Georges Pompidou Quotes

He imitated me so well that I couldn't stand myself any longer.

Georges Pompidou

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• It is hard to watch myself. I'm hypercritical, and it's difficult to watch a performance when I may end up being at odds with it - wishing I'd done something differently or that they had edited it a certain way.

  

  Jack Falahee
  • Up
  • Done
  • May

• I believe in growth - in myself and in the characters I create.

  

  Barbara Delinsky
  • Believe
  • Myself
  • Growth

• When you're a producer and an artist you're very critical of yourself. I like to produce other people, but I'm not that good at producing myself.

  

  Valerie Simpson
  • People
  • Good
  • Myself

• If we pulled out of Iraq tomorrow, Islamic jihadism is on the rise. And they continue, as we see in Lebanon, to seek to destroy the State of Israel and seek to drive America back and bring us to our knees. We must stand tall and straight.

  

  Zach Wamp
  • America
  • Tomorrow
  • Stand

• I've got nothing very original to say myself.

  

  A. N. Wilson
  • Myself
  • Nothing
  • Say

• Every story I create, creates me. I write to create myself.

  

  Octavia E. Butler
  • Me
  • Myself
  • Story

• I put myself out there; it's part of my job, and I get it: people will attack me. At first I was thrown off, but now I have a pretty thick skin about it.

  

  Zooey Deschanel
  • People
  • Job
  • Pretty

• I look at myself as an audience member. I still love movies, and I still go and sit in the back of the big dark room with everybody else, and I want the same thrill.

  

  Samuel L. Jackson
  • Love
  • Myself
  • Dark

• I don't necessarily call myself a psychic, but since I was a little girl, I would dream about things, and then I would tell my dad, and it would happen the next day.

  

  Zoe McLellan
  • Dream
  • Girl
  • Dad

• The only thing I'd ever wanted in my life was to be a major-league ballplayer, but I had to admit to myself that I wasn't good enough. It broke my heart.

  

  Earl Weaver
  • Life
  • Good
  • Heart

• I'd previously done 'Expelled,' and that was more on the comedy side, so I really wanted to challenge myself and see if I could actually do a drama.

  

  Cameron Dallas
  • Done
  • Comedy
  • Myself

• I just don't consider myself to be, you know, an American actor. I don't want that life.

  

  Damian Lewis
  • Life
  • American
  • Myself

• I'm a student of the movies. I'm a student of all media. This is what I do, and I like to immerse myself in what's current and what's topical. And I find that I'm drawn to those things.

  

  Ian Ziering
  • Myself
  • Media
  • Student

• In order to understand the mindset of a boxer, I needed to become a boxer myself.

  

  Edgar Ramirez
  • Myself
  • Understand
  • Mindset

• 'Black Messiah' is a hell of a name for an album. It can easily be misunderstood. Many will think it's about religion. Some will jump to the conclusion that I'm calling myself a Black Messiah. For me, the title is about all of us. It's about the world. It's about an idea we can all aspire to. We should all aspire to be a Black Messiah.

  

  D'Angelo
  • World
  • Black
  • Myself

• I describe myself as a simple Buddhist monk. No more, no less.

  

  Dalai Lama
  • Simple
  • Myself
  • More

• I have given up reading books; I find it takes my mind off myself.

  

  Oscar Levant
  • Up
  • Mind
  • Reading

• Of course it would depend on the project, but I don't think I could ever separate myself from my aesthetic.

  

  Zack Snyder
  • Think
  • Myself
  • Aesthetic

• In the long run, we need to build a leadership force of people. We have a whole strategy around not only providing folks with the foundational experience during their two years with us, but also then accelerating their leadership in ways that is strategic for the broader education reform movement.

  

  Wendy Kopp
  • People
  • Long
  • Experience

• It's good to laugh at times that feel inappropriate.

  

  Ina May Gaskin
  • Good
  • Feel
  • Laugh

• I put a lot of pressure on myself. I think something's not good enough, and I won't stop until I feel like I've made it. I'm never satisfied.

  

  J. Cole
  • Good
  • Stop
  • Myself

• I've noticed that the few times I've traveled first class myself, you've already got your drink, and your coat has been taken by the time the rest of the passengers file on, and it's hard not to feel sorry for them. They're sort of trooping past you like cows to slaughter and you're sitting there in your, you know, wide-body seat.

  

  Walter Kirn
  • Time
  • Past
  • Myself

• I do practice martial arts, more as a recreational thing, but a lot of my friends have been heavyweight champions the in mixed martial arts world.

  

  Vin Diesel
  • World
  • Friends
  • Practice

• He imitated me so well that I couldn't stand myself any longer.

  

  Georges Pompidou
  • Myself
  • Stand
  • Imitated