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“There is an apprenticeship system in jazz. You teach the young ones. So even if the musicians weren't personally that likable, they felt an obligation to help the younger musicians.”

Ifs Helping Young Felt Teach Musician Jazz Obligation Apprenticeship Young Ones

Author:Dave Van Ronk

“I'm always looking for a way to surprise audiences. That's, I feel, my job as a director. I felt that Amy Adams playing a tough woman in 'The Fighter' was a surprise. People saw her as a princess.”

People Way Feels Jobs Felt Audience Saws Directors Tough Surprise Fighter Princess Amy Tough Women

Author:David O. Russell

“I'm from Naples. I was born in a poor neighborhood and I always, in my heart, felt like it would be amazing to be able to adopt a child from Naples. I could give someone the opportunity I had. I would love to give back in that way and pay it forward.”

Way Giving Heart Children Would Be Able Opportunity Felt Born Poor Pay My Heart Neighborhood Giving Back Naples Pay It Forward Heart Felt Poor Neighborhoods Always In My Heart

Author:Giuliana Rancic

“I never got to the point when I felt like running away from it all.”

Running Felt Running Away

Author:Jamie Redknapp

“I never felt out of control. It was just the way I lived my life. I was the neighborhood bully.”

Way Felt Neighborhood Bully

Book:Commando: The Autobiography of Johnny Ramone

Source: Commando: The Autobiography of Johnny Ramone

“I stayed really physical during my pregnancy. I stuck to my normal pre-pregnancy workout, minus the stomach exercises and twisting. I really felt it helped my whole well-being.”

Wells Whole Felt Exercise Normal Stuck Well Being Pregnancy Stomach Workout Minus

Author:Keri Russell

“As I got further into my career, as a character of color, if I was going to have the types of opportunities I felt I deserved, and continue to have them, I was going to have to start creating those opportunities for myself.”

Ifs Character Opportunity Felt Careers Color Type Creating

Author:Lance Reddick

“When I was 6, I saw a commercial that Jessica Simpson was in and that was the first time I felt my little heart flutter.”

Firsts Heart Littles Felt Saws First Time Jessica

Author:Lee Ryan

“I was stranded in Disco. I went to dozens of darkened places with enough flashing lights to drive the average person mad. I felt lost in the pulse of sheer panic.”

Persons Enough Light Lost Felt Mad Average Dozen Panic Sheer Pulse Average Person Disco Stranded Flashing Lights

Author:Martha Reeves

“I always felt too young and selfish to have children of my own.”

Children Young Felt My Own Selfish

Author:Natasha Richardson

“I have always loved running on the roads, ever since I used to take part in relays for my club when I was 12 and 13. I felt really at home on the surface.”

Home Running Used Felt Clubs Surface Relays

Author:Paula Radcliffe

“I feel like if I won an award and I was giving my speech and the music started, that's all I'd remember, the humiliation I felt when the music started. It would mar the entire experience for me.”

Ifs Giving Feels Remember Felt Speech Awards Mars Humiliation

Author:Seth Rogen

“I enjoy playing clubs. I still enjoy the closeness of the nightclub venue. However, after a certain period of time and after playing around some of the clubs in New YorkI felt that jazz should be presented in a more prestigious atmosphere.”

Should Stills Certain Felt Enjoy Periods Jazz Clubs Atmosphere Ever After Closeness Venues Nightclubs Prestigious Playing Around Night Club

Author:Sonny Rollins

“When it's time to film and to actually take on the role of Precious, I felt an immense responsibility to do it justice.”

Film Felt Justice Responsibility Roles Immense

Author:Gabourey Sidibe

“I never heard 'I love you' as a child. I never felt pretty or cared for.”

Children Felt Heard Love You

Author:Karrine Steffans

“Prior to my father's death, I was having a hard time committing to a career as an artist, but that's not because of who he was - it was because of who I am. It's true, though, that I felt I shouldn't compete with him, and that those feelings went away after he died.”

Hard Feelings Artist Father Felt Careers Died Who I Am Hard Times Having A Hard Time

Author:Kiki Smith

“I get my drive and determination from just winning and playing tennis. I know if I don't work, I won't get rewarded. It was a life long dream to win a Grand Slam so when I was able to do that it felt so good and I wanted to do it again. It's not that hard to stay motivated.”

Ifs Knows Long Hard Dream Able Wanted Winning Felt Determination Tennis Motivated Long Life Slam Stay Motivated Drive And Determination

Author:Samantha Stosur

“Even though the neighborhood I grew up in had some unhealthy elements, there was a caring there where you knew that you didn't want to get caught doing something wrong. There were bright spots in the neighborhood where I felt nurtured on a community level.”

