I Quotes
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“I never studied sculpture, engineering or architecture. In fact, after college I applied to seven art schools and was rejected by all seven.”
“I never studied with Balanchine, but his work was very important to me.”
“I never studied writing, but I'd always been a reader and had a secret fantasy about being a writer.”
“I never studied, but I had the best teachers.”
“I never studied. I was too afraid. I thought that if an acting teacher had said to me, "You know what, you're not good," I would not have gone any further. It was easier for me to justify going to an audition and getting rejected, maybe because they wanted somebody blonde, maybe because I wasn't experienced enough. I could live with that more easily.”
“I never submitted the whole system of my opinions to the creed of any party of men whatever, in religion, in philosophy, in politics, or in anything else, where I was capable of thinking for myself. Such an addiction is the last degradation of a free and moral agent. If I could not go to heaven but with a party, I would not go there at all.”
Source: Jefferson: Political Writings
“I never subscribe to the stay-at-home policy. I'm not sick of the road or sick of eating in good restaurants around the country. I like to travel.”
“I never succeed in painting scenes, however beautiful, immediately upon returning from them. I must wait for a time to draw a veil over the common details.”
Source: Thomas Cole
“I never sue journalists. I employ journalists. I employ too many of them. I don't sue journalists.”
“I never sued anybody, I never fought anybody or was in conflict or contention with any other party in a legal way. I feel that it hurts people, it hurts their families.”
“I never suffered for lack of confidence. I knew I would succeed; you have to. I think I couldn't go into any venture any other way.”
“I never suffered from the absence of a father. On the contrary, as a child I was more inclined to see men as a disturbing factor. It made things difficult for me when I started working as a director.”
“I never supported violence. Before the formation of TMC, I was a member of the Congress Party. Gandhi's Congress. Non-violence is a philosophy that runs deep.”
“I never surf (the Net). I don't know the password.”
“I never suspected that we or any one person or program can create Serena Williams or John McEnroe or Pete Sampras.”
“I never swear, Monseigneur. I say Yes or No, and as I am a gentleman, I keep my word.”
Source: Twenty Years After
“I never sweat, which you might notice in pictures.”
Source: Commando: The Autobiography of Johnny Ramone
“I never take a nap after dinner
but when I have had a bad night,
and then the nap takes me.”
Source: The life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D., comprehending an account of his studies, and numerous works, in chronological order: a series of his epistolary correspondence and conversations with many eminent persons; and various original pieces of his composition, never before published; the whole exhibiting a view of literature and literary men in Great Britain, for near half a century during which he flourished
“I never take a picture of a face because a face is somebody, an arm is not recognizable as somebody. When you take a photograph of someone's face, it identifies it as somebody, but if you take just a fragment, it's everybody. It's not one person.”
“I never take advice, good or bad. That would only encourage more of it.”
Source: Seduce Me at Sunrise
“I never take any commitment lightly, and I certainly don’t take my wife lightly. I never did and I never will. That’s permanent. That’s true love.”
“I never take any notes or draw charts or make elaborate diagrams, but I hold an image of the shape of a book in my head and work from that mental hologram.”
“I never take any notice of reviews - unless a critic has thought up some new way of describing me. That old one about my lizard eyes and anteater nose and the way I sleep my way through pictures is so hackneyed now.”
“I never take any notice to what common people say, and I never interfere with what charming people do.”
Source: The Picture Of Dorian Gray
“I never take anything for granted. I may slip any minute.”
“I never take anything for granted. I think it's very cool to still get excited about things. I get as excited now as I ever did when I get a chauffeur driven car pick me up and I stay in a fantastic hotel or get to fly in a private plane. I never want to get blasé.”
“I never take counsel of my fears.”
“I never take credit for anything, because it's mostly genetic to my way of thinking. Even the need to work hard with some genetic talent you're given - the need to go out and develop it, and push hard to bring it to people.”
“I never take drugs. I took ecstasy when I was in Ibiza once, but it didn't work for me. I think I was already on ecstasy when I was born.”
“I never take ideas from the headlines. I feel that if a story is good enough, a real story that is, then it's already been covered by the media, and if it's not good enough, why would I want to bother with it?”
“I never take it as any real pressure. It's like my son. I only gave him one lesson. When I went to give him the second one he said, 'Oh, I can do that dad.' I said, 'Now you're on your own.'”
“I never take medication for pain. I want to know if the pain is getting better or worse.”
Source: Commando: The Autobiography of Johnny Ramone
“I never take my own side in a quarrel.”
Source: The poetry of Robert Frost
“I never take myself too seriously.”
“I never take photographs myself. I don’t feel like a photographer, more like a recycler”
“I never take pictures. Skies are much larger in reminiscences and my friends are much better-looking. Photos crop reality into little squares; instead, I have very good binoculars.”
“I never take that for granted, but I'm always very aware that I'm one person and I can't wear everything.”
“I never take things for granted. I always look to help out me teammates, to win and be better.”
“I never talk about 'Harry Potter' because I think that would rob children of something that's private to them. I think too many things get explained, so I hate talking about it.”
“I never talk about a job before the contract is signed and I've shot the first three days.”
“I never talk about anything to do with my sexuality.”
“I never talk about auditions. Even if I've got the role, I won't tell people until we're literally filming it.”
“I never talk about being leaders and all the rest of it. I can only remember one or two occasions in my life when I actually issued orders, and I felt thoroughly miserable after doing it.”
“I never talk about filming until I'm actually on the set and I've got the job, because otherwise - "Oh yeah, I'm going to be so busy," and then you're going to see me in McDonald's in two months.”
“I never talk about my personal life. After these rumours, I definitely do not want to comment on anything.”
“I never talk about my wife: we're both in public professions but we try to keep our private life private.”
“I never talk about things that don't matter. I never talk about things that are unimportant. I always talk about things that interest me.”
“I never talk about what I'm writing about currently, never. It's private work on your own, no need or obligation to talk about it. Writers are made into performers these days, including myself, but there are some instances in which I will not perform.”
“I never talk back. I listen and always remember your every word, so come pen or mouse, never forget that I will treasure your thoughts forever. Yours truly, Paper.”
“I never talk much about my family, but my grandfather was friendly with these guys, with magicians and ventriloquists on the highest levels, and I was just interested.”