- Name
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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
If there's one operation for a disease, you know it works. If there are 15 operations, you know that none of them work.
- Drill
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- Nov 07, 2020
My father was a drill sergeant, and I've always had that mentality drilled into me of 'you've got to do better, you've got to do better.' I just try to listen to the characters. That's what works for me.
- Education
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- Nov 07, 2020
The most used program in computers and education is PowerPoint. What are you learning about the nature of the medium by knowing how do to a great PowerPoint presentation? Nothing. It certainly doesn't teach you how to think critically about living in a culture of simulation.
- Light
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- Nov 07, 2020
What is so seductive about texting, about keeping that phone on, about that little red light on the BlackBerry, is you want to know who wants you.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's easier than you might think to make a difference in a kid's life. There are no special requirements you have to have - you just kind of have to love the kids, and that comes naturally for me.
- Politics
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- Nov 07, 2020
Thumbs up or thumbs down on a website is not a conversation. The danger is you get into a habit of mind where politics means giving a thumbs up or thumbs down to a website. The world is a much more complex place.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
If someone wants to order a cake, I might say, 'OK, when do you want to eat it? What time are your guests arriving? 6 P.M.? So you might be done with dinner around 8:30? Fine, you can pick up the cake at 4. Any earlier than that, it won't be good, it won't be fresh.'
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
To me, fantasy has always been the genre of escape, science fiction the genre of ideas. So if you can escape and have a little idea as well, maybe you have some kind of a cross-breed between the two.
- Nov 07, 2020
When you're hiding behind a character all the time, as soon as you have to be yourself, you feel kind of terrified.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I prefer theatre to television - you get to feel the love.
- Nov 07, 2020
My career means, if you're a non-Indian writing about Indians, at least there's one Indian in your rearview mirror.
- Night
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- Nov 07, 2020
In the middle of the night, when you're ambiguously ethnic, like me, when you're brown, beige, mauve, siena, one of those lighter browns in the Crayola box. You have to be careful of the cops and robbers, because nobody's quite sure what you are, but everybody has assumptions.
- Good Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
You want the good life? You live where white people live, you go to school where white people go to school, and you shop where white people shop.
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've been so lucky with the people I've worked with, but I'm such a fan girl. When I moved to London at 16, I saw a man from a Dulux advert on the bus, and I asked for his autograph. I was so excited; you can imagine what I'm like now - I really need to control myself.
- Fool
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- Nov 07, 2020