Yourself Quotes
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The first 10 years of my life, I lived as 'Matangi.' When I came to England in '86, my first week of school was terrible because I would put my hand up to answer things, and no one would choose me because they couldn't say my name. My auntie came from Europe to visit us, and she was like, 'Just call yourself something else.'
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You might well remember that nothing can bring you success but yourself.
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You have to protect yourself at all times. What goes around comes around.
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When you put the pressure on yourself, it's not good. If you fight afraid to lose, you wind up not fighting that good.
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If you would make the most of yourself, never picture yourself as anything different from what you would actually be, the man or woman you long to become.
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That's one of the lucky things about getting the success later on. I know how I want to dress, I know what kind of house I want to live in, I just know more about myself, and that's true about the roles I want to play and what parts of myself I want to express. You're just more in touch with yourself.
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I've never really been a character on TV. I think, if possible, you want to portray yourself. If you're in a situation where you're supposed to react, you need to react.
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You can't please everybody. You'd be crazy if you're trying to. So take some time out to do some things for yourself.
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Just be honest with yourself. That opens the door.
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You can either see yourself as a wave in the ocean or you can see yourself as the ocean.
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Singing for stage, if you don't hear yourself, that's when you push, and that's when you can hurt your voice sometimes. So if I can hear myself in my ear, it really helps me to find that balance of how loud I needed to be singing.
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The golden rule for every business man is this: 'Put yourself in your customer's place.'
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We're passing on something of ourselves to others. I feel that's what makes our life full of meaning. It's hard to have meaning in a closet, encapsulated by nothing. I think you really have to expand yourself and your life and do what you can for other people.
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When you are tough on yourself, life is going to be infinitely easier on you.
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I did the Vines first, and then I chose Instagram because the filters were better, and you could post the best picture of yourself, which I figured would help my modeling career.
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I kind of just stumbled into producing. It was more that I was a writer, and the only way you were going to get your songs done was to do them yourself.
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Don't try to be like somebody else. You'll be miserable. You need to be yourself, and don't ever get a big head.
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I think you can feel good about yourself at any size and any shape. Nobody should be made to feel inferior because they have a certain body type.
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Turn your attention for a while away from the worries and anxieties. Remind yourself of all your many blessings.
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I had a slight touch of Tourette's, which means you talk to yourself and bark and cry out at night.
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When you're surrounded by all these people, it can be even lonelier than when you're by yourself. You can be in a huge crowd, but if you don't feel like you can trust anybody or talk to anybody, you feel like you're really alone.
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After having children, life becomes about living beyond yourself; about being bigger and better.
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The distance between number one and number two is always a constant. If you want to improve the organization, you have to improve yourself and the organization gets pulled up with you. That is a big lesson. I cannot just expect the organization to improve if I don't improve myself and lift the organization, because that distance is a constant.
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It's not about me, it's about my family. You don't answer questions for you, but for us. You learn to live beyond yourself.
