- Comradeship
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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
- Dumb
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- Nov 07, 2020
If a man is dumb, someone is going to get the best of him, so why not you? If you don't, you're as dumb as he is.
- House
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- Nov 07, 2020
But inspiration? - That's when you come home from abroad and are asked: Well, have you found inspiration? - and fortunately you haven't. But the impressions sink in, of course, and may emerge later: None of us has invented the house; that was done many thousands of years ago.
- Matter
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- Nov 07, 2020
Learned helplessness is the giving-up reaction, the quitting response that follows from the belief that whatever you do doesn't matter.
- Father
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- Nov 07, 2020
You must understand, that for a daughter to protect her father's image is natural; Freud built a whole career around it.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I travel, I draw and paint sketches which is great fun. And as long as you are fully aware that it has nothing to do with actual art, I think that's all right.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
Many people think making a film about history... about war... about the Holocaust, it might be heavy, dramatic and traumatic. I don't see things like that... you can find irony everywhere. It's how I look at life.
- Care
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- Nov 07, 2020
Sometimes I think you do the things you think are best at the time for what you need to take care of, and then just one thing leads to another thing. And one day you're there going, 'How did I get here? It wasn't my ultimate plan, but I'm here.'
- Sad
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- Nov 07, 2020
You will soon find that I am a bit obsessive about my work. And that is a little sad, one often feels strangely restricted, not finding time to simmer, although one actually has many interests.
- Dreams
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think you just do the best you can to follow the dreams that you have and to make the most out of what you enjoy out of your life. That sets the road in front of you.
- Job
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- Nov 07, 2020
A job provides so much more than a paycheck. It provides a sense of dignity and belonging. It gives you the opportunity to learn, grow, and be part of a team - or, in my case, part of a band.
- Poverty
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- Nov 07, 2020
When you grow up in poverty and learn how to survive it, it's something that stays with you forever.
- Lose
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- Nov 07, 2020
I like to keep my voice going. I don't want it to lose its chops. You know, as you age, it's easier for you to lose it.
- Looking
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- Nov 07, 2020
What you're looking at there is my arm, going into the rock... and there it is - stuck. It's been without circulation for 24 hours. It's pretty well gone.
- Just
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- Nov 07, 2020
I kind of entered a flow state. I've been there before while climbing. You are not thinking ahead. You are just thinking about what is in front of you each second.
- Better
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- Nov 07, 2020