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“I remember when I got to 16, my mum was like, 'No, now you've got to go and get a proper job. We've indulged you long enough.' I don't think they ever thought I was going to be successful in entertainment at all.”

Thinking Long Enough Jobs Remember Successful Entertainment Being Successful Mum Remember When

Author:Kelly Brook

“I remember when I had my show [The Chris Rock Show on HBO], I used to run my show. It was so hard to get people to bring sketches to me. No one had ever worked for a black person before. Even the black people hadn't worked for a black person. It literally took a month or two for everybody to know: I'm really running the show.”

People Knows Persons Two Hard Shows Running Remember Used Black Rocks Months Black People Remember When Hbo Black Person

Author:Scott Raab

“I remember when I heard the words "Biblical criticism" in my town, it was with disdain: "Biblical criticism? How dare you?".”

Remember Heard Criticism Towns Dare Biblical Remember When Disdain

Author:Elie Wiesel

“I remember when I interviewed at MSNBC, one of the first things they said to me was, 'In your tapes, you had a mustache, right?' I said, 'Yeah, I recently took it off.' I said, 'If you hire me, you get to decide if you want it or not.' They said, 'No, no, we're fine with it now.'”

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Author:Lester Holt

“I remember when I met my wife and that she could just grab my hand and I would just ease. I dont know how to say that but it was one of the coolest things. It was strange, but it definitely changed my life.”

Knows Hands Remember Know How Wife Changed Strange Mets My Wife Ease Remember When Changed My Life

Author:Randy Houser

“I remember when I met Picabo Street, you know, how in awe I was of her and how much she inspired me, and I really hope to be that for young kids.”

Knows Kids Remember Young Know How Streets Mets Inspired Awe Remember When

Author:Lindsey Vonn

“I remember when I posed as a customs officer so that I could meet Oscar Wilde. I said to him "Have you anything to declare?" He said "I have nothing to declare but my genius." I said "I'll put that down as nothing then shall I?" For I am the wittiest man on Earth.”

Men Said Earth Remember Genius Customs Officers Oscars Remember When Wilde Wittiest

Author:Simon Munnery

“I remember when I read Walter, for example, six years ago now, I said, "This is the role for me." I said that to my family. There was something there that I knew was absolutely right, and that was just based on the character. That's when gut instinct comes into play. I know there are certain things I won't do.”

Knows Years Said Play Character Remember Certain Roles Example Six Years Ago My Family Instinct Guts Remember When Gut Instinct

Author:John Noble

“I remember when I saw 'The Matrix' when I was 13, I saw it in the theaters, and I was so blown away by it. It was one of the most memorable experiences I definitely ever had in the theater.”

Remember Saws Theater Memorable Remember When Blown Away Most Memorable Memorable Experiences

Author:Emile Hirsch

“I remember when I signed with Kedar Entertainment through Universal Records. It was my first record deal and it's the one I still have now. At that time, there had been a couple of opportunities I was almost given, but at the last minute the giver came back and told me it couldn't happen.”

Firsts Stills Happens Lasts Remember Opportunity Given Deals Records Minutes Couple Universal Entertainment Remember When Giver Last Minute

Author:Erykah Badu

“I remember when I started acting and didn't get a part and was really jealous of the girl who got it. My mom would say to me, "If you don't get a part, that means it's not your part. It's just not yours. You will have your parts." It really recalibrated me at a very young age to where I could be driven because I was trying to achieve things for myself, and that had nothing to do with what anybody else was doing.”

Ifs Trying Mean Age Remember Young Girl Acting Achieve Mom My Mom Driven Jealous Remember When Young Age

Author:Gwyneth Paltrow

“I remember when I started off, my first car was a Kia Spectra. With a spoiler kit and some rims.”

Firsts Remember Car Remember When Rims Spoilers

Author:Gio Gonzalez

“I remember when I switched from Christmas to sex as the secret of happiness.”

