I don't think of myself as a leader. I am, but I don't think of myself that way. I'm not trying to belittle what I do, but I think of myself as a dancer first. I'll always be a dancer.
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Related I don't think of myself as pretty. I am what I am. ISABELI FONTANA I don't think I'm a good dancer. ADAM PEATY But I don't think of myself as a foreigner or a Frenchman! I just think of myself as a director. MICHEL HAZANAVICIUS But I don't think of myself as a foreigner or a Frenchman! I just think of myself as a director.... MICHEL HAZANAVICIUS I think of myself as a positive agnostic. I don't know, therefore I'm open. I don't know... GRACE SLICK I don't know what it is about me, but I don't think of myself as sexy; I never have. TAMSIN EGERTON I'm not trying to influence anyone else; I'm not saying, 'Do what I do.' I think it&... KIM KARDASHIAN I don't think of myself as an illustrator. I think of myself as a cartoonist. I write the story ... CHRIS WARE Am I famous in Japan? I don't know, and I don't really think of myself in that way. TADASHI SHOJI I think I'm always adopting a persona. That's how I look at pop music. I don't feel like... ROBYN I don't really think of myself as a heartthrob. BEN HARDY I don't think of myself as a spiritual person. MICHAEL POLLAN I like to think of myself as a pretty good athlete, I don't think I'm a great sprinter, but ... GRANT HILL I don't think I'm particularly shy. I just don't like being front and center as myself. BEN FOSTER I don't give myself titles. I don't think of that. CANELO ALVAREZ I don't think of myself as an explorer but as an athlete. BEN SAUNDERS I don't think of myself as a trendy person at all, and if I'm anything, I'm probably con... ALFRED ENOCH I don't think I'm tangible to myself. BOB DYLAN I'm not a great dancer. I'm a great advertisement for freedom of expression. I don't car... CHRIS MARTIN I don't really think of myself as a folk singer. RAY LAMONTAGNE I like to think of myself as my own guy. I don't want to be labeled as a Tea Party guy, but I... DAVID JOYCE I don't think of myself as unbreakable. Perhaps I'm just rather flexible and adaptable. AUNG SAN SUU KYI Like, that was weird in 'Hamlet 2,' because I played myself there, fully myself, but then I ... ELISABETH SHUE If I didn't believe in myself as a dancer, I wouldn't choreograph. TWYLA THARP I'm a comedian who got into movies, so I don't really think of myself as an actor. EDDIE MURPHY I don't think I'd want a revival. I'm not doing a tribute to myself. DAN HICKS I don't think of myself as a movie star and I can pretty easily convince other people that I'... FRANCES MCDORMAND I'm a tap dancer. Once you're a tap dancer, you're always a tap dancer. In 'After Mi... DULE HILL I've never been innocent, but I don't think I'm a bad kid! I didn't get voted prom k... JAKE T. AUSTIN But now - look, I have to take care of myself. I work out every day. I'm a dancer. I've alwa... VANESSA CARLTON I'm not a wimpy kid at all. I don't care what other people think - I only care what I think ... ZACHARY GORDON When I wake up in the morning, I don't think of myself as being better than anybody else. I thin... TONY GWYNN I certainly don't think of myself as an action hero. CLIVE OWEN I don't see myself as a full-time broadcaster. I've done some of it, and I enjoy it, but I d... ARNOLD PALMER I think impersonation is a great art. It's something that I enjoy doing, in a frivolous and ligh... ANDREA RISEBOROUGH I'm not a good dancer, but I try. I don't really have the moves. JACOB DALTON I don't think of myself as a movie star. I'm a movie worker. I come from a railroad family. ... BILL MOSELEY Sometimes I used to think to myself, 'Have I lost a sense of humor?' but I don't think t... KENNETH BRANAGH Even though I've done Hollywood films, I still don't think of myself as a Hollywood actress. ZIYI ZHANG I'm cool with the way I look, I'm not an ugly dog, but I don't see myself as a stud or a... SEANN WILLIAM SCOTT I don't think of myself as being disabled, or able-bodied. NATALIE DU TOIT I like the fact that I can do stunts, but I don't think of myself as a stunt guy. Those guys are... DANIEL CUDMORE I don't carry myself as a black person but as a woman that belongs to everybody. After all, it... EARTHA KITT I don't really like to call myself a brand, and I don't like to think of myself as a brand. ... BEYONCE KNOWLES I think that I come off as, 'Nothing bothers me, I don't care! I'm funny and sassy.'... LAURA BENANTI I don't think I ever thought of myself as Superman. But there were people who thought of me that... EMINEM I don't call myself a very good Christian, but I think I know one when I see one, and I also thi... MADISON SMARTT BELL I don't think I've ever laid out a batch of songs that pick myself apart the way that these ... RICHARD MARX I really do feel like I know myself, and I'm so happy to be by myself and I'm so happy to be... DREE HEMINGWAY I don't think of myself as hot or cool or anything, just a dork. ASHLEY OLSEN I don't think of myself as funny. I think of myself as rather grave, actually. And I'm suspi... HUGH LAURIE I don't think of myself as doing good works. It's not, 'Oh, I must give these poor peopl... LENNY ABRAHAMSON I don't see myself as a 'black actor,' I'm just Shemar Moore the