- Heart
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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
- Job
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- Nov 07, 2020
Parents will be parents. Even now, my mom asks me sometimes, 'When are you going to go back and get a real job?'
- Day
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- Nov 07, 2020
Email knocks me off my game. It's just for the morning commute and end of the day. Some might think I'm slow to respond, but those who need to reach me know to send me a text during those hours.
- Door
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- Nov 07, 2020
I start the day just with the family. I don't check emails until my commute, and I make sure my phone isn't close to me until I'm out the door.
- End
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- Nov 07, 2020
I knew I did not want to be a doctor; my parents kept talking to me about that. I wanted to be an NBA player, but around freshman and sophomore year, I stopped growing, so that was the end of that.
- Brain
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- Nov 07, 2020
Art, to me, is the interpretation of the impression which nature makes upon the eye and brain.
- Home
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- Nov 07, 2020
The first time I picked up a bat in a professional game, I hit a ball hard left-handed, and my first home run was so effortless, it surprised me.
- Loved
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have always loved the Bay Area. I spent a lot of time in the Bay Area. I started my career there. That's a huge part of the excitement for me.
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020
For me, I tend to sit back sometimes and just count my blessings because of how long I've played.
- Back To School
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- Nov 07, 2020
My sister is a good story of resiliency. She had a full ride at UC Davis, but she left school to go to the Philippines - and then she decided to go back to school in her 40s, which surprised me. She went to UC Berkeley, and I think she was one of two African Americans in her class at Haas. She's really impressive.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
My dad gave me a haircut... and it wasn't a very good one. When I went out of the house, my friends got on my case and said it looked like someone put a chili bowl over my head and cut around it.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have my father's lopsided mouth. When I smile, my lips slope to one side. My doctor sister calls it my cerebral palsy mouth. I am very much a daddy's girl, and even though I would rather my smile wasn't crooked, there is something moving for me about having a mouth exactly like my father's.
- Imagination
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- Nov 07, 2020
I ask questions. I watch the world. And what I have discovered is that the parts of my fiction that people most tell me are 'unbelievable' are those that are most closely based on the real, those least diluted by my imagination.
- Everyone
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- Nov 07, 2020
I realized that I was African when I came to the United States. Whenever Africa came up in my college classes, everyone turned to me. It didn't matter whether the subject was Namibia or Egypt; I was expected to know, to explain.
- Leadership
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- Nov 07, 2020
If I were not African, I wonder whether it would be clear to me that Africa is a place where the people do not need limp gifts of fish but sturdy fishing rods and fair access to the pond. I wonder whether I would realize that while African nations have a failure of leadership, they also have dynamic people with agency and voices.
- Make
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- Nov 07, 2020