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- Nov 07, 2020
My Own Quotes
Owning it, good and bad.
Several of these are about carving out space to do things your own way after finishing a long chapter of work. For more first-person lines, see our I Am quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Fire
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- Nov 07, 2020
I once read Updike after writing a first draft, and I wanted to put my own book on the fire. I've since learned to read utter crap while I'm writing: pulp is the thing.
- Own
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm not blowing my own trumpet here, but I made a rap song 20 years ago with Afrika Bambaataa.
- Meet
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- Nov 07, 2020
Starting my own business was kind of a wakeup call in a number of different ways. I had to meet a payroll every week, and we had to satisfy customers, and we had competitors that we had to compete with in order to have those customers come into our stores, and we had to compete with other employers for our employees.
- Own
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- Nov 07, 2020
By the age of 9 or 10, I knew that I had to cut my own cloth and make my own way.
- Lawyer
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was a lawyer for 10 years, and several of my clients had the misfortune, through no fault of my own, of going to prison. I visited them occasionally.
- I Can
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- Nov 07, 2020
I still take photographs for my own use, personal studies. I do not feel that I can fully express my views through the medium and this is why I have moved towards painting.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I would rather earn 1% off a 100 people's efforts than 100% of my own efforts.
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- Nov 07, 2020
There are a lot of Washingtons that have played football. I could just blend in more and carve out my own name quietly.
- Live
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- Nov 07, 2020