- People
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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
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
When people tell me I can't do something, that's what excites me. It makes me perform better.
- Nature
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- Nov 07, 2020
A lot of time I fight guys and after a few rounds, they accept my dominance. They aren't fighting to win anymore. They're fighting to not lose. I've seen it many times. It's very hard for me to finish a guy like this. He doesn't want to get hurt. It's normal. It's human nature.
- Irony
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- Nov 07, 2020
Irony has seeped into the felt of any fedora hat I have ever owned - not out of any wish of mine, but out of necessity. A fedora hat worn by me without the necessary protective irony would eat through my head and kill me.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
Look at all the buses now that want exact change, exact change. I figure if I give them exact change, they should take me exactly where I want to go.
- Gown
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- Nov 07, 2020
Blacks gave me a standing ovation when they put the cap and gown on me, and that was the proudest I've ever been.
- Nothing
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- Nov 07, 2020
I did nothing worse than Lyndon Johnson. He was for segregation when he thought he had to be. I was for segregation, and I was wrong. The media has rehabilitated Johnson; why won't it rehabilitate me?
- Path
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am persuaded, you will permit me to observe, that the path of true piety is so plain as to require but little political direction.
- Flower
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- Nov 07, 2020
I wanted to know the name of every stone and flower and insect and bird and beast. I wanted to know where it got its color, where it got its life - but there was no one to tell me.
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
Years ago I went into my laboratory and said, 'Dear Mr. Creator, please tell me what the universe was made for?' The Great Creator answered, 'You want to know too much for that little mind of yours. Ask for something more your size, little man.'
- God
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- Nov 07, 2020
No books ever go into my laboratory. The thing I am to do and the way are revealed to me the moment I am inspired to create something new. Without God to draw aside the curtain, I would be helpless. Only alone can I draw close enough to God to discover His secrets.
- Money
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- Nov 07, 2020
I would never allow anyone to give me money, no difference how badly I needed it. I wanted literally to earn my living.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
Football has been good to me. Everyone has their destiny, but you have to make use of the opportunities. I have spent 15 years at the top of my game. It makes me happy. I love the game. I love scoring goals. But I have always taken it seriously. It is not what the game gives you, it is what you give it.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I get called to do a lot of labors of love... independent films on very small budgets. If I have the time and if the project speaks to me, it's better than sitting around, right?
- Feeling
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- Nov 07, 2020