- Religion
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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.
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- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
And perhaps, posterity will thank me for having shown it that the ancients did not know everything.
- Picture
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- Nov 07, 2020
Egypt, the Egypt of antiquity, at a later time, exercised a mysterious fascination over me. I recognized a picture of it immediately, without hesitation and astonishment, in an illustrated magazine.
- Happenings
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am sure that the sad days and happenings were rare, and that I lived the joyous and careless life of other children; but just because the happy days were so habitual to me they made no impression upon my mind, and I can no longer recall them.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
I recall feeling an almost delicious terror when one day I found myself alone in the midst of tall June grasses that grew high as my head. But here the secret working of self consciousness is almost too entangled with the things of the past for me to explain it.
- Memory
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- Nov 07, 2020
I still have in my memory, almost agonizing impressions of a serious illness which I had when I was about eight years old. Those about me called it scarlet fever, and its very name seemed to have a diabolical quality.
- God
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- Nov 07, 2020
I still held fast to my determination to become a minister; it still seemed to me that that was my duty. I had pledged myself, in my prayers I had given my word to God. How could I therefore break my vow?
- Leadership
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- Nov 07, 2020
As CEO of Accenture, I am not French anymore. When I'm in India, I am Indian. We are a company with no physical headquarters. We operate on a virtual level. Our leadership meetings are teleconferences, which is why the Board asked me to stay on in France. And I tell others to stay in their own countries.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
One night at a party, a really drunk guy came up to me and said, 'Whoa you look like Yves Saint Laurent' because I was wearing a turtleneck. I'd love to track that guy down and tell him that he gave pretty good casting advice.
- Patience
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- Nov 07, 2020
After months of preparation working with a stylist who explained to me how a fashion house runs and the process of making a dress, I developed a respect for the patience and skill it takes to design these dresses.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I do like to fly under the radar. When I walk around town, the only people I want to recognise me and call me by my name are the folks at Starbucks.
- Believe
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- Nov 07, 2020
My parents made me believe I could do anything I wanted to do. They were really into empowering me.
- Delving
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- Nov 07, 2020
Acting allows me to explore new worlds, to discover characters by delving into their lives, and ultimately to become someone else entirely.
- Doing
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- Nov 07, 2020
For me, acting is doing.
- Mother
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- Nov 07, 2020
My mother was the prettiest woman in the town. He was a bit older than her. They made me. And he split.
- Consequently
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- Nov 07, 2020