- Justice
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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
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
While on top of Everest, I looked across the valley towards the great peak Makalu and mentally worked out a route about how it could be climbed. It showed me that even though I was standing on top of the world, it wasn't the end of everything. I was still looking beyond to other interesting challenges.
- Problems
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- Nov 07, 2020
If I wished to do something, even if I couldn't find anyone who wanted to make the effort with me, I would go out solo climbing. I did find solo climbing very challenging and a little frightening. You knew that you were completely on your own, and you had to overcome all the problems and possible dangers.
- Car
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- Nov 07, 2020
A lot of the songs start with an image. I was sitting there playing the guitar and I pictured this old, dirty green car, with the window rolled down, in the hot, hot, hot Texas heat, and this beautiful woman I knew when I was a kid sitting behind the wheel, looking out at me.
- Hard
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's hard to notice things without people noticing me and that takes some getting used to.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
The high-grossing films are not all that interesting to me, I have to say. It's not stuff I would want to be in. Yes, you would want the big paycheck, but that's never really been my concern.
- Parents
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- Nov 07, 2020
My kids have never seen me scream at anybody. They've never seen an argument. There's never been even a cold silence. And those are things that I grew up with because my parents did end up divorcing.
- Hard Time
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have this dog named Marley, and it is a kind of love I had never known. I have a hard time believing Marley did not come from my body. I know that sounds insane, but I feel that connected to her. She made me realize I wanted to adopt children.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm just not one of those people who thought having biological children was that important, to me it was more about wanting to raise a child.
- Mother
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- Nov 07, 2020
Being a single mother was the right thing for me. But I have a tremendous amount of help from my friends. They're in love with my kids, and my kids are in love with them.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
I never really wanted kids. I didn't not want them, but motherhood just wasn't something that pulled at me.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have lots of friends and, like me, they're not married. So my kids have lots of godparents - men and women, gay and straight. My loft is always filled with people helping me out with them and loving them.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've never been all that interested or aware of what people are thinking about me or saying about me. I think that has kept me safest and sanest.
- Football
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- Nov 07, 2020
I started to play football when I was about 10; my father brought me to one school because there were more pitches where we could play.
- Trust
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- Nov 07, 2020