- 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.
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- Happy
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- Nov 07, 2020
Being a public figure, you cannot make everyone happy. Some people will criticise your actions, and I cannot stop expressing my opinion based on that.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
My father was a great connoisseur of music and arts. He said, 'I will encourage you in anything you do, but make sure you get a solid education.' So, I studied in the finest schools and went on to become a qualified barrister but didn't take up law because my music was my area of interest.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
For me, everybody is the same. If you are not nice to me, I will say, 'Okay, we will try to make it nice tomorrow.' I am like that. I am not a confrontational person.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
My independent songs are actually about me, so if you really want to know me, listen to my songs and know what I have been through in my life.
- Evening
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- Nov 07, 2020
I remember my father playing a cassette for me when I was fifteen - Amjad Ali's 'Durga.' He said, 'This is from our part of the world. You must listen to it.' And I continued rewinding it and listening to it from early evening until midnight. By the end of it, I was nearly in tears.
- Democracy
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- Nov 07, 2020
As citizens of this democracy, you are the rulers and the ruled, the law-givers and the law-abiding, the beginning and the end.
- Breakfast Cereal
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- Nov 07, 2020
The idea that you can merchandise candidates for high office like breakfast cereal - that you can gather votes like box tops - is, I think, the ultimate indignity to the democratic process.
- Day
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- Nov 07, 2020
The best reason I can think of for not running for President of the United States is that you have to shave twice a day.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
Your days are short here; this is the last of your springs. And now in the serenity and quiet of this lovely place, touch the depths of truth, feel the hem of Heaven. You will go away with old, good friends. And don't forget when you leave why you came.
- Political
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- Nov 07, 2020
The hardest thing about any political campaign is how to win without proving that you are unworthy of winning.
- Kitchen
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- Nov 07, 2020
You know, you really can't beat a household commodity - the ketchup bottle on the kitchen table.
- Beautiful Woman
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- Nov 07, 2020
Do you know the difference between a beautiful woman and a charming one? A beauty is a woman you notice, a charmer is one who notices you.
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020