The things that prey on my mind in London seem to disappear as soon as I find myself in a different environment. Survival mode kicks in. – Hayley Atwell
I was taught to be demure, so it was harder for me to learn how to stand up for myself and go, ‘What do I want? What are my desires?’ – Heather Graham
I’m looking for one of two things and sometimes they dovetail: I’m looking to go into a theatre and see a certain kind of show. And if it’s not there, I’d like to do it myself so it would be there. – Hal Price
I’m a compulsive note-taker, and I used to feel self-conscious about pulling out my little notebook and taking notes during a casual conversation. Then I noticed that people really seemed to enjoy it; the fact that I was taking notes made their remarks seem particularly insightful or valuable. Now I don’t hold myself back. – Gretchen Rubin
I never thought of myself as unlucky. When you aim high, it’s tough to get there unless something really fortunate happens. – Henry Cavill
To this day, my haircut is the number two clippers, which I apply to myself every month. – Henry Rollins
I decided that my means were sufficient to enable me to devote myself to botany, a determination which I never, during the long period of my subsequent career, had on any occasion any reason to repent of. – George Bentham
Singers, like Frank Sinatra and myself, we interpret the songs that we like. Not unlike a Shakespearean actor that goes back to the greatest words ever written, we go back to the greatest songs and bring about my interpretation of them. – Harry Connick, Jr.
I perceive myself as rather uninhibited, with a certain mathematical facility and more interest in the broad aspect of a problem than the delicate nuances. I am more interested in discovering what is over the next rise than in assiduously cultivating the beautiful garden close at hand. – Henry Eyring
I was a fan myself, and I know what it’s like. If someone comes out of the blocks and scores 31 goals in one season, then you think, ‘OK, was that a one-off, or will he do it again?’ – Harry Kane
I forged myself out of a vacuum. I crawl along the highway on hacked off stumps year after year. Some wonder how and why. I never do. – Henry Rollins
I never find myself even catching lyrics until something in the sound has taken me captive. Thinking about anything else is just the pleasurable byproduct of wow. – Greil Marcus
I always saw myself wanting to do something deemed successful and good at the same time. – Howard Schultz
I’ve done a lot of basketball drills, not a whole lot of competitive stuff. I have basically been in the gym everyday working on my game, working on the time off that I’ve had from the game, just getting myself prepared mentally and physically for the season. – Grant Hill
I remember when I was in school, they would ask, ‘What are you going to be when you grow up?’ and then you’d have to draw a picture of it. I drew a picture of myself as a bride. – Gwen Stefani
You know, for years I used to read about myself. They’d say, ‘He has a temper’ or ‘He’s a bully’ or something like that, and it always bothered me. – Harvey Weinstein
I think I’m one of the most patriotic people that I’ve ever encountered in America. I consider myself a bedrock patriot. I participate very actively in local politics, because my voice might be worthwhile. I participate in a meaningful way – not by donations; I work at it. – Hunter S. Thompson
I don’t do a huge amount of physical activity. I play tennis, I work out sporadically, and I eat well and take care of myself. – Harrison Ford
I do see myself as the heir to a vast, great, rich culture of painting – of art in general – which we have lost, but which places obligations on us. – Gerhard Richter
I grew up in Saudi Arabia and India and Cyprus, and I lived in a war-zone myself, and, I mean, I had a pretty bizarre, I guess, nomadic childhood, and so I was really drawn to international relations and political science. – Hannah Simone
I’m just lucky to have great parents. My sister’s an actress. My brother’s a musician. I found it hard growing up in such a… creatively driven family. I wanted to have this thing to create, myself. – Grace Gummer
After I wrapped ‘Sons of Anarchy,’ I traveled by myself for ten weeks. I started in Jordan and finished in Mali, in Timbuktu. – Henry Rollins
I brought what I could of myself to this thing, because between Henry Warnimont and I – not a hell of a lot of difference. – George Gaynes
I always do make a back story for myself, but I’m not sure how necessary it is. I just like to. – Gena Rowlands
I see myself as a journalist reporting neglected stories about our past and trying to bring rigor, reason and intuition to the quest. – Graham Hancock
When I finish an album and I find myself listening to it in the car, because it makes me feel a certain way, that’s the time to try to let other people know about it. – Herb Alpert
Few people think more than two or three times a year; I have made an international reputation for myself by thinking once or twice a week. – George Bernard Shaw