Who I Am Quotes — Page 21

Singer

“Celebrate me for who I am, dislike me for what I ain't (...) put me up on a pedestal or drag me down in the dirt (...) this is who I am, you can like ir or not, you can love me or leave me cuz I'm never gonna stop”

Who I Am Pedestal Dislike Me

♥ 3

Mae Whitman

Actress, Voice Actress

“I feel like I am a lot of who I am because I watched these shows that said it was okay to be a total weirdo. Shows like 'Pete and Pete,' 'Hey, Dude,' 'Salute Your Shorts' - that's what I grew up with.”

Who I Am Grew Up Hey

♥ 3

Zola Jesus

Musician, singer-songwriter

“People don't really understand who I am. They always think that I'm very dark or depressed, but it couldn't be further from the truth!”

Thinking Dark Who I Am

♥ 3

Oprah Winfrey

Television host, producer, philanthropist

“I know who I am, and the thing about power for me is that it's connected to a source that's obviously greater than myself. Any time you can connect to the source and understand that that's where all of your energy, your creativity, your joy and your triumph come from, I consider that to be authentic power.”

Joy Creativity Who I Am

♥ 3

Orhan Pamuk

Novelist, Screenwriter

“Try to discover who I am from my choice of words and colors, as attentive people like yourselves might examine footprints to catch a thief.”

People Color Who I Am

♥ 3

Fernando Pessoa

Poet, Writer

“For a long time now I haven't existed. I'm utterly calm. No one distinguishes me from who I am. I just felt myself breath as if I'd done something new, or done it late. I'm beginning to be conscious of being conscious. Perhaps tomorrow I will wake up to myself and resume the course of my existence. I don't know if that will make more happy or less. I don't know anything.”

Long Who I Am Wake Up

♥ 3

Neil Young

Musician, Singer-Songwriter

“In my life I have had various health threats: polio, seizures, a brain aneurysm. None of these things has really changed me much, although it is hard to say for sure. These are events that are part of my life. They make me who I am. I am thankful for them. They are scary.”

Brain Who I Am Scary

♥ 3

LO

Lauren Oliver

Author

“I'm overwhelmed with sadness for everything that was lost, and filled with anger toward the people who took it away. My people-or at least, my old people. I don't know who I am anymore, or where I belong. That's not totally true...I know I belong with Alex.”

People Sadness Who I Am

♥ 3

LeBron James

Professional Basketball Player

“My childhood was never great. We moved from place to place a lot. There were times when we had no definite place to stay. So, a basic level of security was not always there. Therefore, when you finally make it out, and you become who I am, you're humbled by the memories of those situations.”

Memories Childhood Who I Am

♥ 3

Haruki Murakami

Writer

“You couldn’t begin to imagine who I am, where I’m going, or what I’m about to do, All of you are trapped here. You can’t go anywhere, forward or back. But I’m not like you. I have work to do. I have a mission to accomplish. And so, with your permission, I shall move ahead.”

Moving Who I Am Imagine

♥ 3

Haruki Murakami

Writer

“I was in my house, alone in the living room, anxious about you, watching the flashes of lightning. And a flash of lightning lit up this truth for me, right in front of my eye. That night i lost you, I lost something inside me. Or perhaps several things. Something central to my existence, the very support for who I am as a person”

Eye Night Who I Am

♥ 3

LD

Lee DeWyze

Singer

“I know who I am as an artist. I've always known who I am as an artist.”

Artist Knows Who I Am

♥ 3