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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
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I know that I do have influence over the people who watch me, and it's quite a pressure. I have to stay positive, and while I would never use the words 'role model', I am mindful of the responsibilities that come with a substantial viewership.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't know, the word 'famous' just sounds really weird to me, because I'm just me.
- Lie
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- Nov 07, 2020
Even if a minefield or the abyss should lie before me, I will march straight ahead without looking back.
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have really long hair, so I don't cut it all that often. Sometimes, when I'm working, I just have the stylist on set trim it for me. I don't dye my hair. When I was a teenager, I dyed my hair five colors at one time. It was all different shades of red going from more orange to more purple. I thought I looked so cool.
- Journey
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am not reggae, I am me. I am bigger than the limits that are put on me. It all has to do with the individual journey.
- Doing
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't care what you play, where you're from, who you produce. It depends on what you're doing when you're with me. That's what counts. I don't pre-judge anything or anybody.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
I left Jamaica for a while, because as an artist I need to experience different things, see the world, have different energies. Living in one place is not good for me.
- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
I would look at a dog and when our eyes met, I realized that the dog and all creatures are my family. They're like you and me.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've opened up more by traveling outside Jamaica. It helps me to grow as a person to be outside of my element; to be on my own in a strange place meeting people.
- Children
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- Nov 07, 2020
Writing for children hadn't occurred to me when I was younger, but nine years of teaching in the upper elementary grades had given me a deep appreciation of the gifts and graces that are specific to individuals with 10 or 11 years of experience as human beings.
- Extinguish
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- Nov 07, 2020
Teaching in the upper elementary grades had given me a deep appreciation of the gifts and graces that are specific to individuals with ten or eleven years of experience as human beings. It is, I think, a magical time - when so much has been learned, but not yet enough to entirely extinguish the magical reach and freedom of early childhood.
- Person
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- Nov 07, 2020