“In a field
I am the absence
of field.
This is
always the case.
Wherever I am
I am what is missing.”
Mark Strand (1934–2014) Canadian-American poet, essayist, translator
Source: New Selected Poems
"I am Goya"; translated by Stanley Kunitz, p. 3.
Antiworlds, and the Fifth Ace
“In a field
I am the absence
of field.
This is
always the case.
Wherever I am
I am what is missing.”
Mark Strand (1934–2014) Canadian-American poet, essayist, translator
Source: New Selected Poems
“I am not at all in a humor for writing; I must write on till I am.”
Jane Austen (1775–1817) English novelist
“Even if my country remains at war with yours... remember … I am not your enemy.”
A. J. Cronin book The Keys of the Kingdom
Source: The Keys of the Kingdom (1941), p. 281
Paul Simon (1941) American musician, songwriter and producer
I Am a Rock
Song lyrics, Sounds of Silence (1966)
Sonny Bill Williams (1985) New Zealand rugby player and heavyweight boxer
Williams on the controversial nature of his flitting between football codes. Sonny Bill Williams regrets nothing http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-league/league-news/sonny-bill-williams-regrets-nothing-20131129-2yfvd.html, by Brad Walter, Sydney Morning Herald, dated 29 November 2013.
“I am not an enemy of Turkey; I am a friend of the Turkish people”
Massoud Barzani (1946) Iraqi Kurdish politician
Turkey and PKK
Source: http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1680302,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics
“I am one whose name is Valiant-for-truth. I am a pilgrim, and am going to the Celestial City.”
John Bunyan The Pilgrim's Progress
Part II, Ch. XI : Mr. Valiant-For-Truth <!-- Sect. 4 -->
The Pilgrim's Progress (1678), Part II
Context: There stood a man with his sword drawn, and his face all over with blood. Then said Mr. Great-Heart, Who art thou? The man made answer, saying, I am one whose name is Valiant-for-truth. I am a pilgrim, and am going to the Celestial City.
Jerry Herman (1931–2019) American composer and lyricist
"I Am What I Am," from La Cage aux Folles (1983) http://www.bassey.co.uk/blog/shirley_bassey/2006_08_07_peggyblog.html