- Mother
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- Nov 07, 2020
My Life Quotes
First-person, unfiltered reflection.
This page is built from first-person quotes about "my life" — a long personal search for meaning, and the deliberate work of clearing out stress and unwanted obligations. For identity-focused sayings, see I Am quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
I like to write things that are a soundtrack to my life so if I am experiencing that moment, I want to portray what would be playing in the background.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
American histories were the same; they had these mad ideas about how Parliament worked, or what people really meant when they said A, B, or C. All my life, I felt simultaneously deracinated and rooted in both places, and now it's my greatest strength: I'm culturally bilingual.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Some people see acting as a kind of stroll on the beach, and some people see it as a kind of skydive. And I've had lots of strolls on the beach in my life, so I'd like to do a skydive.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't care who or what judges me, nothing's going to stop me from living my life how I choose.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have been in an experience where I thought everything that I had hoped for in my life was taken away from me, and I had to redefine what mattered.
- Lost
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- Nov 07, 2020
I lost years of my life to prison because of two-dimensional and misogynist stereotypes.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I made a vow to myself while I was a hostage that if I were lucky enough to live and to get out of Somalia, I would do something meaningful with my life - and specifically something that would be meaningful in the country where I'd lost my freedom.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
Friendships that don't fit my life anymore have faded away, and new ones have come in.
- Fighter
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- Nov 07, 2020
I wanted to be a huge soccer player. I wanted to be the best in soccer when I grew up. But my life changed. Out of nowhere, I decided to be a fighter.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I feel like Nina came into my life to help me grow, and since I met her, everything in our careers has been amazing.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've always been a creative workaholic. I have never had a period of my life where I didn't have at least half a dozen projects going on at once.
- Feeling
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- Nov 07, 2020
The challenge in my life really is keeping the balance between feeling creatively energized and fulfilled without feeling overwhelmed and like I'm in the middle of a battlefield.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Neil Gaiman swooped into my life though another friend, Jason Webley, who knew we were fans of each other's work and introduced us via email. Neil and I, like me and Ben, just hit it off instantly.
- Green
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- Nov 07, 2020
I might be a pretty earthy, crunchy girl, yes. There might be some crystals and Buddhas in my house. I may meditate and eat all green and compost... Yoga is a very regular part of my life.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Some people in the industry warned me that I'd ruin my career, miss out on possible jobs, and potentially put my life in danger if I ever came out.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
My life is rich in experiences and opportunities and I am living it to the fullest.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020