- I Am
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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 will fight hard to keep my seat in this place, but that will depend on the people who sent me here.
- Funny
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't care what the haters and naysayers say. If they make jokes about me, I'll laugh because they'll probably be funny.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
Growing up, I had a very busy social life. It wasn't until I was a sophomore in high school that I asked Mama if I could come into the kitchen and have her teach me how to cook something.
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020
I really didn't have an interest in being in the kitchen until after I was married, when I was 18. It didn't take me long to realize that Mama was not going to show up at my house every day and cook.
- Bad People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've always known a lot of very bad people, destructive, brutes of a certain kind. Then I've seen these lovely impulses and what not, and they've stayed with me and comforted me.
- Memory
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have a painter's memory. I can remember things from my childhood which were so powerfully imprinted on me, the whole scene comes back.
- Day
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- Nov 07, 2020
I told everybody that I was going to be an actress in Hollywood one day. People looked at me like I was crazy.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
People tell me being a perfectionist is a fault, but I find that's what drives me.
- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
The first time I got pregnant, I was a young girl - I was 17 years old. Although I knew right away that I wanted to keep my child, being a pregnant teen was an extremely scary experience for me. Luckily, my family and friends were very supportive and were there for me every step of the way.
- Girl
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was kind of broke . 'The Girl on the Train' was a last roll of the dice for me as a fiction writer.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
The first Amy Silver book was commissioned, and they were not books that came completely from me. They weren't necessarily the sort of books I read, and although I enjoyed doing them very much, and they were great training, I never felt completely comfortable in that genre.
- Money
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- Nov 07, 2020
I felt like all of the American people did not believe me because of the things that were said about me, and said that people would say that it was just for the money, and it wasn't about the money. It was about what he did to me. And I knew I was telling the truth.
- Time
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- Nov 07, 2020