„I took a deep breath and listened to the old brag of my heart: I am, I am, I am.“

„I am seeking, I am striving, I am in it with all my heart.“

—  Vincent Van Gogh Dutch post-Impressionist painter (1853-1890) 1853 - 1890

„On my business card, I am a corporate president. In my mind, I am a game developer. But in my heart, I am a gamer.“

—  Satoru Iwata Japanese video game programmer and businessman 1959 - 2015

2005 GDC Keynote https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9HUMt2rrOI

„But I will wear my heart upon my sleeve
For daws to peck at: I am not what I am.“

—  William Shakespeare, Othello

Источник: Othello

„Monsieur, sit down; listen to me. I am not a heathen, I am not hard-hearted, I am not unchristian, I am not dangerous, as they tell you; I would not trouble your faith; you believe in God and Christ and the Bible, and so do I.“

—  Charlotte Brontë, книга Villette

Источник: Villette (1853), Chapter XXXVI: The Apple of Discord

„A dream, a dream, — it is all a dream,
A strange, sad dream, good sooth;
For old as I am, and old as I seem,
My heart is full of youth.“

—  Martin Farquhar Tupper English writer and poet 1810 - 1889

The Song of Seventy.
A Thousand Lines (1846)

„That I am one and many is at the heart of my dis-ease
Yet I am one and many“

—  Happy Rhodes American singer-songwriter 1965

"One And Many"
Find Me (2007)

„I am billed as a humorist, but of course I am a tragedian at heart.“

—  Will Cuppy American writer 1884 - 1949

Stanley J. Kunitz and Howard Haycraft (eds.), Twentieth Century Authors, New York: H.W. Wilson Company, 1942, p. 342.

„I am too dark in my heart tonight.“

—  Philippa Gregory, книга The Other Boleyn Girl

Источник: The Other Boleyn Girl

„But I am poor, and my name ends with a soft vowel, and they hate me and my father, and my father's father, and they would have my blood and put me down, but they are old now, dying in the sun and in the hot dust of the road, and I am young and full of hope and love for my country and my times, and when I say Greaser to you it is not my heart that speaks, but the quivering of an old wound, and I am ashamed of the terrible thing I have done.“

—  John Fante, книга Ask the Dust

Источник: Ask the Dust (1939), Chapter Six

„Listening to that performance changed my life. It changed the course of my musical career. I could listen to my heart's voice clearly because the music had helped me understand my mind's deepest desires. Today, I am happy and feel blessed that I followed the path dictated by my heart.“

—  Hariprasad Chaurasia Indian bansuri player 1938

On hearing a performance on a woodwind by Pandit Bhola Nath of Varanasi.

„First of all:
I am tired.
I am true of heart!

And also:
You are tired.
You are true of heart!“

—  Dave Eggers memoirist, novelist, short story writer, editor, publisher 1970

A Heartbreaking Work Of Staggering Genius (2000)

„America took me into her bosom when there was no longer a country worthy of the name, but in my heart I am German – German in my soul.“

—  Marlene Dietrich German-American actress and singer 1901 - 1992

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„I am at heart a gentleman.“

—  Marlene Dietrich German-American actress and singer 1901 - 1992

„I IT AM, I IT AM: I IT AM that is highest, I IT AM that thou lovest, I IT AM that thou enjoyest, I IT AM that thou servest, I IT AM that thou longest for, I IT AM that thou desirest, I IT AM that thou meanest, I IT AM that is all. I IT AM that Holy Church preacheth and teacheth thee, I IT AM that shewed me here to thee. The number of the words passeth my wit and all my understanding and all my powers. And they are the highest, as to my sight: for therein is comprehended — I cannot tell, — but the joy that I saw in the Shewing of them passeth all that heart may wish for and soul may desire. Therefore the words be not declared here; but every man after the grace that God giveth him in understanding and loving, receive them in our Lord’s meaning.“

—  Julian of Norwich English theologian and anchoress 1342 - 1416

The Twelfth Revelation, Chapter 26
Контексте: After this our Lord shewed Himself more glorified, as to my sight, than I saw Him before wherein I was learned that our soul shall never have rest till it cometh to Him, knowing that He is fulness of joy, homely and courteous, blissful and very life.
Our Lord Jesus oftentimes said: I IT AM, I IT AM: I IT AM that is highest, I IT AM that thou lovest, I IT AM that thou enjoyest, I IT AM that thou servest, I IT AM that thou longest for, I IT AM that thou desirest, I IT AM that thou meanest, I IT AM that is all. I IT AM that Holy Church preacheth and teacheth thee, I IT AM that shewed me here to thee. The number of the words passeth my wit and all my understanding and all my powers. And they are the highest, as to my sight: for therein is comprehended — I cannot tell, — but the joy that I saw in the Shewing of them passeth all that heart may wish for and soul may desire. Therefore the words be not declared here; but every man after the grace that God giveth him in understanding and loving, receive them in our Lord’s meaning.

„If I am right, Thy grace import
Still in the right to stay;
If I am wrong, oh teach my heart
To find that better way!“

—  Alexander Pope, Moral Essays

The Universal Prayer (1738)
Источник: Moral Essays

„I am a man of causes; I am not an individualist, and in my heart and conscience I do not think I could serve society as I would like to with this level of support.“

—  Bernard Landry Canadian politician 1937 - 2018

In Radio-Canada, ""Biographies: Bernard Landry"" http://www.radio-canada.ca/nouvelles/dossiers/tetes/landry/,retrieved August 28, 2005
quote from Landry's resignation speech, made after winning a party confidence vote by only 76.2%.

„my heart knows who i am and who i'll turn out to be!“

—  E. Lynn Harris, Invisible Life

Источник: Invisible Life

„At the age of twenty six I am in the condition of an aged person — all my old friends are gone … & my heart fails when I think by how few ties I hold to the world….“

—  Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley English novelist, short story writer, dramatist, essayist, biographer, and travel writer 1797 - 1851

Journal (15 May 1824)

„I am Jack's complete lack of surprise. I am Jack's Broken Heart.“

—  Chuck Palahniuk, Fight Club

Источник: Fight Club