- Me
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- 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.
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- Culture
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- Nov 07, 2020
I wonder what it means about American literary culture and its transmission when I consider the number of American poets who earn their living teaching creative writing in universities. I've ended up doing that myself.
- Imagination
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- Nov 07, 2020
I can't satisfy myself with just trying to tie all of my imagination into music, especially when music is not appreciated as an art form as much as it used to be.
- Collapsing
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was married to someone who wanted me to change. Become more adult, more responsible. I began not to like myself, not like what I do. I lost my identity. Everything began collapsing around me.
- Because
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- Nov 07, 2020
Ultimately, because I'm an artist, I can't ever consider myself a nihilist, so I suppose I'm optimistic.
- Nov 07, 2020
I restore myself when I'm alone.
- Loved
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have feelings too. I am still human. All I want is to be loved, for myself and for my talent.
- Person
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- Nov 07, 2020
First, I'm trying to prove to myself that I'm a person. Then maybe I'll convince myself that I'm an actress.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
At first, I only laughed at myself. Then I noticed that life itself is amusing. I've been in a generally good mood ever since.
- New
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I lecture, under almost all circumstances, I write a new lecture for the occasion. It helps me think. It helps me make demands of myself that I would not otherwise make.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I remember when I was a child... walking into the woods by myself and feeling the solitude around me build like electricity and pass through my body with a jolt that made my hair prickle.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I consider myself a feminist because I believe women should have equal rights. Of course. It's just that the term 'feminism' conjures up other things for people.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I could draw up a list of about 30 artists who I apparently sound like. From Lady Gaga, to Katy Perry to Lana Del Rey. I don't know if it's because I'm versatile or because production affects how people judge music. I can't wait for a time I can just be classed as myself.
- Work
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- Nov 07, 2020
You know, you don't work 30 something years in this business without knowing how to push yourself. So, I just kept pushing myself and pushing myself. The other thing that happens is when your hormones get out of whack your emotions come up.
- Influence
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- Nov 07, 2020
There are certainly stories that I used to tell myself as a kid that did influence 'The Cabinet of Wonders.' There's a scene in the novel where there's a flood that bursts through the castle, and one of my favorite things to do when I was a kid at school was imagine what school would be like if there was a sudden flood.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020