#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

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

If I don't write, I hate myself. Simple as that. My life is out of balance. ↗

— Harlan Coben

#hate #i #life #my life #myself

The most annoying and full-of-crap thing a writer says is, 'I write only for myself, I don't care if anyone reads it.' A writer without a reader doesn't exist. ↗

— Harlan Coben

#anyone #care #exist #i #i write

Usually, I don't want to sit down and listen to the director gas on about his movie. I just can't actually imagine myself sitting down and having that much to say. ↗

— Joel Coen

#actually #director #down #gas #having

I often wonder whether Negroes like myself who are pretty well known help out at all in breaking down barriers. ↗

— Nat King Cole

#breaking #down #help #i #known

I think my securities far outweigh my insecurities. I am not nearly as afraid of myself and my imagination as I used to be. ↗

— Billy Connolly

#am #far #i #i am #i think