actor. I'm very... SHEMAR MOORE Not to rag on myself, but when people say, 'What does it feel like to be an icon?' I'm l... KATHLEEN HANNA I like to think of myself as a leader whose door is always open. But I recently learned that an open... JASON FRIED I actually don't want a throne at all, because I don't view myself as a queen; I view myself... LADY GAGA I do pinch myself, like when shows in non-English speaking countries are sold out, and people are si... XAVIER RUDD I don't think I need a significant other to be happy because I always like to find that for myse... KYLIE JENNER I just try to be myself, whatever that is. I don't think about how I'll be remembered. I jus... DAN MARINO I never thought of myself as being a good songwriter. There are a ton of other people that are good ... ALEX CHILTON I don't think of myself as a poor deprived ghetto girl who made good. I think of myself as someb... OPRAH WINFREY I think my confidence stems from my honesty. I'm brutally honest - about everything and even mys... ALIA BHATT I'm just trying to have fun, and maybe the way I hold myself kind of freaks people out. I don... MAC DEMARCO I didn't think of myself as a tart, but I wouldn't argue with anyone who did. JULIAN CLARY If I sleep in and don't run, I'll feel a little bit off because I didn't do what I was s... VALERIE BERTINELLI I don't like the word 'poetry,' and I don't like poetry readings, and I usually don&... TOM WAITS Nothing I do is ever void of melody. I know it might seem like I'm doing a lot of rapping, but I... ANDERSON PAAK I don't ever view myself as a straight country act, and I don't think the straight country a... CHRIS STAPLETON I definitely don't see myself as an actor. I don't even have it on my passport. I've got... JOHN GORDON SINCLAIR I don't think of myself as a brand. Branding to me feels like a position or identity that's ... DAVID ROCKWELL As people, right now, we're so over-stimulated in this world that I don't know what I'd ... KATEE SACKHOFF But I don't really see myself as a role model. I'm not a dictator, or someone who wants to b... ISABELLA ROSSELLINI I don't really look at myself as the kind of person who craves attention, but I've never bee... AL YANKOVIC Truthfully, I don't really think of myself as a photographer. I don't have all the disciplin... PATTI SMITH I think I just have this need to be a storyteller. That's why I wasn't a great dancer - I co... ROSIE PEREZ I don't think of myself as giving interviews. I just have conversations. That gets me in trouble... CHARLES BARKLEY It's a crazy world, stardom. I don't even think of myself as a star. I just like to go to wo... TAISSA FARMIGA I do very little industrial design. I'm asked a lot, but I certainly don't see myself as an ... DAVID CHIPPERFIELD I just don't think that I could be the kind of actor I want to be and not be honest with myself.... RANDY HARRISON With the first issue of 'Weasel,' I was even aware myself that I'd improved. I still hav... DAVE COOPER I'm glad movies aren't going to please everybody, they can't. But what they have to be i... KEVIN COSTNER And you know, I hate to admit this, but I don't always think in terms of Shakespeare. When I eat... LIEV SCHREIBER George Orwell is half journalist, half fiction writer. I'm 100 percent fiction writer... I don... HARUKI MURAKAMI But I don't think of any particular viewer in mind other than myself. RICHARD SERRA I don't look at myself as a writer; I am a storyteller. VIKAS SWARUP For myself, if I'm trying to obtain a certain longevity in my career, to establish myself as a c... BILLY DEE WILLIAMS I don't think of myself as being troubled as a human being, but I guess I'm quite extreme, q... BEN DANIELS I don't see myself as a personality. I'm just another little guy. WAYNE HUIZENGA I'm always rebelling. I don't think I'll ever stop. GRACE JONES I don't think of 'Macbeth' as the villain. I don't think of 'King Lear' as t... DAMIEN CHAZELLE I do say things that I think will shock people. But I don't do things to shock people. I'm n... EMINEM I don't flatter myself - I'm not a scientist, I'm not a conservation expert. EDWARD NORTON You know, I don't think of myself as anything like a 'global citizen' or anything of the... CHIMAMANDA NGOZI ADICHIE As for minimalism, I don't care, don't care, don't care to repeat myself, repeat myself. ITZHAK PERLMAN I don't think of myself as Scottish or lesbian when I sit down and write. I am glad I have broke... VAL MCDERMID Am I a fool? I don't think I'm a fool. But I think I sure was fooled. KENNETH LAY I don't mock things, which makes me more vulnerable to mockery myself. If you're cynical, yo... MICHEL GONDRY I don't feel any pressure from fans. But I'm always in some kind of state of emotional turmo... PAUL SIMON I don't think I'm generous enough to be the straight guy. I sort of make my own way and make... PAMELA STEPHENSON I don't think of myself as offbeat and weird. As a kid, I saw myself as the type of guy who woul... CHRISTIAN SLATER
