- 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
- Money
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- Nov 07, 2020
For me, you've got to play football first. We're not trying to be accountants. The money takes care of itself. That's kind of how I think anyway.
- Laugh
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was in my late teens, I discovered 'Fawlty Towers' and 'Monty Python,' and they still make me laugh.
- Endured
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- Nov 07, 2020
Adults who loved and knew me, on many occasions sat me down and told me that I was black. As you could imagine, this had a profound impact on me and soon became my truth. Every friend I had was black; my girlfriends were black. I was seen as black, treated as black, and endured constant overt racism as a young black teenager.
- Extended
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- Nov 07, 2020
People I love and trust advise me to just drop off the face of the Earth for an extended period of time, and maybe that will calm or cool things down. But my work is very public work.
- Day
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- Nov 07, 2020
I tend to write two stories every day, five days a week. It's a real grind. But it also allows me to really try to have my finger on the pulse of injustice in America.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
For about a year, I worked for 'Daily Kos.' They were great. I mean, they allowed me to write whatever I was thinking about and feeling. 'The New York Daily News' saw it. They were making some pretty big changes. They hired a new editor in chief. I was his first hire.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've had teachers that inspired me, yes. I think teachers play a really important role in people's lives. I had one teacher in particular who helped me through high school and really instilled a confidence in me by just holding me up to a standard I wasn't holding myself up to.
- Pictures
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- Nov 07, 2020
The text illustrates the pictures - it provides a connective tissue for me. I usually refine the text last, partly because pictures are harder to do, so it's easier to edit words - I use text as grout in between the tiles of the pictures.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was growing up, a lot of books affected me, but I never wrote letters to the author or anything like that. I'm always mindful that there are probably a whole bunch of people reading my books like that, too.
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
My friends ask me why I still live with my family, but I feel comfortable there. We've all been through so much together.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
Obviously, I know there are players here who earn more than twice what I do. But that's not the issue for me.
- Change
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- Nov 07, 2020