#told

Towards the end of 2003 it was hard to get through training - and the darkest point was when a doctor told me there was a possibility I could end up in a wheelchair. ↗

— Jonah Lomu

#darkest #doctor #end #get #hard

I wanted to join the Army the sign said 'Be All That You Can Be', they told me it wasn't enough. ↗

— Jay London

#enough #i #join #me #said

My boss told me to get my butt in gear. I told him I was shiftless. ↗

— Jay London

#gear #get #him #i #me

Someone once told me the one thread that runs through them all is a premium on personal courage - not intellectual courage, but just plain physical courage. ↗

— Walter Lord

#intellectual #just #me #once #personal

Sampling, statisticians have told us, is a much more effective way of getting a good census. ↗

— Rob Lowe

#effective #effective way #getting #good #more

I was watching TV at age 9 or 10, and my mom said that I came from the front room and I told her that I want to act. And she said if you want to do this at 18, then you can. It was a very simple story, yet, I do not even remember the conversation that I had with my mother. Until she reminded me of the story many years later. ↗

— Derek Luke

#age #came #conversation #even #front

I was working at the store on the Sony studios in Culver City. And I was literally holding a shirt when they came in and told me I'd got the part! It just shows dreams do come true. ↗

— Derek Luke

#city #come #dreams #got #holding

They told me I'd never probably see the front-line area. ↗

— Jessica Lynch

#i #me #never #probably #see

I always told everybody the perfect joke would be where the setup and punch line were identical. ↗

— Norm MacDonald

#everybody #i #i always #identical #joke

I think when I was in my early twenties and middle twenties I didn't even know I wasn't living up to my potential. A couple of friends told me I wasn't and told me to get my act together, and it made a huge impact on me. ↗

— Shirley MacLaine

#couple #early #even #friends #get