- Hard Work
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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 Aug 03, 2026
- Being
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- Nov 07, 2020
If I hadn't left South Africa, I felt I was at risk of being pigeonholed. I looked around and saw actors who, 10 to 15 years into their careers, were still playing stereotypical Afrikaans characters, stereotyped Indian characters. That was not something that I wanted for myself.
- Democracy
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- Nov 07, 2020
Growing up in this post-apartheid era, the first generation of teens in South Africa living in this new democracy, I often found myself feeling different. I was often the only person of color in an otherwise all-white school. And within the Indian community, because of my training with an English acting teacher, my accent was very different.
- Feeling
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- Nov 07, 2020
I myself don't have Netflix. And recently, I was staying at a friend's place who did, and I was feeling rather poorly one morning, and I sat down and watched the entire series of 'The Killing,' the American version of 'The Killing' in one day. I just got hooked. I thought, 'Wow, I've never done this before.'
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have never been insecure, ever, about how I look, about what I want to do with myself. My mum told me to only ever do things for myself, not for others.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm really happy to be me, and I'd like to think people like me more because I'm happy with myself and not because I refuse to conform to anything.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
After a prosperous, but to me very wearisome, voyage, we came at last into port. Immediately on landing I got together my few effects; and, squeezing myself through the crowd, went into the nearest and humblest inn which first met my gaze.
- Being
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- Nov 07, 2020
I do think there is a responsibility for myself as being a senior professional footballer to be able to pass on my experiences to the younger generation.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
People said: 'You're too big to play football,' but I kept playing and it just happened that people have caught on to me and taken to me. The nicest thing I get from it is that I can be myself and people seem to like it.
- Football
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've always liked to keep myself busy so I don't get sucked in by temptations and that was part of the reason why I set up my BMO brand - to keep me occupied during my career, but also for when I finish football.
- Happiness
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- Nov 07, 2020
From being in Tibet and being around Tibetans, I feel like I've learned so much more about what brings a person happiness, about what actually brings myself happiness.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm like Madonna: I keep reinventing myself.
- Character
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's part of my character not to take myself too seriously. That's one of the reasons I've been able to survive.
- Age
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've been able to reinvent myself and to keep an audience going at whatever age. This is terrific. I mean, how many actors get that chance?
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am a private person. I don't need a lot of company. And I find it really, really difficult to talk about myself.
- Best
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- Nov 07, 2020
Something I remind myself every day, just do your job to the best of your ability and that's the most important thing.
- Difficult
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I really want to be comforted myself, what I look for is a story about how somebody could survive something really difficult.
- My Own
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- Nov 07, 2020