"I am what I am" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1907, M. A. Chaplin, Chimes for the Times, London: Farncombe & Son, Gospel Chimes: \"I Am That (What) I Am\", page 22:",
          "text": "For Jacob's God and Peter's Saviour Utters above each circumstance—\"I am what I am\"",
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          "ref": "1965, Martyn Lloyd-Jones, Spiritual Depression: Its Causes and Cure, Grand Rapids, Michigan: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing, pages 65, 66:",
          "text": "The Apostle said that he was 'not worthy to be called an apostle because he persecuted the Church of God', but he goes on to add: 'But by the grace of God I am what I am'. What does it matter what I was? 'I am what I am.'",
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          "ref": "1974, Melvin White, Barriers to Health Care for Older Americans: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Health of the Elderly of the Special Committee on Aging, United States Senate, Part 10, Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, Statement of Dr. Melvin White, Director, Rocky Mountain Gerontological Center at the University of Utah, page 1025:",
          "text": "Popeye said, \"I am what I am, that is all that I am, I am Popeye the sailorman.\" I like that. Somehow, we have to incorporate this concept throughout our lives. I am important because I am what I am.",
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          "text": "I am what I am and I am U.S. American",
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        "I am as I must be; I cannot be changed; I can't help the way I am."
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