- People
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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
- Opportunity
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- Nov 07, 2020
I can pretty much call anyone, whether at the White House, in a company or in the media. I have access, because of the silliness of the entertainment world and how people react to it. It gave me an enormous opportunity to do anything I really want to.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
Community service has taught me all kinds of skills and increased my confidence. You go out there and think on your feet, work with others and create something from nothing. That's what life's all about.
- Better
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- Nov 07, 2020
I would have had an easier life if I were straight, but I would not be me. And I now like being myself better than the idea of being someone else, someone who, to be honest, I have neither the option of being nor the ability fully to imagine.
- Prince
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- Nov 07, 2020
My parents' usual reprimand was to remind me that I was not the Prince of Wales.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've had a mental illness for nearly half my life, and I can no longer imagine myself without it. It seems less like something that happened to me than like part of who I am; some days, it is the thing about me, but it is always at least a thing about me.
- Book
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- Nov 07, 2020
Writing 'The Noonday Demon' turned me into a professional depressive, which is a weird thing to be. A class at the university I attended assigns the book and invited me to be a guest lecturer.
- May
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- Nov 07, 2020
I loathe having a fragile brain and knowing as I make any plan that I should provide for the possibility that my mind may betray me at short notice.
- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
Fortunately for me, my mother loved travel. Our first non-beach family trip abroad - to England, France, and Switzerland - came when I was 11, and thereafter, we often tagged along on my father's European business trips.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Nowadays, people often ask me when I came out, generalising from the experience of many young people who announce themselves to the world on a particular afternoon. But I did not divorce my reticence in a single sharp break. Rather, I seeped out like a spreading wine stain.
- Husband
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- Nov 07, 2020
People still ask my husband and me which of us is the mom - which, as one lesbian friend pointed out to me, is like asking which chopstick is the fork. This pressure on us to embody normative traditions can be paralysing.
- Nov 07, 2020
I never think about the audience. If someone gives me a marketing report, I throw it away.
- Parents
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm still craving approval from my parents. It took a lot of success for me to realize it was never coming. It's just not in their nature.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
Most people know me at Pixar as the guy that doesn't like to do sequels or very reluctant to do sequels.
- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
I tie my wedding ring around my neck with an old shoelace. It's to remind me of why I play cricket: for my family - my wife Ruth and my boys Sam and Luca.
- Leadership
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- Nov 07, 2020
Winston Churchill inspired my leadership philosophy. I've read a huge number of his writings, especially his diaries from the Second World War. His thoughts on leadership and duty have helped me as England captain.
- Only
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- Nov 07, 2020