- Humor
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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
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
At age 14, you are just beginning to work out who you think you are, and being famous is a huge distortion of reality, and it's not healthy for a young person to be considered more special than their peers. So, I would say it hindered my self-esteem but in later years gave me a great perspective that I wouldn't have if I hadn't experienced that.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've photographed a lot of my good girlfriends, and it's given me a lot of anxiety because I don't want to let them down.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was in so much emotional pain as a young girl that whatever distracted me from how I felt about myself was fine by me.
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have met people on the subway who have told me the most profound stories, and I am convinced we all have something to teach each other if we just slow down long enough to hear the message.
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
People know what authentic communication feels like, so having someone else handle your social media/commenting doesn't feel honest to me.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I always wanted to be somebody. If I made it, it's half because I was game enough to take a lot of punishment along the way and half because there were a lot of people who cared enough to help me.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm going from doing all of the work to having to delegate the work - which is almost harder for me than doing the work myself. I'm a lousy delegator, but I'm learning.
- Long Time
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- Nov 07, 2020
I looked for a very long time, knowing that it had to happen, but it took me a long time to find someone with the same background and whatnot and I finally found him.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
For me, it was kind of like going into the military or something. And anybody - any male - who has ever worked in a French kitchen knows what I am talking about when I say that.
- Game
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have nothing but sympathy for the people who are forced to work with me. I'm better now at picking out those that want to play that game with me, and those that don't.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Enough people have now mentioned Bill Nye the Science Guy to me that I now desperately avoid it all costs.
- Cooking
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- Nov 07, 2020
My first book is really about heat. That book, for me, was an exploration of heat as ingredient. Why we don't talk about heat as an ingredient, I don't quite understand, because it is the common ingredient to all cooking processes.
- Product
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- Nov 07, 2020
Take ice. Ice is fascinating to me. Ice is the one thing in our world that went from an agricultural product to being manufactured.
- Men
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- Nov 07, 2020