#my self

But, sir, they have written me down upon the history of the country as worthy of expulsion, and in no unkindness I must tell them that for all future time my self-respect requires that I shall pass them as strangers. ↗

— Preston Brooks

#down #expulsion #future #history #i

It certainly has not been in my self-interest to defend men. ↗

— Warren Farrell

#certainly #defend #men #my self #self-interest

My self-imposed mandate is to be the voice for the voiceless. ↗

— Dionne Warwick

#my self #voice #voiceless

I really don't know how to be anyone else, and whenever I try to be anyone else, I fail miserably. Or I disappoint myself. It doesn't build my self-esteem, and it doesn't help me grow me at all. ↗

— Queen Latifah

#build #disappoint #else #fail #grow

Distortions control my self-image, like they do for a lot of us. It's irrational. ↗

— Ron Perlman

#distortions #irrational #like #lot #my self

'Showgirls' was a critical point in my life. I had my head handed to me. At 21 years old, I had to find my self-esteem again. It was a very hard time. ↗

— Elizabeth Berkley

#critical #find #had #handed #hard

I couldn't help feeling people thought I was a moron, and my self-imposed insecurity constantly bedeviled me. ↗

— Nicholas Brendon

#feeling #help #i #insecurity #me

Personally, I believe in self-determination, but in the context of one South Africa - so that my self-determination is based in this region, and with my people. ↗

— Mangosuthu Buthelezi

#based #believe #context #i #i believe

Being a parent has taught me a lot of things already, you know, though it's only been a year and half, and has made me address parts of myself that I would otherwise live in comfortable denial of, or you know and - you know, for instance, my self-loathing. ↗

— Ani DiFranco

#already #been #being #comfortable #denial

My interest lies in my self-expression - what's inside of me - not what I'm in. ↗

— John Turturro

#inside #interest #lies #me #my self