- Live
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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
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Reclaiming the word 'fat' was the most empowering step in my progress. I stopped using it for insult or degradation and instead replaced it with truth, because the truth is that I am fat, and that's ok. So now when someone calls me fat, I agree, whereas before I would get embarrassed and emotional.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
Just like my straight friends, I am repeatedly asked when I plan to have kids, and have been told many times, by various branches of my bloodline, that 'even lesbians can have babies these days.'
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love smart commercial fiction. Susan Isaacs, for example and the readers who interest me are, in the preponderance, women. I am one of them; I like the books they like.
- Gym
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- Nov 07, 2020
I like swimming or go to the gym, but I am alone a lot, and that can get a little depressing.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
There is something about live albums that I enjoy so much more than studio albums from all of my favorite artists. When I am listening to them live, I get to connect so much more to their truth than in studio albums.
- Behavior
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am convinced now that virtually every destructive behavior and addiction I battled off and on for years was rooted in my (well-earned) insecurity.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love who I am. I love what I've become.
- Energy
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- Nov 07, 2020
We need an energy revolution by breaking our dependence on fossil fuels, polluting fuels... I am very, very confident our small state will lead this. We will be noticed by the country and the world.
- Nov 07, 2020
I am sure that there are some single payer advocates who think the only thing worth fighting for is single payer.
- Focus
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- Nov 07, 2020
As a member of both the energy and environment committees, I am constantly astounded by how many of my colleagues prefer to focus on what the government can do for the nuclear or coal industries rather than why the government should support clean and sustainable energy.
- Future
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- Nov 07, 2020
Vermonters often ask me whether I am pessimistic about the future of our country. My honest answer is that I am not.
- Clergy
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- Nov 07, 2020
Parents, teachers, clergy and physicians change lives with their words. It is hypnotic for a child or patient to hear an authority figure's words. As I am always sharing, 'wordswordswords' can become 'swordswordswords,' and we can kill or cure with either words or swords.
- Peace
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am quite sure that from America will come the greatest help for the cause of peace, and I consider it my duty to inform the people of Europe as to the feelings and intentions of the friends of peace in Europe.
- Foundation
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- Nov 07, 2020