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• I was just trying out and having some fun. I don't think I'd want to pursue singing as a career; it's an on-the-side thing. It would be great if I could make a career out of it but if I can't, that's OK too.

  William Hung

  Fun, Thinking, Careers

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• I'm grateful to look the way I do. However, if I could change anything, I would like to be a bit bigger all over. Not much - just a bit.

  Chanel Iman

  Grateful, Looks, Way

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• L.A. is cool. If I could have the rest of my family out there, I think it would make it that much better for me. As far as work and the weather, you can't really beat it. I just wish they had the New York social life out there. That would make it perfect.

  Michael B. Jordan

  New York, Thinking, Weather

  "Michael B. Jordan, ‘Fruitvale’ Star, Reveals His Early Tap Dancing Roots". Interview with Sasha Bronner, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 23, 2013.

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• When I was growing up, I was obviously gay, and I got heckled every day of my life. The only way I knew how to survive was to make people laugh. If I could make them laugh, I wouldn't get hung in a locker for two hours. That's a blessing.

  Carson Kressley

  Growing Up, Gay, Blessing

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• If I could only fly, you see, a lot of my problems would be gone. When you think of just how much I'd save on shoes alone.

  Waylon Jennings

  Philosophy, Thinking, Shoes

  Song: If I Could Only Fly

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• While the angels sing, I'd ask you to marry me, give you the sun for a diamond ring, if I could do those things.

  R. Kelly

  Romantic, Angel, Giving

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• If I could be anyone, I'd choose the lead singer of Arcade Fire, Win Butler.

  Rob Kardashian

  Winning, Fire, Singers

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• It's a hard life... but if I could, I would do it all again.

  Natalia Makarova

  Hard Life, Hard, Ifs

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I've found out how overwhelming the media is and the way it drills things into your head, it's almost like a mind control. If I could control prople's minds, I'd like to put something useful in.

  Natalie Merchant

  Media, Mind, Way

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I've never filed a patent lawsuit. I hope never to file a patent lawsuit. That may be unrealistic, but it would be great if I could avoid doing it... Lawsuits are a ridiculous way to do business.

  Nathan Myhrvold

  Patents, Would Be, May

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• I've told many people that I'm not looking to go out there and find the most beautiful girl in the world who likes me because I'm 'Mr. American Idol Scott McCreery.' If I could just find a nice hometown girl who just likes me for who I am, that's all I want.

  Scotty McCreery

  Beautiful, Girl, Nice

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• The Conversation' was the first film I edited on a flatbed machine - a KEM editing machine. I've been using Final Cut or the AVID for 12 years now, so I was interested in looking at this film and seeing if I could tell if it had been edited the old way.

  Walter Murch

  Cutting, Avid, Editing

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• If I could work with any actor it would have to be Johnny Depp. He is cool.

  Ben Nicholas

  Actors, Ifs

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• I've written a song for Prince. I never showed it to Prince, but just to see if I could do it. At the time, when I sort of knew him, he was recording a song a day. I wondered if I could do that. So I wrote it.

  Randy Newman

  Song, Written, Ifs

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• My goal at every tournament is to finish top 18. At the end of the year if I could finish every tournament top 18, that would be pretty good.

  Bubba Watson

  Years, Goal, Would Be

  "Masters champion Bubba Watson returns to action with 'Bubba golf'" by Lawrence Donegan, www.theguardian.com. April 25, 2012.

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• I've been training with my mixed martial arts guy as much as I can when I'm back in L.A., so if I could do another movie like I did in 'The Killing Game,' with Samuel L. Jackson, that would be awesome.

  Kellan Lutz

  Art, Games, Guy

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• I was looking for the people who were making the music inside the cabinet. I would look in there and see if I could find somebody who was making all this wonderful music.

  Abbey Lincoln

  People, Looks, Cabinets

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• If I could have a special power in real life I'd love to fly.

  Ali Larter

  Real, Special, Ifs

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• Sometimes I think I could have got some better results if I had a different mentality; if I could have pushed hard and attacked. But then I would have had a good chance of making a mistake.

  Alain Prost

  Mistake, Thinking, Different

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Well, I've been a professional racer for nine years. And if I could get it to pay me as much as acting, I'd give up all the rest in a second. Working in television, however, has made me accustomed to a certain lifestyle that I'd like to maintain.

  Jason Priestley

  Giving Up, Years, Acting

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• If I could change on thing about myself, I would: Have better knees. Mine are shot because of injuries. You're only as good as your legs, whether you're an athlete or an actor.

  William Petersen

  Athlete, Actors, Legs

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• If I could throw my phone away, I would probably do it. It's always on silent, and I don't like when it rings and people are calling. We could live without those things in the past when we just had a phone on the street somewhere, on the corner or at the house. I have no interest in telling all the people what I do every day and where I am.

  Kimi Raikkonen

  Past, Phones, People

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• I love chocolate. Black chocolate with marshmallow inside, caramel inside. If I could only have two foods, I'd take some fantastic chocolate. And some terrible chocolate. I love the Clark Bar.

  Sonia Rykiel

  Two, Chocolate, Black

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• I've been an employee all my life. Would I wish, if I could rewind it, to have gone down a different route? Possibly, but I've had a great time. Anyway I'm not ruling it out; I could still buy a business.

  Stuart Rose

  Wish, Different, Gone

  "Sir Stuart Rose: 'They say we can't afford to retire, and I don't want to'". Interview with Juliette Garside, www.theguardian.com. April 25, 2012.

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• I get the feeling a lot of politicians are there to help themselves financially, first and foremost. I don't really need to do that, and I thought if I could do something for sport in Scotland, that would be really fulfilling.

  Gordon Strachan

  Sports, Scotland, Feelings

  "Gordon Strachan: 'And people think I've got a problem with the press...'". Interview with Richard Rae, www.independent.co.uk. August 21, 2010.

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