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I was the son of an immigrant. I experienced bigotry, intolerance and prejudice, even as so many of you have. Instead of allowing these thing to embitter me, I took them as spurs to more strenuous effort.

– Andre Bernard BuruchRate it:

I was there at the dawn of the third age of mankind.

– J. Michael StraczynskiRate it:

I was thinking about picking up kayaking, but I didn't want anyone to think I had herpes.

– Ingrid WeirRate it:

I was thought to be 'stuck up.' I wasn't. I was just sure of myself. This is and always has been an unforgivable quality to the unsure.

– Bette DavisRate it:

I was thrown out of college for cheating on the metaphysics exam; I looked into the soul of the boy next to me.

– Woody Allen, Annie HallRate it:

I was thrown out of college for cheating on the metaphysics exam; I looked into the soul of the boy sitting next to me.

– Woody AllenRate it:

I was thrown out of NYU for cheating - with the Dean's wife.

– Woody AllenRate it:

I was to learn later in life that we tend to meet any new situation by reorganizing and a wonderful method it can be for creating the illusion of progress while producing confusion, inefficiency, and demoralization.

– Detronius ArbiterRate it:

I was told to keep my head up, don't look down. So I continued to walk forward chin up, now I have tripped.

– AnonRate it:

I was too green to know that all cynicism masks a failure to cope -- an impotence, in short; and that to despise all effort is the greatest effort of all.

– John Fowles, The MagusRate it:

I was up at San Francisco State studying business management and I kind of couldn't find my niche in anything. My heart wasn't into baseball anymore, and that's the reason I went up there, so it was the time to really find out what I wanted to do. I kept going back and forth with myself, thinking, oh do you want to act, because I didn't know what my parents would think, and finally just called them and said listen, I want to go back home and start acting, and they were like "okay, do your thing" so I came back, jumped into a class for 8 months, and this project was like the 5th or 6th audition I've ever been out on, and it came my way. I just feel really lucky.

– Daren KagasoffRate it:

I was very depressed and was giving up on myself. I was giving up on hope and especially prayer. After months of being sick I realized there is still hope and that I shouldn’t bury myself in self-pity. Instead of being mad at God I began to pray to him.

– Julia Bruzzese Precious , indeedRate it:

I was very strange back then. I could see I had problems. I would sit in a closet a lot of the time and not come out, or I would sit up on top of my desk, or under my desk, or do weird things like get my wisdom teeth out and bleed all over the hallways.

– Tim Burton, Burton On BurtonRate it:

I was victimized, but I am NOT a victim.

– Edith Eva EgerRate it:

I was walking down the street wearing glasses when the prescription ran out.

– Steven WrightRate it:

I was walking past the mental hospital the other day, and all the patients were shouting, ’13….13….13.’ The fence was too high to see over, but I saw a little gap in the planks, so I looked through to see what was going on. Some idiot poked me in the eye with a stick! Then they all started shouting, ’14….14….14.’

– Abhishek ChaudharyRate it:

I was working in a parking lot, which is a great place to learn the guitar. I sat in the booth and practiced all day long. And only two cars were stolen while I worked there.

– John FlansburghRate it:

I was working on the proof of one of my poems all the morning, and took out a comma. In the afternoon I put it back again.

– Oscar WildeRate it:

I was wrong that time teaches; factually, time teaches nothing; it is the life experience in every subject that teaches you.

– Ehsan SehgalRate it:

I wash my hands of those who imagine chattering to be knowledge, silence to be ignorance, and affection to be art.

– Kahlil GibranRate it:

I washed my hair, then went to bed, when I got up my hair was gone. I now need someone to blame.

– Paul. F. MeekinRate it:

I washed my hair, then when to bed, when I got up my hair was gone. I now need someone to blame.

– Paul. F. MeekinRate it:

I wasn't born to be a mere photocopy; I was born original, destined to outshine.

– Christen KuikouaRate it:

I wasn't a misanthrope and I wasn't a misogynist but I liked being alone. It felt good to sit alone in a small space and smoke and drink. I had always been good company for myself.

– Charles BukowskiRate it:

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