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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
- Day
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- Nov 07, 2020
I still have a full-time day job, which is why it took me five years to write An Ear to the Ground, and why I won't have another book finished by next week.
- Collaboration
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- Nov 07, 2020
That brings me to Dennis Ritchie. Our collaboration has been a thing of beauty.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
Retirement isn't so bad. Give me a tall drink, a plush sofa and a rerun of 'Matlock,' and you can have the rest. Matlock is my hero. He never loses.
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020
People thought I was cocky because I didn't talk much. When I first turned pro, reporters asked me who was going to win. I'd say, 'I am' because it was the easier than giving some long, drawn-out answer.
- Nov 07, 2020
My father taught me that the easiest thing to do was to quit. He'd say, 'It doesn't take any talent to do that.'
- Getting
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- Nov 07, 2020
About half the scripts sent to me feature characters I just can't identify with, particularly one-dimensional businessmen or, if it's a comedy, some absurd 10-year-old Japanese stereotype, some role related to IT or business... There's no point in getting mad about it; it's just the way things are.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
My identity and my background still remain with me when I go to a foreign country. I have kept my nationality.
- Name
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- Nov 07, 2020
Visible Faith is an expression of my Christian faith which must be visible to be real! I gave the name to the collection of musicians who worked with me on the record.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
THE GODS was my first professional band and I learned a lot during that time. It was very cool playing with so many great musicians as it helped me to learn.
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I left HEEP I didn't know what I wanted! It took me a long time to adjust to life away from the band and the only thing I knew was that I didn't want to repeat my mistakes!
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
It is always encouraging and kind when people say nice things about my work but I know that it is not me that did it then and it is not me that is doing it now. It is God living in me and for that I will always be grateful.
- Chance
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- Nov 07, 2020
After 'The White Shadow' was over, I did some more work, but then I wound up taking a year off to teach at Harvard. It afforded me the chance to have a variegated career - a very interesting one.
- Ego
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have no theories about the divorce rate or things like that, but it does occur to me that dealing with kids and their problems can be real binding glue. It keeps you out of the range of too much ego.
- Death
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- Nov 07, 2020
I loved that outrageous, creative style of city ball. 'Logic is the death of art,' they taught me at Yale. Maybe in basketball, too.
- First Time
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's really changed me. For the first time I'm in favor of the Bush tax cuts.
- Happy
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm definitely a people pleaser. I like people to be happy around me and be comfortable. I go out of my way, sometimes to a fault, to make sure everyone is okay.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020