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Myself Quotes by Maya Angelou
- While I know myself as a creation of God, I am also obligated to realize and remember that everyone else and everything else are also…
- My life has been one great big joke, a dance that's walked a song that's spoke, I laugh so hard I almost choke when I…
- I long, as does every human being, to be at home wherever I find myself.
- At 50, I began to know who I was. It was like waking up to myself.
- I learned a long time ago the wisest thing I can do is be on my own side, be an advocate for myself and others…
- I know that I'm not the easiest person to live with. The challenge I put on myself is so great that the person I live…
- I liked to write from the time I was about 12 or 13. I loved to read. And since I only spoke to my brother,…
- I would be a liar, a hypocrite, or a fool - and I'm not any of those - to say that I don't write for…
- I'm considered wise, and sometimes I see myself as knowing. Most of the time, I see myself as wanting to know. And I see myself…
- I read the Bible to myself; I'll take any translation, any edition, and read it aloud, just to hear the language, hear the rhythm, and…
- I know some people might think it odd - unworthy even - for me to have written a cookbook, but I make no apologies. The…
- I respect myself and insist upon it from everybody. And because I do it, I then respect everybody, too.
- I promised myself that I would write as well as I can, tell the truth, not to tell everything I know, but to make sure…
- What humility does for one is it reminds us that there are people before me. I have already been paid for. And what I need…
- I created myself. I have taught myself so much.
More Myself Quotes
- I stay true to myself and my style, and I am always pushing myself to be aware of that and be original. — Aaliyah
- I'm hoping someday that some kid, black or white, will hit more home runs than myself. Whoever it is, I'd be pulling… — Hank Aaron
- I am, indeed, a king, because I know how to rule myself. — Pietro Aretino
- With a goose-quill and a few sheets of paper, I mock myself of the universe. They say I am the son of… — Pietro Aretino
- The most deeply personal of my works are the non-fiction works, the autobiographical works, because there, I'm talking about myself very directly. — Paul Auster
- I don't think of myself as a metafictional writer at all. I think of myself as a classic writer, a realist writer,… — Paul Auster
- I started out in life as a poet; I was only writing poetry all through my 20s. It wasn't until I was… — Paul Auster
- I don't want to limit myself musically. It would be really limiting if we'd neglect something we really want to do, like… — Billie Joe Armstrong
- I myself spent nine years in an insane asylum and I never had the obsession of suicide, but I know that each… — Antonin Artaud
- I'm not playing a role. I'm being myself, whatever the hell that is. — Bea Arthur
- Oh, the most important thing about myself is that my life has been full of changes. Therefore, when I observe the world,… — Chinua Achebe
- I want to express myself in a different way. I have a performing inclination. — Rowan Atkinson