Used To Be Quotes - Page 40

• I used to be such a daredevil but now I'm much more cautious.

  Jennifer Ellison

  Used, Daredevil, Cautious

  "Dancing on Ice star Jennifer Ellison's guilt at being away from her son" by Tom Bryant, www.mirror.co.uk. January 14, 2012.

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• The fashion editor as it used to be has changed. Now you have to wear many hats, and whoever tells you differently is wrong. Now you're on TV, whether you want it or not.

  Nina Garcia

  Fashion, Editors, Want

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• I used to be sick of the backroads of Minnesota. I had to drive 30 miles to get home every day, take the schoolbus for two hours. But to drive through America and see the backroads, from Nashville to Memphis, Lovick to New Mexico, was incredible. It was probably the greatest trip of my life.

  Garrett Hedlund

  Home, Nashville, Two

  "Garrett Hedlund: 'Life is fun when you're in motion'". Interview With Damon Wise, www.theguardian.com. October 6, 2012.

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• I did seven indies because the independent market used to be a lot better before all the stars were doing independents. As a beginning actor, that's where you started.

  Josh Holloway

  Stars, Independent, Actors

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• It used to be that artists thought of nature as their environment. Now media is our environment. It has been for the past 50, 70 years. It's what you see on TV, on the computer, what is in the magazines and newspapers.

  Richard Hell

  Past, Artist, Media

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• While there used to be one or two Pops orchestras, now there are all kinds of European orchestras that suddenly look upon this as a golden wand that can enable them to make money recording this music.

  Skitch Henderson

  Two, Looks, Orchestra

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• When I was younger, I used to be super, super shy. I still find myself being scared of things.

  Vanessa Hudgens

  Shy, Scared, Used

  "Vanessa Hudgens: Hey Look! She's All Grown Up". Interview with Amy Spencer, www.glamour.com. June 27, 2010.

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• Back 20 years ago, there was a division between movie actors and TV actors. That's kind of gone away. People who have had a lot of success in movies in the past now want to be on TV. There used to be much more of a quality division between TV and movies, and that's kind of not the case anymore.

  Michael Imperioli

  Past, Gone Away, Years

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• I wish I had never got manic depression. When I was in junior high, I didn't know what was the matter with me. It was as if I'd died or something. Now that I go to a clinic and get the right kind of medicine, I am not as depressed as I used to be.

  Daniel Johnston

  Medicine, Wish, Juniors

  Interview With Rosanna Greenstreet, www.theguardian.com. August 5, 2011.

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• I used to be a jazz snob, believe it or not. I sort of turned my nose up at anything more commercial.

  Norah Jones

  Believe, Noses, Jazz

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• Radio used to be dominated by Tom Petty and artists like that. If Tom Petty came out today, he'd be played on country radio - all that stuff would. I think the genre has opened itself up to more styles of country, and I think that's a good thing.

  Charles Kelley

  Country, Thinking, Artist

  "Lady Antebellum: On Heels of No. 1 Album, Charles Kelley Talks Crossover Success (Q&A)". Interview with Andy Eiser, www.hollywoodreporter.com. September 22, 2011.

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• The music business has changed incredibly. There used to be 50 record companies. Now there's only three, and it's just getting smaller and smaller. But then again, you have the Internet, so anybody who has music can get it out there.

  Joey McIntyre

  Records, Three, Internet

  "New Kids on the Block take fans back". Interview with Shanon Cook, edition.cnn.com. April 1, 2009.

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• Let the children's laughter remind us how we used to be.

  Whitney Houston

  Happiness, Laughter, Children

  Song: The Greatest Love Of All, Album: Whitney Houston

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• Whatever happened to the tomboy I used to be, the slightly rebellious rocker?

  Brenda Lee

  Rebellious, Used, Rockers

  Brenda Lee, Robert K. Oermann, Julie Clay (2002). “Little Miss Dynamite: the life and times of Brenda Lee”, Hyperion Books

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• I suppose I am a frustrated musician so I annoy my family by playing guitar in the house. I used to be into acoustic stuff but my son Joseph is learning drums, so now I have an electric guitar and we play Metallica. We have an amp and a PA in the garage with his drum kit.

  Kevin McKidd

  Son, Guitar, Play

  "Kevin McKidd: 'For my role in Rome I had to wear a little skirt - my wife liked that...'". www.mirror.co.uk. February 7, 2010.

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• In the little town where I live in Hampshire County, Massachusetts, we now have a 'Public Safety Complex' around the corner from what used to be our hokey Andy Griffith-esque fire station.

  Rachel Maddow

  Fire, Safety, Massachusetts

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• You know I never used to be a bad flyer, but I did start to have a fear of flying after I shot a movie where I was terrorized on a plane. I made Wes Craven's 'Red Eye'. I don't think they're linked but it does make me pause and wonder if they are, so perhaps I will explore that in therapy some day.

  Rachel McAdams

  Eye, Thinking, Flying

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• I don't believe virginity is common as it used to be.

  Don Williams

  Believe, Profound, Common

  Song: I Believe In You

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• I come from a dysfunctional family, so my views of parents and parenting used to be highly mixed.

  Tamora Pierce

  Views, Parent, Dysfunctional Family

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• It used to be that if you had a pretty good record, you could stop by a station in Little Rock or Atlanta and let the DJ listen to it. No way something like that can happen now.

  Charley Pride

  Rocks, Atlanta, Way

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• I'm lucky to have parents who used to be bodybuilders! They help me keep fit by going to the gym and training with me. I'm also addicted to Cardio Barre classes and hiking.

  Janel Parrish

  Class, Hiking, Parent

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• When you look at some of the most respected actors there are and the crap that they're in... it didn't used to be that way.

  Jason Patric

  Looks, Actors, Way

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• The movie industry used to be completely accessible. We all knew people in it, and nobody made a big fuss.

  Stefanie Powers

  People, Used, Made

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• I don't really have control over my direct impression on people anymore. I used to be the person putting my CD in people's hands. But I'm kind of a mainstream artist now. Not by choice.

  Chance the Rapper

  Artist, Hands, Cds

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• I'm very stodgy. I'm always looking at old photos of California and Los Angeles, knowing that what I'm looking at is now full of houses. There used to be vacant lots in Los Angeles, now all taken up by three-storey boxes - it's all getting infilled.

  Edward Ruscha

  Taken, California, Knowing

  "A man of few words" by Emma Forrest, www.theguardian.com. February 6, 2008.

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