All Quotes

I had, before I went to college, I had taken a few years off after high school and really had, I guess in those days, I had no intentions of going to college.
‐‐ Duane G. Carey

I had begun to write novels because of a fierce, self-serving impulse in my own heart. I had not considered the potential in a book for felt communion, the bright largesse of intimately participating in the lives of other people.
‐‐ Sue Monk Kidd

I had benefited so much from Vipassana, I felt it was important for many more people to be able to share the experience.
‐‐ Subhash Chandra

I had better cellular coverage on a ship in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea than I have in many parts of Silicon Valley.
‐‐ Roger McNamee

I had big shoes to fill, but the way we have been playing has made the transition easy.
‐‐ Ricky Ponting

I had bill collectors chasing me. We were skipping from town to town, not leaving forwarding addresses. The agent couldn't find me when he sold my book. He finally found me.
‐‐ Daniel Woodrell

I had body insecurities when I was younger. I still do.
‐‐ Ariel Winter

I had bohemian parents in Seattle in the last '60s living in a houseboat. My dad wrote science fiction novels and painted big murals and oil paintings.
‐‐ Rainn Wilson

I had both male and female heroes.
‐‐ Sally Ride

I had both my children at home. It came naturally to me.
‐‐ Jade Jagger

I had Botox and I hated it. For four long months, I looked like a different person.
‐‐ Stevie Nicks

I had bought a farm, was trying to rebuild my life and just looking to be left alone. Then I get charged with perjury strictly for political purposes.
‐‐ Mark Fuhrman

I had braces; I was lucky, 'cause I had some snaggle teeth. I always try and keep my retainer on me 'cause I'm paranoid about my teeth. It was run over by a car, so half of it's missing, but it still works.
‐‐ Kreayshawn

I had breast cancer. I caught it early.
‐‐ Allison Anders

I had business experience. I had made my living designing and building electronic equipment. Basic business was not new to me, but the music business was completely new to me. I knew nothing about distribution, or any of those things.
‐‐ Greg Ginn

I had called her up a couple of weeks before then, because I had heard this vicious rumour that she did not like the movie. It was very upsetting for me. I am very sensitive to that, because I am portraying her life and did not want her to be unhappy.
‐‐ Charlize Theron

I had cars, houses, jewels, furs, and a husband who loved me, and a career I was happy with. But I found fulfillment in my relationship with Christ.
‐‐ Gloria Gaynor

I had casually rented an apartment that cost $75 a month because I expected my writing to pay my way.
‐‐ A. E. van Vogt

I had certain physical limitations that made me change the choreography for myself or made me more interested in choreography only rather than dancing. I have never been a person who wanted to just dance. I have always been interested in developing for other people.
‐‐ Katherine Dunham

I had challenges to overcome as a child, and that was good.
‐‐ John Caudwell

I had changed from being a mathematician to a practicing scientist. I was increasingly embarassed that I could no longer follow some of the more modern branches of pure mathematics.
‐‐ John Pople

I had chosen to use my work as a reflection of my values.
‐‐ Sidney Poitier

I had classic technique - one of the best techniques when I was like 10, 12, but then I changed.
‐‐ Alexandr Dolgopolov

I had classical training but I don't consider myself an opera singer though.
‐‐ Emmy Rossum

I had cleavage that would make Dolly Parton proud. But those things are really heavy and I'm pretty slight of frame, so I took them out. No one even noticed.
‐‐ Lexa Doig

I had collages in my bedroom when I was a teenager.
‐‐ Brie Larson

I had come across a few sports psychologists, and I had no time for nearly all of them. I just don't think they work in a team environment.
‐‐ Brian O'Driscoll

I had come from an orchestral background, but I didn't really have any orchestral pieces for film.
‐‐ Marco Beltrami

I had come out of retirement into a very difficult situation with the PeopleSoft takeover, got through it, and was having a good time, frankly. We just ran out of runway at PeopleSoft. Had we had another year, maybe two years, I think we would have made it.
‐‐ David Duffield

