. I also visited Nagasaki. Sadly, we know the terrible humanitarian consequences from the use of even one weapon. As long as such weapons exist, so, too, will the risks of use and proliferation.
‐‐ Ban Ki-moon
I was prom king. Which is actually saying I was the sixth most popular, because the five who were on homecoming were automatically disqualified from prom, so of course I have to look at it that way.
‐‐ Andy Richter
I was promised on a time - to have reason for my rhyme; From that time unto this season, I received nor rhyme nor reason.
‐‐ Edmund Spenser
I was promoted associate professor in early 1970 and full professor in October of the same year. I spent the two spring semesters of 1972 and 1974 as visiting professor at Harvard University, giving lectures and directing a research project.
‐‐ Jean-Marie Lehn
I was proper, proper fast at one point, and obviously I'm not now, so I've lost certain things, but when I was that fast I didn't need to do certain other things in a game. It was such a potent weapon.
‐‐ Michael Owen
I was proud of 'House, MD,' and I think it was good for what it was and remarkably smart for a television show. I loved Hugh Laurie and was proud to be by his side that long and to be trusted by him.
‐‐ Robert Sean Leonard
I was proud of my Soviet country, of wearing Young Pioneer uniform, bombarded by my mother's Communist propaganda.
‐‐ Roustam Tariko
I was proud of 'Robin Hood,' even though critics wrote negative things. But I had to laugh when this big, shaven-headed Hungarian stunt guy first saw me. He said, 'You Jonas? You playing Robin Hood? You need to go to the gym today.' So I thought, 'I'm going to show people.'
‐‐ Jonas Armstrong
I was proud of the waves I had made, but wondered how many boats I was supposed to rock.
‐‐ Phil Donahue
I was proud of the youths who opposed the war in Vietnam because they were my babies.
‐‐ Benjamin Spock
I was proud of working 18 hours a day and sleeping three hours a night. It's something now that has turned into a problem for me: not being able to sleep... having insomnia.
‐‐ Sean Combs
I was proud to be a member of the IRA. I am still 40 years on proud that I was a member of the IRA. I am not going to be a hypocrite and sit here and say something different.
‐‐ Martin McGuinness
I was proud to be a Tory Member of Parliament for twelve years, proud to represent Buckingham as a Tory, proud to have voted with my party 99% of the time as the record shows.
‐‐ John Bercow
I was proud to be an original cosponsor of the Violence Against Women Act when Congress passed it in 1994, and was proud to support the previous renewals in 2000 and 2005. These bills always enjoyed large, bipartisan support.
‐‐ Carolyn Maloney
I was proud to call Dr Rupert a friend. He was always a wonderful source of support and kindness.
‐‐ Mangosuthu Buthelezi
I was proud to march beside some of the most notable Civil Rights activists, such as the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Rev. Jesse Jackson, and Joseph L. Rauh, Jr., from Selma to Montgomery.
‐‐ Charles B. Rangel
I was proud to represent the 11th District of Georgia as a member of Congress for the past 12 years and am excited to now be joining the respected, growing Government & Regulatory Affairs Practice at Drinker Biddle & Reath.
‐‐ Phil Gingrey
I was proud to share the stories of my friends at Georgetown Law who have suffered dire medical consequences because our student insurance does not cover contraception for the purpose of preventing pregnancy.
‐‐ Sandra Fluke
I was proud to witness American Jewish organizations found the Save Darfur Coalition in June 2004 to mobilize a coordinated interfaith response to the ongoing humanitarian disaster.
‐‐ Jan Schakowsky
I was provided with additional input that was radically different from the truth. I assisted in furthering that version.
‐‐ Oliver North
I was publishing when I was 20, 21. And it really never stopped.
‐‐ Daniel Berrigan
I was pulled out of Omaha when I was younger because my father started to work, when he was done serving as county commissioner, at Archer Daniels Midland.
‐‐ Howard Warren Buffett
I was punished for blowing the whistle on my father's lifestyle.
‐‐ Tatum O'Neal
I was pursuing my acting career, but I was silent on the LGBT issue, the issue that was closest to me. I knew if I came out then, I'd have had to change careers.
‐‐ George Takei
I was pursuing the arts with theater in school, and I was doing after-school activities, but not in any real movement towards a professional career.
‐‐ Uzo Aduba
I was pursuing the inner path at the expense of the rest of my being and the rest of the world.
‐‐ Satish Kumar
I was put here to sing.
‐‐ Ronald Isley
I was put in a position with a man that, whenever he would call me at work or at home, work-related, he would say jump and I'd say how high and I would jump.
‐‐ Andrea Mackris
I was put in remedial everything.
‐‐ Bill Cosby
I was put in the Air Corps. I was never educated to serve in the military, but soon my activities in the American Air Corps became very interesting to me.
‐‐ Leon Askin
I was put into office by the people who believed in my idea that corruption is the root of poverty; that an end to corruption would mean an end to poverty.
‐‐ Benigno Aquino III
I was put off by people at school - my cabbage wasn't as good as other people's, you know, so that put me off.
‐‐ Roger McGough
I was put on a pony as a kid at some birthday party when you're all led around.
‐‐ Victoria Pendleton
I was put on a surfboard by a cute boyfriend in high school.
‐‐ Marguerite Moreau
I was put out there as a spokesperson for the new feminist revolution. It was very difficult because I was either too feminist or not feminist enough, depending on who you spoke to.
‐‐ Sarah McLachlan
I was put under contract. A major studio. I got nominated for an Academy Award. Isn't that ridiculous? I mean, at the age of 18!
‐‐ Angela Lansbury
I was putting all those pressures on myself.
‐‐ Charlotte Gainsbourg
I was putting myself under enormous pressure to be successful.
‐‐ Kenny Dalglish
I was quiet, a loner. I was one of those children where, if you put me in a room and gave me some crayons and a pencils, you wouldn't hear from me for nine straight hours. And I was always drawing racing cars and rockets and spaceships and planes, things that were very fast that would take me away.
‐‐ Gary Oldman
I was quiet for a year but I had 4,000 articles written about me.
‐‐ Heather Mills