“Is today the day? Am I ready? Am I doing all I need to do? Am I being the person I want to be?”
Tuesdays with Morrie (1997)
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“Personally, I am always ready to learn, although I do not always like being taught,”
In debate http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/commons/1952/nov/04/debate-on-the-address in the House of Commons, 4 Nov 1952
Post-war years (1945–1955)
Variant: Personally, I'm always ready to learn, although I do not always like being taught.
Context: Personally, I am always ready to learn, although I do not always like being taught, but I shall not attempt to foreshadow the proposals which will be brought before the House tomorrow. Today it will be sufficient and appropriate to deal with the obvious difficulties and confusion of the situation as we found it on taking office.
2005-09, Address at Stanford University (2005)
Context: When I was 17, I read a quote that went something like: "If you live each day as if it was your last, someday you'll most certainly be right." It made an impression on me, and since then, for the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself: "If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?" And whenever the answer has been "No" for too many days in a row, I know I need to change something.
As quoted in The Wilson Era; Years of War and After, 1917–1923 (1946) by Josephus Daniels, p. 624. Referenced in "Bartleby.com" http://www.bartleby.com/73/1288.html
1920s and later
“I am a runner. That's what I do. That's who I am. Running is all I know, or want, or care about.”
Source: The Running Dream
Interview on her role in the Broadway play "Two for the Seesaw". The New York Times (1958).
As quoted in a press release by A&M Records (1989) http://www.elrarecords.com/sunra.html