- Men
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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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- Devil
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am in no mood to be deceived any longer by the crafty devil and false character whose greatest pleasure is to take advantage of everyone.
- Men
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- Nov 07, 2020
Last night, two men tried to force my shutters. I recognized them: they are two of Rodin's Italian models. He told them to kill me. I am in his way; he wants to get rid of me.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am scared; I don't know what is going to happen to me. What was the point of working so hard and of being talented, to be rewarded like this? Never a penny, tormented all my life. It is horrible; one cannot imagine it.
- Beginning
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- Nov 07, 2020
Because most of my career in the classroom has been at art schools (beginning at Bennington in the 1970s), I am hyper-aware of the often grotesque disconnect between commentary on the arts and the actual practice or production of the arts.
- Boring
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- Nov 07, 2020
One of the main reasons I am so drawn to Hitchcock is that he planned his shots way in advance on story-boards, which he designed like classic paintings (he was an art connoisseur). It's why he found shooting on set boring - because he had already composed the film in his head.
- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
Because of my own family's service (in the U.S. Army, Navy, and Massachusetts and New York National Guard), I am a strong supporter of the military and do believe that there are just wars.
- For The Day
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am waiting impatiently for the day when beleaguered, like-minded academics can order James Wolcott's collected essays for their classes.
- Principles
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am a registered Democrat who is determined to return my party to the proletarian principles of the Franklin D. Roosevelt era.
- Late
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- Nov 07, 2020
As a registered Democrat, I am praying for a credible presidential candidate to emerge from the younger tier of politicians in their late 40s. A governor with executive experience would be ideal.
- Brain
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was the first to advocate the Web. But I am very troubled by this thing that every kid must have a laptop computer. The kids are totally in the computer age. There's a whole new brain operation that's being moulded by the computer.
- Beginning
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- Nov 07, 2020
At fifty, that is in 1880, I formulated the idea of unity, without being able to render it. At sixty, I am beginning to see the possibility of rendering it.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'd like to think I'm a versatile artist without straying too far from who I am.
- My Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am so confident and empowered by my sexuality; it plays an enormous part in my life.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I would say I am one of those people who just love to connect to people doing something I love. Can't lie, love a ballad, so expect big, powerful, emotive stuff from me!
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020