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In radio I had one, maybe two people who cared about getting it done. I'd really be a loser if I forgot where I came from. So I show them the love. And how hard is it really to be interested in someone's life?
Billy Bush

Life, Love, Someone

The first months at Harvard were more than challenging, as I came to the realization that the humanities could be genuinely interesting, and, in fact, given the weaknesses of my background, very difficult.
Philip Warren Anderson

Difficult, Fact, Months

I debated free trade in college. I came out as a free trader. I'm a free markets guy. I'm an Adam Smith guy.
Sam Wyly

Free, College, Guy

I came on to the film with a very happy-go-lucky attitude which I think my character, Charlie, did when she went into the house. I expected it to be good, and then slowly things started to change for us all.
Jennifer Sky

Change, Good, Attitude

When you're 17 and you have an idea, people don't really listen to you. I came out of an environment where my parents were always pushing me to do what I wanted and be creative, and I was not used to the industry's way of thinking.
Robyn

Parents, Thinking, Creative

When I came back from Bolivia, my Spanish was in some ways as good as my English. I am rusty today. But I am comfortable talking in Spanish. I am not flawless or fluent, but I am comfortable. It takes me a day or two speaking a lot of Spanish to get back into a rhythm.
David Dewhurst

Good, Today, Two

I made the decision when I came to Seagram that it had to be OK that my public persona would be bad. It's the downside of a family business: anything good is because I'm somebody's son; otherwise, I'm a schmuck.
Edgar Bronfman, Jr.

Family, Good, Business

I came up around people who took acting seriously, who cared about acting, cared about the theater and, in the '70s, made movies that said something that mattered. I came up with those people, and I was a kid. Their ethos and credo became mine.
Laurence Fishburne

Movies, Made, Said

When I came out of service, the first couple of releases didn't really hit so I just took a little hiatus and sat down to see what was happening. I just glued my ears to the radio and then I started writing - the first hit record that came out was 'Everybody Loves a Winner.'
William Bell

Writing, Down, Service

I felt a little uncomfortable because, when I went in to the military, I was the main male vocalist they had and when I came out they had like two or three vocalists. Otis came in when I was in the military, too.
William Bell

Two, Three, Military

When I came out of the military, I had a club in Memphis and I started using the The Bar Kays as my club band. They were still only in the middle school - but I'd take them on the road with me on the weekends, sometimes.
William Bell

School, Sometimes, Road

Well, I came the second year. I mean I just fit right in. They wrote a great person and I'm so lucky that I got to be part of the family.
Aida Turturro

Family, Great, Person

When I was at drama school I wanted to do classical theatre. It just so happened that I did a film when I came out and I moved that way.
Andrew Lincoln

School, Wanted, Film

I came to New York late; I was already past 30.
Jeffrey Tambor

Past, Late, York

Playing with my grandfather, grandmother and my parents, I came to music pretty naturally.
Creed Bratton

Music, Parents, Pretty

My family was a good family, I had a great Canadian education and I came up in a great, little town like Ottawa.
Paul Anka

Education, Family, Good

I went overseas hoping to prove that all our POWs were home. I came back convinced that they were still alive.
Bo Gritz

Home, Alive, Prove

I came to England in 1962 as a very young bride, in my teens, hoping just to stay two years and go back.
Buchi Emecheta

Two, Young, Stay

I came from Long Island, so I had a lot of experience at the stick. I played in junior high school, then I played in high school. The technical aspect of the game was my forte. I had all that experience, then I had strength and I was in good condition.
Jim Brown

Good, Strength, Experience

I came out singing, the doctor slapped me on the head, and I started singing.
Keith David

Started, Head, Doctor

I came to L.A. to work and become a better actress, not to be a star.
Lauren Ambrose

Work, Become, Star

I know this is kind of corny, but we thought about renewing our vows again because I think my mom would really love it if we did that in Arkansas, where I came from.
Mary Steenburgen

Love, Mom, Thought

It was a few days later I came out to Hollywood for a screen test, and so did a lot of other people. So, I really didn't think I would get it. I was definitely the one that was least likely to get it, because everyone else was an already established star.
Mary Steenburgen

Else, Everyone, Few

I liked Berkeley tremendously, Berkeley was a very leftist campus. I came to love that city as much as I love Paris or the south of France or New York.
Whitfield Diffie

Love, City, York

I took two or three months and I came up with a reason that I thought was enough and I went with it: if there is a God he's definitely not benevolent. We should mean less to him than ants. And if there is a God or there are gods they would value, more than anything, free will.
Tarsem Singh

I came to politics later in life so I bring a different life experience to it.
Kathleen Wynne

Life, Politics, Experience

I came from a state where 35 percent self-identify as Tea Partiers, so I'm a bit distorted perhaps in my appreciation for the larger American population.
Brad Carson

American, State, Bit

I knew that I had a following here in England, and if I came over here maybe I could cultivate it, but I never dreamt it would be as great as it has been.
Edwin Starr

Great, Here, Knew

People have tremendous power, more than the average person understands, and certainly more than even I understood before I came to Congress. When any of my constituents writes me a letter, I promise you, we're listening.
Charlie Norwood

Power, Person, Before

I have been sitting watching that ever since I came back, the continuous variations of light and shadow.
Laurie Lee

Light, Since, Shadow

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