- People
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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
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
I do not want any child in America to have my childhood because it was taken away from me because I just wasn't good enough; well I am good enough now.
- Eating
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- Nov 07, 2020
I suffered from eating disorders when I was just a kid. I did not like me or the way I looked. But back then, you could not tell anyone.
- Funny
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- Nov 07, 2020
My parents always told me to be myself. I was always funny and silly as a kid. And I would always make them laugh. And they always told me to dream big and follow those dreams.
- Positive
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have rules about eating, exercising and rules about staying positive. And these rules are sacred to me.
- Education
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- Nov 07, 2020
When you gather up all the balls of life that you try to juggle, it is a very difficult thing to try to focus in on taking good care of yourself. But that's why God invented me - so I can come and teach and preach and make people laugh and give them some education so they can start liking themselves better.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Dyslexia, though, made me realise that people who say 'but you can't do that' aren't actually very important. I don't take 'no' too seriously.
- Nothing
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- Nov 07, 2020
My parents always told me that nothing was impossible.
- Mother
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- Nov 07, 2020
I remember my mother taking me to see the Picasso show in the 1940s, and I was impressed by the life and vibrancy of it all. It was a bit too avant-garde for most Londoners at the time, but since then, the city has become a centre for modern culture.
- Mother
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- Nov 07, 2020
'Be passionate about your work and your life' was instilled in me by my mother Dada, who was a potter. She also introduced me to the arts and encouraged me to embrace the new.
- Health
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- Nov 07, 2020
If God continues to give me health and a sane mind and verbal ability, I want to teach.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
This life journey has led me to love mystery and not feel the need to change it or make it un-mysterious. This has put me at odds with many other believers I know who seem to need explanations for everything.
- Belief
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- Nov 07, 2020
Religious belief has made me comfortable with ambiguity.
- Culture
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- Nov 07, 2020
Egoic consciousness is the one we all normally operate with, until we are told there is something else! Every culture teaches egoic consciousness in different ways. At that level it is all about me, my preferences, my choices, my needs, my desires and me and my group as the central reference point.
- God
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- Nov 07, 2020
We looked too long for God and truth through words alone. The fruit for humanity has been rather limited, it seems to me - especially when I observe every day the extraordinary amount of unhappy and angry people in well educated and 'religious' countries.
- Doctor
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- Nov 07, 2020