- School
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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
- Mother
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm a mother myself, and sometimes mothers get a bad rap just because they've tried to do their job. Some people have more of a knack for it than others do, but almost all of it falls to, 'My mother's suffocating me.' Whatever.
- Doing
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'd always been acutely sensitive to my surroundings - and aware that I could make them rather than just observe them. So I began by designing interiors for myself, for friends, for clients - I just felt that I'd discovered my element, and those who really looked at what I was doing liked it - and the rest followed.
- Just
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- Nov 07, 2020
Just in terms of the opportunity I've gotten is amazing. I consider myself super, super, super lucky.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
The image of myself that I give on social media isn't actually who I am; it's not 100 percent me, obviously.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
There are big parts of my life that I don't share. I don't share myself eating dinner with my family. I don't talk about who I'm dating. That's private; that's me.
- New
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I see a new artist I give myself a lot of time to reflect and decide whether it's art or not.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I wanted people to know that I'm human, and I'm only successful because I've learned the hard way. I've been in so many dark places, but I got myself out.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm very confident with who I am and how I lead, and I'm a problem solver and like to keep myself on my toes.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Right now, I love the fact that I have so many opportunities, but I know this privileged position cannot last. That doesn't mean that I'll stop working. I picture myself as an old actress doing cameos in films with people saying: 'Isn't that that Bening woman?'
- Time
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't see myself as competing with other actresses. I mean, I went through a time when I was in New York, and I was going to lots of auditions and trying to get parts, but even then, you're not really competing with the other actresses. There is a competition going on, but it's not like something you can win in that way.
- Having
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't see myself as having to compete with younger actresses; I don't feel that.
- Health
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- Nov 07, 2020
I do have to take care of myself, not only because I'm in the movies, just for mental health reasons. I exercise for me. You know, maybe it would be nice to not have to do that in order to feel good, but I do. I feel like I have to, to feel good. To clear my head and all of that, so.
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
Most women would say they relate to 'Hedda Gabler' - there's a part of her in them. Ibsen was writing about a deep ambivalence that many women feel about domesticity. I think about myself and friends of mine - we have some of Hedda's qualities and traits.
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020