- Every Day
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- Nov 07, 2020
I Am Quotes
Quotes that begin with I am.
Each quote here starts with a direct claim of identity - some playful, like calling oneself a ham who likes to joke around, others more reflective, tying personal identity to one's art. Related reading includes Am Quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am not naive, and I do realize that racism is alive and well in the United States of America. I am also fully aware that when segregation ended, we didn't all live happily ever after. No one can convince me, however, that life in America would be better if blacks and whites had stayed separate and unequal.
- Politics
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am a political human being. I have - that's one of my interests. I studied political science in college. I was actually going to get my Ph.D. in poli-sci. And a lot of my material from early on in my career dealt with politics, so I've always considered myself as somebody who enjoys political humor. So I'm not going to stop.
- Health
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am fighting kidney cancer. And I'm just so grateful that I had health insurance so that I could concentrate on the care that I needed rather than how the heck I was going to afford the care that was going to probably save my life.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've been very open about my health challenge because I think it's really important to let my constituents know that in spite of the fact that I am still in treatment, nothing about this treatment prevents me from doing my job.
- Nov 07, 2020
I am a woman, I am a minority person, and I speak in a very plain way. And I think that reaches people.
- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
I always saw my mother just making decisions that helped our family. It was much later when I realized how courageous she really was, and I came to understand what a risk-taker she was. That's very much a part of how I am.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm pretty convinced there's a chemical reality to who I am, regarding my brain, that makes me kind of a strange guy.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
While I know myself as a creation of God, I am also obligated to realize and remember that everyone else and everything else are also God's creation.
- Funny Movie
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've never set out to write a funny movie or be a funny comedian as a woman. I am a woman. I don't really have a choice in the matter. My goal is just to be funny.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I feel like I come from a smaller off shoot of black people because I am mixed. People say I'm African American but that doesn't include the other half of me.
- Father
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- Nov 07, 2020
My father saw Islam as a way to connect with the community. He never went to prayer services except for big communal events. I am absolutely certain that my father did not go to services every Friday. He was not religious.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020