Y Quotes
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“Yes, I was beaten on every part of my body, and the marks are still on my body.”
“Yes, I was correctly quoted in saying I introduced sex into films in the 20's, but it was sex in good taste and left a great deal to one's imagination.”
“Yes, I was deprived of sleep, especially during the first few days, ... However, there was nothing physical, no touching or anything like that.”
“Yes, I was detained for eight days in Waziristan in 1996. It was against my will, and my passport and money were taken from me. I was not mistreated or harmed, but I was also not allowed to leave.”
“Yes, I was fat, but I dealt with it by simply never thinking about it. It is useful, when you are fat, to have a lot of other things to think about.”
“Yes, I was going to law school and it was closed in '69.”
“Yes, I was good at reading people. I studied them so I could put them in my novels.”
Source: Love Story
“Yes, I was in love with my husband at first sight and still am. We have the most solid relationship.”
“Yes, I was in that game where George Brett hit that home run. Billy saw there was too much pine tar on the bat and he went to the umpire, the next thing we knew they were fighting about it.”
“Yes, I was infatuated with you: I am still. No one has ever heightened such a keen capacity of physical sensation in me. I cut you out because I couldn't stand being a passing fancy. Before I give my body, I must give my thoughts, my mind, my dreams. And you weren't having any of those.”
Source: The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath
“Yes, I was invited to make the sound environment at a booth of a huge electronic company, during the Hanover Industrial Fair in 1973. It was a job. Slightly good paid. But not as much as my producer then told the press.”
“Yes, I was really good in physics and in math.”
“Yes, I was scared, it was like stage fright, but I worked through it. If you've gotten to the door, you shouldn't doubt you can open it.”
“Yes, I was slightly outside everything when I was growing up. My mother jokes that I was exchanged at birth. She brought us up to have traditional values. She was absolutely not part of the '60s generation.”
“Yes, I was the child who would sneak into her closet and read 'Nancy Drew' for hours after the designated 'lights out' time of night.”
“Yes, I will bring the understanding of a woman to the Court, but I doubt that alone will affect my decisions.”
“Yes, I will go. I would rather grieve over your absence than over you.”
“Yes, I will probably be that way. I am sure I will. I think that it shouldn't stop you. I think of course my life is going to change, and I definitely will make sacrifices, but you know, I think I will be able to bring hopefully my little rider with me.”
“Yes, I will put it out there - I will work for anyone for free if they're prepared to make their clothing Fair Trade and organic. It's really hard to get people interested in it.”
“Yes, I will spend the livelong day
With Nature in this month of May;
And sit beneath the trees, and share
My bread with birds whose homes are there;
While cows lie down to eat, and sheep
Stand to their necks in grass so deep;
While birds do sing with all their might,
As though they felt the earth in flight.”
“Yes, I will try to be. Because I believe that not being is arrogant.”
“Yes, I wish I'd done it sooner.”
“Yes, I worry about the craziest things, but better me than someone less qualified.”
“Yes, I would (be a big hit on Dancing with the Stars), but I don't think I can be wearing those tight outfits they have on there. I'm a very good dancer. I'm the John Travolta of Venezuela. If I was one of the 'Jersey Shore' guys and I had their stomach, then hell yeah I would do it.”
“Yes, I would agree that America, just like Spain was in the 17th Century, is the main empire of the world and they are the ones who, on the surface, are the most pushy: pushing their language, pushing their culture - or what there is of it - pushing by force their system on others.”
“Yes, I would say my comedy is grunge, evidenced by the fact my jokes have put an end to big-hair glam comedy.”
“Yes, I'd love to have a garden of my own--spacious, and full of everything that is fragrant and flowering. But if I don't succeed, never mind--I've still got the dream.”
Source: Ruskin Bond's Book of Nature
“Yes, I'm a feminist, because I see all women as smart, gifted and tough.”
“Yes, I'm a great believer in angels.”
“Yes, I'm a homosexual and I like to shock people with glamour.”
“Yes, I'm a Judeo-Christian. Jesus and Moses are in my heart. And both of them were independents, by the way.”
“Yes, I'm a musician. I also like to play with others, sometimes more, sometimes less.”
“Yes, I'm a nice man and I enjoy babies. I'm a sensitive guy. I held a baby the other day and it was the first time either of us cried.”
“Yes, I'm a Pastor of a church called Understand Principles for Better Living Church, in Los Angeles, CA.”
“Yes, I'm a patriotic person. For these people who disgrace the American way and burn our flag and do all of these things... I say, don't live here and disgrace my country. Go live in the Middle East and see how you like it.”
“Yes, I'm a real fighter. But I often ended up empty-handed.”
“Yes, I'm a real southern boy.”
“Yes, I'm a small, emaciated teenage girl who struts around fighting vampires in earrings they would rip out of my ears and shove up my —”
Source: Night Pleasures/Night Embrace
“Yes, I'm afraid the life over here is very different from N.Z. but oh boy it's a grand life.”
“Yes, I'm alive," Mat said. "I'm usually pretty good at staying alive. I've only failed one time that I can remember, and it hardly counts.”
Source: A Memory of Light
“Yes, I'm an extremist. The Black race here in North America is in extremely bad condition. You show me a Black man who isn't an extremist and I'll show you one who needs psychiatric attention.”
Source: The Autobiography of Malcolm X
“Yes, I'm back," he said, "And look who I ran into." Horace grinned at him. "i hope you ran into him hard." "As hard as I could.”
“Yes, I'm Catholic; I'm proud of it. But I had lots of Protestant friends.”
“Yes, I'm going to be the President of the United States. You know why? You think you can get chicks by being in the movies? You can really get chicks by being the President.”
“Yes, I'm happy, in human terms.”
Source: Happy Death
“Yes, I'm having a baby. I think it's so hard as a woman to give yourself a break. It's great to be healthy but you have to set a good example for your kids and know that it's not about a number on a scale but how you feel.”
“Yes, I'm known as America's most genuine comedian.”
“Yes, I'm looking at you, looking at me, looking at you, looking at me, looking back at you.”
“Yes, I'm married, but I'm not a corpse.”
Source: Divine by Choice
“Yes, I'm married. But my wife understands that a good politician has to be appealing to the ladies. The fact that I haven't even gotten close to cheating on her is a disappointment to us
both.”