- Genealogy
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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
- Nov 07, 2020
The National Youth Theatre did one very simple but incredible thing for me: it made me realise I had choices.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't feel comfortable talking about my private life, and some people in my private life don't feel comfortable about me talking about it. So I don't.
- Determination
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- Nov 07, 2020
As a woman thrust on to the political stage and baffled by the anger and depth of negative feeling I have been targeted with, Mary Beard's 'Women & Power: A Manifesto' brought me a sense of solidarity, power and determination.
- Facts
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- Nov 07, 2020
What has struck me about the political world, as opposed to the business world, is that rational discourse has become all but impossible. All too often, arguments are conducted not on the basis of facts but on the basis of emotion - and, honestly, it is no fun being abused in the pages of tabloid newspapers or online.
- Food
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- Nov 07, 2020
If kids cook with you and participate with you, to me that makes them more apt to eat the food. They feel like they made the dish; they want to taste it. It's special, It's an effort.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think, for me, since I've always had a busy lifestyle, I try to take out a little time for me and exercise and do things that are good for me, because if I'm not good, then I can't extend that out to my family.
- Dating
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- Nov 07, 2020
For me, being a public persona, I was always wondering, 'Was a man dating me for who I was? Was there an agenda? Did he want to be seen with me? Am I arm candy?'
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
Skillet corn bread has always been my go-to-comfort food, and my mom used to make it for me as a treat when I was younger. I do this for my girls now whenever I think they need a little love.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
As an audience member, if I go to a film, and I am watching two actors, and they're kissing, and it looks like they don't even want to be kissing, it just takes me out of the film.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
With 'Love & Basketball,' I played ball my whole life and did track at UCLA. So, I'm an athlete. And it was very important for me to get it right. I started with casting: As an athlete, there's nothing worse for me than watching a sports movie and the woman that they hire can't run or can't shoot. It sets women's sports back years.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Almost every day, people will say to me some version of, 'You're so much nicer in real life.' I guess I come across as not nice.
- Future
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- Nov 07, 2020
The evidence is inarguable that Australia is becoming too expensive and too uncompetitive to do export-oriented business. Africans want to work, and its workers are willing to work for less than $2 per day. Such statistics make me worry for this country's future. We are becoming a high-cost and high-risk nation for investment.
- Think
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- Nov 07, 2020
It really helps me if I think back to what our first families up here went through because, my goodness, they really had very tough times.
- Mother
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- Nov 07, 2020
Dad correctly said to me, 'Gina, you'll rue the day if I let you take your mother's shares for the benefit of the children.' He was right.
- Work
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- Nov 07, 2020