- Father
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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
- Dock
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- Nov 07, 2020
I went to Cork, Ireland, and stood on the dock some of my ancestors had left from. I felt their ghosts gather round me, and I cried to imagine what it must have felt like - leaving that beautiful land and those beloved people, knowing it was forever.
- New
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- Nov 07, 2020
We have a disturbing cultural appetite for novelty, and it seems to me wrong each new laureate should dislodge the ideas of his or her predecessor, especially when they're still unfolding.
- Past
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- Nov 07, 2020
It seems to me in the past it's been a good thing, as a writer, to have experiences I hadn't expected.
- New
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- Nov 07, 2020
We were the victims of the new producer but what annoyed me was they told the press we were leaving before us.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
They handled it very badly. It was disappointing and very humiliating. John York was very rude. He never consulted with me over what he said to the press.
- Grateful
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm quite grateful to the BBC. They helped me back onto the touring circuit.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
If I want to believe that life is lonely and that nobody loves me, then that is what I will find in my world.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
It so saddens me that people don't give other people the benefit of the doubt in the way they'd want to be given it.
- Clothes
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- Nov 07, 2020
Americans girls always ask me where I get my clothes, and I say, 'Ha, you can't get this over here.'
- Handed
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- Nov 07, 2020
I stood for parliament with the amazing support and help of my ex-husband, but it's not something that was handed to me like a peerage. I worked hard and was elected. So my achievements, such as they are, are my own.
- Nov 07, 2020
By the way, you won't put that thing in about me wanting to have sex on a football pitch, will you?
- Singing
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- Nov 07, 2020