- Reading
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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
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
Sometimes I listen to songs by very smart writers who assume that the world is a civil place with certain formalities that people follow, but I don't see things that way. My own experience tells me that life is not like that.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
My mother wanted me to understand that as a woman I could do pretty much whatever I wanted to, that I didn't have to use sex or sexuality to define myself.
- My Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
Writing in other voices is almost Japanese in the sense that there's a certain formality there which allows me to sidestep the embarrassment of directly expressing to complete strangers the most intimate details of my life.
- Civil War
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Civil War always moves me.
- Dress
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- Nov 07, 2020
Heading to Paris when I was 17 and modelling exposed me to high fashion, which influenced me to dress on-trend - not extravagantly, but always in fashion.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
I know quite a few eco designers who build dresses out of old couture gowns. They disassemble, 'upcycle,' and reuse them in extraordinary ways. To me, that's a sustainable way of doing things.
- Barbie
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- Nov 07, 2020
It would have been very easy for me to put on a little tight skirt and go out and try what I always call the 'Barbie doll' roles.
- Fly
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- Nov 07, 2020
Growing up in Oklahoma the way I did, and being raised the way I was raised by my parents, gave me such a strong foundation to go out into the world and fly, so to speak, the way I was able to do.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
Aledo will always be home to me because I spent the first 27 years of my life there - it's such a special place - and because of the experiences I had there, I've become the person I am today.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
I will go on doing what voters tell me to do, which is working with others, working out solutions, and getting results.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020