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• I didn't really understand racism because I grew up in an all-black society, so I didn't see how it was possible not to like me!

  Jamaica Kincaid

  Racism, Black, Grew Up

  "'Our Sassy Black Friend' Jamaica Kincaid". Interview with Hannah Levintova, www.motherjones.com. January/February 2013.

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• What distinguished my life from my brother's is that my mother didn't like me. When I became a woman, I seemed to repel her.

  Jamaica Kincaid

  Mother, Brother, Distinguished

  "Jamaica Kincaid Hates Happy Endings". Interview with Marilyn Berlin Snell, www.motherjones.com. September/October 1997.

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• My problem is that I do not get along with lesbians at all. They don't like me, and I don't like them.

  Camille Paglia

  Problem, Don't Like Me

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• I'm Method trained. How is this character like me? What does she think of her mother? What does her mother think of her? It's like construction, and then, yes, you hope you're talented and that the universe aligns and captures the kind of laborer's work you've done and whatever else sprinkles down on you, and it's all caught on film or onstage.

  Ellen Barkin

  Mother, Character, Thinking

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• I want to be so famous that drag queens will dress like me in parades when I'm dead.

  Laura Kightlinger

  Queens, Dresses, Want

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Whether you agree with me, disagree with me, like me or loathe me, don't bind my hands when I am negotiating on behalf of the British people.

  John Major

  Hands, British, Behalf

  "At war with his party". The Guardian, April 17, 1997.

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• The force of truth that a statement imparts, then, its prominence among the hordes of recorded observations that I may optionally apply to my own life, depends, in addition to the sense that it is argumentatively defensible, on the sense that someone like me, and someone I like, whose voice is audible and who is at least notionally in the same room with me, does or can possibly hold it to be compellingly true.

  Nicholson Baker

  Sympathy, Voice, Rooms

  Nicholson Baker (2011). “U and I: A True Story”, p.65, Vintage

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• I assume that if people get to know me, they'll like me. If they don't, it's not my problem.

  Mira Sorvino

  People, Assuming, Problem

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• I was single for a long time and felt very much alone in the world, and talk of family values upset me very much at that phase in my life, because I used to think: 'What about people like me?

  Wendy Cope

  Thinking, Long, People

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• I used to hang out a lot in jazz clubs, and the groups took to a kid like me who wasn't afraid to get up and sing with a jazz band. Then I started to hang out in rock clubs and learned to carry off different styles.

  Eric Burdon

  Kids, Rocks, Style

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• When I used to model, the job description is 'shut up and pose.' There are people today who would really like me to go back to that old job description and 'just shut up and pose.

  Kathy Ireland

  Jobs, Old Job, People

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• If you don't like my announcing, you don't like me.

  Johnny Miller

  Don't Like Me, Announcing, Ifs

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• My aunty says I'm the double of my father. He was a workaholic, which I've definitely inherited. And like me, he could be the life and soul of the party, but also quite withdrawn.

  Alastair Campbell

  Father, Party, Soul

  "Alastair Campbell: My family values" by Angela Wintle, www.theguardian.com. July 27, 2012.

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• People say my music is English. I don't know what it is. Maybe it's not me writing English music, but that English music is becoming more like me.

  Harrison Birtwistle

  Writing, People, Becoming

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• Some people come up and say they would like me to play Boba Fett again.

  Jeremy Bulloch

  Play, People, Boba Fett

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• Guys just don't care. We don't take the time to plan behind each other's back. We just say, 'If you don't like me, screw you.' If a guy doesn't like you, you know because you have a black eye.

  Jonathan Bennett

  Eye, Guy, Black

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I don't want people to think they have to like me because I'm on TV every other minute.

  Katy B

  Thinking, People, Want

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• I am different - if you can find another like me, then I will buy you dinner!

  Mario Balotelli

  Different, Dinner, Ifs

  "Balotelli: 'I am a genius ... I am different - if you can find another like me, I will buy you dinner!'" by David Anderson, www.mirror.co.uk. May 29, 2012.

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• It surprises me how much children like me, you know? If they look at me as an example, I have a big responsibility.

  Mario Balotelli

  Children, Responsibility, Example

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• The words I use too often are X-rated, something an old man like me shouldn't be talking about anyway.

  George Clinton

  Men, Talking, Use

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• Entrepreneurs, because they need money, they are willing to share their crystal ball with someone like me. That's the best thing ever.

  Ron Conway

  Entrepreneur, Needs, Balls

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• I like America, and I think probably the American people like me.

  Fernando Alonso

  Thinking, America, People

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• I don't let it bother me too much if someone doesn't like me. I just figure there's no accounting for taste. It's not me, it's my acting. It's like if someone doesn't like someone's food, they just don't like my acting.

  Anna Chlumsky

  Acting, Too Much, Taste

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• Whether you like me or you don't, I still dig showing up for work.

  John Cena

  Showing Up, Stills

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Australians are a fantastic bunch of people but the attention can be overwhelming for someone like me.

  Cathy Freeman

  People, Attention, Fantastic

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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