- Leisure
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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
- Doing
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- Nov 07, 2020
Playing the piano was what I loved doing for myself, but as soon as it became a 'thing' that I was being pushed to pursue by my teachers, I rebelled.
- Clothes
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- Nov 07, 2020
I use my clothes to make my day better - for example, if it's a dull day, I'll wear something bright to cheer myself up.
- Look
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- Nov 07, 2020
I suffer from reverse body dysmorphia. When I look in the mirror I see somebody slimmer. It's quite a shock to see myself on TV, especially on widescreen.
- Look
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't spend a lot of time worrying about how I look and I don't fall into the trap of judging myself by my appearance.
- Care
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- Nov 07, 2020
I care a lot about animal welfare and children. Although I don't have children myself.
- Getting
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm always running my mouth off and getting myself in trouble, so I'm trying to do it less.
- Loss
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- Nov 07, 2020
Such is my experience - not that I ever mourned the loss of a child, but that I consider myself as lost!
- Language
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think of myself as a writer as much as I think of myself as a linguist and an academic. I really enjoy writing - playing with language and getting just the right metaphor.
- Doing
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- Nov 07, 2020
Before the whole Disney realm had undergone this huge revamping, as a kid, I always saw myself doing these dramatic indie parts. And then I fell in love with doing comedy and doing kid shows and really working for kids.
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020
There are whole months at a time when my head is so full of ideas that I wake in the middle of the night and lie in the dark telling myself stories. There are also long, dark nights when I just know I'll never write another word: I'm finished, empty, a husk... Oh dear, yes, twitch, yawn, how I've suffered insomnia for my art.
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- Nov 07, 2020