- 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
- Experience
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- Nov 07, 2020
Being the only non-Black was a unique experience. After a few weeks, you're not aware of skin color differences. You see the color; you're not blind, but it doesn't matter. You see the human being first.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Hollywood does not write parts for people like me, an elderly gentleman, and when they find out you're crippled, forget about it. No, I'll never work again.
- Religion
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- Nov 07, 2020
I found enormous opposition to my religion. It's like if you want to strengthen your biceps, you lift heavy weight, as heavy as you can handle, and work your muscles against resistance until it grows strong. I had to do that with my religion.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
Not too many people are - were as good as Bob Hope. George Burns was great at thinking, you know, on the spot. Steve Allen was marvelous, and so was George Burns. But Bob may be the king of them all, you know.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
Standing on soil feels so much different than standing on city pavement; it lets you look inward and reflect and see who you really are, while you see a beautiful, unspoiled land as far as the eye can see. It allows your inner life to grow.
- Freedom
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- Nov 07, 2020
There couldn't be better parents than mine, loving yet strict. They disciplined with love. A child without discipline is, in away, a lost child. You cannot have freedom without discipline.
- Cracking
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- Nov 07, 2020
Writing a nonfiction story is like cracking a safe. It seems impossible at the beginning, but once you're in, you're in.
- Ideal
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- Nov 07, 2020
You have to check out 'March of the Penguins'. Penguins are the really ideal example of monogamy.
- Only
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- Nov 07, 2020
When a movie star sits and talks to you, it's almost always, and only, because she's promoting something.
- Being Honest
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's a challenge, writing about actors, especially a good actor, because you can't always tell when they're being honest and when they're pretending - that is, when they're acting. The really good ones don't always seem to know themselves.
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- Nov 07, 2020