I Can Do This Quotes - Page 3

• You see, what is my purpose of performance artist is to stage certain difficulties and stage the fear the primordial fear of pain, of dying, all of which we have in our lives, and then stage them in front of audience and go through them and tell the audience, I'm your mirror; if I can do this in my life, you can do it in yours.

  Marina Abramovic

  Pain, Artist, Mirrors

  "Conversation: Marina Abramovic". Interview with Jeffrey Brown, www.pbs.org. April 8, 2011.

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• It's not like someday my kid's gonna be standing over my grave, and somebody's gonna hang her a folded flag and say, "You know what? This is 'cause he did 24 hours straight on Twitter." But it's just one of those little personal victories, like, "I wonder if I can do this." And I did it. A stupid goal, but I accomplished it. Life's all about...for me, at least...having very stupid achievable goals. That way, you always feel like a winner.

  Kevin Smith

  Stupid, Kids, Goal

  "A chat with Kevin Smith, Kevin Smith interview, The Best of the SModcast, Reaper". Interview with Will Harris, www.bullz-eye.com. October 7, 2009.

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• I aim to help the Germans and the Europeans successfully travel all the way down the path toward European integration, and I can do this more effectively if I don't commit myself to a party.

  Hans-Werner Sinn

  Party, Path, Way

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• There are the jobs you get that do something for your confidence, like "I can do this with my life" kind of thing. And then, there are the jobs that maybe bring a certain level of awareness about you as an actor where other people feel like they can hire you.

  Rosemarie DeWitt

  Jobs, People, Actors

  Source: collider.com

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• I learned the hard way. When I started hitting home runs, I thought, I can hit these pitches. Then I started thinking, if I can do this, I can hit the pitch four inches outside or four inches up. I expanded the zone and got myself out. Pitchers are smart. If they find out they don't have to throw strikes, they won't.

  Carlos Delgado

  Running, Smart, Home

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• It was really the dream role, and when they first cast me, and I started playing Dolores [in the Westworlds] and all I knew was the analysis mode and her prairie-girl character, I thought, "Yeah, of course I can do this, and I'm good at it, but why did they pick me?" Not because I'm not capable, but I'm also kind of a tomboy, edgy, so I was curious.

  Evan Rachel Wood

  Girl, Dream, Character

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• I think if you're going on thinking oh, I can do this with my eyes shut, then it's probably not the right thing to be doing, you know.

  Ewan McGregor

  Eye, Thinking, Doing You

  Source: www.hollywoodreporter.com

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• A lot of people have the ambition, but they never ask themselves, Do I really believe I can do this?

  Brendon Burchard

  Believe, Ambition, People

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• We had to do something at [a festival in Washington, D.C.]. I remember Chris Martin, by then we all knew him, there were certain people who were regulars. He would say, "Oh, my God, you guys, I think I'm going to throw up." It was a daytime festival, and they went on right after some really heavy band, and he was saying, "I don't think I can do this. I think I'm going to throw up." He was in the bathroom thinking he was going to be sick. He said, "They're going to hate us." In fact, they hated them. They hated Coldplay - did not go over well. His instincts were correct.

  Jancee Dunn

  Hate, Thinking, Sick

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• When one child says to another, "I can do this, I bet you can't"; "My dad has a bigger car than yours"; or, "My dad is stronger than yours." Children identify with this or that, trying to build up a sense of self - a mentally defined sense of self.

  Eckhart Tolle

  Children, Dad, Self

  Source: rayhemachandra.com

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• I can do this thing called the 'eyebrow wave,' where I can move my eyebrows in a...wave-ular motion, whatever you call it. I feel like all the teen magazines have sucked me dry of my cool talents.

  Victoria Justice

  Moving, Eyebrows, Magazines

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• I'm strong and I can do things that scare me. I can drive in the snow even though it terrifies me. I'm doing it all alone, I don't have a boyfriend, it was like, "I can do this."

