Who I Am Quotes - Page 16

• I can't turn off the way I think, and that's essentially who I am, who anybody is.

  Marilyn Manson

  Thinking, Way, Turns

  "MARILYN MANSON: 'I Am Misanthropic And Self-Loathing, But Never Nihilistic'". The Miami Herald Interview, www.blabbermouth.net. January 20, 2008.

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• When I was a kid, I remember trying to emulate Stevie Wonder's sound, and Donny Hathaway's sound. It's just part of who I am - I'm just a soulful kind of dude.

  Elliott Yamin

  Kids, Trying, Sound

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• My whole life I've hated to lose, no doubt about it. I've been guilty of that since I was 6 years old, at camp. I have always played to win. That's who I am. But I never hurt anybody. The problem is when you're perceived as being too aggressive where you hurt somebody or do something improper.

  Peter M. Brant

  Hurt, Winning, Years

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• I am who I am. In politics when you treat people well and they know you're honest, straight and sincere, I think it's an advantage. Just because somebody comes from a hard-boiled political culture doesn't make him a good U.S. senator.

  Joe Kyrillos

  Thinking, People, Political

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• Throughout my life, I have grappled with my own identity, who I am. As a young child, I often felt ambivalent about myself; in fact, confused.

  James McGreevey

  Children, Confused, Identity

  "McGreevey Describes 'Intensely Personal Decision' in Speech". James McGreevey's speech televised live from Trenton, www.nytimes.com. August 12, 2004.

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• I came to realize, along with being attracted to girls, I had similar feelings for boys. All the people close to me have known for years who I am. Yet it took time to embrace that other part of who I always was.

  Joel Grey

  Girl, Boys, Years

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• It has taken me most of my adult life to come to terms with who I am. To do that, I had to break free of attitudes that brought me down.

  Janet Jackson

  Attitude, Taken, Adults

  Janet Jackson, David Ritz (2011). “True You: A Journey to Finding and Loving Yourself”, p.3, Simon and Schuster

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• I always take photographs when I attend a funeral. Most people there know who I am and expect me to be there with my camera.

  Martin Parr

  People, Funeral, Cameras

  "As we live and breathe: your photos of funerals and smoking". Interview with Theresa Malone, www.theguardian.com. August 27, 2013.

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• I started as - well, I wanted to be Poet Laureate. And I wanted to be a naturalist. That's how I began. I didn't have any desire to go and be a scientist. Louis Leakey channeled me there. I'm delighted he did. I love science. I love analyzing and making sense of all these observations. So, it was the perfect rounding off of who I was into who I am.

  Jane Goodall

  Perfect, Desire, Analyzing

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• I love going into a dive where they have no idea who I am or haven't heard my music and try to win them over.

  Schuyler Fisk

  Winning, Ideas, Trying

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• Part of the reason that I moved to Los Angeles is that even though my mom introduced me to all kinds of music, I really wanted to work on having my own identify, on being who I am and doing what I do, and seeing how people responded.

  Schuyler Fisk

  Mom, People, Kind

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• I'm really interested in stories about identity - who I am now versus who I used to be.

  Seth Gordon

  Identity, Stories, Used

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

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• Don't get me wrong. I want people to know who I am.

  Breaux Greer

  People, Want, Knows

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• I can't not be who I am.

  Randy Owen

  I Can

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• There was a point - when I was a kid - where I said I wanted to be like Luke Skywalker, with blond hair and blue eyes. My mom right there told me to never be ashamed of who I am.

  Chaske Spencer

  Mom, Kids, Eye

  "Chaske Spencer, Actor (Twilight)". Interview with Gabriel Canada, www.racebending.com. August 17, 2010.

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• I'm a theatre person, that's who I am. I'm happy to make sojourns into the world of movies but I'm basically a theatre director that potters off and does a couple of movies.

  Stephen Daldry

  Couple, Theatre, Directors

  "Stephen Daldry: 'Hollywood? I've never even been there...'". Interview with Tim Lewis, www.theguardian.com. February 10, 2013.

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• I know who I am and can deal with the use of Indian mascots... But I know it can be demeaning to a group of people. Maybe it would be all right if they were truly honoring the people and are giving due respect to the people they are representing.

  Leonard Little

  People, Giving, Groups

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• I'm doing things that are more artistic again, more close to the material that I love. I don't disparage those things that I did. They're just not as much reflective of who I am.

  Mira Sorvino

  Artistic, Materials

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• If you don't read, I don't know how to communicate with you...I can never express who I am in my own words as powerfully as my books can.

  Donalyn Miller

  Teacher, Book, Communicate

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• I'm not the most loved person on the planet. People assume they understand who I am by what I do.

  Mark T Bertolini

  People, Assuming, Planets

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• I started getting more in tune with who I am by doing roles or even just being in a class and being around people.

  Common

  People, Tunes, Roles

  "Jeremy Piven, Ryan Reynolds, Alicia Keys, Common and Nestor Carbonell on Shooting Smokin' Aces". MovieWeb Interview, movieweb.com. January 22, 2007.

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• All over the world kids and women [are] getting killed right now over beliefs, this is silly to get angry over. If it bothers you just don’t attend I’m down for anything positive but this doesn’t affect our parties too much. I’m not the promoter, I actually had nothing to do with the rules being implemented, but I do agree with my team. And cause of who I am, I’m the de facto speaker. I have thick skin so u guys that consider yourself PLUR can attack me all you want it doesn’t bother me. I’m just here for the music.

  Diplo

  Team, Silly, Party

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• My responsibility is simply being who I am and not buying into any projection as real. No projection is finally real, but projection does play a very important role.

  Gangaji

  Real, Responsibility, Play

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• In your cocoon, occasionally you shout complaints, such as, "Leave me alone!" "Bug off!" "I want to be who I am!"... which comes from fighting against your environment... You can raise your head and just take a little peek out of the cocoon... The environment is friendly. It is called "Planet Earth.

  Chogyam Trungpa

  Fighting, Leave Me Alone, Friendly

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• I think my greatest insecurity would just be standing in the middle of the room and having everyone watching me thinking that's what I want. If I am interesting to you because of who I am, then that's incredible. But if I'm interesting to you only because of what I am, then let's not bother, you know?

  Neve Campbell

  Thinking, Interesting, Insecurity

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