#told

When I was 12 and started to take singing lessons from a woman, she told me that I would probably spend the rest of my life taking care of my voice. ↗

— Johnny Mathis

#i #lessons #life #me #my life

When I was 13, I told Henry Winkler I wanted to act. He said, Do it and don't let anyone stand in your way. His validation just made it all the more true. I haven't stopped thanking him since. ↗

— Marlee Matlin

#anyone #haven #henry #him #his

They told me I should be making my own records. So I figured, 'why not? ↗

— Dee Dee Warwick

#i #making #me #my own #own

Sarah Palin - now don't laugh - is writing a book. Not just reading a book, writing a book. Actually, in the word of the publisher, she's 'collaborating' on a book. What an embarrassment! It's one of these 'I told you,' books that jocks do. ↗

— Chris Matthews

#book #books #collaborating #embarrassment #i

Tell me what you read and I'll tell you who you are is true enough, but I'd know you better if you told me what you reread. ↗

— Francois Mauriac

#enough #i #know #me #read

Now that he has disavowed as outright lies many of the stories he told himself, it's hard to know what to make of those who still insist that David Brock had it right the first time. ↗

— Jane Mayer

#first #first time #had #hard #himself

I've never walked into a restaurant, asked for a table and been told, 'We're full.' ↗

— John Mayer

#been #full #i #into #never

If you told me I was going to live to 240, I would take 10 years off and try and act. I don't have that kind of time, so I'd much rather stick to playing guitar. ↗

— John Mayer

#going #guitar #i #kind #live

Women writers have been told, forever, that our stories were not valuable. Not as valuable as men's stories about wars, business, power. ↗

— Joyce Maynard

#been #business #forever #men #our

I told my whole life story in my book. ↗

— Heather Mills

#i #life #life story #story #told