- 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
- Nov 07, 2020
You know you're old when someone compliments you on your alligator shoes, and you're barefoot.
- Energy
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- Nov 07, 2020
I know there's a consciousness energy that operates completely independent of the physical body you inhabit, that maintains... awareness after the body's gone.
- Lose
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- Nov 07, 2020
Life is what you make it: If you snooze, you lose; and if you snore, you lose more.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
What's the problem with 'never?' It keeps you from trying. It ensures that you will fail. End of story.
- Moving On
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's always something to suggest that you'll never be who you wanted to be. Your choice is to take it or keep on moving.
- Saying
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- Nov 07, 2020
My unanticipated success as a sportscaster is a perfect example of the importance of saying yes to yourself, even when you are uncertain.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
No one knows who I am in Australia. They don't even know I am Australian, because 'The Secret Circle' is on in Australia, and I'm sure everyone's like, 'Oh, she's American. She's from, like, North Carolina.' Like, nobody knows me in Australia, I'm just telling you.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
Historically, if you look at great civilizations, why do they crumble? Is it because of what's outside or because of something internal? It's always internal. It is.
- Nothing
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- Nov 07, 2020
Every role affords me something different in the way of understanding, and that's really why you take these roles, not to show that thing that people talk about of showing what you can do - that has nothing to do with anything.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
Loving oneself isn't hard, when you understand who and what 'yourself' is. It has nothing to do with the shape of your face, the size of your eyes, the length of your hair or the quality of your clothes. It's so beyond all of those things and it's what gives life to everything about you. Your own self is such a treasure.
- Mother
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's all kinds of mothers, so to use the label 'mother' and to think you really understood all that a human being is because she's a mother, is a mistake.
- Memory
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- Nov 07, 2020
Everything you do, every thought you have, every word you say creates a memory that you will hold in your body. It's imprinted on you and affects you in subtle ways - ways you are not always aware of. With that in mind, be very conscious and selective.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
Onstage, there's a separation between character and audience; onscreen, you can go to a deeper place.
- Close-Up
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- Nov 07, 2020