- Nov 07, 2020
Myself Quotes
Quotes on knowing yourself.
These quotes turn inward, questioning long-held traditions and how one sees oneself - one recalls identifying strongly as a mathematician rather than a technologist, while another admits, with some humor, to relying on charm rather than looks. Related reading includes I Am Quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Background
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- Nov 07, 2020
I come from an academic background. I wasn't raised to be into promoting myself.
- Political
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- Nov 07, 2020
I wasn't political enough to write articles about myself or go to cocktail parties, meaning that not only has my art been pirated and my intellectual property rights stolen, but my work has been misrepresented.
- Art World
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- Nov 07, 2020
I wasn't an academic looking in books for ideas. But I educated myself about historical work that was similar to mine, to provide a frame of reference that wasn't the usual frame of reference of the New York art world and Europe.
- Play
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- Nov 07, 2020
I promise myself that I would go and do a play every year.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I just play him as myself, I don't ease myself into any role really. I stick a beard on and play me.
- Father
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- Nov 07, 2020
I know myself, from my own background, the E.U. depresses employment and destroys jobs. My father had a business destroyed by the common fisheries policy.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
In 'The Greatest Showman,' I'm back doing VFX myself, allowing me to craft exactly how something looks, one frame at a time.
- Live
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- Nov 07, 2020
For my first apartment, when I was first married, I went to the lumberyard and bought stuff and made couches. My then-wife made cushions. I was really very interested in furniture. I was in school for architecture, but I had to live, and making furniture was different from designing buildings, which I couldn't do for myself.
- Day
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- Nov 07, 2020
On the first day I got my wheelchair, I was also given all my clothes for the next day, a little pile on the chair. I was so proud of myself for getting it all on - the socks and everything. Dressing is a struggle, and it can take up to an hour and a half.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've always found that the most powerful way to create change is to be myself and not be afraid to express who I am.
- Mind
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't think anybody should do what they do in hopes of being successful. But I always expect myself to be successful at things. And if I'm not, I feel bad. I don't care for failure. I've failed at a number of things, and it's not my favorite state of mind. So I prefer success.
- Me
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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.
- Me
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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.
- Nov 07, 2020
I could produce spurts of speed and after taking up athletics I found myself running quite quickly over 400m.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
You want to provide for your family, of course, but you also want them to come along on the journey with you. I haven't achieved all I want to with my life, so I need to continue to push myself.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020