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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.
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- Blessed
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am blessed for what I have, but I believed in it from the beginning. Today, the dream is the same: I still want to travel, I still want to entertain, and I most certainly still want to have fun.
- Police
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am an atheist. I was born a Catholic, but after I had traveled to Northern Ireland with some Catholic friends, and we had a horrible experience with the English Protestant police, I lost all taste for formal religion.
- Camper
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- Nov 07, 2020
Sometimes just being on a beach with my loved ones is all the adventure I need. I am a happy camper and continue to be a citizen of the world. I have yet to discover other cultures, other peoples' dreams and treasures. I will always be a traveler who is discovering beautiful Gaia.
- American
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am an Israeli-born American citizen.
- Nov 07, 2020
I'm not under too much of an illusion of how smart or un-smart I am because filmmaking ultimately is about teamwork.
- Nature
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- Nov 07, 2020
By nature, I am someone who hews to the middle. I need to hear all sides of a story. Unless I am engaged in a tough round of dominoes or Scrabble, I think of myself as unreasonably reasonable.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Because I have moderated two general election debates - in 2004 and 2008 - I know better than to carp from the sidelines. I am confident in my accomplishment of having had Queen Latifah portray me on 'Saturday Night Live' both years.
- Children
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am in the bad news business. Seldom do I get to report on puppies, rainbows, or the sounds of children giggling. Well, never.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
In talking, shyness and timidity distort the very meaning of my words. I don't pretend to know anybody well. People are like shadows to me and I am like a shadow.
- Attraction
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am dominated by one thing, an irresistible, burning attraction towards the abstract.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's a deliberate choice. I am a fervent supporter of the idea that you don't have to have wall-to-wall music in good films.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
I like to believe that I don't think of myself as a writer. I am an amateur. Back when I was teaching, I wrote when I could. Weekends were good typewriter time. Now, it's whenever I feel there's something to be put on paper. I don't care what time it is, though I always write in the notebooks at night.
- Look
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am not writing for scholars or fellow critics, but for people who like to read, to look at pictures, and to know things.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
In general, the main themes emerge early for each book, even before the storyline and characters, as I research the time and place I want to draw upon. Having said that, every single book so far has offered me surprises en route, and these include motifs that come forward as I am writing.
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- Nov 07, 2020