Tell Me I Can T Quotes

• You want me to do something... tell me I can't do it.

  Maya Angelou

  Fitness, Motivational Workout, Work Out

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• Tell me I can't so I can show you I CAN!

  Ledisi

  Shows, I Can

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• I've always been a fighter. If you tell me I can't, I'll die trying to prove you wrong.

  R. A. Salvatore

  Trying, Fighter, Prove

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• I am the greatest. I said that even before I knew I was. Don't tell me I can't do something. Don't tell me it's impossible. Don't tell me I'm not the greatest. I'm the double greatest.

  Muhammad Ali

  Self Esteem, Self Respect, Purpose

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• People ask me why I work so hard and why I have this compassion to reach the top and be great. I respond by telling them, "I work insanely hard because people said I couldn't do it." When someone tells me I can't do something, or that I'll never achieve my goals and visions, I am determined to prove them wrong.

  Robert Cheeke

  Motivational, Bodybuilding, Compassion

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• If you tell me I can't have something then that just makes me want it more.

  Anna Benson

  Want, Ifs, I Can

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• Have you ever tried?" "No." Then don't tell me I can't.

  Melissa Marr

  I Can

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• I think it's my motivation and my dedication to prove everyone wrong whenever they tell me I can't do something.

  The Miz

  Motivation, Thinking, Dedication

  "INTERVIEWS Interview: Mike Mizanin and Francia Raisa Talk Christmas Bounty" by Karen Benardello, www.shockya.com. November 26, 2013.

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• Once people tell me I can't do stuff, I'm going to go and make it happen.

  T-Pain

  People, Stuff, Happens

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• I've always been pretty tough in that way, where if you tell me I can't do something, I will prove you wrong.

  Willie Aames

  Way, Tough, Prove

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• When anyone tells me I can't do anything, I'm just not listening anymore.

  Florence Griffith Joyner

  Motivational, Athlete, Positivity

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• I just like testing myself. I just have that thing in me. Whatever it is that people tell me I can't do, I've gotta try it.

  Chris Gethard

  People, Trying, Testing

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• I get stubborn and dig in when people tell me I can't do something and I think I can. It goes back to my childhood when I had problems in school because I have a learning disability.

  Ann Bancroft

  School, Thinking, People

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• I'm the mayor, I can do whatever I want until the courts tell me I can't.'

  Sarah Palin

  Want, Mayors, Court

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• I didn't think there was life after modelling, believe me. It's a hit to the ego when you are not the diva on the set any more. But I think what keeps me going are challenges. I love when people tell me I can't do something

  Carol Alt

  Believe, Thinking, People

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• As soon as someone I don’t respect tells me I can’t do something, it just makes me want to do it even more.

  Kenneth Branagh

  Want, I Can

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• I’m tenacious, I think – I know – and I do also have a quality where if you tell me I can’t do something, if I know I can’t do it I’m the first to raise my hand and say, “I can’t do that.” But there is a big Bronx, New York Jew in me that just says, “Really? Really? You think I – yes, I can. I can do it. I can do it.

  Ellen Barkin

  New York, Thinking, Hands

  "Actress-producer Ellen Barkin". "The Tavis Smiley Show", www.pbs.org. November 14, 2011.

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• My accountant tells me I can't be a California resident anymore. I spend too much of my time in New York.

  Phil Jackson

  New York, California, Too Much

  Source: espn.go.com

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• My mom used to tell me, I can't use this phrase on the radio - but basically don't be one of those dudes hanging on the corner.

  Ta-Nehisi Coates

  Mom, Phrases, Use

  Source: www.npr.org

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• If you tell me I can't understand you because of my color or you can't understand me because of your sexual orientation or she can't understand us because of her faith, well, if you can't have empathy how will you ever have solidarity?

  Cleve Jones

  Color, Empathy, Solidarity

  Source: www.motherjones.com

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• Before me, sprinters retired at 23 or 24. I run because I still like it, I can make a living, and I feel I was born to do it. And because people tell me I can't do it.

  Evelyn Ashford

  Running, People, Born

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