I Quotes
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“I am not part of the problem. I am a Republican.”
“I am not particularly distressed by the state of fiction or the role of the writer. The more marginal, perhaps ultimately the more trenchant and observant and finally necessary he'll become.”
Source: Conversations with Don DeLillo
“I am not particularly interested in a ‘redemption’ narrative for incels. That is a question for those individuals to ponder. We do not implore the victims of other forms of terrorism to absolve and educate their tormentors. Nor do we require that other extremists be acknowledged as some kind of wounded, misunderstood victims. It is ironic that so much pressure is brought to bear on women to allow for the humanity and individuality of fallible men when it is precisely this courtesy that incels unfailingly refuse to pay to women.”
Source: Men Who Hate Women: The Extremism Nobody is Talking About
“I am not particularly interested in saving time; I prefer to enjoy it.”
Source: Open Veins of Latin America: Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent
“I am not particularly religious. But I think we do face the question of where God is, why we are created and where does life go, why we exist. That sort of thing. And it is very hard to talk about it these days, because it cannot be proven. It is hard to discuss it rationally.”
“I am not particularly well-behaved.”
“I AM NOT PAYING FOR SOME CRACKPOT OLD FOOL TO TEACH HIM MAGIC TRICKS!" yelled Uncle Vernon. But he had finally gone too far. Hagrid seized his umbrella and whirled it over his head. ‘NEVER –’ he thundered, ‘– INSULT – ALBUS – DUMBLEDORE – IN – FRONT – OF – ME!”
Source: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
“I AM NOT PAYING FOR SOME CRACKPOT OLD FOOL TO TEACH HIM MAGIC TRICKS!" yelled Uncle Vernon. Hagrid seized his pink umbrella and whirled it over his head "NEVER -" he thundered "- INSULT -ALBUS -DUMBLEDORE - IN - FRONT - OF - ME!”
“I am not Pele or Maradona”
“I am not perfect, but I do know I am amazing. I am like fire—I am rising and walking into my freedom.”
Source: Dying on The Inside and Suffocating on The Outside
“I am not perfect, but if I looked perfect to everyone I must have been rocking imperfect perfectly to a few imperfect souls that seek imperfection vs. perfection, in an imperfect world where God asks us to seek perfection for our imperfect souls.”
“I am not perfect! When I was a little girl I thought I was ugly. My nose was too big for my face.”
“I am not perfect. I just think that imperfections are beautiful.”
“I am not permitted to let my love be so merciful as to tolerate and endure false doctrine. When faith and doctrine are concerned and endangered, neither love nor patience are in order....when these are concerned, neither toleration nor mercy are in order, but only anger, dispute, and destruction - to be sure, only with the Word of God as our weapon.”
“I am not personally a parent. But I do have two godchildren and am expecting a third. I am naturally concerned for their future. If I ruled the world you could bet your boots that none of them would ever set their eyes on any such contraptions as digital clocks and pocket calculators. But alas, I do not rule the world and that, I am afraid, is the story of my life - always a godmother, never a God.”
Source: The Fran Lebowitz Reader
“I am not plain, but I don't think anyone is ever going to call me beautiful. I don't have that graceful thing going on.”
Source: Me Before You
“I am not plain, or average or - God forbid - vanilla. I am peanut butter rocky road with multicolored sprinkles, hot fudge and a cherry on top.”
Source: Every Soul a Star
“I am not playing for any lobby. I am playing for national lobby. I will ignore lobby. Anybody has useful suggestion, they can give it to me. The history will speak about it.”
“I am not playing Wimbledon because I am allergic to grass.”
“I am not pointing fingers, but rather pointing at the facts, as the facts point fingers regardless.”
“I am not political as a person.”
“I am not political. It is not my job. But I would be happy if politicians could read my work and draw some conclusions from it.”
“I am not politically correct. I am all about the facts, I am all about the truth and I am all about Godly pursuits and what this country was built on, and I am not apologetic about it.”
