#myself

I love being by myself. ↗

— Carrie Donovan

#i #i love #love #myself

I see myself as an arbiter of taste. ↗

— Vera Wang

#i #i see #myself #see #taste

I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule of others, rather than to be false, and to incur my own abhorrence. ↗

— Frederick Douglass

#be true #even #false #hazard #i

I am good when there is something central about the character. There is always a human theme I attach myself to. I am really looking for something that is moving or enlightening or something with depth as an actor. I look for these kinds of roles. ↗

— Brad Dourif

#actor #always #am #attach #central

I just don't see myself as the heroine in my own narrative. ↗

— Cate Blanchett

#i #just #my own #myself #narrative

I taught myself how to play guitar - pretty badly, but I knew enough about music to start to figure it out. ↗

— Minnie Driver

#badly #enough #figure #guitar #how

Eminem's 'Lose Yourself' is my go-to song to pump myself up if I'm having a tough time or if I get really nervous right before a speech. ↗

— Sara Blakely

#eminem #get #having #i #lose

One performer whose band played my music better than I could myself was Art Farmer. He recorded 'Sing Me Softly of the Blues' and 'Ad Infinitum'. ↗

— Carla Bley

#art #band #better #blues #could

In the inner city, there's a mentality that the government owes you something. My breakthrough came when I stopped feeling sorry for myself and took responsibility for every part of my life. No more pity parties. I've gotta love me more than anybody else loves me. ↗

— Mary J. Blige

#breakthrough #came #city #else #every

I do consider myself part of black history. ↗

— Mary J. Blige

#black history #consider #history #i #i do