- 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
- Nov 07, 2020
I signed up with Kundalini yoga teacher training, which has been shifting me in some really beautiful ways.
- Community
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- Nov 07, 2020
Growing up in Mississippi - a state that historically was a place of racial injustice, inequality and oppression - gave me the unique opportunity to experience first-hand the evolution of the civil rights movement through the eyes of my parents, grandparents, and the black elders of our community.
- Early Childhood
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't carry any early childhood trauma around with me, if that's what you're hinting at. The story of the bicycles - and there were three of them which were stolen from me - I've dealt with it well.
- Remember
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- Nov 07, 2020
That makes me think of the 2002 World Cup Final above all else. Nobody thought at the time that our team would get through to the Final against Brazil. We should remember that this summer.
- Growth
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- Nov 07, 2020
I will not let anyone tell me we must spend more money. This crisis did not come about because we issued too little money but because we created economic growth with too much money and it was not sustainable growth.
- America
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- Nov 07, 2020
Let me say this on a personal note. Without the United States of America, I would in all probably not be able to stand here before you today.
- Decision
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- Nov 07, 2020
For me, it is always important that I go through all the possible options for a decision.
- Way
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- Nov 07, 2020
The West was a wonderful world to me. I decided then that if this is the way they did things, then I wanted to be part of it.
- Past
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- Nov 07, 2020
This inclination to hoard is deeply ingrained in me because in the past, in times of scarcity, you took what you could get.
- Emerges
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- Nov 07, 2020
It is always the case that when something emerges - which, of course, from the perspective of the former West Germany looks very different - then people say, 'She hasn't told us this yet' and 'She hasn't told us that yet.' I don't know - maybe there are other things I didn't talk about because no one ever asked me.
- Grow
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- Nov 07, 2020
To grow up in the neighborhood of handicapped people was an important experience for me. I learned back then to treat them in a very normal way.
- Free
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- Nov 07, 2020
I always used the free room that the G.D.R. allowed me... There was no shadow over my childhood.
- Credits
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- Nov 07, 2020