- Fall
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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
- Emphasize
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- Nov 07, 2020
To emphasize only the beautiful seems to me to be like a mathematical system that only concerns itself with positive numbers.
- Detours
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- Nov 07, 2020
By the end of the millennium, despite the continuing excitement of the field, almost thirty years of a detour from chemistry to medical imaging began to pall, and I changed my focus to a field of chemical research, just in time for my past to catch up with me in the form of a Nobel Prize. All detours should be so productive!
- Hell
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't know who the hell Paul Lynde is, or why he's funny, and I prefer it to be a mystery to me.
- Moment
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- Nov 07, 2020
It was the worst moment of my life. The producer came up and talked me back into going on stage.
- Mother
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- Nov 07, 2020
The doctor's name was Sylvia. I told her she'd have a problem with me because Sylvia was my mother's name.
- Mask
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I started out, I preferred to watch my films without music, as its presence tends to mask the underlying pace of the film. I felt I could feel the rhythm of the film better without music to influence me.
- Education
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- Nov 07, 2020
At the time it seriously troubled me, but in drafting me as Marshall Plan Administrator, President Truman did as great a favor for me as one man can do for another. It opened my eyes to many things of which I was totally unaware and it was the beginning of my real education.
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
I would like to say that no man ever was given finer cooperation than that given me by President Truman.
- High Energy
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've seen so many kids walking to school with these massive high energy drinks, and they are nine or 10. I'm like, 'What?' It was a treat for me. It is still a treat for my family.
- Fire
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- Nov 07, 2020
My dad made these dough balls and covered them up with a cloth in front of a gas fire, which was stuck on a wall. They were rising. In my head, I think they were the best rolls I've ever had. If there was a starting point for me, that was it.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was filming in Roscrea in Co Tipperary. I had great fun watching monks in the monastery there making bread. They even offered me a job as their main baker. One of them said I would make a good monk, but I told him there was a slight problem because I was married.
- Cake
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- Nov 07, 2020
Anything that has more buttercream than it does cake is going to be a no-no for me.
- Doughnut
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- Nov 07, 2020
Dad was a baker, and we lived above the bakery, so I was always popping down to have an apple pie or a doughnut or a custard or gypsy tart: I had a very sweet tooth, and I think that that was what got me into doing what I do now.
- Light
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- Nov 07, 2020