- Focused
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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
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I compete, I tell myself to be calm. It's not something that's the rest of your life. You're in gymnastics for fun.
- Down
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- Nov 07, 2020
Women get exhausted and beat down, and you just want to cry.
- Nov 07, 2020
I think, when you become a politician, if you talk about religion too much, you're pandering or something.
- Person
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- Nov 07, 2020
I do think, with any beat, it helps to establish a basic level of comfort and cordiality, especially if you plan to ask uncomfortable questions. Sitting down in person for a meal or a coffee can help that.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
I had been a foreign correspondent in Japan for the 'Wall Street Journal' when my editor there became Washington bureau chief - this was 2007 - and he said, 'How would you like to go to Iowa and cover Hillary Clinton?' I was 28. I went to Iowa.
- Book
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- Nov 07, 2020
You can't write a book about Hillary Clinton and not anticipate some blowback, so I always knew it was going to be something.
- Parents
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Chinese model calls for giving your kids very little choice - and I've come to see that you can go too far with that. On the other hand, I also believe that Western parents sometimes give their young kids too much choice.
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020
I really feel that most things are difficult at the beginning and they become fun, something you love, only after you've worked at them. Making children do something hard can, in the long run, be a great parental service.
- Passion
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's something suspicious about saying, 'I'm just going to leave my child alone and let her pursue her passions.' You know what? I think most 13-year-olds' passion is sitting in front of the TV, or doing Facebook, or surfing the Internet for hours.
- Parents
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- Nov 07, 2020
I do think that maybe, even subconsciously, a lot of parents in the West are wondering, have we gone too far in the direction of coddling and protecting - you know, you see kids, sometimes that seem very rude and disrespectful. And the more important thing is they don't seem that happy.
- Proud
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm a proud strict mom and, you know, I'm really proud of the two daughters I've raised. And I'm especially proud of my relationship with them. We're very close. I think we're good friends.
- Mistake
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- Nov 07, 2020
You know, parenting is so personal. And we're all afraid that we didn't quite get it right. And it feels like the stakes are so high. By we - what if we made a mistake?
- Future
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- Nov 07, 2020
We all want to do the right thing for our children. We all don't know what that is and we all - you know, you won't know until the future.
- Hard Work
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- Nov 07, 2020
You know, I think it's so ironic that we're calling hard work, striving for excellence, don't blame others, you know, don't give up, that we're calling these, quote, 'Chinese values,' 'cause I always thought of them as American values.
- History
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- Nov 07, 2020