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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
You don't think people would go on about my looks if I was No. 500 in the world instead of No.12, do you? Anyway, as I keep telling everyone, you can't blame me for looking like this on purpose.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've just done a commercial in the U.S. in which I talk about stocks, shares and bonds. Everyone is amazed. They ask me: 'You really know about that stuff or did you just learn it for the commercial?' I tell them I wouldn't do it unless I understood and had an interest.
- Nov 07, 2020
If you want something, it will elude you. If you do not want something, you will get ten of it in the mail.
- Parents
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- Nov 07, 2020
There is only room in the lifeboat of your life for one, and you always choose yourself, and turn your parents into whatever it takes to keep you afloat.
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
Here is the real domino theory - gay man to gay man, bisexual man to straight woman, addict mother to newborn baby, they all fall down and someday it will come to you.
- Look
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm like a menu at an expensive restaurant; you can look at me, but you can't afford me.
- Judgment
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- Nov 07, 2020
Judgment is judgment, whether you're obese, or too skinny, or not athletic enough.
- Remember
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- Nov 07, 2020
But it's important, while we are supporting lessons in respecting others, to remember that many of our youngest kids need to learn to respect themselves. You learn your worth from the way you are treated.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Why are people afraid of getting older? You feel wiser. You feel more mature. You feel like you know yourself better. You would trade that for softer skin? Not me!
- Culture
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- Nov 07, 2020
The future is built on brains, not prom court, as most people can tell you after attending their high school reunion. But you'd never know it by talking to kids or listening to the messages they get from the culture and even from their schools.
- Handicapped
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- Nov 07, 2020
They see me wheeling around in a beautiful gown, and they realize you can look elegant, and you can lead a happy life in a wheelchair. I know I've helped handicapped people, because I've received many comments.
- Ignorance
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- Nov 07, 2020
Ideas are only lethal if you suppress and don't discuss them. Ignorance is not bliss, it's stupid. Banning books shows you don't trust your kids to think and you don't trust yourself to be able to talk to them.
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- Nov 07, 2020
All of the qualities that you need to be a good opinion columnist tend to be qualities that aren't valued in women.
- Nov 07, 2020