- Never
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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
- Memorable
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was thrilled to be rehired for the 1919 'Follies.' Mr. Ziegfeld himself hired me. To me, that particular 'Follies' was his greatest 'Follies' of all - not because I was in the show, but because of the great cast and memorable music.
- Religion
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- Nov 07, 2020
What the feminists want of me is something they haven't examined because it comes from religion. They want me to bear witness.
- Mother
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- Nov 07, 2020
My mother was a woman who was very frustrated. She had a great deal of ability, and all this energy went into me and my brother.
- Dead
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'll be pleased when I'm dead. That will let me off worrying about all these wars.
- Bore
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- Nov 07, 2020
Whenever I met anyone who knew anything, I would bore them stiff until they told me what they knew.
- Simple
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- Nov 07, 2020
What really fascinates me is this need that is so strong now that if you read a work of the imagination you instantly have to say, 'Oh, what this really is is so-and-so,' reducing it to a simple formula.
- Blessing
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- Nov 07, 2020
With my talent, I can make people laugh and give them another attitude about life. What a blessing that is for me.
- Car
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- Nov 07, 2020
You can't show me an ad on TV with hard bodies and say I have to buy that car. You have to tell me why that car is better and safer than another car.
- Nov 07, 2020
You can call me an older woman - I don't mind that at all - just don't call me an old one, because I'm not.
- God
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't always want to read serious fiction. But when I read fiction that's not serious, I don't want to read brain candy. Entertain me, for God's sake.
- Fire
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- Nov 07, 2020
Here's my definition of a great beach read - a fabulous story that sucks me in like a black hole and when it's over, it jettisons my bones across the galaxy with a hair on fire mission to convince everyone I know that they must read that book or they will die.
- Crazy
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you want to know why all writers are a little crazy read 'The Midnight Disease' by Alice W. Flaherty. She talks about the drive to write, writer's block, and the creative brain. I know what's wrong with me!
- Children
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- Nov 07, 2020
Why not, when it can be done without exposure or expense, let me rescue some of America's miserable children from vice and guilt?
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020