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Being Me Quotes (page 3)

[from "On Keeping a Notebook"]: It is a good idea to keep in touch, and I suppose that keeping in touch is what notebooks are all about…I think we are well advised to keep on nodding terms with the people we used to be, whether we find them attractive company or not…Remember what it was to be me: that is always the point. Joan Didion
I would not be you for a kingdom.' The remark was too nave to rouse anger; I merely said - 'Very good.' 'And what would you give to be ME?' she inquired. 'Not a bad sixpence - strange as it may sound', I replied. 'You are but a poor creature.' 'You don't think so in your heart.' 'No; for in my heart you have not the outline of a place: I only occasionally turn you over in my brain. Charlotte Bronte
There are so many who know more than I do, who understand the world better than I do. I would be truly learned, a great scholar, if only I could retain everything I've learned from those I have known. But then would I still be me? And isn't all that only words? Words grow old, too; they change their meaning and their usage. They get sick just as we do; they die of their wounds and then they are relegated to the dust of dictionaries. And where am I in all this? Elie Wiesel
Scott Dixon quote: "It might just be me, but it's tough when you get drivers that..."
It might just be me, but it's tough when you get drivers that don't stay where they should be. Scott Dixon
I think I would like to go into modelling. Of course, I don't know how to do it, and wouldn't be any good at it if I did, so I'm going to employ someone to walk the catwalks on my behalf. It would still be me, of course. Terry Prachett
Ryan Stiles quote: "If I were but a man who would be tall, I would be me."
If I were but a man who would be tall, I would be me. Ryan Stiles
I decided at 15 that I didn't want to be one of those artists that gets up and sings love songs they don't mean. I decided that I was going to be me to the fullest extent, that my songs were going to reflect relationships I've had, things I've been through, and even the stuff I'm embarrassed about. Pink
Jamie Lee Curtis quote: "Now all of a sudden I'm so less interested in pretending to be..."
Now all of a sudden I'm so less interested in pretending to be a lot of other people, and much more interested in being me. Jamie Lee Curtis
The question I love to get asked is: 'What's the hardest part of your job?' And literally, the answer is probably real sad, but it's to just to be me. Like, it's really hard, because I think people, you know, have a set idea of what a pop star should be. Kelly Clarkson
Melanie Chisholm quote: "I don't want to hurt anybody or be offensive. But I don't want..."
I don't want to hurt anybody or be offensive. But I don't want to not be me. Melanie Chisholm
That's the trouble with being me. At this point, nobody gives a damn what my problem is. I could literally have a tumor on the side of my head and they'd be like, 'Yeah, big deal. I'd eat a tumor every morning for the kinda money you're pulling down.' Jim Carrey
When I need to push myself, I think of all those nicely polished trophies waiting to be lifted up by the winner - and how that winner might be me. Maria Sharapova
All I have to do is be me on stage. But acting, I have to be someone else, and walk how they would walk and blink how they would blink. I used to talk about it bad like, 'Aw man, that person made $10 million a movie?' But now I understand why they do. I get it now. Jill Scott
W. H. Auden quote: "If equal affection cannot be, let the more loving be me."
If equal affection cannot be, let the more loving be me. W. H. Auden
I just feel like sometimes I'm a force to be dealt with. My talents are sometimes overused and also sometimes underused. It's not easy being me. Ben Affleck

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