- Culture
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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
- Half
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- Nov 07, 2020
We split from our common ancestor with the octopus half a billion years ago. And yet, you can make friends with an octopus.
- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
Anthropomorphism is such an interesting concept. It means projecting human thoughts and emotions onto an animal. Which implies that thoughts and feelings belong to humans alone. Of course, if you believe in evolution, or if you believe in the Bible, that's not so. Both evolution and the Bible tell us that we're part of a family.
- Enrichment
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- Nov 07, 2020
I heard one story about an octopus in a home tank who would get out, cruise around the house, take knick-knacks, and drag them back to its tank. Like a dog! They're so smart that there are octopus enrichment handbooks so you don't bore your octopus. I've seen them play with Legos, Mr. Potato Head, you name it!
- Look
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think all animals have souls. I feel certain that if we have souls, octopuses have souls, too. If you grant something a soul, it demands a certain level of sacredness. Look around us. The world is holy. It is full of souls.
- Fight
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- Nov 07, 2020
The purpose of fear, clearly, is to help you get away - which it does. If your heart rate increases, there is more blood pumping so you can use that blood to fuel your muscles to run away. Oxygen is sent to the lungs so you can run fast. Pupils dilating help you see in the dark. All of that prepares your body to fight or escape.
- Pioneer
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you want to be a pioneer, you have to be intentional, at least a little bit.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
If I have a session with an artist who I've never worked with before, they don't have to meet my parents, you know? Unless they want to.
- Thoughts
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- Nov 07, 2020
We are what our thoughts have made us; so take care about what you think. Words are secondary. Thoughts live; they travel far.
- Power
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Vedanta recognizes no sin it only recognizes error. And the greatest error, says the Vedanta is to say that you are weak, that you are a sinner, a miserable creature, and that you have no power and you cannot do this and that.
- Colleagues
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- Nov 07, 2020