- Me
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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
- Dress
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- Nov 07, 2020
Stockings are tricky for girls - you worry about them falling down all night and the idea that you dress up at 7pm so that your boyfriend can get excited about six hours later is just too much effort.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you meet a girl who says: 'Darling, what do you mean? Of course I wear suspenders. I've worn them all my life. I think tights are for old people,' then know this: she's desperate to have kids, she wants you and her to live in the same house as her mum, she never wants to go out and she just wants to lie on your chest for the next 15 years.
- Joy
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- Nov 07, 2020
Being hummed at by someone with magic hands while they knead your neck is good for the soul, but it won't make you giggle for days afterwards. In fact, the second the smiley therapist stops and says, 'You can put your robe on now, the hour is up,' the joy and wonder sort of leaves the room.
- Past
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- Nov 07, 2020
When you're down and have just split up from your partner everyone says you have to move forward. 'Get on with your life,' 'It's time to meet someone new,' and 'Don't think about the past' are phrases you'll hear for at least six months after the horrible event.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's nothing quite as perfect as going to a dark room where you can eat fattening food next to the man you love. OK. All right. Like. The man you like.
- Learning
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- Nov 07, 2020
Facebook, I'm learning, is like a man. You have to be smiley and fun and witty but sometimes you have to play it cool and just ignore it for a couple of hours.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
Hiring someone to look after your children is about the most important thing you will ever do in your life.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I never go to parties. I never go to premieres. You can't play that game, because it's short-lived and you want a life.
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's deep in the south of India and next to Goa, but thankfully the folk who like Goa haven't worked out that Kerala is a lot nicer and just next door. You do feel that you are discovering somewhere entirely new in Kerala. It makes you feel like you are on a totally different planet.
- Look
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love that ageing rocker look, dressed in black and looking like you slept in your make-up.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've never knowingly taken my make-up off. The stuff you see me in I first put on in the 70s.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
My twenties were painful. You had to go out to nightclubs. I love not having to pretend to enjoy those things anymore.
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- Nov 07, 2020