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“I wouldn't call myself a woman in bluegrass. I haven't really been a part of the world for a while. It's just been a big influence on who I am today.”

World Bigs Today Influence Havens Who I Am Bluegrass

Author:Sara Watkins

“I've tried to be clear about who I am, and be as open as possible with the press, and speak extremely candidly and openly about stuff. I feel like in almost every instance, it's completely backfired, and I feel like people have all these kind of absurd ideas about the way I think about myself, and my own self-identity.”

People Thinking Way Feels Kind Ideas Self Speak Stuff My Own Clear Identity Presses Who I Am Absurd Instance Self Identity

Author:Zachary Cole Smith

“I like to live life in an understated way because that's who I am - an ordinary guy who has experienced an extraordinary journey.”

Way Guy Journey Ordinary Extraordinary Who I Am Live Life Understated

Author:Simon Weston

“But they've [my children] made me better. They hold me more accountable for who I am and who I aspire to be, and they make me want to be better. And that's not just as a mommy, but as a woman and as an athlete.”

Want Children Made Athlete Who I Am My Children Aspire Hold Me

Author:Kerri Walsh

“I am who I am and I am what I am. And it's beautiful. And it's okay even if it doesn't look like the sexiest Victoria Secret model. It also boils down to my interactions with people.”

People Ifs Looks Beautiful Secret Models Okay Who I Am Interaction Victoria I Am Who I Am Sexiest I Am What I Am

Author:Evangeline Lilly

“I'm glad that my journey has been gradual and slow, instead of instant, because that allowed me to grow and discover who I am before I was thrown into the world. I'm happy I didn't start acting professionally as a kid/teen; looking back, I don't think I was ready.”

Thinking World Has Beens Kids Grows Acting Journey Ready Glad Who I Am Instant Thrown Looking Back My Journey

Author:Jade Hassoune

“War is part of what I do, it's not what I do. It's certainly not what I am and who I am.”

War Who I Am

Author:Stephen Farrell

“I grew up caring about people and I would say again, that's what made me who I am. I became a doctor for what I like to call "healthy reasons." Not because I'm fascinated by the human body or want to understand death, but I like people and I want to help them. That also became my problem, because I couldn't help everyone, I couldn't fix everyone.”

People Want Humans Made Reason Helping Problem Body Grew Healthy Grew Up Doctors Caring Who I Am Fascinated Human Body

Author:Bernie Siegel

“I've learned to ask people, "You're doing very well so what are you doing? Let me tell other people." So what's made me who I am, my experience.”

People Wells Made Asks Let Me Who I Am I've Learned

Author:Bernie Siegel

“I believe with the best of who I am in God, but I sometimes think if anybody would watch me and [they] didn't believe a damn thing, they would have a very hard time deciding which of us is which.”

Ifs Thinking Believe Sometimes Hard I Believe Watches Who I Am Damn Hard Times Watch Me Damn Things

Author:Frederick Buechner

“I went through a furnace and came out knowing who I am.”

Knowing Who I Am Furnaces

Author:Britta Phillips

“I think what I have done is claimed the space and pushed it forward as much as I can in relationship to who I am and how I live my life.”

Thinking I Can Done Space Who I Am Living My Life I Live My Life

Author:Mickalene Thomas

“I think I've been a bit misunderstood; the first record was more timid than I wanted it to be. I don't like getting pinned down by sex or how I sound like because it's not who I am or what I want to be.”

Thinking Want Firsts Wanted Sex Bits Sound Records Who I Am Misunderstood

Author:Lykke Li

“My songs always tend to have a good element to the story. That is who I am - an optimistic person.”

Persons Stories Song Elements Who I Am Optimistic Optimistic Person

Author:Rayvon Owen

“Once you're away from music, I realize that's as intrinsic to who I am as anything else. That's the part that takes me out of my brain.”

Realizing Brain Who I Am Take Me

Author:Carrie Brownstein

“Some fans understand who I am and why I do things, and then there are some fans that have formed an opinion that I don't feel is who I am.”

Feels Opinion Fans Who I Am

Author:Joey Logano

“My friends and family and team know who I am, and they have my back. So I don't let someone who doesn't know me affect me.”

Knows Team My Friends Who I Am Know Me Family And Friends

Author:Joey Logano

“I've always risen to the challenge and faced adversity; it's just a part of who I am.”

