- Love
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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
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't really have studios. I wander around around people's attics, out in fields, in cellars, anyplace I find that invites me.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't Twitter or blog. I'm bad at small talk, and don't have good 'chat'. Talk to me about publishing, and I can go on for hours.
- First Thing
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- Nov 07, 2020
The first thing I do when I wake up in the morning is push my dog off of me. He likes to sleep on top of me. I think it's because I'm warm and breathing.
- Excluded
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- Nov 07, 2020
I grew up a skinny Asian kid who was often ignored or picked on. It stuck with me and branded my soul. As I grew up, I tried to stick up for whoever seemed excluded or marginalized.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
I never thought I'd run for president. My parents were immigrants to this country - and leader of the free world was not on the list of careers presented to me as a skinny Asian kid growing up in upstate New York.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
I had very little going for me as a kid except for the fact that I had demanding parents and was very good at filling out bubbles on standardized tests. I went to the Center for Talented Youth at Johns Hopkins University because I did well on the SAT. I went to Exeter because I did well on the SAT.
- Food
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'd dreamed of being in the food business from the moment my globetrotting parents introduced me to the foods of the world during childhood trips to Europe and Asia.
- God
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am grateful to have my life back and for the friends and family who never gave up on me, for a God who was there when I was ready to find him. I am grateful for so much, that every day, one day at a time, is Thanksgiving.
- Delicious
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- Nov 07, 2020
Let me say this: Camel is delicious, but when handled improperly, it's rank.
- Food
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- Nov 07, 2020
Everyone knows about hot dogs and the Big Apple. But for me, New York City street food is all about the Biryani Cart.
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020
As a young boy growing up in New York City, we would spend our summers on the South Fork of Long Island. My dad would take me down to the beach at low tide. We would walk a mile down to the jetties, and he would lower me by my ankles into the crevices between the massive boulders to grab at huge ropes of mussels.
- Everyone
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- Nov 07, 2020
Everyone seems to ask me the same 10 questions, and high on the list is, 'What pans should I be cooking with and why?'
- Food
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- Nov 07, 2020
The corner of the 'food media' that I think is troublesome to me is the shows on TV that don't really have a point or don't have a lesson to be learned. If you don't have a point, or if there's not some part of it that is meaningful and can change someone's life, in my old age, I'm just not into it.
- Food
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't like being at food festivals and have someone from some weird cable access show that's all about lifestyle get in my face with a microphone and wants to know which party I'm going to later... That just is pointless kind of stuff to me.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
I will tell you flat out that I continually find Yelp and products like it to be increasingly worthless to me as a consumer.
- Food
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- Nov 07, 2020