Don't try to tell me what I am because I know what I am not - Amit Abraham If you say I'm great, thank you very much. But I know what I am. I could be better, man, you know? - Keith Richards It demeans you to cover rotten meat with honey. I know what I am. What would you want with a monster?" "Everything. - Holly Black I know what I am, Savannah, a monster such as the human world cannot conceive. But I have always had honor, integrity, and a talent for healing. I can make you two promises. I will never have untruth between us, and I will protect you with my life. I have said I will not take what is mine this night. We have time to calm your fears. - Christine Feehan Even if I don't like what I am, I know what I am. My children like what they are, but they don't know what they are. So tell me which is worse. - Jonathan Safran Foer I know what I am able and not able to do. Fashion? OK. Fashion... clothes in theatre, in an opera, in a conce...

I write from my soul. This is the reason that critics don't hurt me, because it is me. If it was not me, if I was pretending to be someone else, then this could unbalance my world, but I know who I am. - Paulo Coelho I know who I am and who I may be, if I choose. - Miguel De Cervantes Saavedra Not only don't I know who I am, but I'm very suspicious of people who do know who they are. I am sometimes ten or twelve people a day, and sometimes four or five people an hour! - Tom Baker What makes a girl a girl? What makes a guy a guy? Do you have to be what they want you to be? Or do you stop and listen to that voice inside you? I know who I am. I'm Petra West. And I'm a girl. You want me to sleep somewhere else, fine. Whatever. But I'm not going to pretend to be somebody I'm not. I've done enough of that. - Libba Bray A geek is like a dork. Someone who's on the fringe, who you wouldn't want to hang out with. A nerd is someone too we...

If I could go back in time and tell my younger self that eventually that I'd become very successful writing Dune books after Frank Herbert's death, I would have laughed myself silly, I think, at how strange that prospect would be. - Kevin J Anderson You told me once, long ago, to look into a mirror and see your face. I refused to then. But now Mnimi has forced me to look at my own reflection. I've seen it through my eyes and I've seen it through yours. I wish to the gods that I could change what happened between us. If I could go back, I would never deny you. But I can't. We both know that. Now I just want the chance to know you as I should have known you all those centuries ago. (Styxx) - Sherrilyn Kenyon If I could go back to be shot in place of Avery, I would do so." "I know," I whisper. "Not merely that I would do so, I would exalt to do so." She purses her lips, stares into nothing. "In both a dark and a bright way, I wo...

I would have made her a part of me. If I could, I would have had a notch cut in my already aging side and a slip of her, my young rose, inserted there and lashed to me with twine. - John Banville I'll tell you what I would do in a shot if I could. I would sing in the barbershop quartet in The Music Man. - Ned Beatty If I could, I would live forever in this moment. But no one can live in a moment, and time moves on. - Elora Bishop If I could I would always work in silence and obscurity, and let my efforts be known by their results. - Emily Bronte Isis, I am envious of every male that sets his sight on you, and if I could, I would tear out their eyes. - Nely Cab Life is very short... but I would like to live four times and if I could, I would set out to do no other things than I am seeking now to do. - William Merritt Chase [S]he leans into this guy and rocks her head like I'm making this music for her, when if I could, I would take it all away and give ...

I think it's important to really press on with the song writing and just go with it. There's no code, there's no craft... it's just let yourself shine through your music. If it's meant to be loved and heard, it'll happen. - Chantal Kreviazuk If it's meant to be, they'll find a way to make it work eventually. - Danielle Steel

You might wanna rethink that, boy. 'Cause if I'm going to get sued for offensively touching you, I'm going to make it worth my while. - Sherrilyn Kenyon I'm very traditional, believe it or not. My daughters are not allowed to date until they're at least 16 and I'm going to make it 18 for the next one. - Anna Benson I try to treat all the money I'm making like it's the last time I'm going to make it. - Eminem I do feel really determined, and that I have to pull myself together, but I don't really think like, my market has changed and my company has changed, and I'm going to make it BIG in America! - Utada Hikaru Mace, you never read Smoky the Cowhorse,did you? No. Well,ol' Smoky, he had somebad things happen to him,had the heart knocked clean out of him.But he hung on and came out of it okay.I've been bashed up pretty good,Mason, but I'm going to make it. - S E Hinton I'm going to make a film where not o...

