All Quotes

I was amazed at how easy it was for the Clinton Administration to basically cover what they did at Waco in the fog of lies and avoid any responsibility for it.
‐‐ James Bovard

I was amazed at the house that I grew up in; it looks practically identical to the way it was, but I couldn't recognize it because of the size of the trees.
‐‐ Jim Fowler

I was amazed at the rosy glow that can be around one when you're in a film that's done well.
‐‐ Embeth Davidtz

I was amazed at the support that I got when I was in there. And when I came out people knew that I was back on track. I was interested in working again.
‐‐ Kate Moss

I was amazed by how much you have to think about as a director. As an actor, you don't have to think about much at all, as it turns out. It's very easy. And then when you step into the director's role, there's this whole universe of stuff that you have to pay attention to that's amazing to me.
‐‐ Misha Collins

I was amazed to realize that for many Westerners, Scheherezade was considered a lovely but simple-minded entertainer, someone who relates innocuous tales and dresses fabulously. In our part of the world, Scheherezade is perceived as a courageous heroine and is one of our rare female mythological figures.
‐‐ Fatema Mernissi

I was among one of the first entrepreneurs to start building their own private enterprise when Perestroika began in Russia and the state initiated its first market-oriented reforms.
‐‐ Yelena Baturina

I was among the people in the Superdome. I knew what was going on every minute. I did not have air conditioning nor shower facilities. I made decisions based upon facts and not what I thought was going to happen. So history will judge me based upon those actions.
‐‐ Ray Nagin

I was an 18-year-old kid, and I was in the heart of things in Washington. My interest in American politics and, particularly, the Kennedys, began then.
‐‐ Nigel Hamilton

I was an A student and I liked creative writing.
‐‐ Trisha Yearwood

I was an absolute idiot, wearing polo-necks, reading Kerouac, watching Woody Allen movies, and jazz fitted right into all of that. My interest in that whole world became very genuine, but perhaps started off a bit affected - a mixture of right and wrong reasons. I was always drawn to non-commercial music, perhaps pathologically so.
‐‐ Jamie Cullum

I was an absolute maniac, a terrible husband and father.
‐‐ Jim Valvano

I was an abused kid.
‐‐ Rosie O'Donnell

I was an accident - my mum was only 16 when she had me.
‐‐ Bruce Dickinson

I was an accidental actor. I was never formally trained.
‐‐ David Soul

I was an accidental banker. To please my parents, I went for an interview with Chase Manhattan Bank in 1983. They promised to send me into their offices in more than 40 countries and essentially audit the practices. It was an extraordinary job.
‐‐ Jacqueline Novogratz

I was an accidental model. One day I was asked to me a model by a neighbor who was short on models. Then I got into TV.
‐‐ Daisy Fuentes

I was an accomplice in my own frustration.
‐‐ Peter Shaffer

I was an accomplished computer trespasser. I don't consider myself a thief.
‐‐ Kevin Mitnick

I was an accountant in Chicago, and a friend of mine, Ed Gallagher, was in advertising. At 4:30 every day I'd be bored, and I would call him. He'd interview me.
‐‐ Bob Newhart

I was an actor as a kid in Boston. Then I went to art school with Brice Marden, the Massachusetts College of Art. So the hybrid of being an actor and artist is a director.
‐‐ Arne Glimcher

I was an actor before becoming a comedian.
‐‐ Shelley Berman

I was an actor for over a year before I ever saw a play.
‐‐ Len Cariou

I was an actor... or, at least, I was trying to be an actor.
‐‐ Richard Donner

I was an actress long before I was a reality TV person.
‐‐ Laverne Cox

I was an adopted child of my grandparents, and I don't know how I can ever express my gratitude for that, because my parents would have been a mess, you know.
‐‐ James Earl Jones

I was an adventurer, and I got married a few times. I kept trying to find a relationship as good as my parents'.
‐‐ Jacki Weaver

I was an agnostic until I realized that I had to choose between God and fate. The idea that humanity and nature are the result of fate was not convincing at all. I find the presence of God everywhere.
‐‐ Andrea Bocelli

I was an alcoholic, for sure. It became a problem steadily over the course of six years.
‐‐ Jordan Knight

I was an All-American in wrestling in high school, was National Champion in Chinese kickboxing in 1999 and have spent a lot of time around professional athletes, which includes my eight-plus years as CEO of a sports nutrition company.
‐‐ Tim Ferriss

I was an all-around player - if I was just a scorer, there's no way the Hawks would have won 50 games four years in a row.
‐‐ Dominique Wilkins

I was an all-sport athlete growing up. My dad, I think, hoped I would go to college on a scholarship.
‐‐ T. J. Perkins

I was an altar boy and a choir member.
‐‐ Cheech Marin

I was an altar boy. I could probably quote the Bible from beginning to end.
‐‐ John McAfee

I was an altar boy. My mother wanted me to be a priest. I am very Christian and Catholic... I'm very faithful.
‐‐ Hugo Chavez

I was an altar boy, which I loved and am very proud of. It was strict, but also really nice.
‐‐ Michael Keaton

I was an amateur wrestler, which I loved. It was my passion, but I started really late; I was a junior in high school when I began.
‐‐ Dave Bautista

I was an amazing bartender and a great waiter. I think, in a way, that was my acting school.
‐‐ Nick Frost

I was an ambitious child and I tended to be scatterbrained. If I was at school and saw a bird outside the window I wanted to follow it. I was adventurous.
‐‐ Sylvester Stallone

I was an angry, angry child at times.
‐‐ Orlando Bloom

I was an angry kid.
‐‐ Michael Reagan

I was an angst-y journal writing kid.
‐‐ Justin Halpern

I was an animator for a while early on, but a 2D animator.
‐‐ Dan Scanlon

I was an anorexic, beer drinking, class cutting, doodling, shoplifting, skater chick that was into nature, art class, and the beach.
‐‐ Rebecca Miller

I was an anthropology major in college, and I've had a lifelong fascination with Egyptology, mummies, and all sorts of bizarre cultural practices.
‐‐ Tess Gerritsen

I was an anti-communist before I was political in other ways.
‐‐ Grover Norquist

I was an anxious kid. I worried about getting homework finished, even back when homework didn't count for anything.
‐‐ Andrea Seigel

I was an Army intelligence agent and a veteran during the Cold War, assigned to West Germany. I was the chairman of the National Commission on Homeland Security and Terrorism for the United States for five years. I was a person who has dealt extensively with these homeland security issues. I was a governor during the 9/11 attack.
‐‐ Jim Gilmore

I was an art history major, but never specifically contemporary. I would say where I really stopped were the abstract expressionists in the New York school.
‐‐ Vera Wang