#myself

I used to joke for years that I was a black man. I adopted the black culture, the black race. I married a black woman, and I had black kids. I always considered myself a 'brother.' ↗

— Tommy Chong

#always #black #brother #considered #culture

Open the door to me, as I have opened myself for you. ↗

— Jesus Christ

#i #me #myself #open #opened

I would quite like to do a different accent or play something so different from myself because Olivia, the character I play in this film, is similar to me. ↗

— Charlotte Church

#because #character #different #film #i

I invested, and I protected myself, so I enjoy that freedom. ↗

— Thomas Haden Church

#freedom #i #invested #myself #protected

But I love the idea - whether it's in my work or where I live - exploring new frontier, and I like putting myself in strange places and trying to survive and figure things out and gather up an infrastructure. I like knowing that I could figure out a way to live anywhere. ↗

— Madonna Ciccone

#could #exploring #figure #frontier #gather

As an artist myself, I know what it's like to put your heart and soul into something. You can feel the presence of another person. ↗

— Madonna Ciccone

#artist #feel #heart #i #into

I think the biggest reason I was able to express myself and not be intimidated was by not having a mother. For example, mothers teach you manners. And I absolutely did not learn any of those rules and regulations. ↗

— Madonna Ciccone

#absolutely #any #biggest #did #example

Impossible to spend sleepless nights and accomplish anything: if, in my youth, my parents had not financed my insomnias, I should surely have killed myself. ↗

— Emile M. Cioran

#anything #financed #had #i #impossible

You find me at work; excuse the dust on my blouse. I sculpt my marble myself. ↗

— Camille Claudel

#excuse #find #i #marble #me

If I steal money from any person, there may be no harm done from the mere transfer of possession; he may not feel the loss, or it may prevent him from using the money badly. But I cannot help doing this great wrong towards Man, that I make myself dishonest. ↗

— William Kingdon Clifford

#badly #cannot #dishonest #doing #done