Want Felt Community Levels Grew Elements Grew Up Caught Caring Spots Neighborhood Unhealthy

Author:Sonja Sohn

“I was very academically inclined. But my inner life was in such turmoil. I'd go home and my home life was so miserable that it just felt like I was doing everything that I was supposed to do. I did all my chores, made really good grades, and I was excelling at school, but I wasn't happy.”

Made Home School Felt Miserable Grades Inner Life Turmoil Chores Home Life Good Grades

Author:Sonja Sohn

“It was probably right after I made my comeback - after retiring post-2008 Olympics - when I finally felt more at ease with my body. Being away from the sport helped put things in perspective.”

Made Body Felt Sports Perspective Posts Ease Retiring Olympics Comeback

Author:Alicia Sacramone

“In and after 1964 when I began to concern myself with the biological issues, and particularly from 1967 onwards, the extent of the problems over which I felt uneasy increased to such a point that in 1968 I felt a compelling urge to make my views public.”

Problem Felt Views Issues Concern Urges Compelling Uneasy

Author:Andrei Sakharov

“Al Gore's problem, in my view, is that he never liked politics. He's actually deeply uncomfortable in it but felt he had to do it because of his father. He's much more comfortable in a private sector role and has, in fact, been much more successful in a private sector role, and I admire him for that.”

Facts Problem Father Felt Views Roles Successful Comfortable Admire Uncomfortable Als Gore Private Sector

Author:Andrew Sullivan

“Growing up I felt like my nose was big. I was always like, 'I'm going to get a nose job one day'. I'm glad I didn't.”

Bigs Jobs Felt Growing Up Growing One Day Glad Noses

Author:Ashlee Simpson

“I could wake up six in the morning, go downstairs and record. I learned how to use ProTools and everything. Whenever I felt it, I could record.”

Use Felt Morning Records Six Wake Up

Author:Beanie Sigel

“When I was growing up in Terrell, Texas, I felt that it was not where I was supposed to be. I knew that I was meant for a different destination. I think that the minute I was born, there was something inside telling me where I would go, it's like energy - an intangible destiny.”

Thinking Different Energy Felt Born Destiny Growing Up Growing Minutes Supposed To Be Destination Texas Intangible Intangible Quality

Author:Jamie Foxx

“But I've always felt that the less you know about an actor's personal life, the more you can get involved in the story in which he's playing a character. And I don't like to see movies where you know about everything that happens behind the scenes. I can't engage in the story if I know what's going on in the actor's head.”

Ifs Knows I Can Character Stories Happens Actors Felt Behinds Involved Scene Personal Life Get Involved Behind The Scenes

Author:Eric Stoltz

“Growing up, I felt insecure about my build. I didn't feel very feminine. But as time went on, I learned to completely embrace my body.”

Feels Body Felt Growing Up Growing Embrace Feminine Insecure

Author:Hope Solo

“Her death has had a huge effect on me. It felt like a big hole appeared on my left side - apparently your left side is your mother - which I thought could never be filled. Now I think what you have to do is fill it with yourself because your mother is part of you. I'm easing into that space, using it and being comforted by it.”

Thinking Bigs Mother Left Felt Sides Space Effects Huge Filled Holes

Author:Imelda Staunton

“Chemotherapy isn't easy. I felt very fortunate I wouldn't have to go through that.”

Felt Easy Fortunate Chemotherapy

Author:Jaclyn Smith

“I've never felt that using something with tongue in cheek has been a bad thing.”

Has Beens Felt Tongue Bad Things Cheeks Tongue In Cheek

Author:John Schlesinger

“Whenever I felt happy about having discovered something, the first encounter, not only with the public, with other musicians, with specialists, etc, was that they rejected it.”

Firsts Felt Musician Encounters Etc Rejected Specialists

Author:Karlheinz Stockhausen

“I've felt for some time that economics needs to be taught differently by economists who actually have had experience making a payroll or investing on Wall Street. When economics is taught by pure academics, watch out.”

Needs Felt Watches Streets Taught Wall Pure Economics Investing Economist Payroll

Author:Mark Skousen

“When I look at Jesus' warm and intimate friendships, my heart fills with praise that Jesus was. . . a man. A man of flesh-and-blood reality. His heart felt the sting of sympathy. His eyes glowed with tenderness. His arms embraced. His lips smiled. His hands touched. Jesus was male! Jesus invites us to relate to him as the Son of Man. And because he is fully man, we can relate to Jesus with affection and love.”

“Christ himself came down and took possession of me. . . I had never foreseen the possibility of that, of a real contact, person to person, here below, between a human being and God. . . in this sudden possession of me by Christ, neither my sense nor my imagination had any part: I only felt in the midst of my suffering the presence of a love.”

