- 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
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
In this age of the Internet, if you are going to go see someone, you usually look them up first. It can be an advantage and disadvantage. Most of the time, people can Google you and see a couple clips and say, 'Oh I am going to go.' They can kind of co-sign off on you.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I didn't start out with a spectacular movie. Many people think you don't have to go from nothing to the top; they think you start at the top.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
Cyndi Lauper is really good at talking to you about normal things. It's strange to be in the presence of a big celebrity like that. You want to make these connections and say things related to being a fan. It's not as interesting for them. She's amazing at making small talk without it seeming small.
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
We have to train our kids better and really enforce in them that no matter what mainstream media and pop culture and all of the terrible things around us say - that it's OK to tear people down, that somehow it will make you feel better, and it's OK to gossip about people - it won't make you feel better.
- Person
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- Nov 07, 2020
All you can really do is try to be a good person and try to make good decisions and try to survive.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think it's really important for young audiences to see that you don't have to apologize for being angry when you're angry, and you don't have to apologize for standing up for yourself when people are pushing you around.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think it's important to be friends with the person you have to kiss onstage in front of a hundred people. You might not be friends in real life - especially if you're in high school - but you need to at least be 'secret friends' for it to work. Try to be comfortable with each other.
- Nov 07, 2020
I think, when you're an actor, it kind of enables you to fully inhabit all of the youngest parts of yourself.
- Different Place
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- Nov 07, 2020
The point of songs in theater is that you're supposed to end up in a different place than where you started.
- Believe
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's important to be really verbal about what you believe, to try to claim America as your own, as we're trying to figure out the identity of this country and what we're going to be.
- Hope
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- Nov 07, 2020
I hope we will not so characterize religious people as being so narrow and so biased towards people not of their own religion that they cannot even work with them in this common cause to which you say they are committed.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
If people knew of ethics violations, they should have sent them to the Ethics Committee. If you think there was serious ethics violation that ought to be looked at, you don't hold it back for retaliatory purposes.
- Cite
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- Nov 07, 2020
It is, of course, further indication that a fundamentalist right has really taken over much of the Republican Party, People might cite George Bush as proof that you can be totally impervious to the effects of Harvard and Yale education.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am not a great theologian. I know there is a theological concept called invincible ignorance in which a strong enough faith binds you to any facts to the contrary.
- Prison
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- Nov 07, 2020
Lawyers are very, very good at keeping you out of prison, but they will sacrifice your reputation and credibility to do so.
- Lawyer
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- Nov 07, 2020
And unless you think there is a serious chance you're going to jail, don't listen to your lawyer.
- History
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- Nov 07, 2020