Quotes 221 till 240 of 522.
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I throw myself down in my chamber, and I call in, and invite God, and his Angels thither, and when they are there, I neglect God and his Angels, for the noise of a fly, for the rattling of a coach, for the whining of a door.
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I too must attempt a way by which I can raise myself above the ground, and soar triumphant through the lips of men.
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I train myself for triumph by knowing it is mine no matter what.
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I want for myself what I want for other women, absolute equality.
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I want to know everything about you, so I tell you everything about myself.
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I want, by understanding myself, to understand others. I want to be all that I am capable of becoming.
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I wanted to be a doctor that I might be able to work without having to talk because for years I had been giving myself out in words.
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I was always looking outside myself for strength and confidence but it comes from within. It is there all the time.
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I was in a queer mood, thinking myself very old: but now I am a woman again - as I always am when I write.
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I was never one to patiently pick up broken fragments and glue them together again and tell myself that the mended whole was as good as new. What is broken is broken - and I'd rather remember it as it was at its best than mend it and see the broken places as long as I lived.
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I was taught very early that I would have to depend entirely upon myself; that my future lay in my own hands.
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I was thought to be 'stuck up.' I wasn't. I was just sure of myself. This is and always has been an unforgivable quality to the unsure.
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I was trying to protect my wife, I was trying to protect myself from shame, and I really regret it.
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I woke in bits, like all children, piecemeal over the years. I discovered myself and the world, and forgot them, and discovered them again.
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I worked myself up from nothing to extreme poverty.
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I would not talk so much about myself if there were anybody else whom I knew as well.
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I would uphold the law if for no other reason but to protect myself.
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I write books to relieve myself of pain. That's the prime motivator to write.
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I write, or used to write, to explain to myself situations I couldn't otherwise solve or understand. Meditation comes very naturally to me.
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