- Problem
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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
- Lead
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- Nov 07, 2020
My mother did not raise me to ask for permission to lead.
- Community
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- Nov 07, 2020
Raising me as a single parent, my mother held many jobs. Most of them had to do with the betterment and the advancement of our community and society at large. I grew up seeing her active in ministries at our church, with the homeless, as a social worker, with elderly, with youth, as a children's rights organizer with the Urban League of Chicago.
- School
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- Nov 07, 2020
I went to a school with the kids of judges and elected officials and architects, civil leaders, and influencers. And I felt very much a minority in every way. But it did expose me to incredible things.
- Expressed
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- Nov 07, 2020
People close to me personally, politically, have expressed frustration that I'm not the political animal that they wish that I were.
- Values
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- Nov 07, 2020
For me, whatever vantage point that I'm serving, I'm going to be an advocate and do the work to actualize my values.
- Dad
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- Nov 07, 2020
Listen, my dad left me, my mom is crazy, I'm from L.A., a pop star dumped me three times and I'm an actress who gets rejected constantly.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
Robbie minced into my life and he had the same oddball sense of humour as me. It was love at first laugh.
- Grudge
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- Nov 07, 2020
I won't let the grudge Netanyahu and those who surround him have against me hurt the country.
- Problem
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was a Likud member for many years. The problem in the Likud is that every leader takes the Likud to the left. It wasn't easy for me to take this step.
- Diligently
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- Nov 07, 2020
I just want to faithfully represent the public that voted for me and diligently work for all the people in Israel. If I can do that, I don't care what anyone says about me.
- Cocktails
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- Nov 07, 2020
I pity the young woman who will attempt to insinuate herself between my mama's boy and me. I sympathize with the monumental nature of her task. It will take a crowbar, two bulldozers and half a dozen Molotov cocktails to pry my Oedipus and me loose from one another.
- Daughter
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- Nov 07, 2020
The capacity for extravagant emotion that my husband finds so attractive in me can be exhausting, especially to a child. My moods are mercurial, and this can be terrifying. I know, because I was a daughter of a mother with a changeable temperament.
- Bag
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- Nov 07, 2020
If only shame were a reliable engine for behavior modification. All it does is make me feel bad, which inspires me to bust open a bag of cheese popcorn, which then makes me feel crappy about my weight.
- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020