- Like
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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
- He Or She
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- Nov 07, 2020
Ultimately, love conquers all, and gay or straight, don't we all want to believe that? I would that if this was to happen to me, and one of my kids had come and told me he or she was gay, I would say: If that's the only way you can live, then I love you.
- Day
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was 25, I was in a show called 'Bajour,' and I was going to leave the show because I couldn't breathe. I couldn't sing, and I couldn't do the basic dance steps I had to do. Fortunately, two actors in the production - who were also yoga instructors - taught me some breathing exercises, and my asthma was cured that day.
- Powerful
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- Nov 07, 2020
People see me in powerful roles. That's what people want to see. That's what I want to do.
- Face
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm pretty fortunate that my beard - if I shave it off, I look like a completely different person. My face, it transforms. I mean, I have a weird face! My eyes are really deep and sunken. My son tells me, 'You don't have any eyebrows.'
- God
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I write about my childhood I think, oh my God, how did I ever get from there to here? Not that any great thing has happened to me. But I felt so tiny, so lost.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I left Africa in 1966 it seemed to me to be a place that was developing, going in a particular direction, and I don't think that is the case now. And it's a place where people still kid themselves - you know, in a few years this will happen or that will happen. Well, it's not going to happen. It's never going to happen.
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
I know there are writers who feel unhappy with domesticity and who even manufacture domestic turmoil in order to have something to write about. With me, though, the happier I feel, the better I write.
- Look
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- Nov 07, 2020
I loathe blogs when I look at them. Blogs look, to me, illiterate. They look hasty, like someone babbling.
- Nov 07, 2020
To me, writing is a considered act. It's something which is a great labor of thought and consideration.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was raised in a large family. The first reason for my travel was to get away from my family. I knew that I wanted to be a writer, but I didn't want people to ask me questions about it.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
What strikes me about high-school reunions is the realization that these are people one has known one's whole life.
- My Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
The worst thing that can happen to you in travel is having a gun pointed at you by a very young person. That's happened to me maybe four times in my life. I didn't like it.
- Road
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- Nov 07, 2020
The idea of traveling in Africa for me is based on going by road or train or bus or whatever and crossing borders. You can't travel easily or at all through some countries.
- Place
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- Nov 07, 2020