Lone women shouldn't stop in the middle of nowhere for giant unkempt strangers with duct tape on their faces. - Lee Child But, dear God, don't listen to me. I'm an old lady in the middle of nowhere without a real toilet. - Deb Caletti District 12. Where you can starve to death in safety, I mutter. Then I glance quickly over my shoulder. Even here, in the middle of nowhere, you worry someone might overhear you. - Suzanne Collins No matter how chaotic it is, wildflowers will still spring up in the middle of nowhere. - Sheryl Crow Now I live in the middle of nowhere on a working cattle ranch. - Ree Drummond Phoebe burst into tears. For several minutes she stood weeping in the middle of the road, the choking, gulping sobs of childhood. Something was wrong; something was wrong but she didn't know what. She was alone in the middle of nowhere, behaving strangely, with no one around to help her, and what people were around she wanted only to escape. - Je...

I came to the conclusion that in order to end racial barriers, I needed to run for the office of the president and put forth an agenda of social justice and world peace. In addition, I concluded that someone needed to run and challenge the liberal orthodoxy. - Jesse Jackson I came to the conclusion months ago, and I said it to members of Congress, that the only way people are going to fully appreciate what this reform is if we pass it and implement it and it becomes not a caricature but a reality, and I still believe that. So I think it will be easier to sell it moving forward than it was to this point. - David Axelrod As a result of my study, I came to the conclusion that a common supreme authority was undesirable. - Fredrik Bajer I came to the conclusion, Marilla, that I wasnt born for city life and that I was glad of it. It's nice to be eating ice-cream at brilliant restaurants at eleven o'clock at night once in a while; but as a regular thing I'd rather be...

And now, the end is near, And so I face the final curtain. My friend, I'll say it clear, I'll state my case, of which I'm certain. I've lived a life that's full. I've traveled each and every highway; And more, much more than this, I did it my way. - Frank Sinatra You've got to know your limitations. I don't know what your limitations are. I found out what mine were when I was twelve. I found out that there weren't too many limitations, if I did it my way. - Johnny Cash Every comedian dreams of hosting 'The Tonight Show' and, for seven months, I got to. I did it my way, with people I love, and I do not regret a second. - Conan Obrien It doesn't matter that I didn't win a trophy because I did it my way and I lived the dream. - Alan Shearer

so i do what i do best. i move in the opposite direction. - Jodi Picoult I live my life and I do what I do, and sometimes you forget that people are watching you. - Nicole Richie The only person on this ship who gets paid for what they do is you, Alix. The rest of us live off our trust funds and we use those funds for our humanitarian missions. I do what I do because I can't stand to see innocent people bullied by a corrupt government. I don't want to see a baby starve and die because some fat politician wants to work its parents into the ground for a mineral most of them can't even pronounce. (Devyn) - Sherrilyn Kenyon I don't think anyone doubts my motives, really. I do what I do and it's not very complicated. Of course, you might hate the music that I make, but I don't think people feel threatened by me just getting on with what I'm up to. - Sophie Ellis Bextor I've actually thought very little about solo work up until just very rece...

I don't give a damn for a man that can only spell a word one way. - Mark Twain I reserve the right to tell shaggy dog stories or even common jokes as part of what I'm doing. I don't give a damn if half the audience walks out. - David Antin Too many poets act like a middle-aged mother trying to get her kids to eat too much cooked meat, and potatoes with drippings (tears). I don't give a damn whether they eat or not. Forced feeding leads to excessive thinness (effete). Nobody should experience anything they don't need to, if they don't need poetry bully for them. I like the movies too. And after all, only Whitman and Crane and Williams, of the American poets, are better than the movies. - Frank O Hara I don't give a damn if they throw me down into the deepest, slimiest pit for eternity. I belong here and no one is going to make me leave. No one! (Selena) - Sherrilyn Kenyon I don't give a damn about Hollywood. - Emmanuelle Beart I live...

I have a big mouth. - Julie Bowen I'm a writer. Now I've started to be on television. I have a big mouth. And I have good TV teeth, they say. - Steven Cojocaru

Politics I supposed to be the second-oldest profession. I have come to realize that it bears a very close resemblance to the first. - Ronald Reagan I have no nostalgia for the patriarchy, please believe me. But what I have come to realize is that, when that patriarchic system was (rightfully) dismantled, it was not necessarily replaced by another form of protection. What I mean is--I never thought to ask a suitor the same challenging questions my father might have asked him, in a different age. - Elizabeth Gilbert I have come to realize you can never be truly happy unless you've known some sorrow. - Lisa Kleypas I am so grateful for my troubles. As I reflect back on my life, I have come to realize that my greatest triumphs have been born of my greatest troubles. - Steve Maraboli Needy people are like newborns, I have come to realize. One intoxicated night and BAM! You are stuck with this problem. You finally take it home and it wants to keep you up all night and c...