Remember Happiness Sex Secret Remember When

Author:Garrison Keillor

Source: We Are Still Married: Stories and Letters

“I remember when I thought of singing as the bit that went between the guitar playing - something I couldn't wait to get out of the way. Singing was originally like a chore that I didn't really enjoy.”

Way Remember Bits Waiting Enjoy Singing Guitar Remember When Chores Guitar Playing

Author:Eric Clapton

“I remember when I took the role on E.R., I thought, 'I haven't really been able to play a working class woman. I've played girls, I've played funny, but I haven't played a working class woman. That sounds like something I'd like to do.”

Play Able Remember Girl Sound Class Roles Havens Working Class Remember When Like Something

Author:Linda Cardellini

“I remember when I used to be really into nostalgia.”

Remember Used Nostalgia Used To Be Remember When

Author:Demetri Martin

“I remember when I used to have actual time to write and now you don't have time and you just do it. I think it explains a lot about television.”

Thinking Writing Remember Used Television Remember When Just Do It

Author:Callie Khouri

“I remember when I used to sit on hospital beds and hold people s hands, people used to be shocked because they d never seen this before. To me it was quite normal.”

People Love Hands Remember Used Bed Normal Used To Be Hospitals Shocked Old People Remember When

Author:Princess Diana

“I remember when I was 11, I did some Kung-fu demonstrations in Hong Kong in 1974.”

Remember Remember When Demonstration Hong Kong Kung Fu

Author:Jet Li

“I remember when I was 14, I went to race in Hungary, and I went to a concert, and they were playing Bob Marley songs, and I thought, "Wow, this guy is so special." It's Marley every time.”

Remember Guy Song Race Special Concerts Wow Bob This Guy Remember When Hungary Marley

Author:Usain Bolt

“I remember when I was 26. My father died when I was young and my mother didn't have a lot of money, so I thought, 'I want to own a flat by the time I'm 26.' So I worked towards that, literally trying to scrimp and save. But sometimes those plans don't go as you expect.”

Want Trying Sometimes Remember Young Mother Father Plans Died Flats Lots Of Money Remember When Father Died My Father Died

Author:Cate Blanchett

“I remember when I was 33 or 34, it was devastating because I realized I wasn't a kid anymore. The great thing about 40 was that I really felt like I had life experience and knew what I was doing now.”

Kids Remember Felt I Realized Great Things Life Experience Remember When

Author:Jennifer Lopez

“I remember when I was 5 living on Pulaski Street in Brooklyn, the hallway of our building had a brass banister and a great sound, a great echo system. I used to sing in the hallway.”

Remember Used Sound Streets Building Echoes Remember When Brooklyn Living On Brass Hallways

Author:Barbra Streisand

“I remember when I was 5 or 6 years old, gospel music felt familiar, like I had heard it in the womb or something. A lot of those old gospel songs still give me that feeling, that it's older than time and there's actually music that can tap into a universal subconscious, or whatever word you want to put on it.”

Want Giving Years Stills Feelings Remember Song Felt Heard Universal Give Me Familiar Subconscious Remember When Womb Gospel Music Gospel Songs

Author:M. Ward

“I remember when I was 6 years old and my brother used to go seek out guys that were 13 to come over and play football against me while he was the 'permanent quarterback.' I didn't know exactly what the age difference was, but I was already playing against older guys.”

Knows Years Play Age Remember Used Guy Differences Football Brother Permanent My Brother Remember When Quarterback Age Difference Older Guys

Author:Junior Seau

“I remember when I was a child, being taken to the celebrated Barnum's Circus, which contained an exhibition of freaks and monstrosities, but the exhibit on the program which I most desired to see was the one described as ‘The Boneless Wonder’. My parents judged that the spectacle would be too demoralizing and revolting for my youthful eye and I have waited fifty years, to see The Boneless Wonder sitting on the Treasury Bench.”

Years Children Would Be Eye Remember Parent Wonder Taken Sitting Program Fifty Judged Freak Remember When Circus Exhibits Benches Treasury Exhibitions Monstrosity Demoralizing

Author:Winston Churchill

“I remember when I was a kid being called names, including the 'n' word. The first time that happened, it really bothered me. But most of the people I dealt with were all white. Most of my close friends were white.”

