Own Quotes · Page 217

It is because I recognize the brutality with which my own multi-branched ancestors have been treated that I can identify the despicable,…

— Alice Walker

I'm attracted to films that have strong female characters because there are strong female characters in my life. That's my own reality,…

— Ryan Gosling

I know my own father's business was very dependent on the goodwill and business and trade from people in northern Mexico. We…

— Linda Ronstadt

Sometimes it's difficult to accept, to recognise one's own mistakes, but one must do it. I was guilty of overconfidence and arrogance,…

— Mikhail Gorbachev

We have to put Canadian working families first. I'm going to do that, from trade to our own domestic economic response post-COVID.

— Erin O'Toole

I did learn a lot from 'Project Runway,' things I could incorporate into my own life.

— Angela Lindvall

I took my acting very seriously. I did over 40 films, and naturally, some of them were called B-movies because the woman…

— Mamie Van Doren

So for anyone who is stumped by how to decorate their tree; Think of your own theme and see what inspiration you…

— Hilary Farr

I hope that people understand that with education, we can be our own superhero.

— Nafessa Williams

We will also allow state companies to sell shares to their workers and will pass a law allowing citizens to start companies…

— Vaclav Klaus

What's not to aspire to about how to grow your own fruit and vegetables and plants, and then being creative?

— Natasia Demetriou

I'm quite a particular singer, and I need to feel like I can bite into the song, in a way, to make…

— Neneh Cherry

I think it's empowering for women to be in a relationship or single and have their own independence.

— Ashley Roberts

A writer of fiction is really... a congenital liar who invents from his own knowledge or that of other men.

— Ernest Hemingway

I wanted to pursue my own thing - I had desires, ideas I wanted to accomplish, and I needed to be on…

— Yasmine Hamdan

My whole drive to be an actor was finding roles that I really believed represent modern women, the struggles that we deal…

— Reese Witherspoon

My feeling about my own work is, I could be writing 'The Aeneid' and they would still have to call it chick…

— Jennifer Weiner

I had given a presentation on design and happiness for quite a long while at design conferences. I had found thinking about…

— Stefan Sagmeister

The Iranian government is undoubtedly a severe danger to its own population, but not beyond that.

— Noam Chomsky

I'm starting to find my own style.

— Kara Hayward

It's not that anything has changed about me, and, it's a cliche, but I think that as you get older, you learn…

— Joanne Froggatt

We're constantly re-evaluating the potential for life. We're finding it where we didn't think it could exist, such as volcanic vents and…

— Joe Rogan

We don't want to box ourselves within any type of genre, you know? Whatever feels good, if it moves us and we…

— Rozonda Thomas

To me, it's always interesting to see what people end up regretting, as a way maybe to avoid such regrets in your…

— Robin Marantz Henig

Whether for life or death, do your own work well.

— John Ruskin

All I can be is myself. I feel comfortable in my own skin, which I think is maybe what translates.

— Erika Jayne

We're a brand, but I think the difference is that we know we're a brand and we take advantage of that for…

— Perrie Edwards

'Activate Your Goodness' explains how we all have a stake in our collective future, each and every person in their own unique…

— Shari Arison

Women are no longer just born to be married. We are here to compete with everyone and make a place for ourselves…

— Asin

If you own an event, it's your job to make sure the athletes are satisfied when they fight.

— Wanderlei Silva

It would be a most despicable thing to suggest I would exploit the poor for my own personal gain.

— Winnie Madikizela-Mandela

That's the whole point of writing to me - I put my characters under incredible duress, and from that comes their truth.…

— R. A. Salvatore

Writing in English made me become a foreigner in my own country. It helped me create the necessary distance to my homeland.

— Hallgrimur Helgason

The downfall of any leader in a sport's team is when he gets carried away with his own ego.

— Toto Wolff

I will strive to establish my own identity.

— Akshara Haasan

We give so much to others that sometimes we tend to forget our own feelings.

— Rita Marley

I'm somebody who hasn't really felt fairly confident in my own life.

— Rachel Brosnahan

I find in my own writing that only fiction - and rarely, a poem - fully tests me to the kind of…

— John Updike

My own parents were very un-neurotic, so I never thought that I had to change enormously in order to become a parent.

— Helen McCrory

If I want someone to recognize the gender identity I feel, I'd have to ask for that. I can't assume people will…

— Laura Jane Grace