I Quotes
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“I was now somewhat reformed in my outward conduct, but the 'renewing in the spirit of my mind', if begun, was scarcely discernible. As my life was externally less wicked and ungodly, my heart grew most proud; the idol self was the object of my adoration and obeisance; my worldly advancement was more eagerly sought than ever; some flattering prospects seemed to open, and I resolved to improve my advantages to the uttermost.”
Source: The Force of Truth
“I was numb and I had lots of swollen lymph nodes, my heart was hurting and I had blood clots in my arm and leg.”
“I was number 1 on the who's likely to die list for 10 years...I was really disappointed when I fell off that list.”
“I was number one in the ratings four times last year and twice this season. What could be more damn equal than that? If they get any more equal, I don't want it.”
“I was nurtured in the church; I went to a Catholic school; I was an altar boy; I went to a Catholic university; I was steeped in the moral tradition of the Catholic Church. My Catholicism plays a very strong role. But I thought President John F.Kennedy answered rather well when he said that ultimately my conduct as a public official does not come ex cathedra from Rome; it comes from my conscience.”
“I was nurtured on Greek Mythology and the classical epics. I lived and breathed Homer. Other mythologies - the Russian, the Norse, the Persian, the Indian, Egyptian, etc. - all came later. First and foremost were the Greeks, and they were all living in my head as though I were Zeus and they were a clamoring Chorus of Athenas.”
“I was nuts about Elvis, like every girl in America.”
“I was nuts for stuff in the Middle Ages when I was just in the third and fourth grades.”
“I was obliged to be industrious. Whoever is equally industrious will succeed equally well.”
Source: The Complete Church and Secular Cantatas
“I was obliged to stand there, holding the leash of this creature for their welcoming publicity shots, implying that this was some kind of image the decided to have of me.”
“I was obliged to take tough, painful and bold decisions to ensure a manageable tomorrow.”
“I was oblivion.”
Source: The Devil Takes You Home
“I was obscuring my own light. I had been doing it for years. I had done it thinking I was doing what was best for my family, but in making the choice again and again to hide my light, I had reduced myself to someone who was fearful and dependent. In doing what I thought would make me safe, I had, in fact, made myself vulnerable. Deeply, frighteningly vulnerable.”
Source: One Hundred Daffodils: Finding Beauty, Grace, and Meaning When Things Fall Apart
“I was observing her closely as I talked, and after a while I began to get the impression that she was not, in fact, quite so merry and smiling a girl as I had been led to believe at first. She seemed to be coiled in herself, as though with a secret she was jealously guarding. The deep-blue eyes moved too quickly about the room, never settling or resting on one thing for more than a moment; and over all her face, though so faint that they might not even have been there, those small downward lines of sorrow.”
Source: Tales of the unexpected
“I was observing my own trial through a closed window, oddly indebted and drowning in despair as I watched her write about me. To be penned about is to be taken down memory lane, and that lane is a form of life. It did not matter whether her pen censured me or erased me. Even her hatred would prove that I had once been real to her. What scared me was not rejection, but love, for love would demand that I gather my broken self and stand beside her without dying.”
“I was obsessed. I couldn't stop myself. It was not healthy, but I couldn't stop. I didn't feel like there was anything else in my life to stop for. We all have periods of our life when we're trapped doing something we hate and we develop habits that have nothing to do with our long-term goals to fill the downtime, right? I hope you identify with that idea. It's the only way I can explain becoming so emotionally invested in a video game that I would get in my car and drive around town sobbing if my internet went out.”
Source: You're Never Weird on the Internet
“I was obsessed with Agatha Christie in sixth grade.”
“I was obsessed with Batman as a kid. I did the film in part just to be near the Batmobile. But I also think [director] Christopher Nolan made a very fine, intelligent film.”
“I was obsessed with being popular when I was in high school and never achieved it. There's photos from our high school musicals and things, and I'm comically in the deep background, wearing a beggar's costume.”
“I was obsessed with being rich and famous.”
“I was obsessed with Chubby Checker and old dances, like the twist.”
“I was obsessed with Claire Danes because she was Juliet. There is something about her still to this day - she is a brilliant actress. And she did make out with both of my boyfriends.”
