- 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
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
For me, MMA is like speed chess. It's like I'm herding a person into a certain position. Say my endgame is an arm bar. I'm not gonna actually take you and put you there. What I'm going to do is convince you that it's a good idea to move in the direction I want you to go.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
I had a certificate that said, 'Doctor of Mixology, Harvard University,' that I actually got from Harvard University. A friend of mine was a research assistant over there and it was one of those student or university perks and she brought me in on that. So I am a doctorate from Harvard and it only took me one afternoon.
- Fighters
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- Nov 07, 2020
I lost a lot of judo matches because of points fighters. It was extremely frustrating for me.
- Freedom
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- Nov 07, 2020
The whole 'bad girl' thing allows me to mess up sometimes. And I have freedom to say more of what I want to.
- Mother
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- Nov 07, 2020
My first injury ever was a broken toe, and my mother made me run laps around the mat for the rest of the night. She said she wanted me to know that even if I was hurt, I was still fine.
- Fight
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was always pushed to do that much more, and in the long run that made me more of an MMA fighter. My mom always told me that if I let it go to the judges, I'd lost. There was no way I was going to win a decision, so I had to find ways to finish the fight fast.
- Energy
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- Nov 07, 2020
If there's a camera on me or off me, it's roughly the same, just a lot less energy.
- Cheaper
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- Nov 07, 2020
The pollution problem is always seen as someone who was doing something bad that has to be stopped. To me, pollution is doing something bad and good. People don't pollute because they like polluting. They do it because it's a cheaper way of producing something else.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
During the two centuries since the publication of 'The Wealth of Nations,' the main activity of economists, it seems to me, has been to fill the gaps in Adam Smith's system, to correct his errors and to make his analysis vastly more exact.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
With 'Outlander,' definitely the book fans were at the door, ready to go, as soon as we started. But it felt like it kind of crossed over into more of a general audience rapidly. That did surprise me - I thought it would take longer for general audiences to come around.
- Always
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- Nov 07, 2020
I always felt journalists had a very clear idea of what they wanted to write about me before the interview began.
- Career
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- Nov 07, 2020
God has been with me in my whole career.
- Secret
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- Nov 07, 2020
As you can tell from the titles of my books, I like to probe secret organizations, secret subjects. And this sometimes gets me into trouble.
- Important
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- Nov 07, 2020