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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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- Mystery
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't think of myself as a mystery or thriller writer, honestly. I am in awe of mystery writers and don't think I have what it takes to write such a book.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am a first-generation Chinese-American; my husband is white. We have a little boy, so I think a lot about what it's like when people from different cultures and backgrounds start families, and how the world sees them. Most of my friends are in interracial relationships, and I just wonder what the world is going to look like for their children.
- Money
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am not a contest-enterer by nature. But contests - and their entry fees - are often the main way literary journals raise money to, you know, publish their issues. So entering contests helps support the journal, which also helps support the writers they publish.
- Past
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am not in the camp of 'Russia has to be our enemy, and they have to be that way forever,' and I think sometimes we fight about from the past.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
Sometimes, on holiday for a few days, I would rest, but I couldn't sit for long. I had to go to the gym to run. To get myself fit. I need to do something. Sometimes my wife would get annoyed and say, 'Come on, we are on holidays,' but she knows what I am like.
- Beautiful Thing
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- Nov 07, 2020
Architecture adds dimensions to my life that would be impossible to acquire if I retired. The beautiful thing about architecture is that every project is brand new. I am forced to renew myself with every project. Isn't that wonderful?
- Living
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- Nov 07, 2020
How much more must this be so in my own case for I am conscious not only of the great names and achievements of those who have preceded me, but also of the living presence of many of my masters and teachers.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am not afraid of European influences. The point is to use them, as Ellington did, as part of my life as an American Negro.
- Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am a person of the 18th century.
- Every
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am greatly impressed with the BBC's TV adaption of Charles Dickens' 'Bleak House.' The costumes, the sets, the acting and the screenplay are all superb. Every episode is riveting.
- Parents
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I meet other parents and they're more 'mumsy' than I am - you know, I don't want to be 'mumsy,' but I'm like, 'Were you always like that or... what happened?'
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
There was a time when I didn't like myself at all. I thought I was a cruel joke. But now I've come to realise that maybe I am not cute, but I am beautiful.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am a rare occasion. I think if everyone had known it was going be me who succeeded, they would have supported me a lot more. They would have known what to do with me a lot earlier. They just didn't know.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020