- People
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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
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
There can be dramas in your life and you can get over them and become someone. You don't have to wallow in self-pity; you can actually use the experiences in your life to push yourself further and help others.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
I feel as though I'm constantly defending myself. I'm up against challengers from the ballroom world, from the dance world, people on the couch who hate what I'm saying about their favourite celebrity. Then you're up against the press, who will always want to put you in a box.
- Entire Career
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- Nov 07, 2020
The trouble is the field of science, medicine, universities, biotech companies - you name it - have been so splintered, layers, sub-divided, hacked that people can spend their entire career studying one tiny little cog of life.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
As a dancer, you go from one show to the next, and you never know where your next pound is coming from, and I think that's what makes me say yes to so many things, because there's always a fear that you won't have a job.
- Future
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- Nov 07, 2020
When you think of all the things that are made from oil or in the chemical industry, if in the future we could find cells to replace most of those processes, the ideal way would be to do it by direct design.
- Nov 07, 2020
You'd need a very specialized electron microscope to get down to the level to actually see a single strand of DNA.
- Freedom
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- Nov 07, 2020
When you take on an acting or dancing role, you have to trust your director, and in some ways there is freedom in relinquishing control.
- Passion
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you really have a passion for something, you should follow it and listen to your inner voice.
- Everything
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- Nov 07, 2020
I see, in the future, bioengineered almost everything you can imagine that we use.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
You are under great scrutiny when you are adopting, more so than natural parents. There are a lot of interviews, screenings etc.
- Doing
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- Nov 07, 2020
When you do cross-breeding of plants, you're doing this blind experiment where you're just mixing DNA of different types of cells and just seeing what comes out of it.
- Parents
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- Nov 07, 2020
Knowing what your parents have gives you hints of things, but your genome is a totally unique combination of and interchange of DNA from your parents. There is no one else like you genetically.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
The only 'afterlife' is what other people remember of you.
- Big
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- Nov 07, 2020
We called the head of CBS and said, 'We know how network television feels about musicals. Would you even consider doing 'Gypsy?'' He said, 'If I did say yes, you'd have to have a big movie star who does not do TV.' I told him that, in our fantasy world, we'd like Bette Midler. He said, 'Get Bette Midler, and you have an on-the-air commitment.'
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
In the past, once a movie musical was made, it was believed that you were left with that version, good or bad, for posterity.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
It rests in the hands of 'Dreamgirls' and 'Hairspray.' If they're successful, we'll be back on track - people will continue to greenlight musicals. If they don't work, then you're going to see everyone go back to the way it was before 'Chicago.'
- Passion
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- Nov 07, 2020
When you work on a passion project, there's always the chance that you'll get your heart broken.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020