#picked

So when I told my parents I wanted to go into acting because I was flunking out of my first year of junior college, they were relieved that I had picked something other than joining the army. But I can't imagine how they had high hopes for me. ↗

— Dustin Hoffman

#army #because #college #first #go

I think Pete did have a hard time as a kid with his appearance. But don't all kids have a hard time? God, I had a hard time, too. I was little with bow legs and rickets. I used to get picked on like everybody used to get picked on. ↗

— Roger Daltrey

#bow #did #everybody #get #god

I had actually been going to Hawaii for quite a while before I ever picked up the uke. I think with anything new you're going to get more enjoyment out of it if it comes to you quickly, and the uke facilitates that. ↗

— Eddie Vedder

#anything #been #before #comes #enjoyment

We get picked up in these Rolls Royces and get three miles down the highway and five cop cars pull us over. ↗

— Johnny Thunders

#cop #down #five #get #highway

There will always be someone being picked on at school, and it's not going to go away. ↗

— Alexa Vega

#away #being #go #go away #going

He is the king. If it hadn't been for Link Wray and 'Rumble,' I would have never picked up a guitar. ↗

— Pete Townshend

#guitar #hadn #i #king #link

My mother was very strong. Once, she picked up a coconut and smashed it against my father's head. It taught me about women defending themselves and not collapsing in a heap. ↗

— Alice Walker

#against #coconut #collapsing #defending #father

If I had to think of what I would do different in my whole career, it's that I never would have picked up a beer, bottle of vodka. That definitely changed my life. That is an Achilles' heel for me. ↗

— Jayson Williams

#beer #bottle #career #changed #definitely

We just did a few takes of a song and just picked the best one. It was real organic and genuine. ↗

— Lucinda Williams

#did #few #genuine #just #organic

We toyed with the idea of making it a double album, but I think that would only have confused everybody even more, so we decided to stick with the songs we picked. ↗

— Thom Yorke

#confused #decided #double #even #everybody