- Nov 07, 2020
Personality Quotes
What makes someone unmistakably themselves.
These personality quotes range from a public figure reflecting on why he's comfortable speaking before Congress, to actors who accept that certain traits will always come through on screen whether they intend it or not. A couple of entries push back on the very idea of having a public personality at all. See Character for a closely related theme.
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- Teacher
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- Nov 07, 2020
To be a teacher you have to have a very giving, selfless personality. I don't think I'm that selfless and giving.
- Person
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm not really a management-type person. It doesn't suit my personality to be bossing people around.
- Lazy
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have sporadic OCD cleaning moments around the house. But then I get lazy and I'm cured. It's a very inconsistent personality trait.
- Future
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- Nov 07, 2020
Due to irresolvable personality conflicts as well as musical differences, I am permanently leaving the band Audioslave. I wish the other three members nothing but the best in all of their future endeavours.
- Dangerous
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- Nov 07, 2020
Being famous before you've formed your personality, before you have that self-esteem, is dangerous.
- Best
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't think there's anybody in America who thinks my personality is best suited to being Number Two.
- Happy
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- Nov 07, 2020
You look at a herd of cattle and well, they all look the same... but they know. They all have an individual personality, and those personalities change from day to day. They can have their grumpy days and their happy days and their serene days. But it's unpredictable. You can't be off in outer space when you're dealing with animals.
- Drill
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- Nov 07, 2020
I feel a little bit like a drill sergeant sometimes. Some elements of my personality, as a parent, I'm not real crazy about.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have an addictive personality. I was addicted to computer games... and then all that obsessive nature just piled into music.
- Looking
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have a personality that tends to be somewhat compulsive, and I do tend to think in a circular way. I dwell on the same things over and over and I try to figure out different ways of looking at the same issue.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
We have no higher life that is really apart from other people. It is by imagining them that our personality is built up; to be without the power of imagining them is to be a low-grade idiot.
- Men
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- Nov 07, 2020
The functions of the president are prescribed by the Constitution, but his real achievements are not set by the letter of the law. They are determined rather by his personality, the weight of his influence, his capacity for managing men, and the strength and effectiveness of the party forces behind him.
- Model
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- Nov 07, 2020