- End
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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
- Perspective
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- Nov 07, 2020
There are positives to moving around and changing companies: you put things in perspective; you can compare living and working conditions. Living in one city, you tend to take things for granted; your view is much more narrow. In Europe, a dancer can leave for a year and still keep her original contract.
- Girl
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- Nov 07, 2020
I do feel I'm responsible to carrying on the music. That's what I was charged with as a kid. When I was a little girl, I was told, 'When we are gone' - when you're a kid, you never think they'll ever be gone - 'you have to keep the music alive, the Carter Family songs, and add your own songs.'
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think, looking back, there was a lot of fear of success in me. When you are successful, you have to keep it up... it requires you to be responsible, and I had been pretty irresponsible.
- Matter
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- Nov 07, 2020
Grandma and Mama showed me that you always have to give as much as you can, no matter what.
- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's a matriarchal family, the Carters. A.P. was the original head of the Carter family, but the women were always strong. There were no questions asked in that regard; you had better be strong.
- Okay
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- Nov 07, 2020
Basically, I grew up watching Carter girls on stage, watching my grandmother, my mom and my aunts perform. They used to say, 'Okay, Carter girls, you're on!'
- Big
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- Nov 07, 2020
Don't try to be like somebody else. You'll be miserable. You need to be yourself, and don't ever get a big head.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
My grandma passed in '78, and that's the year I started recording. It's also the year that my dad retired from his career. So it's funny how torches get passed on, and you feel a responsibility to be connected to the music that they did and try to carry it on in your own way.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
To me, the European Union says there is a charter that protects you; you have fundamental rights, and they are staying silent when they are violating my fundamental rights.
- End
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- Nov 07, 2020
At the end of the day, if you're a professional athlete in track and field you are the CEO of your company.
- Night
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- Nov 07, 2020
An athlete and actor are really two different temperaments, night and day. As an athlete you really keep things out and as an actor you really bring things in.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020