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I believe God has a path for me. He's always had a path for me, and I've always been in the ... JUDITH JAMISON The way Alvin Ailey has transformed modern dance and dance in general is the fact of variety. It'... JUDITH JAMISON Dance is about never-ending aspiration. JUDITH JAMISON We can go on talking about racism and who treated whom badly, but what are you going to do about it?... JUDITH JAMISON As a dancer, you really try to stay true to whatever the choreographer/artistic director is giving y... JUDITH JAMISON I was a protege; by the age of 10, I was studying with ballet choreographer Anthony Tudor in a class... JUDITH JAMISON Dancers use their bodies in extraordinary ways, so we are chronically pre-arthritic, because of how ... JUDITH JAMISON I believe in being prepared. I'm going to say that. Pray, prepare, proceed. JUDITH JAMISON Maybe it's a generational thing, but I never wanted to be the best black dancer in the world. I ... 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I talked to him about 7 the morning before and things were OK. We... JAMES JAMISON It's my job to distribute (the ball). She has to be one of the main scorers. LINDSAY JAMISON Honestly, what can really be said about 'the Jewish people' as a whole? Is it not a lamentab... JUDITH BUTLER I think we won't be able to understand the operations of trans-phobia, homophobia, if we don'... JUDITH BUTLER We act as if that being of a man or that being of a woman is actually an internal reality or somethi... JUDITH BUTLER A man who reads effeminate may well be consistently heterosexual, and another one might be gay. We c... JUDITH BUTLER You can browse to your heart's content but it's hard work and not easy on the feet unless yo... JUDITH KRANTZ Only if we accept the proposition that the state of Israel is the exclusive and legitimate represent... JUDITH BUTLER Love is much nicer to be in than an automobile accident, a tight girdle, a higher tax bracket, or a ... JUDITH VIORST Love is the direct opposite of hate. By definition it's something you can't feel for more than a few... JUDITH ROSSNER But it's hard to be hip over thirty when everyone else is nineteen, when the last dance we learned w... JUDITH VIORST Cameras help to minimize collateral damage, and very often, without a camera a missile cannot fire. ... JUDITH BUTLER 'Honesty' in social life is often used as a cover for rudeness. But there is quite a differe... JUDITH MARTIN There is nothing enduring in life for a woman except what she builds in a man's heart. JUDITH ANDERSON Identity is a bag and a gag. Yet it exists for me with all the force of a fatal disease. Obviously I... JUDITH ROSSNER Email is very informal, a memo. But I find that not signing off or not having a salutation bothers m... JUDITH MARTIN Love is much nicer to be in than an automobile accident, a tight girdle, a higher tax bracket or a h... 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JUDITH BUTLER It's my view that gender is culturally formed, but it's also a domain of agency or freedom a... JUDITH BUTLER There is no gender identity behind the expressions of gender... identity is performatively constitut... JUDITH BUTLER Surely the whole point of writing your own life story is to be as honest as you possibly can, reveal... JUDITH KRANTZ I really love being finance director. JUDITH MCKENNA I think you need to go through some stuff to really appreciate life and understand what it means to ... JUDITH HILL A social impact bond is a new way of bringing financing into social and environmental support issues... JUDITH RODIN Superstition is foolish, childish, primitive and irrational - but how much does it cost you to knock... JUDITH VIORST Exactly Straight women who surround themselves only with gay men or white people who refuse any othe... JUDITH LIGHT The gay community just recognizes what their closets are and we straight have to spend years trying ... JUDITH LIGHT I am much more open about categories of gender, and my feminism has been about women's safety fr... JUDITH BUTLER One of the big no-nos in cyberspace is that you do not go into a social activity, a chat group or so... JUDITH MARTIN Either give me your hand, or end it now, and put us both out of our misery JUDITH MCNAUGHT To say that gender is performative is a little different because for something to be performative me... JUDITH BUTLER When we learn new behaviors and break through to higher levels of consciousness and love, we can ful... JUDITH WRIGHT The point is not to stay marginal, but to participate in whatever network of marginal zones is spawn... JUDITH BUTLER Feelings or emotions are the universal language and are to be honored. They are the authentic expres... JUDITH WRIGHT I learned to be with myself rather than avoiding myself with limiting habits; I started to be aware ... JUDITH WRIGHT My mother was born in June and later, feeling a vacancy, chose her birth month for her middle name. ... JUDITH VIORST When Zionism becomes co-extensive with Jewishness, Jewishness is pitted against the diversity that d... JUDITH BUTLER Strength is the capacity to break a chocolate bar into four pieces with your bare hands - and then e... JUDITH VIORST Everyone has bad days, and when you're having a bad day, you think, 'Here I am being singled... JUDITH VIORST Kids are always writing me: 'I had a bad day too.' 'I got gum in my hair.' And the k... JUDITH VIORST I thought that the 40s was a tough decade, because it's when you finally figure out that you'... JUDITH VIORST My favorite was 'The Secret Garden'. I loved it, and I think it's had a big influence on... JUDITH VIORST