I had come to regard the U.S. Senate's rejection of the League of Nations as a tragic mistake.
‐‐ Elliot Richardson

I had come to the point when I realized it was unlikely that my film career was going to move beyond a certain level of role. And I was - because I had graphic instances of it - handicapped by the success of Star Trek. A director would say, 'I don't want Jean-Luc Picard in my movie' - and this was compounded by X-Men as well.
‐‐ Patrick Stewart

I had concluded when I was the prosecutor that I would vote against the death penalty if I were in the legislature but that I could ask for it when I was satisfied as to guilt.
‐‐ Janet Reno

I had concussions as a kid playing football and basketball, and know what it feels like and to have someone say 'Just rub some dirt on it, and get back in there.'
‐‐ Billy Corgan

I had convinced my father to let me pursue this career, and I passionately wanted it. And here was this conflict in me, and I hadn't shared it with my father. And it was excruciating to always have your guard up. Particularly because, being an actor, you're public and visible. I could be seen coming out of a gay bar. Who could have seen me?
‐‐ George Takei

I had Cooper in December and was back on the red carpet in January. I picked him up and took him to work with me, you know, took him to my dressing room. So he's been raised the same way I was, which is that work is such a big part of our lives.
‐‐ Melissa Rivers

I had cottage cheese for lunch and a glass of wine when I got home tonight.
‐‐ Sally Quinn

I had Courtney Love's left bosom out of her dress on my plate in front of me. It was extraordinary. I didn't know where to look.
‐‐ Hugh Grant

I had crashes when I was small and Gumby-like that would have killed me now. I would just fly off jumps and go 40 or 50 meters when I was 6 years old - break skis, smash my goggles and get a bloody nose and go crawl inside for a little while and then come back out and ski more in the afternoon.
‐‐ Bode Miller

I had crossed the line. I was free; but there was no one to welcome me to the land of freedom. I was a stranger in a strange land.
‐‐ Harriet Tubman

I had D minuses in chemistry and all of the sciences, and now I'm known as a molecular gastronomist.
‐‐ Grant Achatz

I had dance training from a very young age, 3 or 4... It taught me how to present myself, about preparation and working in an ensemble, and it's something that carries with me to this day.
‐‐ Michelle Dockery

I had danced with Janet Jackson and P. Diddy so I had done a bunch of hip hop. Really and truly my roots are in modern and ballet but, professionally, that's not really out there any more, unfortunately, so these artists aren't really having a lot of ballet dancers behind them so I had to learn hip hop really quick.
‐‐ Jenna Dewan

I had daydreams and fantasies when I was growing up. I always wanted to live in a log cabin at the foot of a mountain. I would ride my horse to town and pick up provisions. Then return to the cabin, with a big open fire, a record player and peace.
‐‐ Linda McCartney

I had decent but not great grades in high school because I was highly motivated in some subjects, like the arts, drama, English, and history, but in math and science I was a screw-up. Wooster saw something in me, and I really flourished there. I got into theatre, took photography and painting classes.
‐‐ J. C. Chandor

I had decided after 'Hollow Man' to stay away from science fiction. I felt I had done so much science fiction. Four of the six movies I made in Hollywood are science-fiction oriented, and even 'Basic Instinct' is kind of science fiction.
‐‐ Paul Verhoeven

I had decided I wanted to write about food, and I knew the only way to do that is to speak with authority, which meant learning the language and knowing what that experience is like.
‐‐ Gail Simmons

I had decided that if I was going to be a singer, I had to earn it. I had to learn how to play an instrument.
‐‐ Madonna Ciccone

I had deeper, more reflective songs on the first album.
‐‐ Bubba Sparxxx

I had Dell for four and a half years, and its sales are still phenomenal, but their operating margins started to contract, so I sold it in early 1999. There's nothing wrong with Dell! It's a fine company. It's just the business risk they took.
‐‐ Louis Navellier

I had developed a sitcom with UPN, but it wasn't picked up.
‐‐ Charisma Carpenter