- Mother
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- Nov 07, 2020
Me Quotes
Quotes rooted in the first person.
These are quotes centered on 'me' - childhood memories tied to family traditions, like a grandfather's holiday reading passed down for decades, alongside admissions about how humor can double as self-protection. Several speak to the solitary nature of creative work, something also explored in Life Quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm half white, half Asian. I think of myself as hybrid. People usually think I'm Latina when they meet me. That's what made me learn Spanish.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
Being told that I looked like I belonged everywhere and to everyone helped me feel my fledgling pride in my own multiracialism.
- Hardest Thing
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's a certain groove you pick that makes the music flow, and when you have it it's in your pocket. It's the feeling behind the rhythm... to me, the hardest thing to strive for is that feeling, behind the groove.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
I start with the music before I start writing the movie. It's such an important part for me, emotionally, to set up the tone for the movie.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm sort of a delusional in the sense of, I was just gonna graduate from school and just, like, prance onto a film set and have a movie crew waiting for me to make my '8½' or something, which is completely insane.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't know what people find or like in me, I'm hopelessly commonplace! Current appreciation of my work is a bit highbrow, I've always considered myself a popular artist.
- Colors
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- Nov 07, 2020
Thank you for allowing me to use colors as rich and deep as you please. I had always wanted to do so, yet was never allowed because of the color capabilities of our lithographers. Now that I have done it, I don't think I'll ever go back.
- Musicians
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- Nov 07, 2020
What 'jazz' means to me is the worst kind of working conditions, the worst in cultural prejudice. The term 'jazz' has come to mean the abuse and exploitation of black musicians.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
For me, I don't have to defend myself that I am not a racist. I won't go in that discussion.
- Diversity
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- Nov 07, 2020
Diversity, it is good. This country has been built by diversity. But diversity in sharing of values? For me, it's not good.
- Change
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- Nov 07, 2020
To me success means effectiveness in the world, that I am able to carry my ideas and values into the world - that I am able to change it in positive ways.
- History
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- Nov 07, 2020
It seems that writing chose me. I feel that because I know history, and I know the history of so many cultures; I have lived a large life.
- Being
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- Nov 07, 2020