- 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
- Art
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- Nov 07, 2020
I thought I would draw or paint or be an architect. I was always drawing portraits. My mom put me in art classes in the summer.
- Police
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm from Anderson, S.C., but I grew up in the South. So I know what it is to ride to school and have Confederate flags flying from trucks in front of me and behind me, to see a parking lot full of people with Confederate flags and know what that means. I've been stopped by police for no reason.
- Being
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- Nov 07, 2020
For me, being a complete artist means not necessarily just being in front of the camera, but being behind the camera or being the originator or creator of something.
- Black
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- Nov 07, 2020
It was a big thing for me to read black writers. 'Fences,' by August Wilson. James Baldwin's 'Amen Corner.' 'The Fire Next Time.' 'The Autobiography of Malcolm X,' of course.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
As soon as I came to L.A., things immediately shifted for me. I was now actually here with the people who were making the decisions; I wasn't out in New York sending in tapes to L.A.
- Prefer
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- Nov 07, 2020
For me, I prefer to be the heel.
- End Of The Day
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- Nov 07, 2020
I see a lot of people try to come out and copy me, duplicate me, and give it the old college try, but at the end of the day, there's only one Chael Sonnen.
- Doing
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm a wrestler, so I'm used to not being paid, and I'm used to doing five or six competitions a day and paying someone else to allow me into the event.
- Home
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- Nov 07, 2020
Half of the days in 2014, I had to confine my daughter to my home like a prisoner because the air quality in Beijing was so poor. One morning, I saw my daughter banging on the window... The day will come when she asks me, 'Why do you keep me here? What is going to hurt me when I go outside?'
- Earth
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- Nov 07, 2020