- Name
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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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- Think
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think you find stories with fresh perspectives, and there can be a danger in the opposite way when you start getting too cynical and things just don't start seeming like stories, and things don't seem exciting anymore. It's like, 'Yep, this is my fourth caucus, and I know everybody and know everything and I am writing just to impress my friends.'
- Money
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- Nov 07, 2020
I saw my parents come over. They were immigrants, they had no money. My dad wore the same pair of shoes, I had some ugly clothes growing up, and I never had any privileges. In some ways, I think the person that I am now, I think it's good that I had that kind of tough upbringing.
- Complete
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am introverted and a complete klutz.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't write songs that don't affect me on some level, because I figure if I am not moved by it, if its not something that I have a longing to celebrate or to be reminded of, if it doesn't affect me, then how can I possibly think it is going to affect somebody else. My touchstone is write something that matters.
- Legend
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- Nov 07, 2020
I want to retire from boxing by the time I am 25 or 26 and be a legend by that age.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
One thing for sure is that I am not going to attempt to knock Barrera out. My boxing ability and my speed are the attributes that will get me the win.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm fully conscious all the time that I'm an American Negro, because it's part of my life. But I also know that if I want to say, 'I see a bus full of people,' I don't have to say, 'I am a Negro seeing a bus full of people.'
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
With due apologies to Shakespeare, some people are born writers, some people achieve it after a lot of hard work, some people have a writing career thrust upon them. I am in that last group.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am a voracious reader, so it's difficult for me to give a list of my favourite authors of all time.
- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I'm writing, I am lost in my book. Except family and close friends, I don't care about what critics, publishers or readers might think.
- Experience
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- Nov 07, 2020
I see everything like a movie. I laugh and cry, I smell, touch, see and describe my own experience. I don't care if this sounds strange; I am not the creator - I am only the channel. The story is given to me.
- God
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- Nov 07, 2020
I see a sense of unity in the universe. Spirituality is not limited to only one religion. One can experience it across different religions. I am fascinated by philosophy of Advaita and philosophy of unity. We have to get over the illusion that God is different from us.
- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
Had I not made it big, my family would have told me to recheck my decision. Now that I am successful, there is no way. They have to accept it gracefully.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I work on my body to stay fit, but that does not make me superior to anyone. I am a forthright and hardworking girl.
- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have a British passport, but the rest of my family have Indian passports, and I am Indian.
- Politics
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- Nov 07, 2020