- Facility
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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
- Experience
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- Nov 07, 2020
But the same thing was true in the army. You slept in a barracks with all kinds of people of every nationality, every trade, every character and quality you can imagine, and that was a good experience.
- Experience
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think that everything you do helps you to write if you're a writer. Adversity and success both contribute largely to making you what you are. If you don't experience either one of those, you're being deprived of something.
- Society
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- Nov 07, 2020
When you grow up in a totally segregated society, where everybody around you believes that segregation is proper, you have a hard time. You can't believe how much it's a part of your thinking.
- Moment
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- Nov 07, 2020
I get very nervous when it's quiet, because I think it's dead. What I learned in the moment was to hold back a little before you talk.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
Trying to live the image of the life which you have in your head... it's really hard not to do that, but I do think maybe it's cheating.
- Nov 07, 2020
Sometimes you can't write a novel for weeks and weeks, but it's good for your self-esteem to work on something else.
- Climb
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've never looked at film-making as a career. I've looked on film-making as an adventure. When you come down the mountain, you get ready to climb again.
- Best
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- Nov 07, 2020
Have you any idea what it's like to live under the same roof as four women? Armageddon is the best word for it.
- Good Mother
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm terrible at relationships. I consider myself to be smart and a good mother but it's taken me this long to realise you don't have to marry a guy after three days or dump him.
- Game
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- Nov 07, 2020
Acting is like a game of tennis. The better your opponent, the better you're going to play.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
My childhood is more hick than I could ever possibly relate to you, and also more intellectual than you would ever expect. For instance, me and my sister, when we were little, we would compete to see who could eat the most squirrel brains.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020