- Fault
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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
- Fear
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- Nov 07, 2020
One of the things I realized early in my career is that you do what you believe, in knowing that if you don't, you will never like yourself. When you compromise out of fear or ambition, it eats inside you.
- Doing
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- Nov 07, 2020
When you believe in what you're doing and use your imagination and initiative, you can make a difference.
- Legal
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- Nov 07, 2020
Unless you have a perception of who you are as a lawyer, you will never be at ease in dealing with legal matters, clients, or courts. But if you know who you are and why you're there, all you need is the expertise and the information.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
The great pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself with him and not only will he not scold you, but he will make a fool of himself too.
- Getting
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- Nov 07, 2020
Learn to say no in situations where saying no can be difficult, where it could mean getting fired. Say no anyway, because it could lead you to greater opportunities.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I like writing in an illustrative, descriptive way. I prefer describing to rather than explaining. One, I rarely have anything to say. It's much more interesting for me to discover some meaning that you didn't know that you could create.
- Look
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- Nov 07, 2020
I like to make things. When you make something, you work it and you work it until it's done, and then you say 'Look, here's what I made.'
- Legacy
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- Nov 07, 2020
When you've told someone that you've left them a legacy the only decent thing to do is to die at once.
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020
I like ones that pertain to the music they make. Talking Heads does that somehow. More often than not band names are just a quirky joke that doesn't really stay funny for very long. It's like Homer Simpson's barbershop quartet, the Be Sharps. At first you're like, 'That's funny!' Then you're like, 'It's not that funny.'
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
Anytime you go back and listen to old material, there's always the threat of being surprised.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
Look before you leap for as you sow, ye are like to reap.
- Funny Thing
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's a funny thing having a recording be part of your career. It means you can go back and revisit yourself, in a way most people don't.
- Time
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- Nov 07, 2020
You have high school photos and stuff, but to have a recording of your voice and your work from 20 years ago, it's a kick in the head to hear how you've changed and what you were interested in at the time and how it's either changed or stayed the same.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
People always say, 'Why don't you play more sets in Texas?' and I say, 'Dude, why don't you come babysit?'
- Enough
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- Nov 07, 2020