Me Quotes
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I have a very feminine voice when I write, a very womanly point of view. My last name feels strong and powerful. To me, it's almost a bit masculine. I like the dichotomy of the two. Two sides perfectly represented within my name.
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I don't do the whole, 'Put my name on it, make me famous' thing.
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Designers have told me that their collections are so me, but I don't always recognise it because if you ask me what my style is, I'm really not that sure.
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Close friends consider me a literary snob.
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When you do acoustic shows, there's always a more intimate vibe. I go into them with lowered expectations and assume that people don't want to hear me.
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Nearly every coach I've talked with tells me that the attention you get from media and other people is the thing you miss most. I don't know if that's right.
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If it is true that we have a personal relationship with God, then that's enough for me.
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The kids are so much fun. I'm always taking a look over at what they're doing because it reminds me of when I was so small before.
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'Moonlight' is a project that resonated with me more than anything else. I wouldn't have done 'Luke Cage' if they hadn't made time for 'Moonlight.'
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I don't go out, so I don't get attention from girls. They're not going to have posters of me on their walls. I just try to get on with my life.
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I have a lot of friends who do EDM music; they had to tell me what a 'drop' was.
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I find that you learn from others. It's very much about watching TV and watching movies for me and grasping that way and watching other people act.
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When I started 'CNN,' I made the decision to stay out of endorsing candidates, and let the doers make up their own minds about politics, that it wasn't going to come from me.
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At college age, you can tell who is best at taking tests and going to school, but you can't tell who the best people are. That worries the hell out of me.
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Nobody has it all, but for me to even come close is amazing.
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My dad never told me that when you audition, you might not get the role. He wanted to wait until my first disappointment to tell me.
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Everyone asks me why someone Turkish is making Greek yogurt. In Greece, it is not called 'Greek yogurt.' Everywhere in the world it is called 'strained yogurt.' But because it was introduced in this country by a Greek company, they called it 'Greek yogurt.'
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My mom took me to a Dolly Parton concert when I was 3.
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I have been fortunate that publications like the 'New York Times' and 'The Wall Street Journal' have allowed me to share some of my opinions with a wider audience.
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I have been a practitioner of tough politics for many decades. There is little that amazes me and even less that shocks me.
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When you hear 'Truth of Touch,' I believe you recognize that it is me; however it's not the typical Yanni album.
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I still prefer the bebop of the '40s. The very stuff I started out with is still the best to me. I have come full circle.
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I found this national debt, doubled, wrapped in a big bow waiting for me as I stepped into the Oval Office.
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Someone I met years ago explained to me the difference between a personality and an actor, a personality being Eddie Murphy or Roseanne Barr, and an actor being Morgan Freeman and Alfre Woodard or Marlon Brando.
