All Quotes

I never really had an idol.
‐‐ Maria Sharapova

I never really had an itch for gambling. I work hard for my money, so I don't like going out and giving it away like that.
‐‐ Amanda Righetti

I never really had any close friends in India, and I felt a terrible loneliness and isolation for many years. Westernized Indians don't like my books and I tend not to like westernized Indians - so we're quits.
‐‐ Ruth Prawer Jhabvala

I never really had any grand aspirations of mainstream country success because I know what that entails, and I'd probably be too much trouble for people to work with. If I can just reach the point where I can get 200 or 300 people in small clubs and I'm carving out enough money to pay my bills, then I'm the happiest guy I know.
‐‐ Sturgill Simpson

I never really had male influences in my life. Steady, male influences. And that's what I wanna be for my family. As a musician, I definitely will attain everything that I set out to. I work very hard. But more important to me is that my family is taken care of.
‐‐ Trey Songz

I never really had that father figure to look up to. I think that's the reason I'm so ambitious. I felt like I wasn't appreciated as a child so I wanted to prove my worth as an adult, as an actor.
‐‐ Jesse Metcalfe

I never really had the classic struggle. I had faith.
‐‐ Denzel Washington

I never really had the fun teens of exploring the world because I was sitting at home, learning programming.
‐‐ Markus Persson

I never really had to deal with a death in the family, let alone my brother.
‐‐ Torrey Smith

I never really had to put much thought into my race, and neither did anybody else. I knew I was black. I knew there was a history that accompanied my skin color, and my parents taught me to be proud of it. End of story.
‐‐ Issa Rae

I never really hated any particular sport but out of all the sports, I used to prefer the team games to running and sprinting and those types of things.
‐‐ Rachel Stevens

I never really have to sit at a desk thinking, 'What should I do now?' It doesn't work like that for me, and it never has. My thinking process is constant.
‐‐ Raf Simons

I never really knew I wanted to 'be' a writer, but I was always writing from a very young age. It became more conscious as an ideal when I was in my twenties.
‐‐ Joyce Carol Oates

I never really knew that I would be a lifer of strong female characters, but that seems to be the drops I'm being given, and I'm very happy for them. Hopefully, 'Divergent' will be the next thing.
‐‐ Evan Daugherty

I never really knew what fine cuisine was when I was a little boy in Canada. For me, Italian food was 'Kraft Dinner' or pizza. When I moved to New York, that's when I discovered all the Italian food.
‐‐ Sebastian Bach

I never really know the title of a book until it's finished.
‐‐ Mary Wesley

I never really learned photography.
‐‐ Abbas Kiarostami

I never really learnt from anyone. I just spent a lot of time at home, knocking things out. It has been interesting going into proper studios, working with people who know everything. But I find it doesn't hinder me.
‐‐ Jamie xx

I never really like it when other writers talk about coming in behind people and rewriting.
‐‐ Tony Gilroy

I never really like the characters I play. I only come to love them afterwards.
‐‐ Gerard Depardieu

I never really like to skate in an empty ice rink; I always need the attention of an audience.
‐‐ Katarina Witt

I never really liked my short hair; it never occurred to me that people would want it.
‐‐ Dorothy Hamill

I never really liked poetry readings; I liked to read poetry by myself, but I liked singing, chanting my lyrics to this jazz group.
‐‐ Leonard Cohen

I never really liked the Gospel of John because I never could find the humanity of Jesus in it. I thought it presented Jesus as a visitor from another planet; in addition, John's gospel is and has been interpreted as a document that fuels anti-Semitism in the church.
‐‐ John Shelby Spong

I never really liked weightlifting because there is no problem solving, whereas when I am fighting, I am trying to solve a problem, so I don't think about being tired. I box, wrestle, do jujitsu, run up sand dunes; every single day is something different so that I am mentally engaged. That's what makes me want to train longer.
‐‐ Ronda Rousey

I never really look at life and worry about missed opportunities.
‐‐ Clive Owen

I never really look at my movies.
‐‐ Michael Douglas

I never really look for anything. What God throws my way comes. I wake up in the morning and whichever way God turns my feet, I go.
‐‐ Pearl Bailey

I never really look too far ahead, to be honest.
‐‐ Casey Stoner

I never really looked at myself as a scorer, but if the shot is there, I'm certainly going to take it.
‐‐ Reggie Lewis

I never really looked up to celebrities when I was young.
‐‐ Ashley Tisdale

I never really loved school through junior high, but then I started running track my freshman year, and I was just like, 'Wow, this is cool!'
‐‐ Regina King

I never really made a choice to live in America, so I should be aware of the social strata outside of the ones that I may live in.
‐‐ John Updike

I never really made a full album in Los Angeles before.
‐‐ Elton John

I never really make solid resolutions. I think if there's something one needs to change with oneself, it doesn't have to happen in the New Year.
‐‐ Brittany Murphy

I never really marketed myself, so each job I was given was a new marketing tool, and that would be the way I marketed myself.
‐‐ Jane Curtin

I never really officially retired from the WNBA, I just left the doors open.
‐‐ Sheryl Swoopes

I never really paid attention to sales until the second record.
‐‐ Daniel Johns

I never really paid attention to sports, which, coming from the mecca of football in Texas, is kind of odd. I played sports, but I was nerdy. Having a single mother, the pressure was on me to get good grades and a scholarship and go to college.
‐‐ Sarah Shahi

I never really participated in specific sports or anything, but once I hit 40, I started to get a little bit more active and began swimming more.
‐‐ Shigeru Miyamoto

I never really planned a career. I've tried to avoid it. I've tried to do this stuff I felt for, the stuff I like. So, I've just been meeting these fantastic directors who've offered me a variation of different parts and different films.
‐‐ Mads Mikkelsen

I never really planned on doing a television series.
‐‐ Judah Friedlander

I never really read a character before that I connected with more than Peeta. So, for me, if I couldn't get that job I was like, 'Well, if I can't play practically myself in a movie, what can I play?'
‐‐ Josh Hutcherson

I never really read comics. I bought them, and I would draw them.
‐‐ Bobby Moynihan

I never really read superhero stuff as a kid.
‐‐ Alison Bechdel

I never really said I want to be a role model. But then when it happened I was so down for it.
‐‐ Selena Gomez

I never really sang for anyone, apart from in the shower or with my best friend. I was shy. I didn't want to take voice lessons. I knew I could sing, but I just didn't tell anyone.
‐‐ Jillian Hervey

I never really saw my dad around when the Iron Maiden and the AC/DC were playing. But he knew what I was doing. I was just absorbing music. So he just kind of left me to my own devices.
‐‐ Dhani Harrison

I never really saw my dad as entertained as when he was just completely blown away by somebody on the television screen or at the movies. I think that's the real reason that I went into acting.
‐‐ Kim Basinger