People Firsts Kids Remember Names White Happened First Time Including Remember When Bothered Close Friends

Author:Ken Griffey, Jr.

“I remember when I was a kid I used to come home from Sunday School and my mother would get drunk and try to make pancakes”

Trying Home Care Kids School Remember Used Mother Drunk Sunday Coming Home Remember When Pancakes Sunday School Mother Care

Author:George Carlin

“I remember when I was a kid in school and teachers would explain things to me about what I read, and I'd think, Where did they get that? I didn't read that in there. Later you look at it and think, That's kind of an interesting idea”

Thinking Looks Kind Ideas Kids School Remember Interesting Teacher Remember When Interesting Ideas Schools And Teachers

Author:Norton Juster

“I remember when I was a kid looking at different types of film and really examining the grains of them. I remember even looking at the ink streaks.”

Different Kids Remember Film Type Grain Remember When Ink Examining Streaks

Author:Michael Pitt

“I remember when I was a kid my first real confrontation with space travel was when the Challenger exploded and I remember how traumatic that was for me, because I remember watching that on the news and all the children in our class were watching.”

Firsts Children Real Kids Remember Space Class News Remember When Confrontation Space Travel

Author:Jonathan Nolan

“I remember when I was a kid that the only way to see Hulk Hogan wrestle was you'd have to go to the live shows. He was never on TV. So I thought "Why not do the same thing?"”

Way Shows Kids Remember Tvs Why Not Remember When

Author:Chris Jericho

“I remember when I was a kid, I loved Sherlock Holmes. I thought Arthur Conan Doyle was one of the greatest writers, because I felt I knew Sherlock Holmes. He existed to me. When I went to England the first thing I did was go to Baker Street to look for his house. I think you've got to try to make all of your characters as empathetic and realistic as possible.”

Thinking Trying Firsts Looks Character Kids Remember House Felt Streets England Realistic Remember When Holmes Arthur Bakers Empathetic Conan Baker Street

Author:Stan Lee

“I remember when I was a kid, when I just used to love listening to something again and again and over and over. You know, everybody else got sick of it, but I loved that discovery of music and what it did to my world, to my imagination. And so I started really considering, "Yeah, I've got to do more," for kids, particularly.”

Knows World Kids Remember Used Imagination Listening Discovery Sick Yeah Over You Again And Again Considering Remember When My Imagination Used To Love

Author:Cat Stevens

“I remember when I was a kid, with the acting thing, I resented it because, you know, you don't want to do what your parents want you to do.”

Knows Want Kids Remember Parent Acting Remember When

Author:Jeff Bridges

“I remember when I was a kid, with the acting thing, I resented it because, you know, you don't want to do what your parents want you to do. You got your own things. And the whole idea of getting a job because of who your father is - that didn't feel right. But after a while I guess I figured I must be doing something right, because people wouldn't keep hiring me if I didn't have something to give.”

People Giving Kids Remember Father Parent Acting Remember When Hiring

Author:Jeff Bridges

“I remember when I was a little boy my father didn't love me; he couldn't. He loved my older brother but he couldn't love me somehow, at least not in a way I could understand it.”

Way Littles Remember Father Boys Brother Remember When Little Boys Older Brother

Author:Keith Miller

“I remember when I was a private soldier. I remember the days when I was taken care of and when I was not taken care of.”

Care Remember Taken Soldier Remember When

Author:Tommy Franks

“I remember when I was a teenager thinking my girlfriend was cheating on me, and going around riling myself up. Pretending to cry. It was totally illegitimate-I actually didn't feel anything. I went to some pub and then went crying all the way home. And I got into my dog's bed. I was crying and holding on to the dog. I woke up in the morning, and the dog was looking at me like, 'You're a fake.'”

