All Quotes

I was kind of a selfish child, who always wanted things his way, and I've kind of taken that over into my relationship with the world.
‐‐ Alan Moore

I was kind of a strange child. My parents knew early on that something must have been wrong with me. I crawled backwards until I was two, but had Kennedy's inaugural address memorized by the time I was six.
‐‐ Michael Moore

I was kind of a volatile personality, very intense. Because of that, I drew some criticism and people would say things about me, and my parents had tried to defend me. I would just tell them don't worry about it. Our day will come.
‐‐ Kirk Gibson

I was kind of a weird kid in high school. I didn't have many friends in my age group because all they wanted to do was fight and have riots.
‐‐ Keith Stanfield

I was kind of a wild child. I wasn't taught the niceties of life.
‐‐ Barbra Streisand

I was kind of an invisible girl when I was young.
‐‐ Tayari Jones

I was kind of an obnoxious kid. I would imitate Celine Dion. I would jump around and belt to the rafters and do the accent and everything.
‐‐ Kimiko Glenn

I was kind of an outcast in school 'cause I always kept to myself and was writing poetry and then going on tour with my brother band all the time, so kids didn't know what to make of me.
‐‐ Christina Perri

I was kind of an outsider growing up, and I preferred reading to being with other kids. When I was about seven, I started to write my own books. I never thought of myself as wanting to be a writer - I just was one.
‐‐ Ann Hood

I was kind of an unhappy kid. I always felt like a cynical New Yorker trapped in a little kid's body. I started to get some pretty bad anxiety disorders around puberty, which totally did not work with growing up a mile away from the beach. I started cutting my own hair.
‐‐ Rachel Bloom

I was kind of bored playing drums in a band. Which was depressing, because playing in the band was kind of a golden ticket.
‐‐ J. Tillman

I was kind of broke . 'The Girl on the Train' was a last roll of the dice for me as a fiction writer.
‐‐ Paula Hawkins

I was kind of confused. I thought, Well, if I get drafted, I'll go. Everybody was very concerned with it. I had friends who went. Some that came back and some that didn't.
‐‐ Tom Berenger

I was kind of excited about going to jail the first time and I learnt some great dialogue.
‐‐ Quentin Tarantino

I was kind of freaked out by the art world in the 1980s. Just the money thing. All the competition over artists.
‐‐ Kim Gordon

I was kind of going that route with my country music. Indie country. Which would work, if I was playing on Americana stages. Unless I had a television outlet like 'Glee'.
‐‐ Laura Bell Bundy

I was kind of known as a ballad singer. People would send ballads. Some of them would go over my shoulder and float off the top of my head, and I just didn't feel anything. Then I would hear a song that would absolutely shake me.
‐‐ Rita Coolidge

I was kind of like the Rhea Perlman of the bar. I was like Carla on 'Cheers.' People were more afraid of me. There was a point where I got a little surly. There were only so many chicken wings I could serve before losing the smile on my face.
‐‐ Melissa Rauch

I was kind of loathe to go on social media. I find the trolling unacceptable, and I never wanted to look like I was someone who would accept that.
‐‐ Daisy Ridley

I was kind of lost for several years.
‐‐ Katey Sagal

I was kind of raised with the suggestion that I had a duty to do; that life was real, life was earnest. And I hated that, actually. I needed to be liberated, to be told that I could live the life that I wanted to live; that I didn't need a job, or to be shouted at; that I could be myself; that I could be happy.
‐‐ Paul Theroux

I was kind of reflecting on my life and certain experiences, and you know, when I'm teaching and coaching my partners on 'Dancing With the Stars,' I sort of use those stories and anecdotes to help them sort of overcome certain fears.
‐‐ Derek Hough

I was kind of reluctant to sing on the 'Housewives' because there are so many 'Housewives' that are singing that can't really sing. I didn't want to get out there and sing and not be taken seriously.
‐‐ NeNe Leakes

I was kind of scared of failing at acting.
‐‐ James Franco

I was kind of secretly hoping one of my kids would go out and make a million bucks. So when they put me in a home, at least I'll have a window with a view.
‐‐ Joe Biden

I was kind of shy as a kid. I was a pretty good student. I was a wallflower, or nerd, if you will.
‐‐ Carol Burnett

I was kind of smart enough when I was young, 14 or 15 years old, to realize that if you're ever going to do anything and step out of the shadow of your own dad - not only in hockey, but in life itself - you're going to have to learn you're Brett and not 'Bobby's son.'
‐‐ Brett Hull

I was kind of surprised to learn how controlling I am. I never thought of myself in that way. I think the root of the control issues is usually fear, because you want to know what's going to be happening at any given moment.
‐‐ Michelle Pfeiffer

I was kind of the black sheep with the Disney kids. I was uninterested in making friends with most of them. I didn't really fall into 'the Disney mold.' I was more or less the kid hanging out with the crew members and got along with them far better.
‐‐ Adam Lamberg

I was kind of torn between playing music or playing college football. I was going to college and really focusing on my music career.
‐‐ Brantley Gilbert

I was knocked down and dragged by a police Land Rover in a hit-and-run.
‐‐ Adrian McKinty

I was knocked out by a skateboarder when I was 11.
‐‐ Shaun White

I was knocked out by the show, Chicago.
‐‐ Huey Lewis

I was known around the college for jamming in the lounge.
‐‐ Bernie Worrell

I was known as a 35-mm photographer with a view-camera mentality.
‐‐ Sam Abell

I was known as the chief grave robber of my state.
‐‐ Dan Quayle

I was known as the little girl with the big voice.
‐‐ Christina Aguilera

I was known for being talented, but I was still the fat girl. And it wasn't what people were looking for. There's a lot that you hear. There's a lot of cruelty out there. Some of it comes from the executive offices. It comes from other artists at times. It was a very difficult thing to overcome.
‐‐ Kelly Price

I was kosher until I had my Bar Mitzvah, and I parlayed officially becoming a man into telling my father I wanted to eat cheeseburgers.
‐‐ Zach Braff

I was labeled a troublemaker, my mom an unfit mother, and I was not welcome anywhere.
‐‐ Ryan White

I was labeled at a young age - Miss Unemotional, Miss Cool, and that would carry over to my press conferences.
‐‐ Chris Evert

I was Lady Gaga way before her time. I had a wee kettle for a handbag. Didn't everyone, at some point? One of the teachers used to call me Dame Flora Robson because I had this big, long Victorian skirt. And I wore a Peruvian hat. It was the 1980s - people were wearing lots of lace.
‐‐ Ashley Jensen

I was late to the Internet. I didn't really understand what it was. I didn't know what an email was.
‐‐ Bill Callahan

I was late to the Knicks. My dad was a big fan. But I first started watching baseball; I became a Red Sox fan. My dad was a Mets fan. I wanted to have my own team and league.
‐‐ Noah Baumbach

I was later to receive an excellent first two years' graduate education in the same University and then again was able to pursue my studies in the U.S. on a fellowship from the aforementioned fund.
‐‐ Chen-Ning Yang

I was learning, as I did in the Ministry of Defense. I never knew, but I always learned.
‐‐ Shimon Peres

I was learning book-keeping at the age of 12, but it never stopped me from pursuing literature. Over the years, I grew to love the written word.
‐‐ Ashwin Sanghi

I was learning the craft; I didn't study writing in school. Rejection was my motivation, and failure is what taught me.
‐‐ Pierce Brown

I was learning things in school rather than learning how to teach myself, which is what you have to do in life, so I just abandoned it and did ceramics for a year and a half.
‐‐ Michael Moschen