- 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
- Proud
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am very proud to be a Latina, because that's also something that makes me very unique.
- Nov 07, 2020
Some people kind of are afraid of me.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
For high school, everything is about what you wear, how you come to school, and in high school, a lot of people judge you. So fashion is something that can save you - at least, it saved me.
- Relationship
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- Nov 07, 2020
Women always left me because I wouldn't commit, but then nothing changes a relationship like commitment. If you move in with someone, you lose all respect for them.
- Parents
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- Nov 07, 2020
My foster parents were very religious. They told me that they had not decided to take me in, rather that it was God that had decided it for them.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't know, I think that if I had any regrets, that would cancel out the great people that I have in my life. All the tough stuff that I've gone through that I don't wish on no one else has brought a beautiful community to me.
- Name
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm a half-breed. You know, I'm Puerto Rican and Norwegian from descent, and I grew up, born and raised in New York City, and I stood out amongst my friends in my community. I was very blond-haired, white, and 'Lemonhead' was the name that they gave me.
- Girl
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was in juvenile detention center, and I was in Rikers Island. And there was an anthology written by the inmates called 'The Pen,' and I - you know, I had a crush on a girl, and she left me when I was incarcerated. And I found this poem in this anthology that talked about having your heart broken and being incarcerated.
- Story
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- Nov 07, 2020
No one touches me when I write my story, unless I hire you to or I allow you to.
- Kindness
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- Nov 07, 2020
I live by the code 'Kill them with kindness, blood everywhere;' for me, it's always about being the nicest kind of guy.
- Driving Force
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- Nov 07, 2020
For the last 15 years that I have been performing, all I ever wanted to do was transcend poetry to the world. See, it wasn't enough for me to write a book. It wasn't enough for me to join a slam competition, and while those things hold weight, it wasn't the driving force that pushes the pen to the pad.
- Loved
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- Nov 07, 2020
One of the reasons I loved playing quarterback was that I got to call the plays. The cancer put me in a position where I really wasn't in control anymore.
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020
If anyone ever asked me what I had to complain about it would not have taken long to tell them. Maybe I was just easily pleased.
- Common Denominator
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- Nov 07, 2020