“The only person I know, is the person I want to be”
Source: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change
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“I am mystified. I know only one person who voted for Nixon.”
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“You know, I look like a duck. I just do. And I'm not the only person who thinks that.”
People magazine (1990) http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20128142,00.html
Context: You know, I look like a duck. I just do. And I'm not the only person who thinks that. It's the way my mouth sort of curls up or my nose tilts up. I should have played Howard the Duck.