- 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
My experience has shown me that many people struggle with forgiveness of self and/or others.
- House
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- Nov 07, 2020
My father kicked me out of the house by the time I was 16.
- Beautiful
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- Nov 07, 2020
Turns out, I couldn't catch them - or even get close to them. I realized that sharks are amazing, beautiful animals who have absolutely no interest in checking me out.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've always felt so different from how I look. I meet so many pretty girls who are like, 'Here I am! Don't you want me because I look good?' That concept is so weird to me. I want to know, 'What else do you have going on?'
- Hate
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- Nov 07, 2020
Don't hate me, but I've always been skinny. I got lucky.
- Mother
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- Nov 07, 2020
I believe in eating as nutritiously as I can all the time... My mother raised me on fresh - rather than processed - foods, and that's how I eat on a regular basis.
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
It is all one to me if a man comes from Sing Sing Prison or Harvard. We hire a man, not his history.
- Personal
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- Nov 07, 2020
For me, the most effective cabaret evenings have been some of the most personal ones, where the performer is comfortable enough to simply be themselves.
- Good Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I really like Los Angeles - I had a good life out there. But the reason I choose to live in New York is because when I'm between engagements, as they say, something creative always comes up for me, like 'Julian Po,' or helping teach at NYU, or helping stage a show at Juilliard.
- Education
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- Nov 07, 2020
If Harvard is $60,000 and University of Toronto, where I went to school, is maybe six. So you're really telling me that education is 10 times better at Harvard than it is at University of Toronto? That seems ridiculous to me.
- My Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
The most influential thinker, in my life, has been the psychologist Richard Nisbett. He basically gave me my view of the world.
- Health
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- Nov 07, 2020
Part of me thinks that innovation, real innovation in health care delivery, needs to happen from the bottom to the top.
- Health
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I go to my health club, and it's in the basement, you have to take the elevator down. And this drives me crazy. Why can't there be a stairway? At least make it as easy to exercise as it is to not exercise. It's in society's interest for me to take the stairs.
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
Communities of color have also had to watch video after video of unarmed black men and women being handled without regard for their lives or well-being. As a black man, I see these images, and I see myself; I wonder whether this will happen to me or one of my loved ones.
- Moment
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- Nov 07, 2020