I am an austere president.
‐‐ Jose Mujica
I am an Australian citizen, and I miss my country a great deal.
‐‐ Julian Assange
I am an author, and like many in my profession, I am also a traveling salesman, going all over in an attempt to persuade people to spend twenty-five dollars on a hardcover book by me.
‐‐ Ian Frazier
I am an average mother in almost every way, so yes, much to my regret, I do yell at my children.
‐‐ Kelly Corrigan
I am an avid fisherman, and my daily schedule is to write in the morning and then go fishing in the afternoon. In Maine, I fish mostly for stripers, and in the Florida Keys, I go after all kinds of game fish.
‐‐ Rodman Philbrick
I am an avid hunter and marksman, and I will not hesitate to shoot anyone who has myself or family in fear for our lives.
‐‐ Kid Rock
I am an avid reader.
‐‐ June Squibb
I am an avid reader! As for writing, I might - someday. But we'll have to wait and see.
‐‐ Zosia Mamet
I am an avid reader of comics, though I came to them late.
‐‐ Nick Harkaway
I am an avid runner, mainly on weekends.
‐‐ Patrick Wilson
I am an economist, not an astrologer.
‐‐ Rafael Correa
I am an education ambassador, mainly working with schools.
‐‐ Daley Thompson
I am an educator who thinks globally.
‐‐ Paulo Freire
I am an Egyptian Muslim, educated in Cairo and New York, and now living in Vienna. My wife and I have spent half our lives in the North, half in the South. And we have experienced first hand the unique nature of the human family and the common values we all share.
‐‐ Mohamed ElBaradei
I am an eighth Chinese, and I come from a large Chinese-American family in Los Angeles.
‐‐ Lisa See
I am an elected official; I was not elected by the Right.
‐‐ Ayman Odeh
I am an emotional and fragile person. I observe life, I am perceptive and can read a person's body language. I have a strong journalistic streak in me, and had I not been a filmmaker, I would have become a film journalist. I have combined my perceptive and journalistic traits to create my own brand of cinema.
‐‐ Madhur Bhandarkar
I am an emotional person, and soccer is sheer emotion. For me, it is the best way to unwind.
‐‐ Martin Winterkorn
I am an employment hyena. I am happy to make a meal of what the lions leave behind.
‐‐ Henry Rollins
I am an engineer, but what I find important and necessary is that you just learn things as you go along.
‐‐ Terrence Howard
I am an English major in school with an emphasis in creative writing. I think hearing Maya Angelou speak at school last year was one of the best moments Stanford, at least, intellectually, had to offer.
‐‐ Fred Savage
I am an English-speaking Canadian, but my entire family - Russian exiles and the Canadians they married - is buried in Quebec, and if Quebec were to separate, I would feel I had been cut in two.
‐‐ Michael Ignatieff
I am an entertainer. Cinema is entertainment. It is nothing more than that.
‐‐ Sunny Deol
I am an enthusiastic European, and my first-hand experience of war and hatred has strengthened that conviction. I have seen how misguided unilateral nationalistic identities have brought destruction and death. I am, however, a world citizen, too.
‐‐ Klaus Schwab
I am an enthusiastic participant in a church, but I have never been particularly concerned with denominational identity.
‐‐ Stanley Hauerwas
I am an entrepreneur in the classic mold. No matter what I do - outside of sticking my tongue out - I tend to make money, and quite a bit in non-KISS stuff.
‐‐ Gene Simmons
I am an entrepreneur in the entertainment industry. Somewhere early on when I couldn't get something I wanted through the system, I threw up my hands and tried to figure a way to get it done myself. A lot of it came from my upbringing. My dad was an entrepreneur.
‐‐ Mike Binder
I am an environmentalist, but I'm not a wacko environmentalist. I believe that mankind and nature can live side-by-side for the mutual benefit of both.
‐‐ Norman Schwarzkopf
I am an Epicurean. I consider the genuine (not the imputed) doctrines of Epicurus as containing everything rational in moral philosophy which Greek and Roman leave to us.
‐‐ Thomas Jefferson
I am an eternal optimist. I always say 'Yihyeh Tov' or 'It'll get better.'
‐‐ Itzhak Perlman
I am an example of a person who got zeroed into a philosophy early.
‐‐ Pete Carroll
I am an example of what is possible when girls from the very beginning of their lives are loved and nurtured by people around them. I was surrounded by extraordinary women in my life who taught me about quiet strength and dignity.
‐‐ Michelle Obama
I am an expert in the 'art of the possible.'
‐‐ Sarah Brightman
I am an extremely private person. I always feel that I come across as a caricature of myself whenever I do interviews.
‐‐ Mia Kirshner
I am an honest artist.
‐‐ Alejandro Jodorowsky
I am an honest, God-fearing man who is intensely dedicated to being the best person I can be on and off the football field.
‐‐ Ricky Williams
I am an honest person, transparent, that look citizens straight in their faces.
‐‐ Vicente Fox
I am an idealist. I don't know where I'm going but I'm on my way.
‐‐ Carl Sandburg
I am an idealist, which can be tiring.
‐‐ Hussein Chalayan
I am an illusionist. That's why I create art.
‐‐ Marilyn Minter
I am an immigrant from Mexico. I came to the United States looking for a landscape where I could explore ideas freely and to test my entrepreneurial spirit.
‐‐ Ilan Stavans
I am an immigrant with a Green Card and, therefore, I am not eligible to vote in a federal election.
‐‐ David Byrne
I am an incredibly strong person and an incredibly fast person.
‐‐ Jaye Davidson
I am an independent film-maker first and foremost. I have always cut my own cloth.
‐‐ Mira Nair
I am an independent girl. I always put my work first in my priority.
‐‐ Kangana Ranaut
I am an Indian and a painter, that's all.
‐‐ M. F. Husain
I am an Indian, so I do yoga.
‐‐ Zubin Mehta
I am an indifferent cook, but I can make pie.
‐‐ Caroline Leavitt
I am an industry.
‐‐ Thalia
I am an insomniac.
‐‐ Josh Hartnett
I am an insomniac. Most of my nights include a moment of wakening. Often I will make my way to the kitchen to make tea and read for awhile.
‐‐ Jacqueline Novogratz