#myself

I am trying to make my accent so it won't bother anyone, but I am not going to drive myself crazy trying to pretend I am an American girl when I am from Colombia. ↗

— Shakira

#am #american #anyone #bother #colombia

Oh, I realize it's a penny here and a penny there, but look at me: I've worked myself up from nothing to a state of extreme poverty. ↗

— Arthur Sheekman

#extreme poverty #here #i #look #me

I hold myself to a very high standard, and I hold my contributions to that same high standard. I will not accept any contributions that are illegal, inappropriate or tainted. ↗

— Kevin Shelley

#any #contributions #high #high standard #hold

As for myself, I was never against Russia. ↗

— Eduard Shevardnadze

#i #myself #never #russia

Writing and singing does give me some kind of release from the demons of my past, it is a therapy of sorts, but to be honest, my marriage played a more important role in the acceptance of myself than performance has ever done. ↗

— Michelle Shocked

#demons #does #done #ever #give

I had to get into a place for myself of thinking what I would create for myself if I didn't have to worry about making money. ↗

— Jada Pinkett Smith

#create #get #had #i #into

For me, a poem is an opportunity to kind of interrogate myself a little bit. ↗

— Tracy K. Smith

#kind #little #little bit #me #myself

The choices of roles I made had to do with educating and entertaining. And as a result I found myself working only every two or three years. ↗

— Cicely Tyson

#educating #entertaining #every #found #had

Sex in a dance is in the eyes of the beholder. I never thought my dances sexy. I suppose that's because I see myself with my face washed, and to me I look like a rabbit. ↗

— Gwen Verdon

#beholder #dance #dances #eyes #face

I can always see something of myself in the characters I play. ↗

— Mark Wahlberg

#characters #i #i can #myself #play