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I've never... when I was having songs on the airwaves, and that sort of thing, I never felt a sense of pressure anywhere except from myself, to do things the way I wanted to do them; to feel authentic; to feel like I was presenting my true self to the world.

I'm not really afraid of the dark, except if I'm walking. The thing that scares me the most is the possibility of walking into a wall and busting my lip.

I have been up to see the Congress and they do not seem to be able to do anything except to eat peanuts and chew tobacco, while my army is starving.

I must confess, my Spanish is not so good - except I read a little, so I started with the English but then determined that it would have to be in Spanish.

I prefer the Chinese method of eating. You can do anything at the table except arm wrestle.

I have no concern for the common man except that he should not be so common.

I want to make this perfectly clear: you can be sure that I will never be a yes-man except to my own conscience.

Writing requires the concentration of the writer, demands that nothing else be done except that.

It was indeed not very sound. However, those who had taken it, were in a fairer way of recovery than the others at the end of the fortnight, which was the length of time all these different courses were continued, except the oranges.

It's sad when girls think they don't have anything going on except being pretty.

Us sing and dance, make faces and give flower bouquets, trying to be loved. You ever notice that trees do everything to git attention we do, except walk?

There is no real justification for a requirement that a budget of any sort should be balanced, except as a rallying point for those who seek to hamstring government.

The Haitian people are gentle and lovable except for their enormous and unconscious cruelty.

A gentleman is never rude except on purpose - I can honestly be nasty sober, believe you me.

It's hard to know what to say about somebody like that, except there are people who look for trouble. And trouble is very easy to find when you go looking for it.

An artist has no home in Europe except in Paris.

It's not always easy to stand aside and be unable to do anything except record the sufferings around one.

Probably the only place where a man can feel really secure is in a maximum security prison, except for the imminent threat of release.

There's never a surefire good career move except doing good work.

Women can break down barriers to opportunity, and men, many of them reluctantly, have learned to relate to women as their equals in thought and action. But except for an eccentric few, women do not want to become warriors.

Success is having to worry about every damn thing in the world, except money.

Very few of us have any idea whatsoever of what life is like living in a goldfish bowl, except, of course, for those of us who are goldfish.

We who are liberal and progressive know that the poor are our equals in every sense except that of being equal to us.

Secretary Powell and I agree on every single issue that has ever been before this administration except for those instances where Colin's still learning.

The joke that I make is that there are instances on the TV series that happen to me, - except on Sex and the City they always make it better or worse than real life and I am actually saying that in a joking way.

I don't really have preferred roles except those with some complexity.

The genuine truth, and I do think about this a lot, is that I'm one of the least competitive people you'll ever meet. Except with myself.

I don't know Dr. Rosenberg. I have never met her, I have never spoken or corresponded with this woman. And to my knowledge, she is ignorant of my work and background except in the very broadest of terms.

I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

But whoever gives birth to useless children, what would you say of him except that he has bred sorrows for himself, and furnishes laughter for his enemies.