- Distances
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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
- Mother
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- Nov 07, 2020
I left New York after my mother died and, rather aimlessly, had settled in Istanbul for a change of scene. It was a rather dramatic gesture on my part, since I'd lived in New York for 20 years, but I felt I needed something different - the escalating expense and pressure of New York had begun to weary me.
- Live
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- Nov 07, 2020
My mother sent me and my sisters to Italy every year for language school, so I spent a lot of my teenage years in Florence and Rome. After university I went to Harvard for a year, dropped out, and then went to Paris, where I ended up staying 10 years. It's different from being American: If you're British, you're expected to live at the far corners.
- Foreign Languages
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- Nov 07, 2020
My early education was in the public school system of Omaha, where, retrospectively, I realize that my high school training served me in good stead for the basic subjects of mathematics, English, foreign languages and history.
- Mother
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- Nov 07, 2020
I never knew my father. He was never married to my mother; he was never a part of my life. It was just my mom, my brother and me.
- Loved
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was really creative. I started to dance very young. I loved to dance. I begged my mother to put me into dance classes, and finally, in third grade, she did. Tap and jazz, but not ballet.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
My mother was a teacher. She was grooming my brother and me to be successful, accomplished people.
- Name
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- Nov 07, 2020
What took time for my mom was getting the pronouns right and calling me by a different name. Laverne was my middle name before I transitioned.
- Problems
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- Nov 07, 2020
I can't persuade myself that one of the problems facing the planet today might be a shortage of books by me.
- Eyes
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- Nov 07, 2020
Why on earth should I care whether people read me with their eyes or their ears?
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
Asking me why I did or didn't do anything is generally pointless. How do I know? And asking me what I'll do in the future is even less rewarding.
- Incomprehensible
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- Nov 07, 2020
The consequence of a world full of nuclear powers to me is so incomprehensible in terms of the dangers that that implies.
- Born
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- Nov 07, 2020
Although I was born in New York, I moved to Baltimore when I was young. And I like to say New York birthed me, but Baltimore raised me. A big part of my heart was always in Baltimore.
- Mean
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- Nov 07, 2020