- People
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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
- Garden
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- Nov 07, 2020
One day at my grandmother's house, I discovered 'The Secret Garden' and read it. This was the first book I found entirely for myself, and I cherished it.
- Book
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- Nov 07, 2020
I didn't write anything at all except book reports until I was in seventh grade, and then I wrote mostly poetry for myself.
- Best
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't like to appoint myself to nothing, knowing I'm no better than anybody else. But it always makes me feel good to know I try to do the best I can, and those who might observe say, 'Hey, I can take a little something from that person.'
- Nov 07, 2020
I do think I was trying to entertain the reader more than I was trying to purge myself.
- Clothes
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- Nov 07, 2020
In 2013, before the publication of my fourth novel, I met with a stylist at Nordstrom. Since then, I've rarely shopped for 'event clothes' on my own. I usually do it with my sisters or a friend; if I'm alone, I take pictures of myself in the dressing room and text them to my sisters.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't think I anticipated supporting myself as a writer... I expected I would have to be a teacher or a journalist, that I wouldn't just write full time. It's such a part of my life, and in some ways, it's a very unromantic part of my life. It's almost, to me, like breathing. I don't think about whether I like it or not.
- Invincible
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't think of myself as being invincible anymore.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've buried six Guardian Angels who have been shot and killed in the line of duty. I was stalked myself, had a gunman go pow, pow, pow, pow, pow, pow, five hollow point bullets, God save me. What do you think this is? This isn't Zimmerman. But unfortunately, he's become the face of Block Watch, Crime Watch.
- Think
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- Nov 07, 2020
Hey, I was lucky twice. I know it's three strikes and you're out. I don't think of myself as being invincible anymore.
- Fun
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was very young, I got my first opportunity in television with a show called 'Surfing the Menu,' and it was myself and another buddy. We traveled around Australia and we surfed and cooked and drank too much wine. And we had a lot of fun.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020