- Figuring
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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
- Foundation
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- Nov 07, 2020
I started off with making personal donations and eventually set up my own foundation, VTCY Foundation, now known as Better Malaysia Foundation. My contributions are also made through companies that I own.
- I Was Born
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- Nov 07, 2020
Kanpur is my own town. I was born and brought up here.
- Make
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- Nov 07, 2020
I used to make my own food and ate on my own in my room.
- Own
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- Nov 07, 2020
I like to produce my own movies.
- Nov 07, 2020
I have sort of weaned myself off of reading my own reviews, which is a constant struggle.
- Mind
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't really mind where I play - left, right, up front on my own, or with another striker. I'm just versatile like that, and I don't mind playing anywhere in attack.
- Own
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- Nov 07, 2020
I used to print out lyrics from Nas songs and write my own lyrics in the same syllable count but with different words and different rhymes.
- Frustration
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- Nov 07, 2020
I make things of my own that aren't that glam, but I'm not known for that, which has always been a bit of a frustration for me.
- Death
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was 16 or 17, I started listening to Death Cab, and I started writing my own songs. I was writing alternative rock, and I had a seven-piece band. The shift was just iterations of experimentation and finding what sounded right. When I stumbled on the sound and vibe that I currently have, it was kind of by chance.
- Creative
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love spreadsheets. I do all the finances. I pay the publicists. I have to compartmentalize the creative and the business, so there are sacrifices. But ultimately, I get to be the CEO of my own business.
- Hospital
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love to crochet. I have my own line of yarn and donate half my proceeds to St. Jude Children's Hospital.
- Creative Writing
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- Nov 07, 2020
I did a minor in creative writing in college, but I didn't start writing until I stayed at home with my own children.
- Own
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- Nov 07, 2020
I won't be attempting to write Jane Austen-style prose - that would be suicidal. But I will attempt to bring the highest level of my own prose, and to make it sparkle.
- Nov 07, 2020