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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
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- Nov 07, 2020
Mormonism truly was a part of my every decision since the day I was born. It taught me to serve others and to feel comfort about the next life. Who doesn't want to live for eternity and have a 'mansion in heaven'? It sounded like a rad deal to me when I was in my teenage years.
- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was 18, I applied to go to BYU like my six brothers ahead of me - I have eight boys and one girl in my family.
- Gay
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- Nov 07, 2020
I grew up and had a lot of friends who were gay and Mormon. They couldn't come out to their parents. They couldn't even come out to me because we just wouldn't talk about it.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
People who have never dealt with depression think it's just being sad or being in a bad mood. That's not what depression is for me; it's falling into a state of grayness and numbness.
- Greatest Country
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- Nov 07, 2020
I had immigrant grandparents who came to this country and came for religious freedom and loved it, never made any money, Bronx, Brooklyn, but loved America. And they told me every day it's the greatest country in the world.
- Heart
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- Nov 07, 2020
The first 'Monsters, Inc.' represents starting at Pixar for me, I have a special place in my heart for it. So to be able to tell a story with those ideas is an honor.
- First
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I first went into financial services, people told me not to be too over-optimistic about change.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Monetizing by creating more value for a Venmo user makes a ton of sense to me. But other forms of monetization that are more intrusive, like in advertising or something like that, the jury is really still out for me.
- King
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- Nov 07, 2020
My mom pushed me in a baby carriage at Martin Luther King rallies. My grandfather was a union organizer. And to me, there is no room - no room - for discrimination of any kind. To me, it's just an anathema.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I told everyone who was ready to listen that I had material with pentagonal symmetry. People just laughed at me.
- Job
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- Nov 07, 2020
Me as president would not be like anybody else as president. Everyone does the job differently.
- Best
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's a unique bond of trust between readers and authors that I don't believe exists in any other art form; as a reader, I trust a novelist to give me his or her best effort, however flawed.
- Improvement
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- Nov 07, 2020
As long as my sixth graders showed an average improvement of five years, the principal and district pretty much left me alone to create my own curriculum and teach whatever I wanted.
- Inspired
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- Nov 07, 2020
No one inspired me to write, but writer Harlan Ellison terrified me into getting published.
- Hope
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- Nov 07, 2020