I have nothing to say, I am saying it, and that is poetry. - John Cage I have nothing to say to men and never had. Judging from the little time I've spent with them, their usual conversation is sickening. Besides, they bore me. I believe," he hesitated, then concluded, "I believe I don't understand men. - Colette Justice to my readers compels me to admit that I write because I have nothing to do; justice to myself induces me to add that I will cease to write the moment I have nothing to say. - Charles Caleb Colton April 27. Incapable of living with people, of speaking. Complete immersion in myself, thinking of myself. Apathetic, witless, fearful. I have nothing to say to anyone - never. - Franz Kafka I have nothing to say of my working life, only that a tie is a noose, and inverted though it is, it will hang a man nonetheless if he's not careful. - Yann Martel I have nothing to say to the nothing that has been said. - Spencer Perceval The...

I guess ignorance is bliss - when I do interviews people always say, "Aren't you upset that people make fun of you?" and I'm like, "Are they making fun of me?" I guess I just don't get it. - Pamela Anderson What in the world are we going to do with you?' Mrs. Ritter asked. I could think of a few things. Take it easy on me. Teach me different. Care about me just a little. So many times that year I wanted to shout,'It's not like I'm waking up in the morning and trying to mess up. I just don't get it! - Joan Bauer I want to believe you, but if that's true, I just don't get it. Why does loving somebody mean you have to hurt them just as much? I mean, if that's the way it goes, what's the point of loving someone? - Haruki Murakami I don't like L.A. It's just not fun. I don't know why, but I just don't get it. You have to drive to get everywhere, and when it rains everybody freaks out. - L...

I am not a victim. No matter what I have been through, I'm still here. I have a history of victory. - Steve Maraboli I am not a victim. I am an angry survivor. - Nina Bawden

...I do not tell you often enough, dear Mother, how very grateful I am that I am yours. It is a rare parent who would offer a child such latitude and understanding. It is an even rarer one who calls a daughter friend. I do love you, dear Mama. - Julia Quinn Civilized Man says: I am Self, I am Master, all the rest is other--outside, below, underneath, subservient. I own, I use, I explore, I exploit, I control. What I do is what matters. What I want is what matter is for. I am that I am, and the rest is women & wilderness, to be used as I see fit. - Ursula K Le Guin I was the type who looked at discussions of What Is Truth only with a view toward correcting the manuscript. If you were to quote "I am that I am," for example, I thought that the fundamental problem was where to put the comma, inside the quotation marks or outside. - Umberto Eco Your duty is to be and not to be this or that. 'I am that I am' sums up the whole truth. The method is summed ...

I am what I am and I'm a horrible liar. I can't do it. I'm just very candid. - Pamela Anderson I was at a point where I was ready to say I am what I am because of what I am and if you like me I'm grateful, and if you don't, what am I going to do about it? - Anne Bancroft I am what I am. I would tell you what you want to know if I could, for you have been kind to me. But I am a cat, and no cat anywhere ever gave anyone a straight answer. - Peter S Beagle I am what I am and, you know, I'm a very lucky guy. - Michael Bloomberg Actually, I'm really quite vain about the whole problem because I figure there is no competition - I am what I am, and either I am needed as that or I'm not suitable anyway. - Michael Caine Like everyone else I am what I am: an individual, unique and different, with a lineal history of ancestral promptings and urgings; a history of dreams, desires, and of special experiences, all of which I am the sum total. - ...

What a liberation to realize that the "voice in my head" is not who I am. Who am I then? The one who sees that. - Eckhart Tolle Why do I believe in myself? I mean I look like Jarod Kintz, but does that mean I am? Who am I to judge who I am? - Jarod Kintz

I am who I am, I am Korwahk, I am warrior, I am Dax and you must accept me as what I am. I may have forced my body on yours but I did not force your love, you gave it to me knowing who I am. As we live our lives, you cannot decide to disagree with parts of that and then decide to take your love away, Circe. I'll not live like that. Therefore, you need to reflect on this, come to your peace with it and never, my golden queen, never request another such concession from me. - Kristen Ashley Is truth then a nothing, simply because it is not spread out through space either finite or infinite?" Then from afar you cried to me, "By no means, for I am who I am . - Saint Augustine Of Hippo It was never the fame or fortune that drove me to act. It was something I love and enjoy doing it. A lot of people identify who they are by what they do and that's not me. It's what I do but not who I am. Who I am is a parent. I'm a family man. - Adam Baldwin God defines...