#my life

I thought my life was mapped out. Research, living in the forest, teaching and writing. But in '86 I went to a conference and realised the chimpanzees were disappearing. I had worldwide recognition and a gift of communication. I had to use them. ↗

— Jane Goodall

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I've spent my life following my passion. ↗

— Roger Goodell

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I'd like to think I could do something great - a performance like Meryl Streep's in 'Sophie's Choice' - at some point in my life. At the same time, though, I don't want to put too much pressure on myself to be great. ↗

— Heather Graham

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I've dated people who I thought were going to be a big deal in my life, and I've also spent long periods by myself. ↗

— Lauren Graham

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I had people in my life who didn't give up on me: my mother, my aunt, my science teacher. I had one-on-one speech therapy. I had a nanny who spent all day playing turn-taking games with me. ↗

— Temple Grandin

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I was being called to surrender the very citadel of my self. I was completely in the dark. I did not really know what repentance was or what I was required to repent of. It was indeed the turning point of my life. ↗

— Bede Griffiths

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I draw a weekly comic strip called Life in Hell, which is syndicated in about 250 newspapers. That's what I did before The Simpsons, and what I plan to do for the rest of my life. ↗

— Matt Groening

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I judge my life by how miserable it used to be. If I could pay my rent, I was deliriously happy. Now I'm deliriously happy all the time." ↗

— Matt Groening

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Music has always been an important thing to me in my life and understand I've worked in the music business. ↗

— Taylor Hackford

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Well I don't think I've scored my life exclusively to Ray Charles. ↗

— Taylor Hackford

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