I Quotes
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“I earn my own respect," I told Emilie. "I don't ride the coattails of someone else.”
Source: The Letter Writer
“I earn the magic of words by writing.
I learn the myth of worlds by imagining.”
Source: My Ancestor Was an Ancient Astronaut
“I earned a black belt when I was in high school. And I did a lot of boxing and full contact karate in college.”
“I earned a mater's degree in journalism and took the first job offered, as a sports writer. Instead of chasing my own fame, I wrote about famous athletes chasing theirs.”
Source: Tuesdays With Morrie: An old man, a young man, and life's greatest lesson
“I earned my famous name.”
“I earned my first steady paycheck watering rose bushes at a nursery for a dollar an hour.”
“I earned my place,
With the tidal waves.
I can't escape this feeling,
That something ain't right.
I called my name
As I crashed the gates,
Still I can't escape this feeling
That something ain't right.”
“I earned my professional credibility a long time ago in a male-dominated world. I just hope that as a woman, I bring in an extra dimension to the job. I bring in the sensitivity of being a woman and a mother, and that means I pay more attention to women, children, and the social needs of society.”
“I earned my share same as everybody. Well, I coulda got killed same as everybody. And I'm wanted by the law same as everybody. I'm a nervous wreck, and that's the truth. I have to take sass from Miss Bonnie Parker all the time. I deserve mine.”
“I earned my stripes as a Marine, and the Corps gets full credit for straightening me out. At 17, I was young, I was unhappy and most of all, I was undisciplined. The Marine Corps was the right service in the right place at the right time.”
Source: Leaving home: a memoir
“I earned that the strong will always beat the weak, but the smart will beat the strong. Boxing is a tough guy sport. But in the end, the tough guy gets to clean the streets and be a bodyguard. In the ring, the tough guy is going to get hurt; at the end of the day, he's going to talk funny. Only the smartest win. So, I know it's cliché, but power - real power - comes from knowledge, comes from smarts.”
“I earned the name from the Greek god Zelos who is the god of rivalry.”
“I earned the right not to compete for a man.
He wants me... Or... She is welcome to him...”
“I earned the right to get in the team, and fought every game to be in it.”
“I earned those scars. I'm keeping them.”
Source: Queen
“I earned two Emmy nominations for writing, and two of the shows I had written were nominated for best in their category.”
“I earnestly advise women of artistic tastes to train for the unworked field of modern photography. It seems to be especially adapted to them, and the few who have entered it are meeting with gratifying and profitable success. (1898)”
Source: Gertrude Käsebier: the photographer and her photographs
“I earnestly long for more grace and personal holiness, and more usefulness.”
“I earnestly pray that the Omnipotent Being who has not deserted the cause of America in the hour of its extremest hazard, will never yield so fair a heritage of freedom a prey to 'Anarchy' or 'Despotism'.”
Source: The Writings of George Washington: Being His Correspondence, Addresses, Messages, and Other Papers, Official and Private
“I earnestly wish to point out in what true dignity and human happiness consists. I wish to persuade women to endeavor to acquire strength, both of mind and body, and to convince them that the soft phrases, susceptibility of heart, delicacy of sentiment, and refinement of taste, are almost synonymous with epithets of weakness, and that those beings are only the objects of pity, and that kind of love which has been termed its sister, will soon become objects of contempt.”
Source: Mary, A Fiction and The Wrongs of Woman, or Maria
“I eased back on my elbows, tilting my head back to look up at the sky, which was pinkish, streaked with red. This was the time we knew best, that stretch of day going from dusk to dark. It seemed like we were always waiting for nighttime here. I could feel the trampoline easing up and down, moved by our own breathing, bringing us in small increments up and back from the sky as the colors faded, slowly, and the stars began to show themselves.”
Source: This Lullaby
“I eased open the door. The room was similar to mine in shape, but was bedecked in hues or orange and red and gold, with faint traces of green and brown. Like being in an autumn wood. But while my room was all softness and grace, his was marked with ruggedness. In lieu of a pretty breakfast table by the window, a worm worktable dominated the space, covered in various weapons. It was there he sat, wearing only a white shirt and trousers, his red hair unbound and gleaming like liquid fire. Tamlin's court-trained emissary, but a warrior in his own right.”
Source: A Court of Thorns and Roses
“I eased open the door. The room was similar to mine in shape, but was bedecked in hues or orange and red and gold, with faint traces of green and brown. Like being in an autumn wood. But while my room was all softness and grace, his was marked with ruggedness. In lieu of a pretty breakfast table by the window, a worn worktable dominated the space, covered in various weapons. It was there he sat, wearing only a white shirt and trousers, his red hair unbound and gleaming like liquid fire. Tamlin's court-trained emissary, but a warrior in his own right.”
Source: A Court of Thorns and Roses
“I easily sink into mere absorption of what other minds have done, and should like a whole life for that alone.”
Source: George Eliot's Life as Related in Her Letters and Journals
“I eat "NOs" for breakfast.”
“I eat 'The Walking Dead' like its made of brains. Can't even watch the show, I love the book so much.”
“I eat 230 grams of protein daily, 308 grams of carbohydrates, maybe 70 grams of fat. I can have one cheat meal a week but it can't be that I eat until I'm stuffed; I eat until I'm satisfied.”
“I eat 6 or 7 raw vegetables every day, 4 or 5 pieces of fresh fruit. I eat egg whites each day. If I eat bread, it has to be whole wheat. I eat brown rice. I don't eat between meals. I eat at 11 o'clock in the morning and 7 o'clock at night.”
“I eat a balanced diet. The secret is to watch your portions, but I also work out a lot. Working out a lot isn't necessary, but I am very active, and my body can endure intense workouts.”
“I eat a catfish sandwich
with onions and red sauce
20c. (Havana 1953)”
“I eat a cheeseburger with French fries almost every day.”
“I eat a little bit of everything and not a lot of anything. Everything in moderation. I know that's really hard for people to understand, but I grew up in an Italian family where we didn't overdo anything. We ate pasta, yes, but not a lot of it.”
“I eat a lot of chicken with salad or salmon with salad.”
“I eat a lot of chocolate.”
“I eat a lot of ice cream, chocolate, and cookies, and I drink rosé champagne.”
“I eat a lot of junk food, because that's what's usually available at 1:00am when I'm all done working.”
“I eat a lot of salad, a little meat, and some fruit—that’s all. But I like sweets.”
“I eat a lot of whole grains for breakfast, a lot of dried fruit. And my big thing is pasta. I do a lot of simple pasta, with great ingredients.”
“I eat a lot. I eat three times a day and I snack.”
“I eat a lowfat diet, think positively, get exercise every day.”
“I eat a variety of foods like vegetables, fruit and beef for protein and iron.”
“I eat all of the time... at least five little meals a day.”
“I eat almost no lunch. I have a big dinner but I don't have a big lunch.”
“I eat an egg every morning, and when I'm done, I almost always have the thought: There. Now even if I'm captured and starved, I'll be able to live off the protein of that egg for a while.”
“I eat and drink at my desk, but I'm a tidy eater.”
“I eat anything, and I'm not preoccupied with my figure. The most important [thing] is that the people accept me for my music, not for physical appearances.”
“I eat anything, especially sweets. Chocolate, cookies, and I love mint-chip ice cream.”
“I eat apples whole, seeds and all... yes, like a horse.”
“I eat as healthy as I can. It is tough.”
“I eat as much as I ever did, I drink more than I should, and my sex life is none of your goddamned business.”