- 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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- Diaries
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- Nov 07, 2020
I threw away the whole of my working history, my photograph albums, diaries and stage clothes. Shoving big, ugly discs on walls is a bit like rubbing people's faces in it, saying 'I am considerably richer than you.' It is completely unnecessary.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Many people have told me that my books read like novels. Perhaps this is because, when I write, I feel I am really there, so strong is my feeling for my subject. On occasion, I have been so moved by the events I have been describing that I have felt like crying.
- See
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was brought up to try to see what was wrong and right it. Since I am a writer, writing is how I right it.
- Food
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't want food that comes from animals that are caged up and fed antibiotics. I am really suspicious of that kind of production of meat and poultry.
- Food
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am disappointed because nobody is talking about food and agriculture. They're talking about the diets of children, but they're talking about Band-Aids. We're not seeing a vision.
- Optimist
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am an optimist of the first order.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
There is no separation between the black community and the LGBT community. As a black, queer woman myself, I often have to assert, right, that it's not one or the other but that I am all of these things.
- Curves
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm not ashamed of what I am and that I have curves and that I'm thick. I like my body.
- Mother
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- Nov 07, 2020
I grew up around the theatre. My mother is an actress. I would fall asleep on tons of theatre chairs. It's in my blood; it's in my spirit and my fabric of who I am.
- Belief
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- Nov 07, 2020