Me Quotes
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People have told me that I'm courageous, but I have seen greater courage.
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I got sent to a health camp when I was about 6 years old, and we all had to wear the same starchy blue uniform. The lady who took care of me after school knit me a burgundy sweater. It was the only thing that gave me any individuality.
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I like to be loved or hated – I don't like mediocre. So I'd rather have the entire crowd hate me than to have 90% hate me.
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The last thing I wanted was to be with someone who's the same age as me and wanted the limelight, wanted the attention. There's lots of girls out there who do.
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Music has always been around with me.
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So many athletes who have been close to me have been everything to me.
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There's a lot more to me than just power.
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There was a sadness over me, a melancholy. That's always been a part of me – those are some of the things that lead you to the arts.
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I'm uneasy with fame so I do my best to avoid places that will bring me more attention.
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I know it is the fans that are responsible for me being here. I've always tried in each and every broadcast to serve the fans to the best of my ability.
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My biggest nightmare is I'm driving home and get sick and go to hospital. I say: 'Please help me.' And the people say: 'Hey, you look like...' And I'm dying while they're wondering whether I'm Barbra Streisand.
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One of my officers said to me that Trinidad and Tobago is seen like an ATM card... you come in with the card and you come back out with cash. It cannot happen anymore. It just cannot happen.
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All my songs come from me because I only seem able to write about myself and my experiences.
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There is nothing people can throw at me to say: 'Do this, do that.'
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All the things that most kids hated, I loved. I loved that things were asked of me and that, much to my surprise, I was able to do them. I loved the 10 o'clock bedtime. I loved the responsibility.
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There's nothing you could say that would shock me.
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The whole fame question is one that is constantly intriguing to me. I think that fame is something that other people create about you. Whether you jump into that or not is up to you – and whether you have the talents for jumping into it or not.
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I always loved cars. I don't know why, I can't explain it to you. It has always been with me.
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The Orioles made me. I didn't make the Orioles.
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If somebody gives me his hand, I will not look at him with suspicion.
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It seems to me that in literature, books have always been answers to other books.
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The hardest thing for me is planning ahead. My mom was brilliant at it.
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Nobody took you out for lunch when I started. Carla Bruni took me out for lunch once. She was really nice. Otherwise, you don't get fed.
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Age for me is just a number.
