Who I Am Quotes - Page 20

• I'm better at producing than I am at being a songwriter, but it doesn't change the fact that I still have a desire to play and write songs. I've never wanted to be a career musician. But I still love to play and write. It's a big part of who I am.

  John Congleton

  Song, Writing, Play

  "John Congleton: Meet Indie Rock's Unsung Hero Of 2011". Interview with Mike Katzif, www.npr.org. December 23, 2011.

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• I don't need millions of dollars. I need to know that what I'm doing with my life is expressing who I am, and maybe making people happy. This is all we get.

  Felicia Day

  People, Dollars, Needs

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• If I'm a secure person, my online persona is going to be pretty similar to the person that I am. If I'm insecure, my online persona is probably very different from who I am in real life.

  Kim Stolz

  Real, Insecure, Different

  Source: www.usatoday.com

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• I think the reason that a lot of people have to have a lot of people around is just about being smart and knowing what you want to talk about. I want people to know who I am. Respect is a huge thing - especially in my family. ... If you don't respect people, people aren't going to respect you back. It's just about yourself, you respecting others, and hopefully everyone else will follow that and respect you, as well.

  Miley Cyrus

  Smart, Thinking, Knowing

  "'I've never been that person to fake it,' says Miley Cyrus". Interview with Denise Quan, www.cnn.com. September 15, 2009.

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• I don't want to misrepresent who I am personally. I don't want my kids to see me on a talk show and say, "You're talking different" or "You look different, dad." I'm not gonna be an animal; I know how to conduct myself.

  Michael Rapaport

  Dad, Kids, Animal

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• Im not a bad guy. People who know me know who I am.

  Juan Pablo Galavis

  People, Guy, Know Me

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• So I'm taking a stand-and I hope others will-to really live what I believe and embrace who I am in Jesus Christ.

  Michael W. Smith

  Jesus, Believe, Christ

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• When we live life centered around what others like, feel, and say, we lose touch with our own identity. I am an eternal being, created by God. I am an individual with purpose. It's not what I get from life, but who I am, that makes the difference.

  Neva Coyle

  Live Life, Differences, Identity

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• Reading was very important to me as a kid. It was very inspirational to me. I went to a school where that wasn't encouraged so much, but my parents encouraged that, and it has made me part of who I am.

  Sasha Grey

  Reading, School, Kids

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

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• I love playing characters who are opposite of who I am.

  Maiara Walsh

  Character, Opposites

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• As a teenage girl myself, I've gone through times in my life where I've felt insecure about who I am and have tried so hard to fit in with everyone else.

  Kelli Berglund

  Girl, Teenage, Insecure

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• People do make assumptions about models. That's their issue, not mine. It doesn't bother me because I'm comfortable enough in my own skin - I know who I am.

  Lily Cole

  Issues, People, Skins

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

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• The Waltons was profoundly important after years of wandering around. I was 44 and cut off from family and friends. It nurtured me back to a sense of family and who I am. It was a transforming experience.

  Ralph Waite

  Cutting, Years, Important

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

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• I'd go at anyone. I took all of my brothers' bull. It made me who I am.

  Rob Gronkowski

  Brother, Bulls, Made

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• I grew up with synthesizers and weird, spacey music-hip-hop, R&B, modern rock-that I heard on the radio. That's influenced the way I play music. It's natural for me to go with what I feel. If I didn't let that other stuff out and stuck to a certain format, I would feel like I was missing out on something. I'm just enjoying my ride and being who I am.

  Gary Clark, Jr.

  Rocks, Play, Hip Hop

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• I don't want to die without knowing who I am.

  Jane Fonda

  Knowing, Want, Dies

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• I think of all the choices I never knew. And those I let be made for me - to please, from fear, for love. Where did they disappear to, those choices that I never made? They are all part of who I am. They are the legacy I leave behind, they are the finished portrait of myself I cannot change.

  Liv Ullmann

  Thinking, Choices, Portraits

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  I'm not hiding from anyone. I am who I am, and I'm not perfect.

  Justin Bieber

  Perfect, Hiding, I Am Who I Am

  "Interview: Justin Bieber Talks About His Top 5 Rappers, Selena Gomez, and Growing Up In The Game". Interview with Joe la Puma, www.complex.com. March 30, 2012.

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• Twitter is a place where I can let people know what type of person I am, and I got some good feedback from it. More good than bad, so it's a good outlet to let people know who I am.

  Kevin Durant

  People, Feedback, Outlets

  "Kevin Durant Talks Lil B Challenge, Mac Miller, and Chris Bosh". Interview with Donnie Kwak, www.complex.com. February 10, 2011.

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• I've never worn a dress shirt that's been comfortable. I've always just worn dress shoes. On more than one occasion, I've heard that a champion should dress like a champion. But I'm a champion because of who I am. Who I am is not that guy. If everybody wears three-piece suits, everyone looks the same.

  CM Punk

  Shoes, Guy, Champion

  Interview with Tom Breihan, www.gq.com. July 13, 2011.

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• I was going through so many changes in my life - separation with my wife, having an affair - that was all very messy and public. It felt like if I really wanted to rock my boat and make changes in my life and who I am and how I am, that would also mean moving on from Cheers.

  Ted Danson

  Cheer, Moving, Mean

  "The Best TV Show That's Ever Been". Interview with Brian Raftery, www.gq.com. September 27, 2012.

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• I have a full life off the road. I was never in it just for the money or the career. That's why I'm comfortable with myself. I know who I am out of the spotlight.

  Dion DiMucci

  Careers, Spotlight, Full Life

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• Most people know who I am. Then I get the people who don't know who I am and just want to take a picture with a guy with muscles. I get more people that know me than anything.

  Ronnie Coleman

  People, Guy, Want

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• Being Nigerian is a strong part of my identity. Being American is a strong part of my identity. And there are important parts of who I am that really have nothing to do with my national connection.

  Teju Cole

  Strong, Important, Identity

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• Nothing I accept about myself can be used against me to diminish me. I am who I am, doing what I came to do, acting upon you like a drug or a chisel to remind you of your me-ness, as I discover you in myself.

  Audre Lorde

  Drug, Over You, Acting

  Audre Lorde (2012). “Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches”, p.147, Crossing Press

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