Quotes by category:My Own

I think this journal will be disadvantageous for me, for I spend my time now like a spider spinning my own entrails.

Mary Boykin Chesnut

think me my-own time

For years, I swore I couldn't work out because my own sweat gave... by Mary Kay Andrews

For years, I swore I couldn't work out because my own sweat gave me a rash.

Mary Kay Andrews

me sweat my-own work

Naturally, I do things my own way but I'm certainly influenced by... by Mary, Crown Princess of Denmar...

Naturally, I do things my own way but I'm certainly influenced by my mother's way of doing things.

Mary, Crown Princess of Denmark

doing my-own mother way

My dreams were all my own; I accounted for them to nobody; they were my refuge when annoyed - my dearest pleasure when free.

nobody free dreams my-own

When I was five, we moved to Virginia and lived inside an old fort that was surrounded by a moat. So when I heard stories of American history, I felt as if those dramas were taking place right in my own backyard.

Mary Pope Osborne

own place my-own history

I get ideas from my own personal experiences, from my imagination, and from my research and from old stories.

Mary Pope Osborne

my-own research imagination ideas

In my own creations, the earliest influence came from the ancient civilisations of Egypt, China, Africa and Persia. In fact, one of my earlier creations was a range of tunics, made from silk procured from the islands of Madagascar.

africa own my-own influence

I was a DJ in college and had my own punk music-focused show all four years.

dj own my-own college

I let my game do the talking. I've had incidents like that but when I compare my own story to the stories that have happened forty or fifty years ago particularly to Jackie Robinson for example.

story game my-own talking

I was writing, directing, and editing my own films as a young kid with my parents' video camera.

camera parents my-own editing

I'm just a tiny person from a humdrum neighbourhood, so I grew up worshipping 'Bond' pictures and dreaming of a life bigger than my own.

bond pictures my-own life

The one thing I'm proud of as a filmmaker is that people are entitled not to like my films - that's the privilege of the public - but I think I have my own imprint.

think my-own proud people

I never sit down to write anything personal unless I know the subject is going to go beyond my own experience and address something larger and more universal.

down never my-own experience

I have a little spa at home. I put together a room where I get massages, pedicures, manicures. It's comfortable in my own home, and it's very private. It's very relaxing.

own my-own together home

I'm not a trained actor, so there was always going to be a certain amount of bringing my own... I was going to say skills but they're not really skills, it's just stuff that I know how to do I suppose.

say own know my-own

With my YouTube videos, I used to edit a lot of my own videos, so I've gotten used to seeing myself on camera.

camera own myself my-own

I can't listen to my own voice. I change my voicemail on my machine literally every week because I'm so obsessed with getting the right tone of voice.

Michael Angarano

own my-own voice change

Looking back, I sometimes wish I had done things differently. But if I had, I'm not sure that I wouldn't have proven to be my own worst enemy.

Michael McDonald

looking looking-back my-own sometimes

It was nice, though, to have the long term benefit to be able to pare away those things and eventually make the character my own and put my own unique stamp.

my-own unique character long

Generally, nowadays, I'm using my own accent because casting directors want it; they like that.

own like my-own want