- Freak
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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
- He
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- Nov 07, 2020
I stopped believing in Santa Claus when I was six. Mother took me to see him in a department store and he asked for my autograph.
- Girl
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm not too proud of the movies I made as a grownup except for 'That Hagen Girl', which nobody remembers but which gave me a chance to act.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Most of the people in Ghana wouldn't know me as an actress. They'd know me for my work at the U.N.
- Old
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- Nov 07, 2020
Many people consider me an old friend.
- Said
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- Nov 07, 2020
One famous movie executive, who shall remain nameless, exposed himself to me in his office. 'Mr X,' I said, 'I thought you were a producer, not an exhibitor.'
- Girl
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- Nov 07, 2020
Studio chief Winfield Sheehan wanted me to remain a little girl. If I lost my innocence, he said, it would show in my eyes.
- Mother
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- Nov 07, 2020
I loved what I did. I remember cruel mothers who would pinch their children to make them cry in a scene, but my mother encircled me with affection.
- Old
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- Nov 07, 2020
Biographies of me have usually been compiled from old newspaper clips, untruthful publicity stories, and reminiscences of people who claim to have known me well.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
I did an imitation of him to make the crew laugh. To my shock, there was Cary Grant behind me. He got very angry. I was sent all the way from RKO to David Selznick's office and was told not to do it anymore. I thought to myself, 'I must have been pretty good to make him that angry.'
- Distance
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- Nov 07, 2020
My role in the business is to use my judgment. All these years of experience have given me a clear head, and I can give a nonpartisan view with a sense of distance.
- May
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- Nov 07, 2020
A press statement may be given with a very good intention, but it says nothing beyond it. If it comes from corporations they run, then it is corporate social responsibility (CSR). That's different from philanthropy. CSR is a lot of shareholders, including me.
- Confidence
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- Nov 07, 2020
Working with Roshni gives me lot of confidence. When I started SSN - in 1994, after a windfall gain from HCL-HP then - I was OK to do it alone. My brother, who was supposed to head it, passed away. We had a governing council to run it. That was a leap of faith, and we didn't know where we will get.
- Daughter
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- Nov 07, 2020
My daughter has no interest in succeeding me in the business. She is going towards social entrepreneurship, an area she is interested in.
- Copyright
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- Nov 07, 2020
On August 30, 1982, I get issued a copyright officially recognizing me as the inventor of e-mail.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020