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Your mind is a magnet. You don't attract what you need or what you want; you attract who you are. And I love who I am!

If you see me as just the princess then you misunderstand who I am and what I have been through.

I am so happy that I am alive and can walk.

I don't think I would have been able to stick with it and been proud of who I am and be feminine out on the court. I think I would have folded to the peer pressure if I didn't have my mom to encourage me to be me and be proud of how tall I am.

My thing is related to who I am as a person. The clothes are an extension of me. The music is an extension of me. All my businesses are part of the culture, so I have to stay true to whatever I'm feeling at the time, whatever direction I'm heading in. And hopefully, everyone follows.

The theater is who I am - it's where I feel the most inspired, the most at home, the most useful.

I don't know if I'll ever get used to the idea that strangers know who I am. I don't know if I want to.

You have got to decide, look, this is who I am; this is my best way to present myself, and I'm going to ride that horse to the finish line. Not everybody will like it, but that's OK.

I'm on this search trying to figure out exactly who I am and what I have to say to people.

I just don't want to die alone, that's all. That's not too much to ask for, is it It would be nice to have someone care about me, for who I am, not about my wallet.

I've helped some of my classmates on how to strategize to get to the next level of their businesses. And it's interesting, because here I am sitting there from the entertainment industry and the fashion industry, and I'm giving a billionaire that has a business that's been in his family for 300 years - I'm giving him advice about strategy!

I don't think I'm like any of the characters I've played - they're all really far from who I am.

Sooner or later something seems to call us onto a particular path... this is what I must do, this is what I've got to have. This is who I am.

If the Loki in 'Thor' was about a spiritual confusion - 'Who am I? How do I belong in this world?' - the Loki in 'Avengers' is, 'I know exactly who I am, and I'm going to make this world belong to me.'

Some men are afraid of women who challenge them and demand respect and answers. That's who I am and will always be.

I'm doing things that are more artistic again, more close to the material that I love. I don't disparage those things that I did. They're just not as much reflective of who I am.

I am who I am. That's why my friends and peers respect and appreciate me. I don't change or cater my actions to fit my surroundings. I'm myself 24/7. People appreciate that.

No one can make me work harder than I do, so I'm generally not interested in who I am competing with.

I am who I am. I'm going to speak my mind.

I'm still a little girl in Hawaii, I have the same friends I had when I was a kid who love me for who I am - not what I do. I never got caught up in the club scene or took wrong roads.

Character roles only indicate that they're very different from who you are as a person, and for me, it's fun hiding behind characters that are so unlike who I am.

I've been very fortunate and I am grateful

Singing is just another outlet to express what I feel and to show everyone who I really am. I really don't talk about my personal life that much in interviews because that's my life, but with music, the way I write explains who I am.

When I have sex with someone I forget who I am. For a minute I even forget I'm human. It's the same thing when I'm behind a camera. I forget I exist.

I'm happy to be alive, I'm happy to be who I am.

Forty is better than 30. I have a better understanding of who I am, what makes me tick, what's okay and not okay.

I owe it to my fans to be who I am. There's nothing fake about me.

I am who I am: an Irish Catholic kid, working class from Long Island. And I made it big.

As far as writing, it's grown because I've really grown comfortable with who I am.

I decided, if I'm going to be poor and black and all, the least thing I'm going to do is to try and find out who I am. I created everything about me.

I've always been very vocal about my religion. It's a big part of who I am.

I like to go out there looking like a strong woman, because I am strong. But I am also a woman who goes through all kinds of problems and highs and lows.

I love to reinvent myself, and that's because I am a very free person. I do what I feel, and I love who I am.

I'd like, each time out as a writer, to reinvent who I am and what I'm doing. That's one of the great pleasures and rewards of the occupation.

I just do my thing and try each show to be more honest about why I am and who I am. It's quite tricky and actually nerve-racking to do that. It's kind of a happy train wreck.

Sure, I suffered a lot. But it's not like the end of the world and it's not who I am. I lead quite a pleasant life and I'm able to divorce a perceived reality from my actual experience of life.

I'm really lucky with the people around me. They know me, so they don't confuse the issues, really. They know what a book is and they know who I am and they know the difference between the two.

I'm a big believer in everybody being themselves. If not doing a swimsuit calendar is yourself, that's great. But if doing a swimsuit calendar is yourself, then you should be able to do it. What I do outside the car adds to who I am and expresses a different side of me.

Everything that I've done has made me who I am today. You know, it's cliche, but it's true.

I love who I am, and I encourage other people to love and embrace who they are. But it definitely wasn't easy - it took me a while.

My life is not separate from my music, you know? It's not like a day job that I leave and go home. It's who I am as a person and how I am trying to grow, come closer to God, be a better person.

Oh, honey, I'm from Oklahoma! This is who I am - middle-class all the way!

I feel like when people judge me they're not judging me, because they don't know who I am.

Pretty much everywhere I go, I'm pretty much thinking I'm going to be bounced. I am still the outsider who snuck into the party. I identify with the regular person, because that is who I am.

I was very sorry when I found out that your intentions were good and not what I supposed they were.

I just feel as though it's become a situation where people have manifested this caricature of who I am, and they act as if there's no real person inside of it.

I think people have a misconception of me, period. My life has been a whirlwind sometimes, but it's different to what people think. I definitely feel like there's a misconception about me and who I am.

I am a historian. With the exception of being a wife and mother, it is who I am. And there is nothing I take more seriously.

I know who I am by now. And I am my own brand.

