I was at a point where I was ready to say I am what I am because of what I am and if you like me I'm grateful, and if you don't, what am I going to do about it?
Anne Bancroft
Related I'm not a facelift person. I am what I am. ROBERT REDFORD I am what I am. A fighter. GORDON RAMSAY A quote isn't a quote until that quote is quotably quoted by and official Quotesman I AM TIMEPIECE The internet has too much information out there for you to ask a dumb question I AM TIMEPIECE I am no longer a rare breed, I am an endangered species I AM TIMEPIECE I wish there was an edit button on Life because sometimes we don't realize the mistakes we've made u... I AM TIMEPIECE Life are full of memories, capture them I AM TIMEPIECE I don't fit in because I was born to stand out I AM TIMEPIECE I am what I am, but I'm not a thief. And I'm not scandalous. JERRY HELLER Don't like me for what I am. Just like me for who I am. ANTHONY T. HINCKS I am what I am and, you know, I'm a very lucky guy. MICHAEL BLOOMBERG I'm tired of defending my character. I am what I am. DANA PLATO I don't think of myself as pretty. I am what I am. ISABELI FONTANA I'm not going to change; I'm very stubborn in this way. I am what I am. ANNE WOJCICKI ... I am you... what am I going to do?" - Backstrom DEYTH BANGER I'm tired of defending my character. I am what I am. What you see is what you get. DANA PLATO I am what I am. I have not deliberately built an image for myself. RAHUL DRAVID Just do what you love. This is what I am doing. ANGELIQUE KERBER I am what I am and I'm a horrible liar. I can't do it. I'm just very candid. PAMELA ANDERSON My feeling is that labels are for canned food... I am what I am - and I know what I am. MICHAEL STIPE I don't have two different personalities. I am what I am. JUDY SHEINDLIN I like to be myself, and I don't pretend. For instance, I don't dress up for occasions; I am... VIRAT KOHLI You can be vegetarian and eat fish. It's your choice, just say: 'I am what I am.' There ... YOTAM OTTOLENGHI I am who I am, I am what I am, I do what I do and I ain't never gonna do it any different. I don... BUCK OWENS I am what I am thanks to my mother, my father, my brother, my sister... because they have given me e... RONALDINHO I am what I am, I'm doing very well in my life, and I'm thankful to God for that. LL COOL J I am not afraid... I was born to do this. JOAN OF ARC I'm very thankful to all my fans for their constant love and support. I am what I am because of ... MAHESH BABU My family is everything. I am what I am thanks to my mother, my father, my brother, my sister... bec... RONALDINHO I am what I am. Before I was not so proud to make fashion. My family thought fashion wasn't very... SONIA RYKIEL If you ask me what am I, I might say 'I am a Californian,' and if George Bush were here, he ... GEORGE P. SHULTZ When I was not organised,what was I? If I'm not organised,what am I? If I can't be organised, what a... ANUROOP TYAGI I most certainly believe that it is the gift of God that I am what I am. And so I dwell amongst barb... SAINT PATRICK i am not what you say i am, i am what god says i am BAILEY CHANDRA I am what I am. I love me! And I don't mean that egotistically - I love that God has allowed me ... STEVIE WONDER I'm very happy with my life. I am what I am. I don't worry about anything that I can't c... TOM WATSON I just feel like I'm such a normal person in an industry that is so chaotic and crazy. I am what... VICKY MCCLURE I am not what I ought to be; I am not what I would like to be; I am not what I hope to be. But I am ... JOHN NEWTON When I am getting ready to reason with a man, I spend one-third of my time thinking about myself and... ABRAHAM LINCOLN I am not what I think I am, and I am not what you think I am. I am what I think you think I am. CHARLES HORTON COOLEY The word's out: I'm a woman, and I'm going to have trouble backing off on that. I am wha... ELIZABETH WARREN What I focus on in life is what I get. And if I concentrate on how bad I am or how wrong I am or how... W. MITCHELL For myself, personally, I am never really aware of timing or anything because I am passionate about ... COLM WILKINSON I am what I am. I would tell you what you want to know if I could, for you have been kind to me. But... PETER S. BEAGLE Who I am, what I am, is the culmination of a lifetime of reading, a lifetime of stories. And there a... SARAH ADDISON ALLEN What if . . . What if I am stupid? Like people say? SVETLANA CHMAKOVA If I am what can I do about it? LEE SUGGS My philosophy is it's none of my business what people say of me and think of me. I am what I am,... ANTHONY HOPKINS I am not the Anne Bancroft interpretation, ... I'm back to doing what I do. Flamboyant, cynical and ... SHIRLEY