Proud Quotes

• I lived on the north side of Detroit. Right down the street from me there was a young man by the name of Smokey Robinson. I was very proud to live down the street from him because he was our only celebrity in town. He was singing with the Miracles.

  

  Diana Ross
  • Men
  • Live
  • Singing

• Writing 'This Is Who I Am...' I wanted to write a song about where I'm at, that I have accepted where I have come to and I wanted my fans to be able to connect to it too. I want them to stand proud!

  

  Vanessa Amorosi
  • Writing
  • Song
  • Proud

• I am proud to perform at the Nobel Peace Prize Concert.

  

  Kygo
  • Peace
  • Proud

• I am very proud to be Brazilian and more motivated than ever to demonstrate what I can do.

  

  Bruno Senna
  • Proud
  • Motivated

• The proud think that their opinion alone is right. They cannot see the good points of others, as the humble do, and appreciate their opinions. That is why there is such disagreement, strife and quarrelling and even irrreconciliation in families and in other groups.

  

  Basilea Schlink
  • Opinions
  • Families
  • Disagreement

• You look up to your parents and you want them to accept you, and you don't want them to look at you in a negative light. So you do things to make them proud and accept you.

  

  Adepero Oduye
  • Up
  • Parents
  • Light

• How proud I am to be compared to Oprah. I really admire her. She's a minority woman and she's done all this by herself... I'm very happy to be Oprah with salsa and not Donahue in drag.

  

  Cristina Saralegui
  • Done
  • She
  • Happy

• You can't play not to lose. You kind of have to put your ego aside and accept the fact that careers are long, and there's gonna be stuff people like and stuff that people don't like, and you try to get better every time, and always put something out that you're proud of. And let the chips fall where they may.

  

  Phil Lord
  • People
  • Time
  • Long

• I am proud being an artist who takes risks, who would walk off a cliff artistically. I won't settle for commercial reasons.

  

  Colman Domingo
  • Proud

• Stay away from drugs and alcohol. Listen to your moms and dads. In this great country of ours you do whatever you set your mind to. Make us proud of you.

  

  Mickey Mantle
  • Country
  • Baseball
  • Alcohol

• I strongly support the bipartisan immigration measure previously passed by the Senate, and when I served in Congress I was proud to have helped introduce the House version of the bill. I also strongly support the DREAM Act.

  

  Brad Schneider
  • House
  • Dream
  • Support

• Different is good. When someone tells you that you are different, smile and hold your head up and be proud.

  

  Angelina Jolie
  • Up
  • Good
  • Different

• My wife says that I changed people's lives or ways of thinking and that I should always be proud and grateful. If I'm dismissive of what we do sometimes, a little bit, she's like, "I was a fan, you changed my life," or whatever. That's what she says.

  

  Stephen Malkmus Pavement
  • Thinking
  • My Life
  • Changed

• What amazes me is that most days feel useless. I don't seem to accomplish anything-just a few pages, most of which don't seem very good. Yet, when I put all those wasted days together, I somehow end up with a book of which I'm very proud.

  

  Louis Sachar
  • Up
  • Good
  • Book

• Having arrived in London to seek refuge during the civil war in Sudan, where I was born, the thing I'm most proud of is having totally evolved. I came here not knowing how to speak English, but I went to school and learned; I adapted to this new culture.

  

  Alek Wek
  • School
  • War
  • Culture

• For years I walked around with the phrase "Green River" because I had seen that on a soda fountain drink when I was probably 8 or 9 years old, and I went, 'Gee, I like that.' Another one was "Lodi", which I thought sounded really cool. I got this cheap little empty plastic notebook at my local drugstore, and bought a little slab of filler paper and the very first title I wrote in it was "Proud Mary". I had no idea what that title meant.

  

  John Fogerty Creedence Clearwater Revival
  • Drink
  • Empty
  • Songwriting

• the Republicans love to say that the Democratic Party is ruled by 'special interests.' But when pressed to name these 'special interests,' the usual reply is women, blacks, teachers, and unions. Those are 'special interests' to be proud of - because together they comprise the majority of Americans. What about the 'special interests' that dominate the Republican Party - the oil companies, the banks, the gun lobby, and the apostles of religious intolerance?

  

  Geraldine Ferraro
  • Political
  • Religious
  • Teacher

• Iranians are very proud and don't want to become a pariah state like North Korea.

  

  Edward Luck
  • Proud

• I want to do something that I'm proud of and that I can look back on with pride of accomplishment.

  

  Bruce Rauner
  • Proud
  • Pride
  • Accomplishment

• I'm proud to be part of any Olympic team.

  

  Lindsey Vonn
  • Team
  • Proud
  • Olympic

• Every boy needs a role model that he can be proud of and talk about to the other kids in the playground.

  

  Athol Fugard
  • Kids
  • Boy
  • Model

• Out of all of the stuff I have done in my whole 12 years, the Mistress series I and II are the most enjoyable processes I've ever been through and definitely, I'm most proud of that music.

  

  Jay Sean
  • Music
  • Proud
  • Enjoyable

• I'm extremely proud of my family's record of public service to Massachusetts and the nation.

  

  Joe Kennedy III
  • Family
  • Proud
  • Service

• I see the world from a very specific perspective. It is how I grew up. It is what I am proud of, and I vocalize it. And for those who have not experienced my experience, it is odd, and it's not mainstream.

  

  Lee Daniels
  • Up
  • World
  • Experience

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