- My Life
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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
- Nature
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- Nov 07, 2020
Part of the beauty of wilderness schooling is that the overheads are very low. You want a classroom? Build a shelter from nature's store. You want to eat? Forage for it.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you look at the positives, if you test yourself and challenge yourself... I describe myself as a 'yes' person. If you say no to too many things, you think 'what if'.
- Art World
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- Nov 07, 2020
The rule in the art world is: you cater to the masses or you kowtow to the elite; you can't have both.
- Community
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- Nov 07, 2020
I really, really loved Fair Isle. I'd always wanted to go there. It's so beautiful and a very small but very international community. Every nationality that you can imagine have settled there.
- Nov 07, 2020
There's only one law you gotta follow to keep outta trouble. Do it first, do it yourself, and keep on doin' it.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I eventually realised you don't have to understand every single word, and that reading in your head doesn't have to be perfect. Once I took that pressure off, it gave me confidence.
- Happy
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- Nov 07, 2020
Hopepunk is a spirit or a mood. It isn't an actual thing. It is a feeling. It is the Scandinavian concept of 'hygge' or 'coziness' of the mind. It is a warm, happy, charming, uplifting concept that leaves you with a fuzzy feeling in your tummy.
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
Hopepunk works. Try it and I guarantee you will feel better - and so will the people around you. It's positively infectious.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
As you walk down the fairway of life you must smell the roses, for you only get to play one round.
- Mind
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was a child, Lego came in brick form, you'd buy boxes of random bricks. You used your imagination and your mind in your build.
- Jungle
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- Nov 07, 2020
The jungle is my least favourite environment. It's always damp, and everything tries to bite you, whether it's flora or fauna. But I think it's important to face your fears and not just go for the comfortable option.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
You never know when you put out an album that's unique whether it'll get beat up for it or not.
- End
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's a tough thing to know that when you're making your album, you're going to end up collaborating with, say, Wal-Mart, on your artwork. That just sucks. And the pressure behind getting the numbers real fast is, to me, dizzying.
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'd say, at the end of the day, you know, from a songwriting practice standpoint, you write songs to make yourself feel something true and validating, and cathartic, maybe, and then whoever responds to it is, like, out of your control.
- Hard Work
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- Nov 07, 2020