- Heart
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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
- Genius
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- Nov 07, 2020
Some people are better at maths than others: no one thinks you can be 'taught' to be a mathematical genius. And no one thinks of teaching, in that context, as a kind of forcing of the will. But there seems to be an idea of writing as an intuitive pastime which is being dishonestly subjected to counterintuitive methods.
- Character
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- Nov 07, 2020
I suppose I'm what you'd called a character actress, so, often, my characters are quite extreme.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
You've got to use your celebrity for good stuff, not evil. I think it's lame when people act as if they're better than everyone!
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
You know, we have to take these characters - who, granted, have their separate personalities but, on a lot of levels, are pretty two-dimensional - and make them into people with flaws, with insecurities.
- Drawing
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- Nov 07, 2020
Nobody gets any fun out of baseball any more. I guess a kid's crazy not to be serious about it when he's drawing down $20,000 or $30,000 a year, and any smart-aleck gag you try may be your last. But what's life without a laugh?
- Next
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- Nov 07, 2020
You wouldn't recognize me from one project to the next.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I jokingly say if there was one great thing about, you know, the Lebanese Civil War was that it forced me to read.
- Bond
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you go through any culture that has had wars, go to the bomb shelters, and you'll hear some amazing stories. Yes, it's a necessary thing that we actually both distract ourselves and it's a way to bond.
- Bad
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- Nov 07, 2020
I always say show me a storyteller who doesn't embellish, and I'll show you a bad one.
- Live
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- Nov 07, 2020
Make big pots of soups, stews and chilis - they stretch a buck, and you can live off them for days!
- Nov 07, 2020
Initially, when you start working out, it takes at least six months for the results to show.
- Look
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you want to look at the state of humans, you should look at the state of animals first. People are choosing whether or not they can feed an animal and their family. And every shelter coast-to-coast is stuffed.
- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020