- Great
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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
- Passion
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- Nov 07, 2020
Yeah, the majority of Brit+Co users are women, but DIY? You see kids DIY, adult men geeking out hardcore with anything related to woodworking and all these cool new technologies, metalwork, leatherworking, concrete making. Everyone has a passion. I truly believe it's in our DNA literally to build things.
- Big Company
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- Nov 07, 2020
Don't let a lack of big company names on your resume get you down, but also, don't let it feed a Silicon Valley ego. Oftentimes, the best candidates come from startups or smaller companies. It shows they are open to risk and can keep up with the long hours and occasional harsh demands.
- Night
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- Nov 07, 2020
I had a hundred things I wanted to be, but when I was 13, I wanted to be an inventor. I wanted to improve the blow-dryer because it takes so long to blow-dry your hair, and it's just a waste of time. I wanted to invent the therm-alarm, which would have you throw your sheets off in the night when you got too hot.
- Food
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- Nov 07, 2020
I really love laser-cutting. I do a lot of laser-cut jewelry and laser-etched stationery. I'll even etch my food sometimes. You can download an image online and etch it onto a tortilla or a brownie. It's so cool to meld the digital and analog worlds together.
- Anything
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- Nov 07, 2020
The thing about Toronto is that it's so versatile. There are so many different areas in it, that look like different places, that you can set almost anything there.
- Looking Back
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- Nov 07, 2020
A photograph can be an instant of life captured for eternity that will never cease looking back at you.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
Being on film is forever. Television, as well, just lives on and on and on, which is really exciting. But then with theater, it's like an experience. You have to be there that one special night that was like that to see that one performance that was really remarkable. It's more intimate as well. So I like them both.
- May
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- Nov 07, 2020
As a painter today you have to work without that essential platform. But if one does not deceive oneself and accepts this lack of certainty, other things may come into play.
- Mom
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- Nov 07, 2020
We had to give each other permission to be different as parents. That's why there's a mom and a dad with two different approaches, because you do need both.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
Every time I looked in the mirror, it was like, 'You're not good enough.' 'There's always someone more popular.' 'There's always someone more gifted in music.'
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I come from a background where, if someone is rough and tough, you handle things physically. People betrayed me, and you just want to choke them. But you choose forgiveness.
- Important
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- Nov 07, 2020
I recommend doing some sort of acting class, something that can eventually get you in front of an agent or a manager, and practice is very important.
- Live
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- Nov 07, 2020