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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.
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I like writing in an illustrative, descriptive way. I prefer describing to rather than explaining. One, I rarely have anything to say. It's much more interesting for me to discover some meaning that you didn't know that you could create.
- Proud
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- Nov 07, 2020
The one I tell everyone, the one I'm very, very proud of is 'Call Me Irresponsible.' Simply because I want to say and it's not as facetious as it sounds. It has five syllable words in it.
- Hope
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- Nov 07, 2020
Being a star has made it possible for me to get insulted in places where the average Negro could never hope to go and get insulted.
- House
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- Nov 07, 2020
I bought a house in the Hollywood Hills and brought my grandmother from Harlem to live in it with me.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I go to temple a lot less than I would like because when I do, people still look at me as if they think it's a publicity stunt.
- Country
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- Nov 07, 2020
I believed in Bobby Kennedy. Campaigning for him was an attempt to give back something to this country that has given me so much.
- President
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was so opposed to the war in Vietnam that I initially refused President Nixon's urgings for me to go there.
- Everything
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- Nov 07, 2020
Everything that Eddie has said about me is the total opposite of what really happened. Eddie says I wanted to be a solo artist. No, Eddie wanted to be a solo artist.
- God
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- Nov 07, 2020
Don't compare me to Babe Ruth. God gave me the opportunity and the ability to be here at the right time, at the right moment, just like he gave Babe Ruth when he was playing. I just hope I can keep doing what I've been doing - keep taking care of business.
- Every Day
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- Nov 07, 2020
I can't do it every day. They're not going to give me much to hit right now. They're pitching me real well. If I get there, fine.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
Anybody who has wanted me to go out there and pull some emotion out and act like we are going to get down, that's what I specialize in. That's fine. That's something that I do, and that's something that I've done over the breadth of my career. With Brock Lesnar, regardless of who he is, it was going to be no different.
- Comic
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was fortunate that I was born in an era where comic books kind of grew up with me.
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- Nov 07, 2020