- Feel
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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
- Doing
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- Nov 07, 2020
When we were younger, playing a bar or a club, we did what we did to get as many people to like what we were doing. I wanted the person in the back of the room to like it as much as the ones in the front. That's how I've always looked at it.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am naturally a very curious person.
- Been
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've always been a serious person.
- Happy
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I found out I'd won Book of the Year, the first person I called was my mum, who was so happy she cried on the phone. I did a bit too to be honest.
- Private Person
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm quite a private person.
- Nov 07, 2020
I think I'm a very solitary person. To actually not be anonymous is a bit claustrophobic for me.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I entered KC College in 1975. When I came here for my interview, for my admission, every person I spoke to spoke to me in Sindhi. Be it Kundanani, Bhambani, Nichani, Kevalramani... and they also thought that Ambani was the same. For a moment, I thought that I got my admission at KC College because I have a 'ni' in my surname.
- Book
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Bible - it's sort of the other person in the room. There's this book, the reader, and the Bible.
- Mistakes
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- Nov 07, 2020
Make bold choices and make mistakes. It's all those things that add up to the person you become.
- Hide
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- Nov 07, 2020
I like to hide behind the characters I play. Despite the public perception, I am a very private person who has a hard time with the fame thing.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
Whenever I think I'm going to get certain information out of a person, it's never as effective or comfortable as just having an open conversation, listening to them, being present, and being open to hearing something I didn't even know they were going to say.
- Giving
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- Nov 07, 2020
Because I'm just a giving person spiritually, I feel that if your intentions are to use or abuse or take advantage of, then you might get what you get in the meantime, but there's still a price to pay.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
I haven't always been the person I am today. I came into loving myself more than anything or anyone else.
- Diversity
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- Nov 07, 2020
I knew there were calls for diversity in children's lit, but you always wonder as a person of color, how diverse is too diverse?
- Experience
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- Nov 07, 2020