- Great
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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
- Outfit
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- Nov 07, 2020
You can't be friends with a squirrel! A squirrel is just a rat with a cuter outfit.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I go to a premiere I like to borrow lovely clothes and shoes from designers. It's like the library: if you return them in good condition, you get to borrow more. I'm very lucky.
- Humanity
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't know how an actress is supposed to observe and create new stuff if she hasn't been on the streets, brushing up against humanity. You have to have a life.
- Creative Writing
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- Nov 07, 2020
I studied the short story as part of my creative writing course at university but then set off as a novelist. Generally, there is a sense that even if you want to write short stories, you need to do a novel first.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
Read the editorial page of your local paper. It introduces you to opinion and can be terrifically provocative and perhaps a great motivating force for you to get involved in your community, regardless of your political ideology.
- Beautiful Thing
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- Nov 07, 2020
The beautiful thing about New York is, you have to expose yourself to other people the minute you step outside the door. There is no choice. And I love that.
- Matter
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- Nov 07, 2020
You know that family is going to be there for you no matter what. My dad gave me a freakin' kidney!
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Follow your instincts and do not let other people's opinion of you become your opinion of yourself.
- Country
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- Nov 07, 2020
My writing is called exotic or avant-garde because I write about rural places. Has it really come to this, that if you write about the country you are avant-garde? How did this happen? Modern agriculture and spaces are still so relevant.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am a feminist, although I always worry saying that because you then get people asking you about the 1970s.
- Always
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- Nov 07, 2020
You are often asked to explain your work, as if the reader isn't able to work it out. And people always try and label you by your work.
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020