“I was obsessed with country music when I was a kid, and it's definitely had a huge influence on the way I write songs. I was always attracted to songs that had a brilliant pun or a clever turn of phrase, but came from a dark, bitter place. As a writer, I've always gravitated towards that feeling.”
“I was obsessed with Elvis Presley when I was little.”
“I was obsessed with Eminem when I was younger. When he first came out I was about 12 and fanatical about his 'Slim Shady' CD. I think he's a genius.”
“I was obsessed with fairytales, and I was a very, very inquisitive kid, and I would ask my mom all kinds of questions. It all kind of formed a story in my head, and I really wanted to be a published author when I was 10, but I had a hard time writing a novel when I was 10. So I decided to wait until I was little bit older and then get it done.”
“I was obsessed with football when I was growing up.”
“I was obsessed with girls when I was 13 years old; I wasn't really into books.”
“I was obsessed with him. I wasn't quite in love, nor was I simply harbouring a mild crush. I was never not thinking of him. Everything he said intrigued me, everything he did fascinated. I revered even the parts in him I knew cerebrally would have frustrated me were I not in such a foolheartedly, dreamy plight.”
Source: Screaming into Pillows
“I was obsessed with Jim Carrey growing up. It's why I wanted to become an actor.”
“I was obsessed with livestock barns, cattle and hogs. I still love that, and I still do that as a hobby.So I'm a strange person.”
“I was obsessed with movies when I was younger. During the summer, I would go by myself to a theater down the street from my house. I saw every comedy or science fiction movie that came out. My kids love going to the movies, but 3D scares them.”
“I was obsessed with my dad, and my dad would refuse to go to church with us on Sundays because football was on. So I thought to myself, how could I spend more time with my dad? I started watching football with him every Sunday, and it was just something I fell in love with.”
“I was obsessed with politics in the '80s. I've recovered and I'm feeling much better now, thank you.”
“I was obsessed with religious questions, the basics: Why are we here? Why is the world so beautiful?”
“I was obsessed with romance. When I was in high school, I saw 'Doctor Zhivago' every day from the day it opened until the day it left the theater.”
“I was obsessed with the idea of fasting and isolation.”
“I was obsessed with the idea of sitting next to someone and playing a game that we were both competing in, and we were also competing with the computer. That was mind-blowing to me at that time. It was just so cool to think about the computer being able to play with us, and then also [for] us to compete.”
“I was obsessed with the Olympics. It's so exciting to see that level of excellence and endurance.”
“I was obsessed with the scientific instruments people were building and all the weird experiments they were doing. I did actually wind up working in some of that, but there were whole sections I'd written about these instruments that ultimately had to be abandoned when I realized that the book really was about Margaret Cavendish. I couldn't justify using all of them.”
“I was obsessed with The Sound of Music. I always feel nostalgic watching it.”
“I was obsessed with the Spice Girls! I always wanted to be Sporty. Or Posh, but I wasn't pretty enough.”
“I was obsessed with this idea that these things that you collect, they just say so much about who you are. I can't say it came from hard-nosed business analysis... It was just something I really want to see built.”
“I was obsessed with Tupac - like eat, sleep, breathe Tupac. During this obsessive love affair, I dressed the part.”
“I was obsessed with vampires when I was 13 or 14.”
“I was obsessed, and like most obsessed people, I was the last one to know it.”
Source: Gender Outlaw: On Men, Women and the Rest of Us
“I was obsessed. I wouldn't quit. My grades suffered. I didn't care.”
Source: Ready Player One
“I was occasionally getting calls for some things. But I would say, 22 to 29 was a lot of scuffling. Hoping to get called for bad wedding gigs and I did do an off-Broadway show for about 15 months.”
“I was occupied by a range of questions, often different from those fashionable in the professional philosophy of the past half century, that have sometimes troubled philosophers in the past. It's taken me several decades to work out my own philosophical agenda, and it is wide.”
“I was of course discussing the book of Leviticus. I don't know why your mind is so filthy these days, Bingley.”
Source: The Darcys & the Bingleys: A Tale of Two Gentlemen's Marriages to Two Most Devoted Sisters