  Lissie

  Strong, Snow, Scare

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• What I really mean is that actors do the interview process because they have to. It's a good bargain: If I can do this part then I'll sell it. I just wish it wasn't me who had to do it because it feels very unnatural.

  Kristen Stewart

  Mean, Wish, Actors

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• I'm not a sculptor; I'm a hard-edged model maker. You give me a drawing, you give me a prop to replicate, you give me a crane, scaffolding, parts from 'Star Wars' - especially parts from 'Star Wars' - I can do this stuff all day long. It's exactly how I made my living for 15 years.

  Adam Savage

  Stars, War, Years

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• The closet exists because people don't talk about it, so that people going into political careers make a calculation early on. They say to themselves, "well, the closet is under the radar, I can do this."

  Kirby Dick

  Careers, People, Political

  Source: therumpus.net

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• I am not in the business of predicting general stock market of business fluctuations. If you think I can do this, or think it is essential to an investment program, you should not be in the partnership.

  Warren Buffett

  Thinking, Essentials, Investment

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• If I kept saying it; if I kept reaching out. My accident really taught me just one thing: the only way to go on is to go on. To say 'I can do this' even when you know you can't.

  Stephen King

  Goes On, Way, Taught

  Stephen King (2008). “Duma Key: A Novel”, p.495, Simon and Schuster

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• It never occurred to me that I was going to have to talk to a camera. I don't know if I can do this.

  Ree Drummond

  Cameras, Knows, Ifs

  "The Pioneer Woman Gets Lost on the Range" by Amanda Fortini, www.newyorker.com. February 3, 2012.

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• Well, I think certain roles are chosen for us. The moment I read Pete Campbell I thought: I can do this, this is mine. And in Money, too. The truth is I turn down a lot of projects. If a character doesn't have some kind of internal struggle, it's no good for me.

  Vincent Kartheiser

  Struggle, Character, Thinking

  "Vincent Kartheiser: 'I definitely do psychopathic. I don't try to, but it just sneaks out'" by Tim Adams, www.theguardian.com. April 24, 2010.

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• What would dawn have been like, had you awakened? It would have sung through your bones. All I can do this morning is let it sing through mine.

  Diane Ackerman

  Morning, Dawn, Bones

  "The Inevitable: Contemporary Writers Confront Death". Book edited by David Shields & Bradford Morrow, 2011.

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• I can take this real world and superimpose upon it the world of illusion (which isn't, really), in order to either fix or prevent many of life's difficulties--or even better, create happiness and well-being for both myself and others. I can do this, and so can you ... if you really want to.

  Silver RavenWolf

  Real, Order, World

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• I always did something I was a little not ready to do. I think that's how you grow. When there's that moment of 'Wow, I'm not really sure I can do this,' and you push through those moments, that's when you have a breakthrough.

  Marissa Mayer

  Inspirational, Life, Positive

  "Google's Marissa Mayer: Passion is a gender-neutralizing force" by Felicia Taylor, www.cnn.com. April 5, 2012.

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• After I won 21 games, I said, "This isn't that hard actually. I can do this every year for maybe 10, 15 years." To tell you the truth I thought I was going to be in the Hall of Fame. I really thought that. You feel so strong, so powerful walking down the street. You know you can throw a ball harder than any man in the world, or certainly the top five. Sandy Koufax knocked all of us out of the box on that one, so we would think, "I'm the second or third hardest thrower in the game."

  Jim Bouton

  Strong, Powerful, Men

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• There's something really empowering about going, 'Hell, I can do this! I can do this all!' That's the wonderful thing about mothers, you can because you must, and you just DO.

  Kate Winslet

  Mother, Empowering, Wonderful

  "Kate Winslet On Being A Mom: ‘You Can Because You Must, And You Just DO’", www.huffingtonpost.com. March 18, 2014.

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• That wall is your mind playing tricks on you. You just need to say, 'One more step, I can do this. I have more in me.' You'll be so proud of yourself once you push yourself past your threshold.

  Kerri Walsh

  Wall, Past, Mind

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