Challenges Adversity Who I Am Risen

Author:Erik Rutan

“I didn't go and quit anything. I remained who I am, so I don't know if anybody wants to criticize. I'm still me.”

Ifs Knows Want Stills Quitting Who I Am Criticize

Author:Reginald Arvizu

“One person actually asked me to marry them! Overall all they have a great respect for me and they know who I am and I am very open about it. In Los Angeles, we actually had two screenings because so many people showed up!”

People Knows Persons Two Who I Am Los Angeles Screening Great Respect

Author:Tommy Wiseau

“I couldn't imagine someone playing me or writing a book about who I am. Although I let people write articles and try and express who I am, and it blows up wildly in my face.”

People Writing Trying Book Faces Imagine Blow Who I Am Articles Writing A Book

Author:Jonah Hill

“My assumption is I'm not going to be recognized. But when I am, I'm like, "Dang, you know who I am?" I always think I look so different.”

Thinking Knows Looks Different Who I Am Assumption

Author:Danai Gurira

“I want you to know who I am: what the streets taste like, feel like, smell like. What the cops talk like, walk like, think like. What crackheads do - I wanted you to smell it, feel it. It was important to me that I told the story that way because I thought that it wouldn't be told if I didn't tell it.”

Ifs Thinking Knows Way Want Feels Important Stories Wanted Walks Streets Taste Smell Who I Am Cop I Want You Crackheads

Author:Nas

“For me, music is in no way ornamental or decorative, it's constitutive of who I am.”

Way Music Is Who I Am

Author:Cornel West

“Everyone's going to have a better time if I'm not confused on stage about who I am.”

Ifs Stage Who I Am Confused

Author:Martina Sorbara

“I don't photograph anyone if I can't meet with them first because if I don't do that, then they're just going to the dentist and they're filled with fear. They don't know who I am.”

Ifs Knows Firsts I Can Filled Photograph Who I Am Dentist

Author:Carol Friedman

“I won't let others stoke fear in my heart. I choose to remain true to who I am and where my dreams direct me no matter the hardship I might incur. I remember it always: Fear wins or Freedom wins, and I choose Freedom.”

Heart Matter Dream Might Remember Winning My Heart Direct Who I Am Hardship Stoke

Author:Brendon Burchard

“I grew up in a very religious family, so that was never going to leave me. I just accepted it over the years. Although I'm not religious myself, it is so much a part of me. It's a part of my history, a part of my tradition and my culture, so I don't want to just throw it away and leave it behind, because it's made me who I am today.”

Want Years Made Today Culture Religious Behinds Grew Grew Up Tradition Accepted Who I Am Leaving Me Religious Family

Author:Brendon Urie

“I try not to be protected. Because I feel like you can become a little bit of a robot. That's not who I am. And I don't want to be monotone. It's important to be yourself, whatever the cost.”

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Author:Serena Williams

“My first love, I'll never forget, and it's such a big part of who I am, and in so many ways, we could never be together, but that doesn't mean that it's not forever. Because it is forever.”

Way Firsts Mean Bigs Together Forget Forever Who I Am Never Forget First Love

Author:Rashida Jones

“My dad and I had a real meeting of the minds. We loved to talk about music, politics, and art. He loved children. The thing I missed most about my dad when he died was that this person who really gets who I am at the core was gone.”

Mind Children Persons Art Real Gone Dad Died Meetings My Dad Core Who I Am

Author:Rosanne Cash

“I want to try to not be the child that had to go through too much too young. I want to be who I am now and not who I was then.”

Want Trying Children Young Too Much Who I Am

Author:Ben Harper

“I want to try to be who I am today, not who I was yesterday.”

Want Trying Today Yesterday Who I Am

Author:Ben Harper

“At the end of the day, I'd much rather do a piece about people in a story that I find riveting and intriguing and moving, versus really carrying some kind of heavy political agenda on my sleeve. That's not who I am.”

People Kind Ends Stories Moving Political Pieces Heavy Who I Am The End Of The Day Agendas Versus Sleeves Intriguing Political Agendas

Author:Charlize Theron

“I would rather have 10 people working on a record that are really committed and believe in it and love it, than 50 people who have no idea who I am or what I'm for.”

People Believe Ideas Records And Love Committed Who I Am No Idea

Author:DJ Shadow

“Just be open, life is about a constant journey and I'm very spiritual, but I'm also in touch with what's going on around me and who I am, and you have to know yourself. So for me, that's what keeps me going is just being interactive.”

