- Nov 07, 2020
Person Quotes
On character, focus and what makes a person who they are.
These quotes describe personal identity in different lights: spirituality that exists outside organized religion, competitiveness aimed inward rather than at others, and the wide or narrow focus people bring to their goals. For more, see our I Am quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
Being taken for granted can be a compliment. It means that you've become a comfortable, trusted element in another person's life.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have long observed that the act of writing is viewed, by some, as an elite and otherworldly act, all the more so if a person isn't paid for what she writes.
- Free
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- Nov 07, 2020
Some literary types subscribe to the notion that being a writer like Salinger entitles a person to remain free of the standards that might apply to mere mortals.
- Living
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- Nov 07, 2020
With all this talk of Going Green, Buying Green, Living Green, and Green being the new whatever, I've come to realize that, although we had no green, my grandmother was actually the 'greenest' person I've ever known.
- Live
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- Nov 07, 2020
The person who does not know how to live while they are making a living is a poorer person after their wealth is won than when they started.
- Pleasures
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- Nov 07, 2020
Maturity is achieved when a person postpones immediate pleasures for long-term values.
- Feet
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am not the paraplegic seated permanently in his chair or the able-bodied person on her feet. Identity for a hemiplegic is a shifty thing.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think Judas was a very devout religious Jewish person. He realizes that Jews had been persecuted and enslaved for thousands of years, and he wants to keep his people from going through that anymore.
- Funny
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- Nov 07, 2020
In entertainment, I adore Ricky Gervais in 'Derek.' His performance is unbelievably charming, funny and poignant. In life, I adore my girlfriend. She is the most adorable person I have ever met - from her silly jokes to her cute teeth to her little drawings.
- Romantic
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- Nov 07, 2020
The office is a romantic enabler because you're always around the person you have a crush on. There's no escape from, and maybe no desire to escape from, those pressure-cooker conditions. And there's an automatic series of things you have to talk about all the time.
- Son
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- Nov 07, 2020
I wasn't the most well-liked person in Canton. I was a coach's son who played quarterback. It was tough at times.
- Best
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- Nov 07, 2020
Everyone feels a sense of ownership in creating a Lynn Shelton movie. Lynn chooses amazing people - including the crew. Every person there is committed to making the film the best it can be.
- Nov 07, 2020