- I Am
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- 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
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am a very reserved person and have very few friends in the industry, while most of my close ones are from school and college.
- Encounters
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've always thought that one of the least successful encounters is meeting a writer one admires. For one thing, writers are generally much kinder, more empathetic, more generous people on the page than they are in person.
- Brave
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- Nov 07, 2020
I grew up in adoration of writers like Hemingway, George Orwell, Anna Akhmatova, and that has always been my idea about the artist - that you have to be a brave and freedom-loving person.
- Nov 07, 2020
There are three things that make a person a writer: inspiration, perspiration and desperation.
- Look
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- Nov 07, 2020
I made a pact with myself when I was younger that if were to ever grow up to be someone, I would be someone who would make a difference, instead of being just another person on the planet who doesn't look into anything.
- Black
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was 26 when I went to my first acting class. I'm naturally quite shy. I'm a quite private person. There's this really strange acting class in New York called Black Nexxus. For someone who's slightly shy or self-conscious, it's the most frightening thing you can do.
- Only
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- Nov 07, 2020
The only person out there worthy of mixing political views and music is Jello Biafra.
- Some
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's barely any aspect of our modern lives that hasn't had a mathematical contribution at some point and yet, if you asked the average person, they might think that maths is just difficult, irrelevant and uninteresting.
- He Or She
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I meet a new person, I am on the lookout for signs of what he or she is loyal to. It is a preliminary clue to the sense of belonging, and hence of his or her humanity.
- Crazy
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm always writing. I'm an obsessive. It's not because I'm a disciplined person. It's because I'm crazy about it.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Everyone thinks when they start writing that they can't do it. I was lucky. My sister Delia was the most important person in terms of encouraging me.
- Isolation
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- Nov 07, 2020
My EP, 'Room 93,' was all about isolation - it was based on the idea of being in a hotel room and being totally alone with yourself or that other person.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm as heterosexual as any person need be. I'm open about my relationships - or lack thereof - in my own life, because I want to make the case that gay isn't contagious. It's not something that you can catch or learn or choose.
- Either
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- Nov 07, 2020
I would be a terrible person to be in a relationship with because I'm either sleeping or at the theater.
- Anything
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- Nov 07, 2020