- Lose
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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
- Lose
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- Nov 07, 2020
You lose something in not being rooted, but you gain something by seeing the world differently. It's both a loss and a gift.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I finish a book, I always fear that I'll never write again. It takes a lot of time. You always think if you could just do something else - but nothing else makes me as happy.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
When you see something that's so excellent it can be intimidating to walk into it no matter how many people you know.
- Make
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- Nov 07, 2020
You can't make a character do something they wouldn't do.
- Displacement
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- Nov 07, 2020
Place and displacement have always been central for me. A type of insecurity goes with that: you are always following the cues, like learning the dance steps when the dance is already under way.
- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you live in a family or have five roommates, there's some sort of reality check, but when you live alone, there's a lot more leeway for your fantasy life to be more and more a part of your everyday life.
- Direct Contact
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- Nov 07, 2020
Writing with kids is an adventure. It seems like someone always has the flu or pink-eye. I mean, you don't even have to be in direct contact with anyone to get pink-eye. But for parents who write, flexibility becomes essential, and as long as I have a pad of paper and a pen, I can write anywhere. Starbucks is fine.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
We think that we know people from this constellation of points: 'I know that story. I know that girl. I've heard that story a thousand times.' But actually, you never know that story.
- Dream
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you dream and you allow yourself to dream you can do anything. And that's what this Olympic medal represents.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
When you move around a lot, there are little bits of you from everywhere. I mean, my father's French, and I speak French, and there's a kind of struggle in me that says, 'I'd like to be French.' But I've never been fully part of that culture, that role.
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- Nov 07, 2020
If I hear a story or a fact about somebody I don't know and have never met, it's like getting a hollow vessel that you can fill up with whatever you want. That's more tempting to me than to try to replicate what I actually know.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Sex Pistols came through Atlanta, and I got to go see them. That was historic. It blew me away; it was so much fun. I bought 45s of bands you don't hear about anymore.
- Grow
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- Nov 07, 2020
You don't grow up naive in Africa.
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
People get a real kick out of hearing our songs with an orchestra. It makes you feel like you're in a movie with unexpected bursts of energy. It's really kind of psychedelic in a way.
- Different Ideas
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- Nov 07, 2020