- 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
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I talk to students - and I still think of myself more than anything as a kind of professor on leave - they say, 'Well, how do I get to do what you do?'... And I say, 'Well, you have to start out by being a failed piano major.' And my point to them is don't try to have a 10-year plan. Find the next thing that interests you and follow that.
- Look
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- Nov 07, 2020
People notice if you are black. People notice if you are female. We are certainly not either colorblind or gender-blind in this country, so I'm not suggesting that it isn't a factor. But I think in the final analysis, people will take a look at the positions, and they'll take a look at the issues.
- Inspiration
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- Nov 07, 2020
Inspiration is finding something that excites you.
- Daughter
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've found that in places where women have not really been afforded full rights yet - for instance, in the Middle East - even very conservative politicians in the region will say, 'You know, my daughter would really like to meet you,' or, 'Would you send a note to my granddaughter?'
- Nov 07, 2020
Frankly, as secretary of state, if somebody treats you badly because you're a woman, it's your fault - not theirs.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
When you're doing collaborative music, the relationship that forms is a very bonding kind of experience.
- Ladder
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- Nov 07, 2020
When you are going up the corporate ladder or the government ladder, you have to take some risk.
- Job
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- Nov 07, 2020
What has always made our country special is that it doesn't matter where you come from; it matters where you're going. Our job is to make certain the pathways are open to both our boys and our girls.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I remember, when I was 6 years old, we were having an event at school where different dolls were on display. I said that the tallest doll needed to be on the end, and my little friend said to me, 'Oh, you're just so bossy.' I remember thinking that wasn't a good thing. But I kept insisting the doll had to be on the end anyway.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Everybody who knows me is like, 'Dude, you've got to chill out.' I can't not work, given where I want to be.
- Live
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- Nov 07, 2020
With films, you completely immerse yourself in a character, get into who they are, live it and then release it.
- Nothing
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- Nov 07, 2020
The idea the president of the United States was warned that Al-Qaeda was going to attack the United States and did nothing about it - really? Do you think any president of the United States, if he had even an inkling there was going to be an attack, they wouldn't have moved heaven and earth to try to stop it?
- Patience
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- Nov 07, 2020
There comes a time when you have to exercise patience.
- Money
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- Nov 07, 2020