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Stephen Hough Quotes

I was only listening to rock music, burning joss sticks in my bedroom, wanting only to be a disc jockey, and watching six hours of television a night - the worst kind of teenage alienation.

Stephen Hough

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: composer
Nationality: british
Birth: November 22, 1961

Topics

Music Listening Night Television

I was very girly growing up; I loved pink and doing my makeup and doing my hair and painting my nails.

Mia Goth

Painting Growing Up Hair Makeup Pink

In days gone by, short-statured people were not only labelled as ugly, stupid and freakish, they were often owned by aristocrats and treated, at best, as entertainment and, at worst, as pets.

Stella Young

Best Ugly People Stupid Worst Gone

My character on 'Veep' doesn't have an ounce of rebellion.

Tony Hale

Character Rebellion Ounce

I wouldn't dream of selling my work. I give them to friends, to charities.

Rod Taylor

Work Friends Dream Selling Give

I definitely think it's important to share my process when it comes to the bottom surgery, because that information really isn't out there.

Jazz Jennings

Think Process Information Important

There is no real way to prepare yourself for having a child other than just getting thrown in the deep end pretty quick.

Jason Day

Yourself Child Deep End Way Quick

It was the Michael Jordan/Nike phenomenon that really let people see that athletes were OK, and black athletes were OK. Defying a previous wisdom - not only that black athletes wouldn't sell in white America, but that the NBA as a predominantly black sport could not sell in white America.

David Stern

Wisdom People Black America White

I don't want to be remembered for my tennis accomplishments.

Arthur Ashe

Want Tennis Remembered

The state of Alabama can take my freedom, the state of Alabama can take my future, but the state of Alabama cannot take my joy.

Anthony Ray Hinton

Future Freedom Joy Alabama Take

Generally I don't care about what people say. I have to be clear with myself. When everything goes well, people celebrate you, when you make mistakes people criticize you.

Sebastian Vettel

Myself Mistakes People Celebrate You

I often wonder if I had the complete freedom to not have to write, if I would write. That's the one mystery that I hope I get to experience.

Nick Tosches

Hope Freedom Experience Mystery Get

Everyone is an ocean inside. Every individual walking the street. Everyone is a universe of thoughts, and insights, and feelings. But every person is crippled in his or her own way by our inability to truly present ourselves to the world.

Khaled Hosseini

Ocean Thoughts World Present Walking