- Know
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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
- Guy
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- Nov 07, 2020
The one thing that always bothered me when I played in the NBA was I really got irritated when they put a white guy on me.
- Game
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- Nov 07, 2020
As far as playing, I didn't care who guarded me - red, yellow, black. I just didn't want a white guy guarding me, because it's disrespect to my game.
- Farther
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's been a journey, the NBA. It's taken me a lot farther than I ever expected.
- Black
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was a kid, like 14 or 15, I played with the waiters from the hotel, 'cause that was the best game. And these guys, they'd let me play. And they were black guys.
- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
I dug the idea that I was being perceived as the black sheep of my family, but for me, it was like, I was a rebel, and that to me was most important.
- Noble
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- Nov 07, 2020
If I have a 100 percent batting average, you should fire me, because it means we haven't tried anything really noble.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I had been a radical, a left-wing politico, and meeting the Indian people made me realize that the politics of the left and the right were so much less important than the politics of the heart and the spirit.
- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
Here in Indiana and in many states throughout the union, we rely on coal to power our homes and provide good-paying middle class jobs - like the one my family relied on when I was a kid. The coal mine helped put food on our table and helped me pursue an education and realize the American Dream.
- Quite
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- Nov 07, 2020
And eventually as I kept writing it, something emerged that was not quite me but a version of me.
- Doing
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- Nov 07, 2020
At first, I didn't realize it was gonna be a character. I just thought I was gonna be doing me.
- Scared
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- Nov 07, 2020
Drugs scared me.
- Nov 07, 2020
I don't think anyone really is interested in reading about my emotional state. It's not even interesting to me.
- Name
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was living in New York and didn't have a penny to my name, I would walk around the streets and occasionally I would see an alcove or something. And I'd think, that'll be good, that'll be a good spot for me when I'm homeless.
- Home
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- Nov 07, 2020