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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.
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- Change The World
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- Nov 07, 2020
It seems to me that any sensible person must see that violence does not change the world and if it does, then only temporarily.
- King
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- Nov 07, 2020
It did remind me of something out of Greek mythology - the richest king who gets everything he wants, but ultimately his family has a curse on it from the Gods.
- Happiness
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- Nov 07, 2020
The word 'happiness' always bothered me, partly because it was scientifically unwieldy and meant a lot of different things to different people, and also because it's subjective.
- Happiness
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think you can be depressed and flourish, I think you can have cancer and flourish, I think you can be divorced and flourish. When we believed that happiness was only smiling and good mood, that wasn't very good for people like me, people in the lower half of positive affectivity.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
It used to be that whenever I introduced myself to people and told them I was a psychologist, they would shrink away from me. Because, quite rightly, the impression the American public has of psychologists is, 'You want to know what's wrong with me.'
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
Golf is fundamentally about being honest. I see people hit eight shots and tell me they shot five. I never say a word. It is a reminder to me of what is at stake.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am a very conscientious golfer. I count every stroke. I learned to play that way. That is the only way I can play. It taught me to be honest. There is no greater virtue than honesty.
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020
I had an investor who said to me he'd keep his money with me as long as I didn't have a girlfriend and I didn't start combing my hair.
- Business People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Donald Trump is a dream for business people like me. I think Trump's going to make pharma great again.
- Question
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- Nov 07, 2020
Someone once asked me what was the weirdest question I was ever asked. And I was stymied.
- Pretend
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- Nov 07, 2020
I pretend I'm one of the royal family when I'm in a hotel and that the hotel belongs to me - it is a palace.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
Everything that has happened to me is of value to me. As painful as certain things are, and have been, and were, there's a use for those things in my life and in my work.
- Treat
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- Nov 07, 2020
I always treat each take as a rehearsal for the next take. That way you can find stuff and keep adding and playing until they tell me to stop.
- Lot
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- Nov 07, 2020