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Me Quotes

Quotes rooted in the first person.

These are quotes centered on 'me' - childhood memories tied to family traditions, like a grandfather's holiday reading passed down for decades, alongside admissions about how humor can double as self-protection. Several speak to the solitary nature of creative work, something also explored in Life Quotes.

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Fifty years from now, people will still be listening to Led Zeppelin. They won't even remember me.

Quotes by Ahmet Ertegun

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If anybody asks me where I'm from, my first inclination is to say, 'Washington,' because that's where I grew up meaningfully.

Quotes by Ahmet Ertegun

8

The dream of my family was for me to be an educated person.

Quotes by Ahmed Zewail

7

There is no 'master plan' on the road to the Nobel Prize. It represents a lot of hard work, a passion for that work and... being in the right place at the right time. For me, that place was Caltech.

Quotes by Ahmed Zewail

Good Quotes

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I'd rather have the influence than the power, and the influence to me is to build institutions of independence and democracy, to regain for Egypt prestige in education and science and technology.

Quotes by Ahmed Zewail

5

Let me put it this way: There is nothing in Islam that is fundamentally against the quest for knowledge.

Quotes by Ahmed Zewail

4

When Mohamed Morsi was elected president of Egypt in 2012, many in the country, including me, were hopeful that he would become a democratic president for all Egyptians - not only for the Muslim Brotherhood.

Quotes by Ahmed Zewail

3

The family's dream was to see me receive a high degree abroad and to return to become a university professor - on the door to my study room, a sign was placed reading 'Dr. Ahmed,' even though I was still...

Quotes by Ahmed Zewail

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As a boy, it was clear that my inclinations were toward the physical sciences. Mathematics, mechanics, and chemistry were among the fields that gave me a special satisfaction.

Quotes by Ahmed Zewail

I Am Quotes

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It doesn't bother me that people are stupid. I'm not stupid.

Quotes by Ahmed Best

Others touch on early body-image pressures absorbed from family members, showing the personal cost of comparison at a young age. See also I Am Quotes and Like Quotes for related first-person perspectives.