Used To Be Quotes - Page 24

• So much of what we understand comes from knowing what something is and what that something used to be, which allows us to figure out, or at least imagine, what happened in between.

  Neil deGrasse Tyson

  Knowing, Imagine, Used

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• I tried singing in a deeper voice by lowering my voice that used to be more delicate.

  Seungri

  Voice, Singing, Used

  Source: ygfamilyy.tumblr.com

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• I used to be very ambitious. But reality taught me that ambition won't get you everything you want. You need more than just passion and hope. It's important to do what I'm good at and suits me.

  Seungri

  Passion, Ambition, Reality

  "[INTERVIEW] Big Bang member Seungri". Interview with Kwon Seok-jung, en.tenasia.com. August 27, 2013.

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• Umm, there are so many people that I've never had one person that I've particularly idolised or I thought "Wow, I want to be just like them." It used to be when I was younger, Julia Roberts, I used to just love her. There is something so appealing about her.

  Emma Watson

  People, Want, Wow

  "Dan Radcliffe, Emma Watson & Rupert Grint (Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire)". Interview with Dan Whitehead, troublecity.squarespace.com. October 26, 2005.

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• Many people nowadays who discover that they have a major symptom, whether psychological or physical, begin to study it. They get drawn very deeply into the area of their trouble. They want to know more than their doctor. That's a curious thing, and not at all the way it used to be.

  James Hillman

  Doctors, People, Want

  Source: scottlondon.com

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• I don't know that Brandy [Burre] would ever categorize herself as being trapped, but I felt like I saw her being trapped. When she's cleaning the room and she puts the labels on the toys, that was something that my wife, who's also friends with Brandy, was very adamant that we try to capture. My wife said that showed to her Brandy's creative outlet because she can't be creative in the ways that she used to be or that she maybe wants to be in the future.

  Robert Greene

  Wife, Creative, Trying

  Source: www.cineaste.com

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• It's more about balance for me. I used to be an all or nothing person. And now I would rather have a lifestyle change - rather than use the word 'diet' - where 90 percent of the time spend my life that way and 10 percent of the time have fun and do what my body feels like it needs or craves.

  Julianne Hough

  Fun, Balance, Needs

  "EXCLUSIVE: Julianne Hough Reveals Her Favorite Exercises for the Best Arms, Legs, Abs and Butt!". Interview with Lauren Zima, www.etonline.com. June 21, 2016.

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• The music industry is not what it used to be. Being in a good band is great, and I've been lucky to be in great bands. I've done solo stuff, and that's been great. I also produce rock bands and I do co-writes, where I write with different singers in bands and songwriters.

  James Iha

  Writing, Rocks, Band

  "James Iha on Scoring James Franco’s ‘Mother, May I Sleep with Danger?’". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. June 17, 2016.

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• I used to be a wonderful auditioner. When I was living in New York, I'd audition every day. And I like to audition. But then it got to a point where I didn't like it anymore. So once it got to there and I also knew more about the business and I thought, "I can't do this anymore."

  Ed O'Neill

  New York, Auditions, Wonderful

  Source: collider.com

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• I'm just a different machine than I used to be, where now I've taken my diet more serious than I ever have in my life, and I've gotten way small. My physique is just completely different to the way it used to be.

  Jon Jones

  Taken, Different, Machines

  "Exclusive interview: Jon Jones talks arrest, UFC 197 bout with St. Preux". Interview with Jon Wertheim, www.si.com. April 19, 2016.

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• People are always nice, so I can't complain. My name used to be SNL! More and more, people call me by my name.

  Fred Armisen

  Nice, Names, People

  Interview with Scott Raab, www.esquire.com. January, 2012.

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• British politicians used to be good at misleading people without actually lying.

  Tim Harford

  Lying, People, Politician

  "Episode 707: Brexit". "Planet Money" with Robert Smith, Jacob Goldstein, www.npr.org. June 26, 2016.

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• In New York there used to be some very good clubs with amazing sound systems. Techno was part of the process.

  Eric Ripert

  New York, Sound, Clubs

  Source: www.harpersbazaar.com

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• Everybody would be better off if they could buy housing for only, let's say, a carrying charge of one-quarter of their income. That used to be the case 50 years ago. Buyers had to save up and make a higher down payment, giving them more equity - perhaps 25 or 30 percent. But today, banks are creating enough credit to bid up housing prices again.

  Michael Hudson

  Years, Creating, Giving

  Source: www.counterpunch.org

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• I used to be much heavier when I first started out acting and did a lot of crash dieting and a lot of crash exercise - a ton for a month before you burned out. Then I made a decision in my twenties to only do things that I can do for life, so everything's kind of in moderation for me.

  Rhea Seehorn

  Exercise, Decision, Acting

  "Rhea Seehorn of Better Call Saul: Learning from Loved Ones". Interview with Robert Piper, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• Stand-up used to be much more of a form combat. Heckling was much more common [in the '90s]. And I couldn't get stage time, and so I would go out to Pip's in Sheepshead Bay.

  Jim Gaffigan

  Heckling, Common, Combat

  Source: www.npr.org

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• There are some nasty, nasty incidents taking place in the world, but [it's] much better than it used to be.

  Richard Branson

  World, Nasty, Used

  Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• I used to be in my 20s, be single, and work way less. This was conducive to way more hours on the mat and a super fit physique. I'm now 31, engaged, and travel every single week, which puts a major damper on any sort of routine.

  Kathryn Budig

  Routine, Way, Fit

  ORIGIN Interview, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• I used to be, like, "Sleep when I die."

  Tony Robbins

  Sleep, Used, Dies

  Source: ca.complex.com

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• I'm not one of those people who is trying to act like I don't sleep. I used to be like, "Oh, I only need four hours." Now I need exactly 5 1/2 to 6 in order to feel like I've done well.

  Oprah Winfrey

  Sleep, Order, People

  Source: www.aarp.org

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• "Well, we knew it. Women can't sell movies". That's what it used to be like. "Well, this movie did well, but it's a fluke."

  Mila Kunis

  Flukes, Used, Wells

  "Here's Mila Kunis and Kathryn Hahn's Advice For Every Husband". Interview with Emily Zemler, www.esquire.com. July 29, 2016.

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• It's counterproductive to blither on about "the" future. It's always somebody's future, and we're not who we used to be.

  Bruce Sterling

  Used, Counterproductive

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• We live in a society now where it's very rare for your parents to be around. It used to be like, your mother, grandmothers, your family around would help. Now, you're surrounded by other moms and friends and it's really disorienting, because there's such varying, crazy, different points of view and advice coming at you.

  Kathryn Hahn

  Mom, Mother, Crazy

  "Kathryn Hahn on Pinterest, Motherhood, and What It's Like In Jill Soloway's 'Pussy Womb'". Interview with Emily Zemler, www.mtv.com. July 29, 2016.

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• When I was a kid, I used to be way more nerdy about comic books and comic book characters. I still love them, but I don't collect anymore.

  Zachary Levi

  Book, Character, Kids

  "Zachary Levi on Nerd HQ’s Return to Comic-Con and Who’s Coming with Him". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. July 12, 2016.

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• I used to be the kind of person who needed to have a lot of people around. That's where I found my serenity.

  Jessica Simpson

  People, Serenity, Kind

  Source: www.glamour.com

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