- 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
- Ramadan
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- Nov 07, 2020
For me, Ramadan is not an easy time because it's a time when I need to work much harder, because I need to help my teammates. That's the way I see things.
- Football
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have experienced a lot in football and if the young players need advice, they know they can ask me.
- Positive
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- Nov 07, 2020
Me and my husband think the internet is a really positive thing. We know games that have taught our children problem-solving skills but that doesn't mean we are going to say play 'Call of Duty.'
- Parents
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- Nov 07, 2020
My parents really wanted me to have an arranged marriage when I was younger, but I think they have updated a bit with the times.
- Sometimes
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't really buy a weekly magazine but do flick through them if they're in front of me. A bit of style and a dose of gossip is just what you need sometimes.
- Parents
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- Nov 07, 2020
My parents are very proud that I was a 'Blue Peter' presenter and of me going to Cambridge to do economics.
- Cornwall
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- Nov 07, 2020
Blue Peter' scarred me for life. I was kayak-surfing in Cornwall and the waves were so strong it was more like white-water rafting. I had to hang on for dear life. At one point I let go and my hand was crushed on a rock.
- Great Part
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- Nov 07, 2020
My parents are proof that arranged marriages can work. It is a great part of my culture but I grew up in a completely different place, so I wouldn't want anyone to arrange a marriage for me.
- Nov 07, 2020
I could be with a woman in a bed, for weeks even, and it would seem to me like three seconds. Or 300 years.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I knew there were, in myself, the souls of millions of people who lived centuries ago; not just people but animals, plants, the elements, things, even, matter. All of these exist in me.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
I never had many problems to do my music and to give it to a record company. Rarely do they try to argue with me about my music, probably because it's still too far-out.
- New
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- Nov 07, 2020
For centuries, economic thinkers, from Adam Smith to John Maynard Keynes, have tried to identify the elusive formula that makes some countries more prosperous and successful than others. My curiosity about this topic spurred me, as a young professor of economics in the late 1970s, to research new ways of measuring national competitiveness.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
Of all the many leaders I have met in the course of my life, none made a deeper impression on me than Nelson Mandela. His courage, compassion, humility and wisdom were without parallel on the world stage, and he himself was an enduring source of inspiration.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020