- Fat
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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
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
The goal for me has always been to learn how to express myself in radio and to have fun doing it and work with whatever contingencies arise.
- Places
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- Nov 07, 2020
My fight-or-flight mechanism... had served me well in Gaza, in Afghanistan, and all the places I'd been.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
Anything is possible. I've got a few more miles in me. I'm not going to feel sorry for myself.
- Experiencing
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- Nov 07, 2020
For me, travelling and drawing the world, experiencing as much as possible first hand, has been very important. Making notes, drawing and writing on the move, became second nature.
- Free
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you asked me what caused aging, I would say free radicals and molecules, which spontaneously shift and form and cause damage in all our cells and genes. The body usually repairs and replaces the damage in these genes. But as you get older, the aging clock turns down those defenses.
- Fight
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- Nov 07, 2020
My parents said sticks and stones will break your bones but names will never hurt you. But I always felt a sense of exhilaration after a fight; it was the names that really hurt me.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
Playing on the streets of Iraq, or in Israel or the Gaza strip, I'd sing angry protest songs against war. People would say, 'Make us clap, make us dance, and laugh and sing.' It really made me think about the importance of happy music.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
There are so many things to be worried about, and I wanted to make a record that people could put on, and it would lift them up the way the sun did for me each day.
- Become
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- Nov 07, 2020
In the '80s, Ronald Reagan inspired me to become politicized, because I grew up in that era when everything I cared about was under attack.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
I can't sing, like, I can't saaang. I'm no Luther! That to me is singing. Being able to hit a note doesn't mean you can sing.
- Mom
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was going to be a writer. One person believed I could do it: my mom. Having her faith in me was like carrying around the Hammer of Thor.
- Negative
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- Nov 07, 2020
My best idea was to not accept my wife's negative reaction when I asked her to marry me.
- Character
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- Nov 07, 2020