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Me Quotes by Beth Ditto
- I have no control over what people think of me but I have 100% control of what I think of myself, and that is so…
- I have no control over what people think of me but I have 100% control of what I think of myself.
- I'm a great believer in karma, and the vengeance that it serves up to those who are deliberately mean is generally enough for me.
- ABBA was a direct influence on me.
- For me the greatest revenge of all is having a happy adulthood, waking up in my gorgeous turquoise bedroom in the morning beside a person…
- I was given baby doll toys myself, and they proved a stark reminder that my life was expected to revolve around childbearing - just as…
- Reclaiming the word 'fat' was the most empowering step in my progress. I stopped using it for insult or degradation and instead replaced it with…
- Because I didn't have any queer, lesbian, female role models I hated my own femininity and had to look deep within myself to create an…
- Granny Ditto always referred to perfume as 'smell good' and for me it's an essential. I have a sweetheart who's extremely allergic to most scents,…
- You know how people love to glamorize poverty? There's nothing glamorous about it. But it did make me really creative. Those days, I was literally…
- I certainly know first hand the waste one lady can create through her primping routine, because I am a victim of fashion: to me a…
- I have been 130 lbs. as well as 215 lbs. I have had blond, strawberry blond, green, pink and purple hair, and none of that…
- I worshipped Ethel Merman and I worshipped Ethel Merman a lot. It's incredible - Ethel Merman was a conventional singer. Her naming her child Ethel…
- I've had people ask me in interviews what it's like to have money, but that's not how it is. I have a middle-class life. I…
- My life hasn't been conventional and it hasn't been linear. I've had to make it up as I've gone along, which has taught me a…
- My mother told me Homer Ditto was not my father. Nope. Mom had had a fling with some other guy who was my dad. Some…
- My size has helped make me an amazing performer too. The cliche of the Funny Fat Friend: I absolutely was that character - I am…
- Olympia was a town crawling with music. I was new to the whole punk scene. The culture shock continued; Olympia had bagels! We didn't have…
- Portland is a place where you can find a community as a feminist, a vegan or a fat activist. Artists, musicians, knitters, and filmmakers can…
- I was brought up by a single mom in a poor town in Arkansas and while some aspects of small-town life were really positive -…
More Me Quotes
- To be free in an age like ours, one must be in a position of authority. That in itself would be enough… — Hannah Arendt
- I love you, and because I love you, I would sooner have you hate me for telling you the truth than adore… — Pietro Aretino
- Flattery and deceit are the darlings of great men, and so with these men spread the butter on thick, if you want… — Pietro Aretino
- Having been a child actor, I remember how directors would trick me to get good performances out of me. I don't think… — Asia Argento
- Boxing gave me the opportunities to grow into the person that I am today. — Alexis Arguello
- I try to push ideas away, and the ones that will not leave me alone are the ones that ultimately end up… — J. J. Abrams
- I'm literally open to any medium that will have me. — J. J. Abrams
- From heresy, frenzy and jealousy, good Lord deliver me. — Ludovico Ariosto