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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
- Sleep
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- Nov 07, 2020
It might be asked, 'How much time shall I allow myself for rest?' The answer is that no rule of universal application can be given, as all persons do not require the same measure of sleep, and also the same persons, at different times, according to the strength or weakness of their body, may require more or less.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love comedy and I would write things to myself as an exercise in writing. I didn't do well for years, and I quit. I started to break down why I was afraid and started to look at people I admired, like Richard Pryor, Eddie Murphy, Freddie Prinze, George Carlin and all.
- Character
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- Nov 07, 2020
The more I can be the character, the further I can get away from myself, the better.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
Generally in my films like 'Hearts of Darkness' or 'Picture This,' I try not to make myself a presence in the film.
- Nov 07, 2020
It is also said of me that I now and then contradict myself. Yes, I improve wonderfully as time goes on.
- Down
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm not trying to get myself up a notch on the ladder by shoving somebody else down on the ladder, whether it's a candidate or the president of the United States or anybody else. I just don't believe that's the way one oughta campaign, I've never done that.
- Eras
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- Nov 07, 2020
While I put forth the suntan and the teeth and the cavalier attitude, I've survived under the worst of eras and times, and I've always had a good time doing it, because I never really took myself seriously, nor did I take life seriously because it is already terribly serious.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Beatles exist apart from myself. I am not really Beatle George. Beatle George is like a suit or shirt that I once wore on occasion, and until the end of my life, people may see that shirt and mistake it for me.
- Difference
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- Nov 07, 2020
I brought what I could of myself to this thing, because between Henry Warnimont and I - not a hell of a lot of difference.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I pride myself on being available to as many people's stories as I possibly can.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
You ask me if I will not be glad when the last battle is fought, so far as the country is concerned I, of course, must wish for peace, and will be glad when the war is ended, but if I answer for myself alone, I must say that I shall regret to see the war end.
- Old
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- Nov 07, 2020
Personally, I regard myself as an intellectual 'rebel,' kicking against the 'old colonialism-imperialism paradigm' which has landed Africa in a conundrum.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you play music for the right reasons, the rest of the things will come. The right reason to play music is that you love it. That's why I play music. I never imagined that I was going to be doing this, especially because I never thought of myself as an instrumentalist.
- Devote
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- Nov 07, 2020