- Economy
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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.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- College
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- Nov 07, 2020
After immersing myself in the mysteries of the Electoral College for a novel I wrote in the '90s, I came away believing that the case for scrapping it is less obvious than I originally thought.
- Back
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- Nov 07, 2020
After my extended hiatus I found myself at the age of 36 and knew the TV route could get me back out there with the biggest splash.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've had a record deal before and I was willing to do whatever they wanted me to do and I thought that would be it. By the end of it, you know, I hated myself.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Once I established myself doing crazy things and being extreme, people want to see it all the time.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
I never view myself as a leader.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
Being myself is what got me to where I am.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
My office doubles as a karaoke den for the neighborhood. There are strobe lights and Rock Band plastic guitars, a disco ball and a fog machine and some other things. I have a really long work day, and you might find me doing karaoke by myself late at night.
- Done
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- Nov 07, 2020
The intention that naturally exists: 'My intention is to get done with this commute.' So I've just doomed myself to an hour of discomfort, because my intention will not be met until I get out of the car.
- Only
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- Nov 07, 2020
If I physically made every work myself, I would get only one or two paintings done a year, if that.
- Moment
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm in deep in everything, every moment of the day. I create the systems and oversee every aspect of the execution. Every mark on a sculpture and every brush-stroke on a painting is in a controlled situation, exactly as they'd be if I'd have done them myself.
- Freedom
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- Nov 07, 2020
Every day I wake up and I really try to pinch myself to take advantage of today and to use that freedom of gesture to do what I really like to do.
- Old
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was eight years old, I got a dummy for Christmas and started teaching myself. I got books and records and sat in front of the bathroom mirror, practising. I did my first show in the third grade and just kept going; there was no reason to quit.
- Laugh
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was in third grade I taught myself ventriloquism... What's hard is to learn to be an entertainer and make people laugh. I was a few years out of college before I felt I had enough material. Then in 1988 I moved to L.A. and started to do some shows at comedy clubs.
- Business
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- Nov 07, 2020
I taught myself computer. Then Macintosh came along, and it became a really bad addiction. If I wasn't in show business, I'd have pocket protectors growing out of my chest. I do everything on it. It's kinda sick.
- Experience
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- Nov 07, 2020