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Related I'm not going to change; I'm very stubborn in this way. I am what I am. ANNE WOJCICKI 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'm not a facelift person. I am what I am. ROBERT REDFORD I am what I am. A fighter. GORDON RAMSAY The streets made me. They stay at me. There's nothing that's gonna take away from my legacy.... LIL' KIM My feeling is that labels are for canned food... I am what I am - and I know what I am. MICHAEL STIPE I am what I am, but I'm not a thief. And I'm not scandalous. JERRY HELLER I have Tourettes and Aspergers, but Tourrets and Aspergers don't have me. You know, I'm doin... JAMES DURBIN I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ... KELLY JONES 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 You do have to continue, as you grow as a human, checking in and going, 'Is this what I want? Am... MAE WHITMAN I am what I am and, you know, I'm a very lucky guy. MICHAEL BLOOMBERG ... I am you... what am I going to do?" - Backstrom DEYTH BANGER I am what I am. I have not deliberately built an image for myself. RAHUL DRAVID 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 not going to do anything right away. I do have a dental appointment but for the most part I am ... DEAN LYNDEN I'm always amazed that people take what I say seriously. I don't even take what I am serious... DAVID BOWIE I don't know exactly what is my impact, but I can say I am doing fashion my own way. JEAN PAUL GAULTIER I'm tired of defending my character. I am what I am. What you see is what you get. DANA PLATO I can't drag myself away from 'Final Cut Pro.' It is a digital video editing system. I a... MARGARET CHO Don't like me for what I am. Just like me for who I am. ANTHONY T. HINCKS I love singing. It's who I am. When I act, I take a small part of myself and just magnify it, bu... LAINIE KAZAN Writers don't make good spouses. When I am writing, I'm not a good wife. I shut myself away,... CLAIRE TOMALIN I am what I am and I'm a horrible liar. I can't do it. I'm just very candid. PAMELA ANDERSON I don't have two different personalities. I am what I am. JUDY SHEINDLIN 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 capable of feeling, but I am not what I feel. I am the being who experiences my feelings. There... TERENCE T. GORSKI When I'm directing, I'm pretty much not writing, but when I'm not directing I am writing... ADAM RAPP I am Happy and satisfied with what I am.
10000 will take me wrong, 1000 will go against me, 100 will... NEHA KOTHARI We have an open society. No one will come and take me away for saying what I am saying. But they don... JACKSON BROWNE When I am the weaker, I ask you for my freedom, because that is your principle; but when I am the st... LOUIS VEUILLOT 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 mean; I'm nasty at times. I don't feel like talking to people at times. When I am in a ... KAJOL I'm grounded in who I am, and I am a confident black man. A confident, Nigerian, black, chocolat... JOHN BOYEGA I am what I am. I love me! And I don't mean that egotistically - I love that God has allowed me ... STEVIE WONDER My feeling is that labels are for canned food...I am what I am - - and I know what I am. MICHAEL STIPE When it comes to belts and rank, I don't care what belt I am; I don't care what rank I am. I... JASON DAVID FRANK I am a racer. I'm not a race car driver. I am a racer. I race. That's what I do. I don't... TONY STEWART The best place for me is in my car, listening to my stereo. I am 'Mr. Karaoke Guy' in the ca... DRAKE BELL There's no way for them to take away my sadness, but they can make sure I am not empty of all the ot... DAVID LEVITHAN I am less selfish. But I am more insistent on being part of the creative experience. I find I am a b... HELEN SLATER I like to be myself, and I don't pretend. For instance, I don't dress up for occasions; I am... VIRAT KOHLI I like to think I am the best there is at what I do, and so I have conquered the world like Alexande... ALEX SPANOS I see now that the path I choose through the maze makes me what I am. I am not only a thing, but als... DANIEL KEYES I am very short-sighted, and if I don't like a situation I take my glasses off. JENNY ECLAIR Family, to me, is most important, and I can't wait to have one of my own, but I am not going to ... DREW FULLER You can't say what the outcome of a competition is going to be, so now I am ready to accept any ... RAJYAVARDHAN SINGH RATHORE I know that I am my worst critic. I know that if I can walk away from the set at the end of the day ... EMMY ROSSUM When I'm dancing, I'm not thinking about anything. I am here. I am totally there. You know? ... PAULO COELHO When I hit a block, regardless of what I am writing, what the subject matter is, or what's going... TEA OBREHT 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 'Mr. Karaoke Guy' in the car completely. I just go with it and don't care what anyo... DRAKE BELL I don't know what I am. And it's not important. DON MIGUEL RUIZ Things can be really empty in this world, and I don't just mean the music world. It can become a... ALICIA KEYS The fact that I am Latino is not a secret. There's not much I can do about that. It is what it i... PETE GALLEGO Ender leaned his head against the wall of the corridor and cried until the bus came. I am just like ... ORSON SCOTT CARD I don't know why people feel that I am snooty. I am not a person who has ever given an interview... KAREENA KAPOOR KHAN Every family is different. I am mom and I am dad and I'm going to do my best. You should be prou... RICKY MARTIN Strangers passing in the street By chance two separate glances meet And I am you and what I see is m... PINK FLOYD I am from the Kardashian group. We can take anything. CAITLYN JENNER I'm not interested in trying to work on people's perceptions. I am who I am, and if you don&... JIM BROWN I don't paint. I am a hobbyist photographer, so I relate to the visual arts that way, but I'... ANNIE PARISSE I am still here. I take my three-mile walk at the mall everyday, and who knows what new treatments c... CHARLENE ANDREWS I never start out with any kind of connecting theme or plan. Everything just falls the way it falls.... ALICE MUNRO I am what I am. Take it or leave me alone. ROSARIO MORALES And some of those people that voted Republican are now going to say, what a mistake I made because I... JAMES P. HOFFA I am an idealist. I don't know where I'm going but I'm on my way. CARL SANDBURG I can, therefore I am. SIMONE WEIL I don't know what I am. I guess you can call me a character actor in the sense that I'll nev... JENNIFER COOLIDGE I know that I am my worst critic. I know that if I can walk away from the set at the end of the day ... EMILY ROSSUM What could I wish for the present but to take the greatest pleasure in being what I am? RAOUL VANEIGEM Oh beloved, Take away what I want. Take away what I do. Take away what I need. Take away everything,... ZEESHAN NAJAFI I'm going to play again. I will think and I will hope so. If I don't, I am fine with it. CHAD JOHNSON I really am a thinker. I don't do things rash. I know some of the things I've said or the wa... BODE MILLER I am what I am. Before I was not so proud to make fashion. My family thought fashion wasn't very... SONIA RYKIEL I don't like labels, but I do have blue eyes and I'm soulful, so what am I going to do? ROBIN THICKE 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 have kept a diary, WITHNAIL AND I I am not ready to back away from my views. ALEXEI NAVALNY That element of surprise is what I look for when I am writing. It is my way of judging what I am doi... V. S. NAIPAUL Just do what you love. This is what I am doing. ANGELIQUE KERBER You can be vegetarian and eat fish. It's your choice, just say: 'I am what I am.' There ... YOTAM OTTOLENGHI If you don't read it, you don't know. I mean, that's why I have a PR team. They read it ... ANNE WOJCICKI I am the type of artist where you can't tell me anything. I have always been that way. I am righ... GARY CLARK, JR. 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 I am capable of relating to others, but I am not those relationships. I am the being who is capable ... TERENCE T. GORSKI When I was young, I was afflicted with what my aunt called “convenient deafness.” I still am. I ... GEORGE SHEEHAN There are two metaphors for Mario the person and not Mario the footballer. I think I am a man, but I... MARIO BALOTELLI I am tired of losing. I hate losing, and I am not going to take it anymore. I know the organization ... JOEY HARRINGTON I don't think I could live without hair, makeup and styling, let alone be the performer I am. I ... LADY GAGA I am a professional photographer because it is the best way I know to earn the money I require to ta... IRVING PENN If my life were a song it'd be called 'Here I Am' because here I am - I mean, I'm Th... THIA MEGIA I'm me. I can't put on airs. I'm not a phony. I know the way I am hurts me more times th... TONY DORSETT I know who I am, I know what I can and can't do. I know what I will and won't do. I know wha... DOLLY PARTON
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