- 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
- Legend
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- Nov 07, 2020
Tramaine Hawkins has been a mentor, a confidante and an example of greatness. She has been through a lot in her life, and her career has spanned over 50 years. To me, that's what you call a legend.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
When you win a Grammy... you're thinking about you winning. It is amazing. Your peers and folks in the record business are saying, 'This is what we think of you.' And that's why the Grammy will always be, to me, the ultimate in what you get as far as a music trophy, because it is the one.
- Lyrics
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- Nov 07, 2020
All of my lyrics are based on the one thing that's never failed me, and that's the Word of God.
- Nov 07, 2020
I will not allow anyone to shut me up or shame me into silence, and I'm not going to rot away behind closed doors.
- Disease
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Lyme disease had so severely affected my brain functioning that it was extremely hard for me to think, form sentences, and stay focused.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was raised to take pride in homemaking, and it's something that I always love to do. I know I share that pride with millions of other women all over the world. It's a good feeling, and it makes me happy.
- Being
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- Nov 07, 2020
There is nothing harder for me than to sit at the sideline, not being able to be productive.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
My mother supported me from the beginning and never said you should be an activist or civil rights leader or minister.
- Day
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- Nov 07, 2020
Til I was about eight or nine, I had no awareness he was anybody special. Since all our friends were in the movement, I thought what Daddy did was natural. Everybody went to jail, right? Then, one day some kids at school called my daddy a jailbird, and it upset me. That was the beginning of my awareness.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
As soon as people heard me speak, they would compare me to my father. My siblings had the same kind of pressure.
- Dawned
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- Nov 07, 2020
Somebody has always wanted me to speak as a voice of black America, but it has dawned on me that I can only speak for myself.
- Experience
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- Nov 07, 2020
What just resonates with me so strongly is my whole spirituality and the fact that we are, my belief that we are spiritual beings having a human experience.
- Place
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- Nov 07, 2020
Really just about the only remembrance I have from when I was very young is the way Daddy used to place me on the refrigerator and then say, ‘Jump!' and I'd jump into his arms. It was so much fun for me that even when I got too large for it to happen, I still wanted to do it anyway!
- Hair
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- Nov 07, 2020
For me, I like to look presentable when I'm outside. I'm not going to come to the office with nasty hair and pajamas just because I stayed up all night - that's just who I am.
- Nov 07, 2020
I just try and decide what I'm interested in and what excites me. I don't worry about how it's going to be perceived.
- History
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- Nov 07, 2020