- Fight
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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
- Expression
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- Nov 07, 2020
Because of 'The Birds' and 'Marnie' I was, as the expression goes, hot in Hollywood and producers and directors wanted to hire me.
- Doing
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- Nov 07, 2020
In the beginning of my career, all I did was drama, and I couldn't get arrested doing comedy; nobody would hire me!
- Important
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- Nov 07, 2020
All the important drawings I do myself. Every single character is also done by me.
- Important
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have three assistants, but there isn't a head assistant. All the important drawings I do myself. Every single character is also done by me.
- Important
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- Nov 07, 2020
For me, life and death are very important themes. There is no life without death. That's why it's very important to me.
- Just
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- Nov 07, 2020
Just performing is where I'm happiest, and gets me rid of my troubles and worries.
- Moment
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- Nov 07, 2020
I just simply write as it moves me. I may be writing about a book or a movie or a person, places where I've been or something I've done. Or politics. It's going to what's on my mind at the moment.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
I just wanted to have fun for myself - I felt I had a lot to say, and I realized that I missed having a magazine as a place to express my ideas. The Times column is a place for me to unload those perceptions.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
Somewhere around the fifth or seventh grade I figured out that I could ingratiate myself to people by making them laugh. Essentially, I was just trying to make them like me. But after a while it became part of my identity.
- Mom
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- Nov 07, 2020
Being a mom has made me so tired. And so happy.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
As a teenager, my brother's girlfriend came into my life, and I just thought she was the bomb. I followed her around, and she could just say anything, and it would influence me. She took me to my first nice restaurant, bought me my first nice handbag, and took me to my first Alvin Ailey show when I was 14, which changed my life.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Sometimes people hear that you help somebody or you said something that really resonated with them that they really needed to hear. Sometimes people get motivated to go and do stuff. That makes me feel really good because I feel like I'm affecting people in a good way.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
People know they have seen me somewhere, but they don't know where. They think I'm their next-door neighbor.
- Home
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- Nov 07, 2020
My career always took me away from home, I was always away from home and I just wanted to be at home.
- Mother
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- Nov 07, 2020