Own Quotes · Page 96

One gets wrapped up in reacting to one's own reputation, which can be a kind of trap.

— Rirkrit Tiravanija

Sometimes you are valued more when you're away than when you are in your own country.

— Santi Cazorla

It is strange when you're a loser in college, which I was, to then get your own show.

— Topher Grace

You have to make your own decisions. That's what the freedom in America is all about.

— Richard Simmons

Poetry seems to be the only weapon able to beat language, using language's own means.

— Joseph Brodsky

There is no reason to compare Bollywood and Marathi films. Both have their own charm.

— Sonali Bendre

I own things I like, but nothing inanimate that I treasure in a deeply consuming way.

— Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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

— Angela Lindvall

In most cities, it doesn't cost much to put your own show on a local access channel, so you get all sorts…

— Fred Willard

I think 'punk' should really be defined as paving your own way creatively and by defying any sort of orthodoxy or commercial…

— Shepard Fairey

I've always had this idea that I would love to do a Boston-inspired collection, whether it's for my own line or whether…

— Michael Bastian

But history shows that when courts intervene because a president is trying to shield his own conduct, the deck is stacked against…

— Asha Rangappa

I started writing my own plays, and I would sell out, but after everything was said and done, I'd break even. That's…

— Steven Michael Quezada

I came to London with a girl. We lived together and split up very quickly. I was on my own in London…

— Lee Mack

I'm trying to manufacture slapstick in my own flat by leaving things out to trip up over, on the off-chance I can…

— Jamie Demetriou

We've long known that Trump's theatrics have always been about pumping up his own image, especially at the expense of people of…

— Jonathan Capehart

The purpose of farming is to deprive other species of the land and sequester it for our own use. But by perfecting…

— Tristram Stuart

The Italian word 'stanza' means 'a room', and a room is a good way to conceive of a stanza. A room, generally…

— James Fenton

I think in any situation, so much of effective leadership is when it comes from your own personality. And I feel very…

— Andrew Luck

With a small wire rack set inside your sizzle platter, youve got the perfect setup for dry brining one or two portions…

— Sohla El-Waylly

My parents were concerned that I would not get good schooling, so they put me up in my uncle's house in Dharwad,…

— Nandan Nilekani

When I was around 15, I did my first movie. I was at a kids' agency, and the third time I was…

— Daniel Bruhl

As you get older and you hopefully battle your own demons, you find other reasons why you want to be an actor.…

— Eric Balfour

In the mid-1970s, I even decided to make my own country album. I put the idea to my record company, thinking we'd…

— Vera Lynn

I cannot help feeling I would have been happier with a husband and chidren of my own.

— Ethel Waters

I absolutely believe in the right to own and bear arms guaranteed by our forefathers.

— Mike Espy

If I were going to teach a course, it would be called Don't Breathe Your Own Exhaust.

— Jimmy Iovine

I stay in a lot of hotels, and the best part of travel is getting back to my own bed.

— Michael Bastian

Knowing what you want is not a shortcoming. Let people deal with their own anxieties.

— Dee Rees

I've got my own businesses, employing people that I want to employ. How cool is that?

— Jay Blades

I am interested in the idea that people should be able to define their own happiness.

— Ayobami Adebayo

I've served on five different juries, and many of them were bonkers in their own way.

— Simon Hoggart

I didn't want to be famous for its own sake. I wanted to be famous so as to be happy.

— Orson Bean

The word 'fate' doesn't really mean much to me in some ways. I think we make our own.

— Sonya Walger

I'ma be on a lot of projects and hopefully I get to work more on my own project, too.

— Tay Keith

I don't want to be like any other boxer. My goal is to be a champion in my own style.

— Vasyl Lomachenko

I like being 30. I wouldn't want to do the twenties again. They are their own entity.

— Jonathan Rhys Meyers

In many ways, I think I'm still forming my ideas about my own identity in this world.

— Neri Oxman

He who makes himself respected by his own relations will never be despised by others.

— Vikrant Parsai

I believe that we should own the fruits of our labor and the assets of our creations.

— Nipsey Hussle