I didn't work for Jimmy Carter all those years to go to cocktail parties. I was there as a political adviser, a short-order cook, to work on topical matters. Hamilton Jordan advisercartercocktail Change image and share on social
I didn't work hard to make Ruby perfect for everyone, because you feel differently from me. No language can be perfect for everyone. I tried to make Ruby perfect for me, but maybe it's not perfect for you. The perfect language for Guido van Rossum is probably Python. Yukihiro Matsumoto differentlyfeelguido share on social
I didn't work on the killing floor. I worked in the section where you break the meat down and package it. Marg Helgenberger breakfloorkill Change image and share on social
I didn't worry about it because I kind of felt I left a good message and memory with the people in terms of my work, and I always felt with a good record, I could always come back. Tina Turner backfeltgood Change image and share on social
I didn't worry about leaving the fast lane - I was just so consumed with my baby that it seemed like the right thing to do. I never felt like I left New York, though. If you've lived in a place and loved it, you never feel like you left it. Sissy Spacek babyconsumefast share on social
I didn't write a book. It wasn't for self-enrichment. Linda Tripp bookenrichmentwrite Change image and share on social
I didn't write about my mother much in the third year after she died. I was still trying to get my argument straight: When her friends or our relatives wondered why I was still so hard on her, I could really lay out the case for what it had been like to be raised by someone who had loathed herself, her husband, even her own name. Anne Lamott argumentcasedie share on social
I didn't write any fiction until I was past thirty. Grace Paley fictionpastthirty Change image and share on social
I didn't write any music at all, and then, I remember Jon Anderson being very insistent saying that there were two kinds of musicians: the ones who wrote music and the ones who didn't. Bill Bruford andersoninsistentjon Change image and share on social