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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
- Doing
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- Nov 07, 2020
Writing for me is not a premeditated act. It just happens - characters keep coming out of nowhere and doing things I never expected them to do. The most persistent and most productive of these has been Paul Christopher, whom I didn't expect to see again after he appeared in 'The Miernik Dossier.'
- Letters
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- Nov 07, 2020
Other writers tell me about these bushel baskets delivered at the front door. If I've gotten 50 letters over the last 18 years, I'd be surprised.
- Football
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- Nov 07, 2020
In high school I was on the basketball team, but the coach did something I didn't dig and the next day he looked up and saw me practising with the football team.
- Poor
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- Nov 07, 2020
You know, there is an image of me out there for which advocacy of a universal basic income is inconsistent. It doesn't fit the narrative because this is supposed to be the hardhearted, racist, sexist, homophobe, Charles Murray. And he wants to increase spending on the poor? That doesn't fit.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
A part of me always felt like an outsider and still does.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's much more fun to talk to an audience that includes a lot of people who disagree with me.
- Find
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- Nov 07, 2020
Certainly, I find that 'Mere Christianity' speaks to me. So why am I still an agnostic? Beats me.
- Game
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I die, it's going to read, 'Game Show Fixture Passes Away.' Nothing about the theater, or Tony Awards, or Emmys. But it doesn't bother me.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
A voice in my head tells me that I'm at the twilight of an extraordinary life. I say extraordinary because of the people who have loved me. I say twilight because of what people say to me in the supermarket.
- Problems
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- Nov 07, 2020
Problems are the price of progress. Don't bring me anything but trouble. Good news weakens me.
- Girl
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- Nov 07, 2020
You know when I really realized like 'wow' what a gift this is was when I sang at camp and a girl wrote me a letter and said the song that I sung kept her from committing suicide.
- Great Artist
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- Nov 07, 2020