Used To Be Quotes - Page 20

• For me, film has been good because I'm able to work at top crack, working at something I love to do, in the only literary form in which you can still make money. There are no famous novelists, not as novelists used to be famous.

  William Monahan

  Novelists, Cracks, Able

  Source: collider.com

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• My brother's researched our early family history. He found a letter from a fella who said he used to be in love with my mum.

  Paul McCartney

  Brother, Letters, Used

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• I'm the one usually wearing the dress, which is what I would've preferred, but they wouldn't let me. It's been 15 years since I did that and my ass isn't as good as it used to be.

  David Duchovny

  Years, Dresses, Ass

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• I keep my distance from politics. Lots of money has been offered to me for campaigning over the years, and I have always refused. I used to be very politically aware and very opinionated, but I don't want to involve myself.

  Bipasha Basu

  Distance, Years, Want

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• While Argentina, Brazil, and Chile - what in textbooks used to be called the ABC countries - seem settled into democratic politics and free market economics, the Andean countries are in disarray.

  Elliott Abrams

  Country, Argentina, Textbooks

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• I used to be pretty reckless. When I was a runner for a production company, I drove a massive 16 seater van. I was only 18. I mean I look young now, but then I looked about 12.

  Gail Porter

  Mean, Looks, Reckless

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• Friend of mine just told me he used to be a bad alcoholic. I calmed him down. Told him he was a good alcoholic just a horrible drinker.

  Bob Saget

  Used, Horrible, Alcoholics

  Twitter post from Dec 01, 2012

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• I think it's kinda funny that all these rappers that used to be gangsters and thugs are telling us not to download their music from the internet, because that's stealing. Wow talk about ironic.

  Daniel Tosh

  Thug, Thinking, Rapper

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• I used to be a partier, now I'm an alcoholic. It's all in who's judging you.

  Doug Stanhope

  Judging, Used, Alcoholics

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• When I was younger, I used to be the cheater. But I'm not talking about going all the way.... I wasn't doing that in high school! I'd have boyfriends and then spring break would come around and I'd be a little bit naughty.

  Fergie

  Spring, School, Cheater

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• Footballing qualities can be developed, but Stoichkov is a player with character and inborn talent. I've seen him produce fantastic plays even from impossible situations... I couldn't believe it, when I heard that I used to be his idol.

  Michel Patini

  Believe, Character, Player

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• What we've done with our modern food supply is absolute insanity. It's not even real any more. You used to be able to give a kid an apple and they would love it. Kids can't even taste apples any more. Apples taste like paper to kids now.

  Louis C. K.

  Real, Kids, Apples

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• All these words we use, anybody can be a genius now. It used to be you had to have a thought no one ever had before or you had to invent a number. Now, it’s like, “Hey, I’ve got a cup in case we need another cup.” “Dude, you’re a genius!”

  Louis C. K.

  Numbers, Needs, Genius

  "The Collected Wisdom of Louis C.K." by Bradford Evans, www.vulture.com. February 26, 2013.

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• The earliest stand-up comedy I was aware of was Bill Cosby. I watched Saturday Night Live as soon as I was aware of it, and Monty Python used to be on PBS at weird hours, so I used to try to watch that. And I loved George Carlin on SNL, that was the first stand-up I ever really remember seeing on TV. And then Steve Martin. I guess I was in fifth or sixth grade when Steve Martin showed up, and he was instantly my idol. And Richard Pryor around the same time too, I sort of became aware of him, though I don't remember the first time I saw him.

  Louis C. K.

  Night, Idols, Pbs

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• Before I got into stand-up, I used to be a hip-hop dancer in a crew, and my name was J. Smoove, and my partner was J. Groove.

  J. B. Smoove

  Names, Hip Hop, Dancer

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• I think the worst lie I ever told was, because my last name is Goth, I used to tell kids at school that I used to be related to 'Van Gogh' and when I turned 18, I would inherit all the fortune from the sunflower painting.

  Mia Goth

  Lying, Kids, School

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• I used to be so hard on myself. So hard on myself. Just my own worst critic to the nth degree. Absolutely undermining my confidence in every moment. Bad tape in my head all the time.

  Bellamy Young

  Degrees, Tape, Moments

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

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• It used to be said that when the U.S. sneezed, the world caught a cold. The opposite is equally true today. Our prosperity is linked inextricably to the maintenance of a strong world economy, an open international trading system, and stable global financial markets.

  Lawrence Summers

  Strong, Opposites, Maintenance

  "Sayonara to Summers". www.theglobalist.com. January 15, 2001.

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• I think Obama has redefined the Democratic Party. It used to be the party of acid, amnesty, and abortion, and now it's surrender, socialism, and subprime mortgages.

  Ann Coulter

  Party, Thinking, Abortion

  "Ann Coulter and Pat Caddell on Vice Presidential Debate". "Hannity & Colmes" with Alan Colmes, www.foxnews.com. October 3, 2008.

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• I used to be so delusional. I always imagined I could be more than I was, and eventually I grew and evolved into that person.

  Lady Gaga

  Delusional, Used, Grew

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• I don't sleep much. Five to six, I'd say. You could argue that people, as they get older, sleep less - probably because they're afraid of dying at some point. I know my parents don't sleep much. I know that I used to be able to sleep until noon when I was younger. I couldn't fathom staying in bed until ten now. I wouldn't know what to do unless there's a football game on.

  George Clooney

  Football, Sleep, Games

  "George Clooney: What I've Learned" by Cal Fussman, www.esquire.com. December 13, 2011.

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• Few things are more important at this time in history than for religious people to listen to the New Atheists as if these unbelievers were speaking with God's voice, because they are! The word "God" used to be identified with reality - indeed, ultimate reality. In all cultures and at all times, the divine was no mere person, but was a personification of reality.

  Michael Dowd

  Religious, Atheist, Reality

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• Coal used to be a very dirty fuel but coal has become cleaner and cleaner over the decades. Clean coal now is quite clean. Clean coal now has the same emissions profile as natural gas. Clean coal can become cleaner still. We can take even more of the pollutants out of coal and I believe we should. Clean coal, I think, is the immediate answer to Canada's energy needs and the world's energy needs. There are hundreds of years available of coal supplies. We shouldn't be squandering that resource. We should be using it prudently.

  Lawrence Solomon

  Believe, Dirty, Thinking

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• I've changed a great deal. I used to be vicious to my parents, just because they objected to me going full-time with a group. Now I can see that all they wanted was the best for me. And we get on great.

  Peter Ham

  Parent, Groups, I've Changed

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• I know Camberwell very well: I used to go to Camberwell New Baths a lot and the cinema, which used to be the Odeon. My old school is around there too, though you've got to understand that I went to a lot of schools.

  Paul Simonon

  School, Cinema, Baths

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