“I don't like to think of myself as a 'virgin'. I prefer to think of myself as 'sexually incomplete'. You know. Like I haven't finished the course yet.”
Source: The Carrie Diaries
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“I don't like the word 'alcoholic'. I like to think of myself as an advanced drinker.”
Chelsea Handler (1975) American comedian, actress, author and talk show host
Source: My Horizontal Life: A Collection of One-Night Stands
Peter F. Christensen (1952) Catholic bishop
Source: 6 Bishops on Their Favorite Saints, Spirituality https://www.ncregister.com/blog/6-bishops-on-their-favorite-saints-spirituality (21 January 2020)
“I prefer nothing but that they act like themselves, and I like myself.”
Nihil enim malo quam et me mei similem esse et illos sui.
Julius Caesar (-100–-44 BC) Roman politician and general
Reported by Marcus Tullius Cicero in a letter to Atticus.
Variant translations:
There is nothing I like better than that I should be true to myself and they to themselves.
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“I prefer the term ‘sexual deviant’ myself,” Saiman said.”
Ilona Andrews American husband-and-wife novelist duo
Source: Magic Strikes
“I don't want everyone to like me; I should think less of myself if some people did.”
Henry James (1843–1916) American novelist, short story author, and literary critic
“I like to hide in Ireland, but I like to think of myself as an internal exile.”
John Banville (1945) Irish writer
John Banville: claiming Kafka as an Irish writer (2011)
“You are a manipulator.
I like to think of myself more as an outcome engineer.”
Jessica Bird book Lover Eternal
Variant: She smiled a little. "You are a manipulator"
"I like to think of myself more as an outcome engineer.
Source: Lover Eternal
Darko Miličić (1985) Serbian basketball player
As quoted in "Finding Darko" http://www.espn.com/espn/feature/story/_/id/20211833/nba-bust-darko-milicic-finds-success-back-home-serbia (8 February 2017), by Sam Borden, ESPN <br class="br">2010s