#told

My mother told me on several different occasions that she was livin' her dream vicariously through me. She once said that I was getting' to do all the things that she would have wanted to have done. ↗

— Buck Owens

#different #done #dream #getting #her

I was a kid from Oklahoma who never wanted to be a singer, but was told I could sing. And things snowballed. ↗

— Patti Page

#i #kid #never #oklahoma #sing

The man at Kodak told me the shots were very good and if I kept it up, they would give me an exhibition. Later, Kodak gave me my first exhibition. ↗

— Gordon Parks

#first #gave #give #give me #good

Had I not made it big, my family would have told me to recheck my decision. Now that I am successful, there is no way. They have to accept it gracefully. ↗

— Amisha Patel

#am #big #decision #family #gracefully

Two kinds of ballplayers aren't worth a darn: One that never does what he's told, and one who does nothin' except what he's told. ↗

— Bum Phillips

#darn #does #except #kinds #never

My old English buddy, John Rackham, wrote and told me what made science fiction different from all other kinds of literature - science fiction is written according to the science fiction method. ↗

— Frederik Pohl

#buddy #different #english #fiction #john

I desperately want a dog, but I've been told I travel too much, and I'm not allowed to have a dog. ↗

— Victoria Pratt

#been #desperately #dog #i #much

I was told I would never make it because I'm too short. Well, I'm still too short. It doesn't matter what your height is, it's what's in your heart. ↗

— Kirby Puckett

#heart #height #i #make #matter

I'm sad and blue, about nobody but you. I told you that I loved you right from the start, you told me the same and now you try to break my little heart. ↗

— Leon Redbone

#blue #break #heart #i #little

I wasn't prepared to get a mammogram until I was 40 years old, like I'd been told. I never in my wildest dreams expected anything to be wrong. ↗

— Giuliana Rancic

#been #dreams #expected #get #i