Knows Spiritual Life Is Journey Constant Who I Am Just Being Know Yourself Interactive

Author:Ledisi

“I think it was important for me to introduce myself as an artist for the first time because I'm very proud of my past, it's all a part of my story, but this is who I am now. This was a really important thing to have an hour special that lets them in and kind of meet me for the first time, truthfully.”

Thinking Firsts Kind Important Stories Past Artist Hours Special Proud First Time Important Things Who I Am Introducing My Past

Author:Jamie Lynn Spears

“I hope that they learn who I am today and embrace that as well. I think that's the biggest thing of really introducing myself to them. Hopefully that creates a stronger connection with the fans that I already have and hopefully helps me make some new fans.”

Thinking Wells Helping Today Fans Connections Stronger Embrace Who I Am Hopefully Help Me Introducing

Author:Jamie Lynn Spears

“I think unscripted variety television may or may not get a bad rap now, but it is a fabulous environment. It is exactly who I am, and there's so much creativity there to express.”

Thinking May Creativity Environment Television Rap Who I Am Variety Fabulous

Author:James Pearse Connelly

“I write lustily and humorously. It isn't calculated; it's the way I think. I've invented a writing style that expresses who I am.”

Thinking Way Writing Style Who I Am Writing Style

Author:Erica Jong

“I was a 12 year old kid in Northern Idaho listening to Billie Holiday and Lena Horne and Sarah Vaughan and Nat King Cole. This whole genre of music is a part of who I am.”

Years Whole Kids Listening Kings Music Is Who I Am Genre Holiday Idaho Genres Of Music

Author:Cheyenne Jackson

“I had to fight hard for everything. I wanted to get out. I want to take my destiny into my own hands and escape the vicious cycle of retaliatory violence. This struggle has shaped who I am to this day.”

Want Hard Hands Wanted Fighting My Own Destiny Struggle Violence Who I Am Cycles This Day Vicious My Destiny Vicious Cycles

Author:Paul Kagame

“I like to keep things as simple as possible, that's just part of who I am.”

Simple Who I Am

Author:Princess Tatiana of Greece and Denmark

“What I wanted with that Ruthless state of mind,: just to show people who I am as a person and why I do what I do, and why I go as hard as I do go.”

People Mind Persons Hard States Shows Wanted Who I Am State Of Mind Ruthless

Author:Ace Hood

“Staying true to yourself and trusting your instincts is very important. I've learned this both through creating music, where I've always stayed focused on recording music that is true to who I am and to my fans, and through my recent health struggles, where I knew something more was going on than what I was hearing from different doctors; I had to trust myself and continue to pursue a diagnosis.”

“On the deepest level, what I know for sure is that who I am, essentially, is consciousness and consciousness is timeless and it transcends the body; it transcends the psychological "me," the egoic self. Everybody can know themselves as consciousness.”

Knows Self Body Levels Consciousness Who I Am Psychological Timeless

Author:Eckhart Tolle

“I am a storyteller and a researcher, and I'm sorry the world has a hard time straddling the tension of those two things, but that's who I am.”

World Two Hard Sorry Who I Am Tension Two Things Hard Times I'm Sorry Storyteller Researchers

Author:Brené Brown

“My greatest obstacle has to be accepting that the business that I chose to be part of is based on rejection and constantly trying to prove yourself. Letting go of seeing my accent and the way I speak as a limitation. Accepting it as who I am and where I came from.”

Way Trying Speak Accepting Seeing Prove Letting Go Obstacles Who I Am Limitation Rejection Accents Proving Yourself Greatest Obstacles

Author:Roselyn Sanchez

“It feels like it is a daily work and an ongoing task to undo all of the f - - g programming that I have had all my life about who I am supposed to be and how I'm supposed to look and that I'm supposed to win. It's a daily deconstruction of all that bullshit.”

Feels Looks Winning Tasks Who I Am Supposed To Be Programming Bullshit Ongoing Deconstruction Daily Work

Author:Amanda Palmer

“It's why we oppose Citizens United from that right-wing Supreme Court. In 2012, I also said the Tea Party "acted like terrorists" and called a donut shop manager in Milwaukee who wanted lower taxes a "smartass." And I said the number one issue is a three-letter word, J-O-B-S." I'm proud of who I am.”

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