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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
- Name
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- Nov 07, 2020
Cesar's not even that hard. But I suppose Azpilicueta is. Some said my name was too difficult to pronounce and could they call me Dave. It's stuck. It's also done affectionately.
- Remember
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you want to remember me, organize!
- Expects
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- Nov 07, 2020
Brazil doesn't get a lot of gold medals, so whenever I get a chance, everybody expects me to win, and to get second is a big disappointment.
- Different
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- Nov 07, 2020
What attracted me to immunology was that the whole thing seemed to revolve around a very simple experiment: take two different antibody molecules and compare their primary sequences.
- Diversity
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- Nov 07, 2020
Back in 1962, when I had by accident become the supervisor of Roberto Celis in Argentina, it occurred to me that antibody diversity might arise from the joining by disulphide bridges of a variety of small polypeptides in combinatorial patterns.
- Blocks
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- Nov 07, 2020
The World Trade Center was for me not only out of scale vertically, but it was also out of scale in plan. It occupied several blocks that were all massed together.
- Culture
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- Nov 07, 2020
I realize that having a style would be very beneficial for my practice from a marketing standpoint, but I can't do it. I believe my responsibilities as an architect are to design the most appropriate building for the place. Each place has a distinct culture and function, which for me requires an appropriate answer.
- Anything
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- Nov 07, 2020
The make up took about an hour to put on, but the wig was a thing that bothered me more than anything else.
- Give
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- Nov 07, 2020
They would glue the wig to the front of my forehead, and after a while it would give me a headache.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm 86 and my doctor used to tell me to slow down - at least he did until he dropped dead.
- Name
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- Nov 07, 2020
George Murphy tagged that name 'Butch' on me years ago. We were all at a party and he went around tagging names on people that didn't fit them.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
People would read all kinds of reaction into it, but Tracy told me himself that half the time he was just standing very still, trying to look sober and composed. That takes nothing away from him. The fact he got away with it was a tribute to his talent.
- Dance
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was out dancing with one actress or another. And that got press. Even when it didn't, the whole town knew I was a dancing fool, and since I couldn't very well dance with a man, they saw me dancing with a lady, and they assumed the rest.
- Technology
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- Nov 07, 2020