- 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
- Presence
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- Nov 07, 2020
As a consumer, you want to associate with brands whose powerful presence creates a halo effect that rubs off on you.
- History
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's ironic that early on in the war with Afghanistan, the Americans and the British were saying, 'We recognise there must be a Palestinian state,' then they rapidly forgot about it. I think history will show that that kind of amnesia will come back to haunt you.
- Person
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- Nov 07, 2020
Everybody has a lot of darkness in them because without that you're not a whole person.
- Game
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- Nov 07, 2020
Community organizing is all about building grassroots support. It's about identifying the people around you with whom you can create a common, passionate cause. And it's about ignoring the conventional wisdom of company politics and instead playing the game by very different rules.
- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
I do think culture is an argument, and that was part of the way I was brought up. People at a social occasion in Ireland will start shouting and arguing. When the Yeats family lived in Bedford Park, they had to go round to the neighbours to say, 'You might think we are fighting, but this is the way we talk to each other.'
- Progress
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- Nov 07, 2020
The first song I ever wrote was when I was 12, and it had, like, four lines in it. You progress and get better.
- Ideas
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think ideas should be flying about and banging into each other. It is a kind of energy. If you occupy static positions, then things sort of ossify.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
I find myself more affected by music the more I do it. Particularly when you're touring, and you're in the bus, and you're listening to loads of music. Life becomes far more dramatic, I guess - you're never in the same place; you're constantly meeting new people. You almost become more sensitized to music.
- Moment
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- Nov 07, 2020
I would consider myself a perfectionist, yeah. I don't think that is always that helpful, either. Sometimes it's good to be a little more open-minded; you can overthink things when things are actually fine, and it's that moment that you lose it. Looking back, sometimes I've made mistakes from being a perfectionist.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
Music is shared. It's a shared feeling; that's what music is all about. When you listen to a song with someone else, it becomes more than just a song. It defines relationships.
- Matter
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- Nov 07, 2020
I like to call the Department of Labor the Department of Opportunity, and that means opportunity for everyone - no matter whom you love.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm not saying you have to be totally despondent or anything, but... in New York, it's cold sometimes; it rains sometimes; even if everything in your life is great, bad weather can set the mood. You can write songs in New York because it's not always perfect. To write a good song, things can't be perfect.
- I Can
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- Nov 07, 2020
Every musician writes about past relationships. And other than that, I can promise you, I have very little in common with Taylor Swift.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
If people stop being interested, it's because you haven't written a good enough album. Music will always be the most powerful thing. It doesn't matter what record labels or journalists say. It's the song.
- History
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- Nov 07, 2020