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My Thoughts Quotes (page 18)

My mother tells this story that when I first went to school, I thought I was going to help the teachers. I didn't realise I was going to get educated. Moon Unit Zappa
My role models were always the Pacinos and the Oldmans, the guys who get dirty with their characters, and I arrived in L.A. during the big boom of 'Dawson's Creek.' I was getting cast as the boy next door, or the friend of the jock. I thought, 'Did I really have to do all that studying?' Gabriel Mann
My sister and I said, Dad, are you doing to do anything about that? And he mentioned treatments other people sent him that he'd been working on. So we thought it would be kind of cool to give these guys a real script. Rae Dawn Chong
My focus is always on the day. What I've done behind me, I try to have respect for it, and keep an eye on it, and make sure it isn't abused, and obviously be thoughtful about it, because it's all real to me. I'm basically in every band I ever was in, and the songs, I still mean them all. Ian MacKaye
My grandmother didn't live to see us begin our lives in public service. But she probably would have thought it extraordinary that just two generations after she arrived in San Antonio, one grandson would be the mayor and the other would be on his way - the good people of San Antonio willing- to the United States Congress. Julian Castro
My dad, of course, like a lot of Asian parents, wanted me to be an engineer or doctor and never could understand why I would want to be a lawyer. And then, when I first said I wanted to run for office, he thought that was absolutely insane. Gary Locke
Kitty Carlisle quote: "My mother thought Hollywood was a den of iniquity, and people..."
My mother thought Hollywood was a den of iniquity, and people came to terrible bad ends there. Kitty Carlisle
My parents didn't want me to be a regular in a series. I was a working actor from time to time but they thought was a little too much being a star of a series. They wanted me to have a slightly more normal childhood. Harry Shearer
My sister Tiffany told me years ago, 'You can never write about me.' Then she called six months ago and said she wanted to be in a story. She was worried people thought I didn't like her. David Sedaris
My character is somebody who is smaller in stature and yet who's strong, so to see the fighting situations between people who are not generally thought of being strong is in itself unusual and therefore interesting, I think. Chiaki Kuriyama
Mathias Rust quote: "My plan was to land in Red Square, but there were too many..."
My plan was to land in Red Square, but there were too many people and I thought I'd cause casualties. Mathias Rust
My parents had normal jobs, and I didn't just want to work all day, and so I thought if I could break into music I wouldn't have to work all day. And I had an uncle who was on Broadway, so I was like, 'I have to be able to sing.' Nate Ruess
Jack Kilby quote: "My own interest developed because I thought it was a..."
My own interest developed because I thought it was a fascinating subject and something I wanted to pursue. Jack Kilby
Galen Rowell quote: "My first thought is always of light."
My first thought is always of light. Galen Rowell
Selma Blair quote: "My first crush was Spock. I thought it didn't get any better..."
My first crush was Spock. I thought it didn't get any better than Spock. Selma Blair

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