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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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- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020
I do not long for the world as it was when I was a child. I do not long for the person I was in that world. I do not want to be the person I am now in that world then. None of the forms nostalgia can take fits. I found childhood boring. I was glad it was over.
- Nov 07, 2020
The horrible truth is that I am lazy and I am going to write and do bits that just hand themselves to me.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
You either go through your life working for someone and getting a paycheck - and it can be a damn good paycheck, and I am not complaining as someone who has always been a salaried employee - or you can go out and become an entrepreneur.
- Respect
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- Nov 07, 2020
All due respect and trying to be as modest as I can be, I am a dancer. But I don't think I would be on 'Dancing with the Stars,' mainly because I would be too shy.
- Better Off
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was a younger actor, I would try to keep it serious all day. But I have found, later on, that the lighter I am about things when I'm going to do a big scene that's dramatic and takes a lot out of you, the better off I am when I come to it.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have one of those Garmin watches, and I'm OCD about downloading my runs no matter where I go. I used it on an 18-mile run in Paris, a 12-miler in the mountains of Montana, a couple of runs in the Bahamas. Wherever I am, I try to run. That's what's so great about it.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have to admit that I am really partial to the look and feel of a book. I have been that way my entire life.
- Look
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have to admit that I am really partial to the look and feel of a book. I have been that way my entire life. I like the weight, look, and feel of a book. I enjoy turning the pages, and frequently scan the spines of my many books on the wall, each title a reminder of the stored information and creative thoughts contained therein.
- God
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- Nov 07, 2020
My ordination in the Church of God in Christ was at age 9, and I later became a Baptist minister, which I am today.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I actually lost more weight than I am!
- Championing
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- Nov 07, 2020
Throughout my years championing for civil rights, analyzing politics and advocating on behalf of the voiceless, I am disturbed the most when harmless children suffer because of politics or detrimental policies.
- Politics
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- Nov 07, 2020
The next thing I am doing is moving back home to Minnesota and getting involved in politics. I'm looking at a run for Senate in 2008, but in the meantime I am focused on knitting together the progressive network in the upper Midwest.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am a Minnesotan, and not just because I root for the Vikings and the Twins. I like the Minnesota-nice sensibility. I like the liberal tradition; I like the Hubert Humphrey tradition fighting for civil rights.
- Men
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am not a prisoner of my sexuality like men younger than myself although I write about being a prisoner.
- Solution
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- Nov 07, 2020