- Different Stages
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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
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
Every day we wake up, we have an opportunity to do some good, but there's so much bad that you have to navigate to get to the good.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
You know, I think when people are in important positions in big organizations, they often get tied up with the minutia of managing money, managing things. They often forget that people deserve to be led.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
The advantage of age is that you swap youth for wisdom. You're so full of insecurities when you're young. 'Who am I? What do I have to do for people to like me?' You get caught up in things. You get very emotional about things.
- Keep
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- Nov 07, 2020
I didn't get attached to Botox. It is costly, and you have to remember to keep doing it.
- Confidence
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- Nov 07, 2020
There is so much pressure to be thin, and you constantly compare yourself to others. But confidence is something that comes with age and experience - it has to be earned along the way.
- Peace
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think it's nice to age gracefully. OK, you lose the youth, a certain stamina and dewy glow, but what you gain on the inside as a human being is wonderful: the wisdom, the acceptance and the peace of mind. It's a fair exchange.
- Nov 07, 2020
The lines on your face are your medals. You've earned them, so why shouldn't they be worn with honour?
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
As I stand here today and tell you about these, I am heavy with an awareness of the fact that I am in more than one sense a product of both the Chinese and Western cultures, in harmony and in conflict.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have had big relationships. Three times in my life I have felt a special connection, but people talk about looking for love as if it's just like walking into a Starbucks and buying a coffee when you feel like it. It's rare, that special connection.
- Freedom
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- Nov 07, 2020
I just always feel that any black art should address our perpetual struggle for progress and freedom, period. There's no way around it. The thing is you can never predict what the next injustice is going to be. Unfortunately, it's part of being black and conscious in America.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
Whether it's a good thing or a bad thing, the higher your profile, the more castable you are in TV dramas.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
The power that you have as a storyteller is to be able to tell stories that are at once entertaining but also never lose sight of what's going on in the real world.
- Fluttering
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- Nov 07, 2020