#told

I remember growing up always loving the guitar. I used to love to watch the people play on the Country Western shows on TV. My folks told me that when I was just a toddler, I used to pretend I was playing a guitar on a toothpick. ↗

— Carl Wilson

#country #folks #growing #growing up #guitar

As a former Catholic, and as someone who even today is not opposed to being called a Christian, I felt I had every right to use the symbols of the Church and resented being told not to. ↗

— Andres Serrano

#called #catholic #christian #church #even

Literature can remind us that not all life is already written down: there are still so many stories to be told. ↗

— Colum McCann

#literature #untold-stories #life

There were things I wanted to tell him. But I knew they would hurt him. So I buried them, and let them hurt me. ↗

— Jonathan Safran Foer

#heart-ache #hurt #untold-things #heartache

When the doctor told me I had cancer, I was scared. ↗

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

#doctor #had #i #me #scared

I had no idea I could make it this far. And the fact that they told me I made it this far and that America is going to vote for me, I freaked out. ↗

— Casey Abrams

#could #fact #far #freaked #going

In basic training we had been told to watch out for Japanese spies. ↗

— Jack Adams

#been #had #japanese #out #spies

Not that it entirely matters: There is a perception that all actors make their movies. A lot of people assume you're responsible. George Clooney told me actors get all of the blame and all the credit. ↗

— Ben Affleck

#blame #clooney #credit #entirely #george

The time I'm not spending with my kid has to be worth it, so when I sat down with my agents after I was ready to go back to work, I told them: It's all about the directors. ↗

— Jessica Alba

#after #agents #back #directors #down

My parents were horrified when I told them I wanted to be an author. ↗

— Lloyd Alexander

#horrified #i #parents #them #told