- Practice
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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
- Person
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- Nov 07, 2020
I didn't see anybody in the media or on TV that played sports that looked like me. I didn't have those things growing up. Now that I'm in that position, I'm happy to be that person if I can.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
People know that if I'm 100 percent going into the fight, that there's no one out there that can touch me.
- Focus
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- Nov 07, 2020
I just look at what's ahead of me. I don't think about, 'For my legacy, I need to do this, this, and this.' I just focus on every fight and how to win that fight.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
Where I grew up, we had enough to get by, and we had a lot of love. That took me a long way.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
Partnering with MetroPCS is a great opportunity for me. It's great to be partnered with a company that serves a consumer similar to the UFC and my fan base.
- Think
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think if something's wrong with me, I just kind of work through it. That's my mentality.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I have a creative block, I take walks. I like to see what shapes stick out - so many legs rushing by at once, it can seem abstract. I don't need to see great art to get stirred up. Music does that for me more easily.
- Hard
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've worked very hard to become comfortable with how death works and why it happens. I now know that death isn't out to get me.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
There are some jobs where you think, 'There's no way! This would be too, too good. The universe would love me too much were it to actually happen.'
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
'School of Rock' was just once in a lifetime things; I want to be a doctor, actually. I'd go an do the sequel if they asked me to.
- Difficult Decisions
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- Nov 07, 2020
I can honestly say that my abortion was one of the least difficult decisions of my life. I'm not being flippant when I say it took me longer to decide what worktops to have in the kitchen than whether I was prepared to spend the rest of my life being responsible for a further human being.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
One of the great things about being a writer/journalist is that my boss loves me to go out and do features on being someone else. I did a feature on Kate Middleton, where I went to an incredible fancy state home in the countryside, put on a wedding dress and posed for engagement pictures with a fake Prince William.
- Change
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- Nov 07, 2020
The idea of not being able to control my own fertility genuinely terrifies me. That one mistake might change your life. That everything I am, and do, could be ended by the repeal of laws our mothers fought so hard for, that women had waited for the entire span of humanity to come about.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020