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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
People always say 'Etta, you know what your problem is? You're neither fish nor fowl. There is no place to rack you.' When I would go in a record shop, you might find one or two records by me in different stacks.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't have any bad habbits. They might be bad habits for other people, but they're all right for me.
- Look
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- Nov 07, 2020
Writing fiction has developed in me an abiding respect for the unknown in a human lifetime and a sense of where to look for the threads, how to follow, how to connect, find in the thick of the tangle what clear line persists.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
It had been startling and disappointing to me to find out that story books had been written by people, that books were not natural wonders, coming of themselves like grass.
- Place
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- Nov 07, 2020
I started using contact microphones that you can place on common, ordinary objects, like a rake. I put a microphone on it and it picked up the tines vibrating and turned it into a horrible din. What attracted me to it was the horrible din - that's what I really liked.
- Money
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm not so in love with material things that I'll do anything for money. That allows me the luxury of doing things of value.
- Happy
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- Nov 07, 2020
I ruffle a lot of feathers. And I'm also selective - that makes you a troublemaker. But so be it. I laid a cornerstone for black actors, and that makes me happy.
- Black And White
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- Nov 07, 2020
'Hollywood maids' are so idiotic. They grin at everything. I told Norman Lear I didn't want to play a maid because of that 'hee-hee/grin-grin' attitude, and he said, 'Who said I wanted that?' He told me he wanted two strong women that are the black and white of the same coin. I said, 'Oh, well - in that case, I'll be right there!'
- Being
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- Nov 07, 2020
It appeared as if I had invited the audience into the water with me, and it conveyed the sensation that being in there was absolutely delicious.
- First
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- Nov 07, 2020
Clark Gable was the first to have called me a mermaid.
- Mother
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- Nov 07, 2020
My training in Science of Mind had begun with my mother. She took me to a different church every Sunday, and she encouraged me to question the minister afterward.
- Giving
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have to admit that talking authoritatively about my students' stories can make me feel, at times, like an astronaut who has just landed on a new planet and insists on giving guided tours to its inhabitants.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020