- Human
- |
- 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
- Brain
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
Vivid images are like a beautiful melody that speaks to you on an emotional level. It bypasses your logic centers and even your intellect and goes to a different part of the brain.
- Me
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
Probably the biggest thing is the private planes. Wow, that thing's amazing. Got all the food on there, a bunch of drinks. I don't know, It's just amazing, never seen nothing like it. Tables, tables on planes, that's amazing. That was probably the biggest 'whoa' for me, like, 'I made it'. This big private jet, you're like, 'Whoa.'
- Go
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
If you can break bread with a guy, you will actually go the extra mile on the court; that just happens.
- Give
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
You have to give directors and cinematographers a word blueprint for visuals, but I had to learn that from experience.
- More
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
Technology is the devil, and the more technology you have, the higher the price you pay.
- Like
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
Casting is sort of like looking at paintings. You don't know what you'll like, but you recognize it when you see it.
- Me
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
I just got addicted to getting better. My coach gave me a goal to get a tip dunk in a game - you know, a putback dunk off a rebound. I had never done that. He told me that he'd get me a pair of new shoes if I did it. I just kept trying. I couldn't get it, couldn't get it, couldn't get it. It took me a year or so. Finally, one game, I got it.
- Only
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
As a child, you only think of the now.
- Beautiful
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
You don't really get to witness what athletes go through. Like, the sacrifices and stuff like that. It's by far the most amazing, beautiful thing.
- Brook
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
If you want to be an actor, you must have total, ruthless commitment to your art. Don't be ambitious for fame or TV or movies. Art is a jealous mistress and will brook no competitors. Study all the time. Never stop reading. Never stop learning speeches. It will fill you up - define and refine you.
- Food
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
You kind of did fight for food, so I filled up my plate. My dad would make us finish it, and I'd sit there crying because I'd have to finish all that food. I think that forced my stomach to stretch.
- Nature
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
I liked Stanley Kubrick from the start. He had a warm, benign nature and offered himself to you as a friend and ally. He seemed to possess no airs or attitudes, neuroses, or predilection towards tantrums.
- Mask
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
I find it very satisfying to write because you can purge many things and vent what you feel under the mask of fiction.
- Life
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
I hope that basketball gains momentum and kids understand that you can actually make a living from it. Not just the N.B.A. You can get a scholarship, a free degree - like, no student loan you have to pay off. That's huge in life. Once they realize that in New Zealand, I hope they get inspired.
- Classic
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
When you look at Mark Zuckerberg and Snapchat and all these twentysomething billionaires, it's really kind of fascinating; a classic tale of the haves and have-nots.
- Mirror
- |
- Nov 07, 2020