Humans Persons Real Suffering Felt Christ Imagination Human Beings Christianity Possibility Down And Possession Contact Midst My Imagination Christian Love Foreseen

Book:The Simone Weil Reader

Source: The Simone Weil Reader

“In other people's company I felt I was dull, gloomy, unwelcome, at once bored and boring.”

People Felt Company Boring Bored Dull Awkward Gloomy Unwelcome

Book:The Immoralist

Source: The Immoralist

“I wish that the circuses that were around now felt like they did then. They're not quite as elegant or as magical as they used to be. There was something about the old tent shows, the Big Top, the canvas, the lights, the sawdust, the hay and the animals that's just missing now. Now, it's all urbanized and maybe a little garish.”

Littles Shows Bigs Light Used Wish Felt Animal Missing Used To Be Canvas Elegant Circus Tents Hay Sawdust

Author:Francis Lawrence

“I always think first about the nature of the story. When I had the idea for 'The Namesake,' I felt that it had to be a novel - it couldn't work as a story.”

Thinking Firsts Ideas Stories Felt Novel Namesake

Author:Jhumpa Lahiri

“I would rather be erring on the side of common-sense pragmatism and doing everything possible so that I felt that no stone was left unturned in terms of trying to protect school children.”

Trying Children School Left Felt Sides Term Common Protect Stones Common Sense Pragmatism Erring

Author:John B. Larson

“When I was playing I felt tired all the time. My recovery period was a lot longer than the other players. They'd be ok after an hour - I'd have to stay in bed till the next session.”

Next Felt Hours Player Periods Bed Tired Recovery Session

Author:Jonah Lomu

“I always felt like there was a certain standard of music that I had to do from the beginning, even when I didn't have the recognition that I have now.”

Certain Felt Standards Recognition

Author:Kendrick Lamar

“But as soon as I joined 'Six Feet Under', I felt like I was finally doing something again that the fans really loved, and I could stop being afraid of 'Clueless' fans!”

Felt Feet Fans Six Being Afraid Clueless Six Feet Under

Author:Jeremy Sisto

“There is no 'perfect' in music. If I ever came off the stage and felt it could not be better, it would then be time to quit.”

Ifs Felt Perfect Stage Quitting

Author:Leonard Slatkin

“I pass through the difficult moments in life, really difficult times on grass, during my seven years of my career. All of a sudden I felt comfortable.”

Years Moments Felt Difficult Careers Comfortable Seven Grass Seven Years Difficult Times Difficult Moments

Author:Marat Safin

“My family and I took visits to each and every school and listened to each coaching staff. I felt the most comfortable with and really excited about playing at SC. Being close to home in one of the best offensive systems is paying off now as I'm making the jump to the pros.”

Home School Felt Comfortable My Family Excited Coaching Staff Offensive Coaching Staff

Author:Mark Sanchez

“I've noticed a pattern in stars that start acting out in public. Every one of them felt like they grew up without love.”

Stars Felt Acting Grew Grew Up Patterns Without Love Acting Out

Author:Neil Strauss

“When I was in the Army, I read a book by Adlai Stevenson. He said law was as noble as saving a person's life. So at one point, I felt that way too.”

Way Persons Said Book Law Felt Army Noble Saving

Author:William Sanderson

“I was pretty nervous when I met Robert DeNiro. I kind of felt like a kid in a candy store for the first time. I couldn't wipe the grin off of my face. But Bobby DeNiro was really, really sweet and made me feel very comfortable. He's very low-key and just a superstar professional, and totally someone to be admired.”

Feels Firsts Kind Made Kids Faces Felt Sweet Keys Mets Comfortable Lows First Time Stores Nervous Candy Wipe Superstar Low Key Really Sweet Candy Stores

Author:Yvonne Strahovski

“I understand the rules of Superman - not necessarily better than anyone else - but better than a normal filmmaker would. After doing 'Watchmen' and digging that deep into the why of superheroes, when Superman is presented to you, I felt like I was in a unique position to say 'I get this guy. I know what this is.”

Knows Guy Felt Position Normal Unique Filmmaker Superhero This Guy Digging

Author:Zack Snyder

“I had to quit ballet because it felt like a part of me was dying inside.”

Felt Dying Quitting Ballet Dying Inside

Author:Zoe Saldana

“When Ben Stiller and I first got married and we first had kids, I felt I needed to prove we could still do it and I could still work separately from Ben and I could still work with him. I just let go of all of that now. I said to him, 'For me, a little bit goes a long way.'”

Way Firsts Littles Long Said Stills Kids Felt Bits Needed Prove Letting Go Married Little Bit Long Way Just Let Go

Author:Christine Taylor

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