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"I'm intimidated every day I go on the stage and everyday I go on a movie set. It's terrifying and I always want to reshoot the first day or the first week, I'm so terrified."

"I'm intimidated every day I go on the stage and everyday I go on a movie set. It's terrifying and I always want to reshoot the first day or the first week, I'm so terrified."

Catherine Zeta-Jones, Welsh Actress

Day, First, Want

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"They're not bombarding me with offers, although the ones that have come along have been too preposterous to contemplate, so it's not as if I spend every day resisting $20 million pay cheques."

"They're not bombarding me with offers, although the ones that have come along have been too preposterous to contemplate, so it's not as if I spend every day resisting $20 million pay cheques."

Colin Firth, British Actor

45

"Once your kids get older and get out of the house, it's not like it stops. They're on the phone with me every day; I'm intimately involved in their problems."

"Once your kids get older and get out of the house, it's not like it stops. They're on the phone with me every day; I'm intimately involved in their problems."

Rosanne Cash, American Musician

Day, Kids, Problems

45

"And help us, this and every day, to live more nearly as we pray."

"And help us, this and every day, to live more nearly as we pray."

John Keble, English Clergyman

45

"I have to watch the news or my day is not complete."

"I have to watch the news or my day is not complete."

Patricia Clarkson, American Actress

45

"It scares me to think that one day I'm not going to be in school anymore."

"It scares me to think that one day I'm not going to be in school anymore."

Natalie Portman, American Actress

45

"Showing up every day isn't enough. There are a lot of guys who show up every day who shouldn't have showed up at all."

"Showing up every day isn't enough. There are a lot of guys who show up every day who shouldn't have showed up at all."

James Caan, American Actor

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"One day, someone said to me, 'Do you want to go jump out of an airplane?' I felt like I had nothing to lose anymore, so I said, 'Why not?' And every day since then, I ask myself that question."

"One day, someone said to me, 'Do you want to go jump out of an airplane?' I felt like I had nothing to lose anymore, so I said, 'Why not?' And every day since then, I ask myself that question."

Shania Twain, Canadian Musician

Day, Nothing, Question, Want

44

"It's amazing that the amount of news that happens in the world every day always just exactly fits the newspaper."

"It's amazing that the amount of news that happens in the world every day always just exactly fits the newspaper."

Jerry Seinfeld, American Comedian

Day, News, World

43

"I only eat one meal a day. Lunch, not dinner."

"I only eat one meal a day. Lunch, not dinner."

Robert Goulet, American Musician

43

"Whatever we plant in our subconscious mind and nourish with repetition and emotion will one day become a reality."

"Whatever we plant in our subconscious mind and nourish with repetition and emotion will one day become a reality."

Earl Nightingale, American Entertainer

Day, Emotion, Mind, Reality

42

"When somebody gives up their friends and everything they do just to be with a person, they wake up miserable one day. They're denying themselves for no real reason other than they think that's the thing to do."

"When somebody gives up their friends and everything they do just to be with a person, they wake up miserable one day. They're denying themselves for no real reason other than they think that's the thing to do."

Brian Austin Green, American Actor

Day, Friends, Reason

42

"I got a Valentine's Day card from my girl. It said, 'Take my heart! Take my arms! Take my lips!' Which is just like her. Keeping the best part for herself."

"I got a Valentine's Day card from my girl. It said, 'Take my heart! Take my arms! Take my lips!' Which is just like her. Keeping the best part for herself."

Robert Orben, American Entertainer

42

"So one day, in a fit of trying to do something different, I just dyed my hair dark brown and got my first role a week later, after which I thought: 'People are closed-minded, man! Like a different hair colour changes everything!'"

"So one day, in a fit of trying to do something different, I just dyed my hair dark brown and got my first role a week later, after which I thought: 'People are closed-minded, man! Like a different hair colour changes everything!'"

Emma Stone, American Actress

Day, First, Hair, Trying

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"Everybody has a bad hair day, but us girls still like to be told we look nice even if we don't feel like we do."

"Everybody has a bad hair day, but us girls still like to be told we look nice even if we don't feel like we do."

Cat Deeley, English Celebrity

Day, Girls, Hair

42

"So we were doing this scene, and the kids get 20 minutes a day, um, so, all I had to do was pick him up out of the incubator and take him out, and that was the whole shot."

"So we were doing this scene, and the kids get 20 minutes a day, um, so, all I had to do was pick him up out of the incubator and take him out, and that was the whole shot."

