Self-Deprecating Sayings

158 sayings found from the Contemporary era from 158 authors

I don't need to be the MVP of the league. I need to be the MVP of my team. And if my team is winning, then that's all that matters.

— LeBron James 2012
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I told you all I was going to be number one, and I did just that.

— Usain Bolt 2008
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If I had any talent in the world, any talent that I don't have now, I would be a great diva. And I would sing at the Met.

— Ruth Bader Ginsburg 2015
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I am not a saint. I am not perfect. I am just myself.

— Princess Diana Unknown
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I have learned that you are never too small to make a difference.

— Greta Thunberg 2018
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I don't want to be remembered as the girl who was shot. I want to be remembered as the girl who stood up for her rights.

— Malala Yousafzai 2013
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I'm a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it.

— Clint Eastwood 1970s
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I don't think I've ever made a film that I haven't been in love with, even if it's been a disaster.

— Steven Spielberg 2012
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I don't make films to make money. I make money to make films.

— Martin Scorsese 2019
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I'm a filmmaker. I don't care about the real world.

— Quentin Tarantino 2007
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I just want to make people laugh. And if I can do that, then I'm happy.

— Robin Williams 2006
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I'm a grown man. I don't need to ask permission to be funny.

— Dave Chappelle 2020
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The greatest fear that I have is that nothing will change.

— Edward Snowden 2013
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I mean, I'm already in a cage, I might as well try to be myself.

— Chelsea Manning 2015
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I just want to be me. I want to be Dennis Rodman. I don't want to be Michael Jordan or Scottie Pippen. I don't want to be anybody else.

— Dennis Rodman 1996
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I don't think I'm a dictator. I'm a leader. I'm the father of the nation. I'm a good father.

— Turkmenistan's Saparmurat Niyazov 2004
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Or do you not know that I have full power to do anything to anybody?

— Caligula c. 39-41 AD
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I have found a way to make the world happy.

— Nero c. 54-68 AD
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I was not content to believe in a personal God and an everlasting Hell. I wanted to know if these things were really true.

— Aleister Crowley 1929
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I'm not trying to be a provocateur. I'm just trying to be myself.

— Shia LaBeouf 2014
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