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Quotes About Self

If there is anything besides the Self there is reason to fear? Who sees the second? First, the ego arises and sees objects as external. If the ego does not rise, the Self alone exists and there is no second.
~ Ramana Maharshi
Obedience is detachment from the self. This is the most radical detachment of all. But what is the self? The self is the principle of reason and responsibility in us. It is the root of freedom, it is what makes us men.
~ Bede Griffiths
The Court made an exception, however, in the case of candidates contributing to their own campaigns because of the rather reasonable presumption that a candidate is incapable of corrupting himself.
~ James L. Buckley
I don't see myself as a rebel. Of course, it all depends on what you consider normal.
~ Princess Stephanie of Monaco
That's a difficult question, because to consider yourself a rebel is sort of ridiculous.
~ Shirley Manson
Everything I do is rebellious. Sometimes even against myself.
~ Perfume Genius
Receipts' was meaning, I'm going in. I'm gonna invest in everything that I want, and that is more to myself, and my business, to make it be exactly what I want.
~ Trina
Oh, I don't keep a journal. How you remember an incident is dictated by your emotional state at the time. How you receive the information that is coming in is definitely based on your history and who you are.
~ Alexandra Fuller
The best advice I've received is to be yourself. The best artists do that.
~ Frank Gehry
As a musician myself, I wouldn't be confident if I received some other composers' song, because I choose to express myself through the music that I make.
~ G-Dragon
I try to have a fashion sense as far as looking and being fresh in my space. I guess that gets received well sometimes but I never look at myself as a 'fashionista' or 'style icon.'
~ Fabolous
Every artist thinks his most recent work is his best. If you didn't feel like that, you wouldn't do anything.
~ Dennis DeYoung
I always like whatever I did most recently. It's the closest to who I am at the moment.
~ Ayumi Hamasaki
This time we live in is saying, 'Live for yourself, and whatever makes you happy' and all this kind of stuff, and it's so contrary. And we so don't want to go and be reckless for the Lord.
~ Jeremy Camp
My face changes when I wear make-up; I don't recognise myself.
~ Olga Kurylenko
It's great when people recognise you as 'Karan Wahi' and not a character you have played.
~ Karan Wahi
I don't even know who that person was in the '80s. I see pictures of myself from back then and I don't even recognize myself.
~ Scott Ian
Anybody who is a fan of any team is going to recognize themselves in this.
~ Peter Farrelly
I'm always shocked when I see myself because I don't recognize myself.
~ Ursula Andress
But when I cut off my hair I even had friends not recognize me.
~ Davey Havok
I was very young when I did 'I Blame Coco,' and I never really recognized that sound as me.
~ Eliot Sumner
The process of reclaiming the self is one of reconciliation with meaning.
~ Tariq Ramadan
I'm a believer in what your record is. I am what my record is - some of it good, some of it bad, some of it hard to tell.
~ Dan Rather
I have always thought of myself as a performer first and way down the line as a recording artist.
~ Leo Kottke