Steve Burton, American Actor

41

"Louis Armstrong playing trumpet on the Judgment Day."

"Louis Armstrong playing trumpet on the Judgment Day."

Al Stewart, Scottish Musician

41

"My mobile rang around lunchtime one day, and it was George Michael. He wanted to come in on Friday. We were like, 'okay, if that's what you want'. And he was a very good guest. That's a real exception to the rule."

"My mobile rang around lunchtime one day, and it was George Michael. He wanted to come in on Friday. We were like, 'okay, if that's what you want'. And he was a very good guest. That's a real exception to the rule."

Graham Norton, Irish Celebrity

Day, Guest, Want

41

"I enjoyed the promotion with K9 on my introduction day."

"I enjoyed the promotion with K9 on my introduction day."

Lalla Ward, English Actor

41

"The hardest thing is trying not to correct everything on the Internet. It'd be night and day - wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong. So you just have to say, 'All right, I'll take it, bring it on.'"

"The hardest thing is trying not to correct everything on the Internet. It'd be night and day - wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong. So you just have to say, 'All right, I'll take it, bring it on.'"

George Clooney, American Actor

Day, Internet, Night, Right

41

"Somewhere out in this audience may even be someone who will one day follow my footsteps, and preside over the White House as the president's spouse. I wish him well!"

"Somewhere out in this audience may even be someone who will one day follow my footsteps, and preside over the White House as the president's spouse. I wish him well!"

Barbara Bush, American First Lady

Day, Footsteps, May, President

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"I studied all about Gauguin. He was a banker. He was a banker who - he used to paint on Sundays. And one day he hated himself for painting on Sundays."

"I studied all about Gauguin. He was a banker. He was a banker who - he used to paint on Sundays. And one day he hated himself for painting on Sundays."

Anthony Quinn, Mexican Actor

41

"Without a song, each day would be a century."

"Without a song, each day would be a century."

Mahalia Jackson, American Musician

41

"It's hard when you see a scene where it's raining, and we have the rain machine, and you see it for 5 minutes, but that scene takes all day to shoot, and you do it with rain, and the dry off, and go back and do it again."

"It's hard when you see a scene where it's raining, and we have the rain machine, and you see it for 5 minutes, but that scene takes all day to shoot, and you do it with rain, and the dry off, and go back and do it again."

Morris Chestnut, American Actor

Day, Machine, Rain

41

"I just wanna get to the end of the day without it raining."

"I just wanna get to the end of the day without it raining."

Campbell Scott, American Actor

40

"The trouble with that movie is that you had to see Chinatown the day before you saw The Two Jakes."

"The trouble with that movie is that you had to see Chinatown the day before you saw The Two Jakes."

Eli Wallach, American Actor

40

"My motto is: Live every day to the fullest - in moderation."

"My motto is: Live every day to the fullest - in moderation."

Lindsay Lohan, American Actress

Day, Moderation

40

"Altamont... I remember all of that. That was an awful day."

"Altamont... I remember all of that. That was an awful day."

Mick Taylor, English Musician

40

"I trained 8 hours a day 7 seven days a week and I had 2 weeks off in a year."

"I trained 8 hours a day 7 seven days a week and I had 2 weeks off in a year."

Julie Benz, American Actress

40

"It's not like that anymore really, but back in the day, nobody would let the Misfits open up for them, not the Ramones, not the Cramps, nobody."

"It's not like that anymore really, but back in the day, nobody would let the Misfits open up for them, not the Ramones, not the Cramps, nobody."

Glenn Danzig, American Musician

40

"Almost every day, instead of going to school, I made for the fields, where I spent my day."

"Almost every day, instead of going to school, I made for the fields, where I spent my day."

John James Audubon, American Scientist

39

"I am so thrilled to be nominated for something I loved working on every single day."

"I am so thrilled to be nominated for something I loved working on every single day."

Judi Dench, English Actress

39

"You get three hours' sleep and then you start all over again. Relentless. Pre-production was almost harder than filming. I was all over the city every day. It was really exhausting."

"You get three hours' sleep and then you start all over again. Relentless. Pre-production was almost harder than filming. I was all over the city every day. It was really exhausting."

Ed Harris, American Actor

39

"At some shows, the set list gets changed while we are on stage. I know Ed thinks about the set very hard throughout the day in order to make the best show possible for the fans and for us."

"At some shows, the set list gets changed while we are on stage. I know Ed thinks about the set very hard throughout the day in order to make the best show possible for the fans and for us."

