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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 Nov 07, 2020

Nov 07, 2020

When I become champion, you know, I'll never stop being a firefighter.

Heart
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Nov 07, 2020

You have a book like 'The Shining,' where the hotel is scary - but scarier because it's the haunted house of Jack Torrance's heart.

Me
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Nov 07, 2020

You know, I'll tell you, nothing changed after 'No Strings' for me. A lot of people said, like, 'Your game will be different,' but it wasn't. It really wasn't.

Nov 07, 2020

The more money you make, the less you have to pay for things.

Nov 07, 2020

My experience with 'Transparent' has completely spoiled me because it was the safest, most transpositive set ever. I didn't have to worry about all the usual things - like when people have a vision of your transness that you're not comfortable with. When they don't know the correct gender pronouns by which to refer to you.

Nov 07, 2020

If there is a book that you want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, you must be the one to write it.

Nov 07, 2020

When you think about retiring, you're done. You already checked out.

Long
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Nov 07, 2020

If you want to be a writer, you write. Everybody wants to get published. You gotta play your long game.

Nov 07, 2020

Because of economics, you have to feed the demographics that are buying your product. So, as Asia becomes a much more economic influence on the products that are being made from America, I think people have to be sensitive.

Learning
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Nov 07, 2020

I've never been in any country for more than four years, and I'm learning different languages all the time. It gives you a different attitude.

Nov 07, 2020

Back when Napster first came along, I started telling everybody Napster was like shooting yourself in the foot because you're stealing music. The record companies don't pay for us to make records - the bands do.

Nov 07, 2020

I have never believed you make your case stronger by bad-mouthing your opposition.

Nov 07, 2020

I'm someone who came to Paris as a teenager, and I dreamed of coming back to Paris as a visitor. I never dreamed of having a job at the biggest luxury house in Paris and, you know, 15 odd years later, I'm still here.

Nov 07, 2020

Throughout 'Doris,' and while I was recording it, you could hear I was apprehensive towards everything. I can't explain it. It wasn't fun; it was like I had to do it.

Character
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Nov 07, 2020

Once you've established where you are, you go to the character and elaborate on expressions and action.

Music
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Nov 07, 2020

When I actually first moved to Atlanta, I was cutting hair. I was making beats and making music out in the Bay Area. But I came here to make - you know, I had to get my barber license, so I was cutting hair.

Nov 07, 2020

With any show, when fans come up to you, they assume you're just like your character.

Legacy
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Nov 07, 2020

When you have told anyone you have left him a legacy, the only decent thing to do is die at once.

Nov 07, 2020

In England, you're allowed to have an opinion - as long as it comes out of your mouth.

Nov 07, 2020

I think more and more people want to live alone. You can be a couple without being in each other's pockets. I don't see why you have to share the same bathroom.

Some entries trace how writers describe characters who feel more alive than the people around them, while others explore the quiet unease of being tracked and observed in everyday life. Pair this page with Life Quotes or Love Quotes for more reflective reading.

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