- Men
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- Nov 07, 2020
You Quotes
Quotes that speak straight to you.
This collection gathers quotes framed around 'you' - from candid reflections on body image pressures passed down in families to observations about how humor can mask real vulnerability. Many touch on how what you know about yourself differs from how others perceive you.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Hard
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- Nov 07, 2020
People idealize or reminisce about their 20s, but nobody tells you beforehand that it's hard and unglamorous and often very unpleasant.
- Dark
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- Nov 07, 2020
Comedy arises out of necessity, because some things are so dark that you have to laugh about it.
- Darkness
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- Nov 07, 2020
The lighthearted moments of 'Girls' are really not speckled throughout and that to me is just super exciting, to be able to delve into the darkness that you are greeted with in your early 20s and the fear and what that makes you do, the places that you can potentially go with that.
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
Getting divorced just because you don't love a man is almost as silly as getting married just because you do.
- City
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- Nov 07, 2020
I know the way this city works. We have one of the most corrupt cities in the country. The reason it's so corrupt is because everybody thinks it's honest, and it's not. You know the truth when you go to Chicago. The difference here in Los Angeles is you believe it's honest - and that's dangerous.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I knew at a very early age, about 6 years old, that there was something different about me. But being young and not being exposed to people who had gender dysphoria, or role models that you see on TV today, I didn't know what it was.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was told I'd never work again, but once you come out, it's like someone turns on the lights, and your life will be different.
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020
There may be a long list of things to do, but really, there is just one thing on the list at any time. If you think of it like that, the whole world looks different and you can stay quite calm. Maybe everything will get done eventually and maybe not. You can always have hope.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Whether you are a genius or an idiot, a thief or, like me, a Zen priest who has cultivated the mind for 30 years - the mind anyway is subject to conditions.
- Look
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- Nov 07, 2020
Looking back... it's hard to understand what all the fuss was about as things changed in just a few years. When you look at all the things that have happened in the world, it seems very small.
- Fall
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- Nov 07, 2020
When you fall in love, you become weak.
- Need
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- Nov 07, 2020
No matter what you do, if there's something you're afraid of, you need to break through it.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020