- Important
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- Nov 07, 2020
Who Quotes
Quotes on who matters and why.
These quotes highlight who shaped someone or who stands out in a field - teenage musical influences, or the rarity of actors who combine action skills with classical theater training. Related reading includes He Quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Night
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- Nov 07, 2020
Yes, I was the child who would sneak into her closet and read 'Nancy Drew' for hours after the designated 'lights out' time of night.
- Desire
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- Nov 07, 2020
The thing I can't figure out is why I have an undeniable compulsion to clean public spaces, airplane bathrooms, restaurant flatware, hotel gyms and Chapstick containers... yet I have no desire to make my own bed. Ever. Seriously, who made me, and where am I from?
- Glasses
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've always been clumsy, the one who knocks glasses over.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
I really just prefer to be exactly who I am, and black is really the closest race and cultural category that represents the essence of who I am.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
Blackness better defines who I am philosophically and socially than whiteness does.
- Culture
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- Nov 07, 2020
You can't just say in one sentence what is blackness or what is black culture or what makes you who you are.
- Grow
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- Nov 07, 2020
And I grew up watching all the British ones so when you hear that from an early age, it makes it much easier than you guys who don't grow up with Australian television or British television.
- Famous
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- Nov 07, 2020
But things move in circles: one minute it's the models who are famous, then it's the actresses, then it's the designers.
- Getting
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- Nov 07, 2020
On television, it's all just shiny, successful people, and so I feel somebody has to wave a flag for the ordinary people who are not quite sure that they are getting it right.
- Praise
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think I'm somebody who takes praise with a very big - probably too big - pinch of salt.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
The characters in my stories all have quite loud lives in my head. It's a relief to get them on the page. Often they come from people I've noticed or overheard - but that is only a part of them. It's only by writing that I discover who these people really are.
- Nov 07, 2020
When a guy can make fun of you, thats attractive. Who knew that teasing could have so much power over women!
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
I like a man who can build things. Whittle me something out of wood and I'm sold.
- Parents
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- Nov 07, 2020