Thinking Way Feels Home Remember Morning Dog Cry Like You Bed Teenager Fake Girlfriend Cheating Pretending Remember When My Dog Holding On My Girlfriend Pubs Way Home Cheating On Me

Author:Robert Pattinson

“I remember when I was being told about Watergate, and I thought, "Oh, America is not what I think America is." But America is what I think it is. It's just that it's two bits of it, and I don't go with the Republican bit of it. I go more with the Democratic bit.”

Thinking Two America Remember Bits Republican Democratic Remember When Watergate Two Bit

Author:Eddie Izzard

“I remember when I was coaching down at Florida, we would always lose kids in recruiting battles to Clemson. I would tell my coaches that we shouldn't be losing kids to Clemson. Charlie Strong responded ‘coach have you ever actually been to Clemson?’ I hadn’t but I’ll tell you what, I’ve been here now and I get it. This is an exceptional, special place.”

Kids Remember Strong Loses Special Battle Losing Coaches Coaching Florida Remember When Exceptional Charlie Special Places Clemson

Author:Urban Meyer

“I remember when I was coming up, the music stores where you could get guitar strings was where I got my records from. Now the place where you get your records from is where you can get your DJ mats and your mixers.”

Remember Records Guitar Stores Strings Remember When Djs Guitar Strings

Author:Jam Master Jay

“I remember when I was doing Mermaids [1990], I was 16 and they gave me a B12 shot once. My parents weren't there, and when they did come, they freaked out. They were terrified, because of the Judy Garland stories. I know it's just vitamin B, but it did give you a boost.”

Knows Giving Stories Remember Parent Shots Terrified Remember When Vitamins Boost Mermaid Garlands Doing Me

Author:Winona Ryder

“I remember when I was doing The Crucible on Broadway with Laura Linney, and Arthur Miller had been in rehearsal with us and was on stage on opening night. She turned to me during the curtain call and said, Lets make sure we remember this.”

Said Remember Night Stage Opening Broadway Curtains Remember When Rehearsal Arthur Laura Crucible Opening Night Curtain Call

Author:John Benjamin Hickey

“I remember when I was falling. Knowing I was going to hit the bottom. But falling felt so good.”

Love Love Quotes Romantic Falling In Love Love Poem

Author:Jesse Warner

Source: where i am

“I remember when I was first starting out in the late 50's, and everybody at that time said rock 'n roll was gonna die. I was 15 years old when I started, and I certainly didn't believe that was true. I thought anything that feels this good and makes me want to tap my foot like this can't be a passing fad like everybody says. Of course, they were wrong, and here we are in the 90's and it's alive and well, and getting programmed all over the country, and really all over the world. So it's been a great journey.”

World Want Feels Years Firsts Believe Wells Said Country Remember Dies Courses Alive Journey Feet Rocks Late Starting Passing Passings Rock N Roll Remember When Fads Starting Out Great Journeys

Author:Bobby Vee

“I remember when I was growing up, you would go to a bank to open a deposit, and they'd give you a toaster. A free toaster. These days, if you're a company, and you go to a bank, they could easily turn you away! They don't want your deposits anymore.”

Ifs Want Giving Remember Turns Company Growing Up Growing These Days Remember When Deposits Toasters

Author:Mohamed El-Erian

“I remember when I was growing up. My great wish was to understand who I was and how I fit in the world.”

World Remember Wish Growing Up Growing Fit Remember When

Author:Yo-Yo Ma

“I remember when I was in Chicago and data started coming out that when black folks walk into an auto dealership, and women, too, to some degree, they are automatically given higher quotes, worse deals. And this was just documented extensively across auto dealerships around the country. There was a tax being imposed on black folks. By collecting that data, you can construct policies to combat that.”

Country Remember Given Black Walks Deals Policy Higher Taxes Degrees Folks Data Chicago Combat Coming Out Constructs Remember When Collecting

Author:Barack Obama

“I remember when I was in college, I used to watch Julia Child's cooking show during dinner and joke with my roommates about becoming a TV chef.”

Children Shows Remember Used Watches College Tvs Becoming Jokes Cooking Dinner Chef Remember When Julia Roommate Cooking Shows

Author:Martin Yan

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