Mike McCready, American Musician

Day, Fans, Order

39

"I have never wanted to give up performing on stage, but one day the tours will be over."

"I have never wanted to give up performing on stage, but one day the tours will be over."

Mick Jagger, English Musician

39

"Trees go wandering forth in all directions with every wind, going and coming like ourselves, traveling with us around the sun two million miles a day, and through space heaven knows how fast and far!"

"Trees go wandering forth in all directions with every wind, going and coming like ourselves, traveling with us around the sun two million miles a day, and through space heaven knows how fast and far!"

John Muir, American Environmentalist

Day, Heaven, Space, Sun

39

"Judicial judgment must take deep account of the day before yesterday in order that yesterday may not paralyze today."

"Judicial judgment must take deep account of the day before yesterday in order that yesterday may not paralyze today."

Felix Frankfurter, American Judge

Day, Deep, Judgment, May

39

"Well, I could do it for a day, but I wouldn't want to be a teenager again. I really wouldn't."

"Well, I could do it for a day, but I wouldn't want to be a teenager again. I really wouldn't."

Jamie Lee Curtis, American Actress

38

"Rounder Records decided to call the album Move It On Over, much to my chagrin but they knew what they were doing. It took off and to this day I can't figure out why."

"Rounder Records decided to call the album Move It On Over, much to my chagrin but they knew what they were doing. It took off and to this day I can't figure out why."

George Thorogood, American Musician

38

"I believe that present day civilized man suffers from insufficient discharge of his aggressive drive."

"I believe that present day civilized man suffers from insufficient discharge of his aggressive drive."

Konrad Lorenz, Austrian Scientist

Day, Man, Present

38

"Up until 1995, I still had a day job that I hated. I was still personally involved in things in the 90s."

"Up until 1995, I still had a day job that I hated. I was still personally involved in things in the 90s."

Ted Rall, American Cartoonist

38

"Capote wrote every day. He said that's the only way, you have to sit down every day and do it."

"Capote wrote every day. He said that's the only way, you have to sit down every day and do it."

Debbie Harry, American Musician

38

"Darwin himself, in his day, was unable to fight free of the theoretical errors of which he was guilty. It was the classics of Marxism that revealed those errors and pointed them out."

"Darwin himself, in his day, was unable to fight free of the theoretical errors of which he was guilty. It was the classics of Marxism that revealed those errors and pointed them out."

Trofim Lysenko, Russian Celebrity

Day, Errors, Fight, Marxism

38

"I eat a cheeseburger with French fries almost every day."

"I eat a cheeseburger with French fries almost every day."

Cameron Diaz, American Actress

38

"My bedspread isn't washable. Since my bedding has to be washed every day, I'll have to throw it out."

"My bedspread isn't washable. Since my bedding has to be washed every day, I'll have to throw it out."

April Winchell, American Actress

38

"I tried real hard to play golf, and I was so bad at it they would have to check me for ticks at the end of the round because I'd spent about half the day in the woods."

"I tried real hard to play golf, and I was so bad at it they would have to check me for ticks at the end of the round because I'd spent about half the day in the woods."

Jeff Foxworthy, American Comedian

Day, End, Golf, Play

38

"Today everyone is a star - they're all billed as 'starring' or 'also starring'. In my day, we earned that recognition."

"Today everyone is a star - they're all billed as 'starring' or 'also starring'. In my day, we earned that recognition."

Bette Davis, American Actress

37

"I've never seen a schedule where you just go in two hours almost every day of the week and then all day on one day. Then you shoot it at night with an audience and you're out of there."

"I've never seen a schedule where you just go in two hours almost every day of the week and then all day on one day. Then you shoot it at night with an audience and you're out of there."

Lee Majors, American Actor

37

"Of this they drank half a pint every day, and sometimes more or less, as it operated, by way of gentle physic. Two others had each two oranges and one lemon given them every day. These they ate with greediness, at different times, upon an empty stomach."

"Of this they drank half a pint every day, and sometimes more or less, as it operated, by way of gentle physic. Two others had each two oranges and one lemon given them every day. These they ate with greediness, at different times, upon an empty stomach."

James Lind, Scottish Scientist

37

"At this very moment I'm behind on a compilation that Slave Labor is doing for Free Comic Book Day."

"At this very moment I'm behind on a compilation that Slave Labor is doing for Free Comic Book Day."

Jhonen Vasquez, American Cartoonist

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