“I am not poor, I am not rich; nihil est, nihil deest, I have little, I want nothing: all my treasure is in Minerva’s tower...I live still a collegiate student...and lead a monastic life, ipse mihi theatrum [sufficient entertainment to myself], sequestered from those tumults and troubles of the world...aulae vanitatem, fori ambitionem, ridere mecum soleo [I laugh to myself at the vanities of the court, the intrigues of public life], I laugh at all.”
Source: The Anatomy of Melancholy
“I am not poor. Poor are those who desire many things.”
“I am not posing these questions only to the world at large. I query us who own Christ as our life. Can God be pleased by the vast and increasing inequities among us? Is he not grieved by our arrogant accumulation, while Christian brothers and sisters elsewhere languish and die? Is it not obligatory upon us to see beyond the nose of our own national interest, so that justice may roll down like waters and righteousness like an ever flowing stream? Is there not an obligation upon us to do justice, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with God is we want to live in his wonderful peace?”
Source: Freedom of Simplicity: Finding Harmony in a Complex World
“I am not predicting here that Obama will fail like Jimmy Carter. What I am predicting is the Republican Party is not extinct and will after a period of time become a strong opposition party.”
“I am not pregnant, but I've had three kids, and there is a 'bump.' From now on, ladies, I will have a 'bump' and it will be my 'baby bump,' and let's just all settle in and get used to it. It's not going anywhere.”
“I am not prejudiced against the Negro. When I was governor, I did more to help the Negroes in our State than any previous Governor, and I think you can find Negro leaders in the State who will attest to this fact”
“I am not prepared to accept the economics of a housewife.”
“I am not preparing myself or my family for anything but life.”
“I am not President Bush.”
“i am not pretty or beautiful, just like you told me,
with a paintbrush dipped in cruelty”
Source: Reality
“I am not pretty. I am not beautiful. I am as radiant as the sun.”
Source: The Hunger Games
“I am not primarily an advocate of capitalism, but of egoism; I am not primarily an advocate of egoism, but of reason. If one recognizes the supremacy of reason and applies it consistently, all the rest follows.”
Source: The Ayn Rand Lexicon: Objectivism from A to Z
“I am not primarily an entrepreneurial businessman. I'm primarily a playboy philosopher.”
“I am not promising that God will give you everything you want. There are times when we want things that God knows would not be good for us.”
“I am not promoting Buddhism. I am promoting human values.”
“I am not prone to weeping as our sex commonly are; the want of which vain dew perchance shall dry your pities;
but I have that honorable grief lodged here which burns worse than tears drown.”
Source: The Winter's Tale: Third Series
“I am not proposing to replace war with peace. I propose to replace war with a smarter fight. A fight using other instruments, more intelligent instruments to convince people not to use drugs.”
“I am not proposing to seek your votes because there is a blue sky ahead today.”
“I am not protecting myself or preaching you my story, Reasons will be many but life will move on even in painful journey.”
“I am not protesting against the conduct of the war, but against the political errors and insincerities for which the fighting men are being sacrificed.”
Source: Siegfried Sassoon's long journey: selections from the Sherston memoirs
“I am not proud of the fact that major ingredients of my emotional history are available for purchase today at CVS.”
Source: The Mezzanine
“I am not proud of the King of Bahrain, in whose name people have been killed.”
“I am not proud to be gay any more than I am proud to be right handed or to breathe oxygen.”
“I am not proud, but I am happy; and happiness blinds, I think, more than pride.”
Source: ALEXANDRE DUMAS Ultimate Collection: 40+ Titles Including The Three Musketeers Series, The Marie Antoinette Novels, The Count of Monte Cristo, The Valois Trilogy and more (Illustrated): Historical Novels, Adventure Classics, True Crime Stories & Biography (Queen Margot, The Black Tulip, The Queen’s Necklace, Taking the Bastille, The Man in the Iron Mask, The Sicilian Bandit…)
“I am not pushy. You want it, you buy it. Most people hit the customer over the head. But if you're too self-important, it's kind of repellent.”
“I am not qualified to be a Dame. To be Dame you have to represent England in a way that I don't.”
“I am not qualified to talk about the diet. Simply because I am not a dietician.”