- 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
- Live
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- Nov 07, 2020
Work's a way of life. It's the way you live; it's what you do, and it's how it is. It's not work. It's a lifestyle. It's life. It's what one does. You can't not work.
- Be Strong
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm not an interior decorator; I'm a designer, and that includes the architecture. The package must be strong and controlled, the rooms aligned, and the windows positioned to make sense with the furniture. Fluff it up, and you've got big trouble.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Don't try to be me. No one but me can be me. But you can be you. Look inside yourself and get to know who the real you is. And then be that person. The best version of you.
- Hard Way
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- Nov 07, 2020
Basic training was hard, but I made it - because I wanted to be the best me. Sometimes you have to learn that being the best you is being the second best you. I learned the hard way that the army doesn't want people who always come first. Otherwise, there would be only one person in the army.
- Better
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- Nov 07, 2020
The champagne tastes the same if you're sitting bolt upright or sunk back into a sofa, so you might as well be upright, because you look better.
- Mind
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you mind tells your body you can't do it, you will quit. If your body is giving up, but you think you can carry on, you will naturally keep putting one foot in front of the other.
- Confidence
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think if you have an eye and the ability and the confidence as a designer, you can turn your hand to anything.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
When it comes to Everest, psychologically, you have to be in the red. If you're not, it doesn't matter how fit you are. I've seen the fittest of people, who I thought would steam up the top of Everest, allow the pressure to take over their body.
- Go Home
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- Nov 07, 2020
Never let anyone go home feeling bad at night. You can bark away during the day, but you must always put that right.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
I really should have been a pharaoh - do you know that?
- Hope
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- Nov 07, 2020
You've got to be the best at what you can do - be the best at it! And the best has to be the best; you can't just fiddle around and hope.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I like people. Listen, if you're a hotelier, if you're a creative person, and you're working with the things that I do, then you have to like people; otherwise, you simply can't get anywhere.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
Everything I've ever done has been because of travel. Right from leaving Australia to where I am today - it's all been about exchanging different points of view. The most important lesson I've learnt is to look and listen to what's happening around you.
- Amazing Things
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- Nov 07, 2020