- Doing
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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
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
I know it's a rare privilege, but if one can really tackle something in adult life that means that much to you, then it's more rewarding than anything I can imagine.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
The biggest thing that I learned is when you're building something - especially a project that requires partners - you have to make sure that there is a lot of overlapping desire and a lot of overlapping alignment with the people that you're doing work with.
- Feelings
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- Nov 07, 2020
When you do something that maybe wasn't the best thing to do at the time, you don't want to hold onto those feelings of guilt, shame or embarrassment, as much as you'd like to learn from them.
- Problems
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- Nov 07, 2020
Some mathematics problems look simple, and you try them for a year or so, and then you try them for a hundred years, and it turns out that they're extremely hard to solve. There's no reason why these problems shouldn't be easy, and yet they turn out to be extremely intricate.
- Mistake
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think it's always a mistake when you start connecting a band to a personality. You begin to limit what you're able to do.
- Hurt
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- Nov 07, 2020
I used to produce this band, Dragons of Zynth. There's something about their live shows, which, to me, is ultimate. I mean, you feel like somebody could get hurt when you go see them live.
- Hide
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- Nov 07, 2020
The restaurant industry in New York in the '80s was a good place to hide out if you had issues.
- Fun
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- Nov 07, 2020
I guess, like, the whole thing with music is - you're a little bit in control but not fully in control. Which is kind of the fun of it.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
You can magically alter your life if you believe hard enough and then take actual physical action in the world outside your brain to make it happen.
- New
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- Nov 07, 2020
I studied classical music for a year. Then, I studied jazz for a year at the New School, and then I got kicked out. You had to go to your class, so I don't know if that counts as studying. I didn't study jazz. I was supposed to.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
I will tell you flat out that I continually find Yelp and products like it to be increasingly worthless to me as a consumer.
- Happiness
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- Nov 07, 2020
Having been in the restaurant business, our job in the restaurant business is to be responsible for our customers' happiness. It's the nature of the hospitality business. You need to take care of people. You take care of customers above all others. Customers are your lifeblood.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
Reading counts as partying, even if you're not enjoying it! Even if someone's forcing you to read, you can find a way to make it into a party if you party hard enough. It just takes more effort and a more advanced approach.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
You can't want an amazing life and then resent it when it happens to you. Destiny has very little to do with what you think and what you want to do and even what you might like.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020