- 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
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
Everyone tells us you really don't know what you're capable of till you're in the middle of it.
- Innocent
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's hard to explain exactly what it feels like to be judged. There's a shame to it. Even when you know you're innocent. It still feels like you are coated in something dirty and evil.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
When it seems like the whole world thinks you're bad, it's hard to hang on to your goodness.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Believe me, when you're sitting on death row, you want the appeal process to take time; as long as you're going through it, you're going to be alive.
- Police
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- Nov 07, 2020
When the very people that you been taught to believe in - the police, the D.A., these are the people that are supposed to stand for justice - and when you know that they lied to you, it's hard for you to have trust in anybody.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I want you to know there is a God. He sits high, but he looks low. He will destroy, but yet he will defend - and he defended me.
- Gun
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- Nov 07, 2020
I shouldn't have sat on death row 30 years. All they had to do was test the gun. But when you think you are high and mighty and you're above the law, you don't have to answer to nobody, but I've got news for you.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
You never think of your freedom until it's taken away from you, and once it's taken... So, it means everything to me. You couldn't put a price tag on it.
- Game
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- Nov 07, 2020
In France, it's easy to know which team is going to win the game, whereas in England, anywhere you play, you know it's going to be difficult.
- Game
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am a professional footballer, and it's a game where the coach decides where you can be most beneficial for the team. As long as I am attacking, I am happy! I know what Jose Mourinho decides will be best for me personally and for the team.
- Poor
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- Nov 07, 2020
When you're poor and black in America, you stand a greater chance of going to prison for something you didn't do.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
It took me a little while to remember how to use a fork. You know, we don't use forks in the penitentiary. You get a spoon.
- Difficult
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- Nov 07, 2020