MACLAINE I am curious to see what the others do. I was stressed. I wanted to know if it was too much like wha... OLIVIER THEYSKENS If it's about what I like, I like opera as a music and deathstep and dubstep. DEYTH BANGER FACT: I am who I am, I will never pretend to be someone am not. I go without makeup,I can go without... IRENE GOODWILL I like boys. I am not foreign; I was born and raised in Hickory County, Mo. SALLY RAND What I am talking about is how much do I think I am going to sell, how much do I think I am going to... HOWARD DRESNER I don't like it, but what am I going to do about it? KIM ARTHUR I'm very driven by what I do. I am certainly very competitive. I like people who represent the b... ANNA WINTOUR I am mean; I'm nasty at times. I don't feel like talking to people at times. When I am in a ... KAJOL I think my greatest insecurity would just be standing in the middle of the room and having everyone ... NEVE CAMPBELL I Don't Like What I Do, I Love What I Do! JOHN PETERS If I am what I have and if I lose what I have who then am I? ERICH FROMM I'm going to be quite choosy about singing. If I connect to a tune and like what I am offered to... DHANUSH It's getting to the point where I am no fun anymore, I am sorry. / Sometimes it hurts so badly I mus... DAVID CROSBY When I was young, I was afflicted with what my aunt called “convenient deafness.” I still am. I ... GEORGE SHEEHAN I am very curious. Every day, I say: 'What am I going to learn today, and whom am I going to mee... AZZEDINE ALAIA They know who I am, where I come from, what I'm about. I go out there and it is what it is. If I fee... TRACE ADKINS But if they disobey you, then say: Surely I am clear of what you do. QURAN I am the way I am. If you like me because I'm glamorous, so be it. If you like me, because I spe... MALAIKA ARORA KHAN I am really cautious about what I say and do. KIM KARDASHIAN Don't try to tell me what I am because I know what I am not AMIT ABRAHAM Why try to fit in when you were born to stand out?” “I’m nothing special. I’m drowning,” I... IF I WAKE I’d scream, but I have no voice. The bullies stole it from me IF I WAKE You said I don’t exist in one life. What if each of these lives are designed to teach you a lesson... IF I WAKE I’m William James Carter. My friends call me Will,” he says. “I’m Lucy Janette Phillips,” ... IF I WAKE She has a long journey ahead of her. She doesn’t need to hear she will lose before she even begins IF I WAKE I am wondering what I am going to do now. GRETCHEN QUEBE All I want, is for you to love me. Not because of what I can do or what I look like, or because I lo... DIANA GABALDON I am afraid to show you who I really am, because if I show you who I really am, you might not like i... SABRINA WARD HARRISON I am grateful for what I am and have. My thanksgiving is perpetual. HENRY DAVID THOREAU It was a pretty difficult journey to where I am today but it made me the person I am so I'm grateful... DANTE HALL I am from the working class. I am now what I was then. No amount of balsamic vinegar and Prada handb... SUE TOWNSEND I don't do drugs. I am drugs. SALVADOR DALI I am Minnesotan. HALIMA ADEN I am pro-American. JOHN BOLTON I am not a centrist. BELLA ABZUG I am half-Byronic, half-moronic; part-shaman, part-showman. SEBASTIAN HORSLEY I am not whiny! CAROL LYNLEY I am a contrarian. BARRY DILLER The way we imagine ourselves to appear to another person is an essential element in our conception o... ROBERT BIERSTEDT I am whatever you say I am; if I wasn't, then why would you say I am. EMINEM You know what I'm going to say: Of course, I am. JEFF GUIDINGER The point of writing my name to you is that I see who you are, you see who I am... and that's wh... NANA VISITOR What I like to do when I am working on my own piece is have a loose idea (and a sketch) of what I am... LINDA NANNIZZI If I am not for myself, who will be for me? If I am not for others, what am I? And if not now, when? RABBI HILLEL My philosophy is: It’s none of my business what people say of me and think of me. I am what I am a... ANTHONY HOPKINS I am not politically correct. I am all about the facts, I am all about the truth and I am all about ... LUKE SCOTT What he showed me was not what I had to get, but what I already have. I am just myself, and who I am... PHYLICIA RASHAD I am happy because I'm grateful. I choose to be grateful. That gratitude allows me to be happy. WILL ARNETT I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I do. I am free, no matt... ROBERT A. HEINLEIN All my songs are where I am. ADAM DURITZ What is interesting about me isn't that I am a mother, it is who I am. I love my family, but if ... LAETITIA CASTA
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