- I Am
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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
- Flower
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- Nov 07, 2020
A good poem is an amazing thing: a perfectly distilled, articulate moment. It opens you up - sometimes slowly, like the blooming of a flower, and sometimes with a quick knife-slice.
- Day
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- Nov 07, 2020
Every single day, authors read at bookstores and libraries - and coffeeshops and bars - all over the country. And these readings are amazing: you get to hear the book in the author's own voice, ask questions, and meet the writer. For free.
- Causing
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- Nov 07, 2020
Anything that can create balance in dogs is great. If veterinarians can give you the solution and give you why this is causing the behavior, of course. Anything that is good for an animal, let's do it.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I go and work with people, I never say, 'Your dog is changed for the rest of its life.' It's like a diet. You've got to maintain a discipline and ritual in your life to keep a certain figure.
- Dog
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- Nov 07, 2020
Americans are very big about loving the dog first, so when you tell them you have to set rules and limitations, a lot of people believe it's going to hurt their feelings. They're actually looking for you to be the pack leader.
- Dog
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- Nov 07, 2020
Oprah is a wealthy person, pack leader of the human world. So many see her as the dominant one, as the authority figure. The way I view her energy, seeing her on TV, is a very calm, quiet energy. You need, in order to gain control, higher energy than your dog.
- Nov 07, 2020
Whenever I travel, I seem to get sick - it's probably inevitable when you're on a plane every single day.
- Enough Time
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- Nov 07, 2020
Spend enough time wrangling a toddler, and you get good at being kind but firm. Like your child, you must be doggedly single-minded when it matters.
- High
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I finished high school, I was 16, and in Argentina you have to choose a career right after high school. There is no such thing as a liberal arts education.
- Hope
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- Nov 07, 2020
I always look forward to the next project. That is one of the wonderful things about architecture - you always can hope for another project to design.
- Culture
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- Nov 07, 2020
Browse Amazon reviews, and you'll see a surprising number of readers who believe one novel can summarize a country, its culture, and its people.
- May
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- Nov 07, 2020
There may be some changes in building codes, but I don't see any stylistic departure that you'll be able to attribute to Sept. 11.
- May
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- Nov 07, 2020
You may not be a fan of Twitter-fiction. That's okay. There are novels out there for you - big ones.
- Mother
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- Nov 07, 2020