- Culture
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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
- Faithfully
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- Nov 07, 2020
When you live with Dickens for years, reading him and trying to present him as faithfully as you can, you can't fail to love the man - so the shock of his bad behaviour is considerable, even when you know it is coming.
- Men
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- Nov 07, 2020
They say women talk too much. If you have worked in Congress you know that the filibuster was invented by men.
- Happiness
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- Nov 07, 2020
Money can't buy happiness, but it can make you awfully comfortable while you're being miserable.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
They say that women talk too much. If you have worked in Congress you know that the filibuster was invented by men.
- Feeling
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- Nov 07, 2020
When dealing with a subject who is dead, you have this feeling of being God. You know who they're going to marry, when they're going to die. It's strange to feel so omniscient.
- Good Thing
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- Nov 07, 2020
You know, that's the only good thing about divorce; you get to sleep with your mother.
- Everything
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- Nov 07, 2020
The studios knew how to build a star, and they knew what to do with you. They also taught you everything.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
When people are grieving, it's kind of like a storm, and you need something to grab onto, but often you have to brave it on your own.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I didn't want to be one of those people who was resentful. The moment you start saying to people that their lives must be miserable because they're sick, you give their sickness value over them.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
What happens when you have an illness where you're never going to be healthy? Does that mean I'm never going to have a life? Am I never going to do anything or be anything other than a sick kid?
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
A lot of people say when you get a short life span you want to go out and do all of this crazy stuff like go bungee jumping and travel to exotic places. But you just want to live.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
At the end of the day, when people say, 'Oh, she's an industry plant,' I'm like, 'No, I just have representation, like every single other artist you listen to.' I'm not the first person to get a manager.
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's crazy to feel like you have to sell yourself and just, like, be almost... marketable. I'd never thought of it that way.
- Think
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- Nov 07, 2020
There is that time right around 30 when you think, your twenties have gone by, and now you really are a grown up, and you do have to figure out what you're going to do.
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
I feel as though there are things that I'm trying to do - you know, capturing truthfully some aspect of human experience - and I'm trying really hard not to be fake. And in writing, as in life, it's harder than you think.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020