Even in my really bad, drugged-out days, I didn't go away. I still toured, still did interviews. I never gave up the fight. That's why I'm who I am today, because I didn't leave. And I think I made the right choice.

I like going to France, because no one knows who I am.

I'm really not that funny in real life. But I am the best audience one could find. I love to laugh.

People could see in me who I am now, an Olympic champ, the best in the world.

I am proud of who I am, and nobody's going to steal that.

I think I am at my best when my hair is short. It's easier to take care of and more of who I am. Women are conditioned to think we need long hair.

I am a Christian and I don't want there to be any confusion about what I believe or who I am.

I want to struggle and make films. It's not a financial thing, it's more of a who-I-am thing.

I've never been someone who's been given work because of the way I look or because I have some box office appeal. I get work because people know I'm swinging as hard as I can, trying to connect, giving it my level best. I have a face for radio, but here I am doing what I do.

I suppose that if I could have quit, I would have, because in those days I never wanted to be an actress, the acting was something to do while I waited for a chance to study writing and directing. But I guess I was just meant to be an actress. Because, here I am.

I've chosen to stay in a jolly place for most of my life, and that is a lot of who I am.

I care what people think, but that doesn't change what I say. I am who I am.

It's not who I am underneath but what I do that defines me.

I want to show America who I am and inspire young kids.

My only hope to receive love is to let you see who I am, then I may believe you.

I find that communication as an actor and person is an important part of who I am. And I'm really drawn into the psychology of those dynamics.

I think my capacity to change has given me tremendous happiness, because who I am today I am completely content to be.

I love who I am and I love my life, but if I could be someone else, I'd be Beyonce in two seconds.

Being with my family is very important to me, and touring is very important to me, too, because it's who I am. It's what I do.

I am who I am today because of my mother.

Everywhere I go, people know who I am.

I guess because people are more aware of who I am, they're going to wonder about my personal life.

My kids inspire me to be the person I am today - without them I wouldn't be who I am today.

When you have a tough loss, go through it and agonize. I had one loss that I still want to change, but at the same time I realize it is an important part of who I am.

I'm okay if people don't know who I am, but if you remember my character that would be great.

I speak my mind. If it offends some people, well, there's not much I can do about that. But I'm going to be honest. I'm going to continue to speak my mind, and that's who I am.

I am very conscious of who I am as an artist and as an inspirational person.

I'm not afraid to say I'm very comfortable with who I am and I love who I love.

I've been through so much of my own self-search that I'm not as consumed with who I am as I used to be.

As a person, I was born to give out my opinions. By giving out my opinions, I realize who I am. As long as I can communicate, I'm not so lonely. If I cannot travel, or do art, or have company, if they take away all my belongings, it doesn't matter at all.

There's an idea about who I am that's eternally projected onto me, and then I almost feel like I have to fulfill that role. Even when things come out of my mouth, I want to be sure I'm saying exactly what I mean.

Believe me, I love commerce as much as the rest of the readers of 'Businessweek.' But in art, you have to be true to yourself and your musical vision. People have known me well for a long time, so if I was chasing a trend and doing something that wasn't authentic to who I am, they would know it in just a few seconds.

I'm neither embarrassed of who I am, where I come from, what I've experienced, I'm not ashamed of it.

I wouldn't be who I am without my husband, who handled the business end of Donna Karan so I could be creative.

Reality does get a bad rap. But I'm not concerned about it 'cause I know who I am. They can edit it, but you are in charge of what you do.

I could do nice, but it's just not as much fun. Being nice isn't my biggest goal in life. I'm trying to be honest about who I am, and that's not always nice. I'm not always the world's cheerleader.

We all bullet point our triumphs, but I am who I am because of everything you don't see on my CV. The stuff that doesn't work out teaches you how to trust your instincts and adapt.

I definitely have come out of my shell a lot more. When you question who you are, you can't be proud of who you are. Now that I'm trying to peel off those layers and really understand who I am, I don't have anything to be shy about.

I am a fortunate homosexual man. I am very blessed to be who I am.

I've done a lot of things and I've been a lot of people, but now I've come to realize who I am

What you see is what you get. What you hear is who I am.

So much of my sense of who I am is tied to mothering. When they left home, I fell into a huge, empty, black hole. Your children are grown and your career has slowed down - all the stuff that took up so much attention is gone, and you're left with expansive time and space.

Apart from the fact that I've got a strange job, I do lead a fairly normal life. I do my own shopping. I don't feel constrained by who I am because of what I do; I often feel disappointed by my lack of ability. I get frustrated at myself, but I think everyone does.

I'm a black American, I am proud of my race. I am proud of who I am. I have a lot of pride and dignity.

Because for whatever reason, even though I want to stay home all the time and be left alone, I want to tell the world who I am now.

OK, I've had a life of sort of success, some people know who I am but a lot of people don't. I feel the need to change that still.

Faith is important to me. It's important to millions of Australians. It helps to shape who I am. It helps to shape my values. But it must never, never dictate my politics

Here I am paying big money to you writers and what for? All you do is change the words.

Luckily, I don't have to be anybody but Yolanda, because people don't expect me to be anything other than who I am. For an artist, it's a great place to be.

We all perform our lives in a way. And the actor is a perfect metaphor to get at that theme of 'how do we find our authentic selves?' And that we all - whether we're actors or not - perform ourselves. As a way of searching. As a way of fumbling around and trying to say, is this my voice? Is this who I am?

I'm not the same person I was. I used to act dumb. It was an act. I am 26 years old, and that act is no longer cute. It is not who I am, nor do I want to be that person for the young girls who looked up to me. I know now that I can make a difference, that I have the power to do that.