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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
I would do any honest thing under the sun to know C. S. Lewis, and so am very grateful to you.
- Library
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- Nov 07, 2020
There is that romanticized idea of what a bookstore can be, what a library can be, what a shop can be. And to me, they are that. These are places that open doors into other worlds if only you're open to them.
- Heads Down
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- Nov 07, 2020
One of the biggest problems women have is they work really hard and put their heads down and assume hard work gets noticed. And hard work for the wrong boss does not get noticed. Hard work for the wrong boss results in one thing - that boss looks terrific, and you get stuck.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
One of the things I really love about restaurants is that in many ways, they are the ultimate democratic institutions, where you get to walk in the door, plunk down your money, and for however long that you're there, you can be anyone you want to be.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have seen too many people in my career think that there is some natural progression to life, with certain career milestones preceding whatever you may want in your personal life. Unfortunately, life doesn't know it is supposed to follow a schedule.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think it's hard, when you're someone who likes to please people, as I am, to be a boss. I had to learn how to rein myself in and not terrify people.
- Nov 07, 2020
The hardest part of cooking is shopping, and if you organize yourself and shop once a week, you're halfway there.
- Business
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- Nov 07, 2020
Businesses perform better when you have diversity of view in your senior leadership positions. This is not just the right thing to do socially; it's the right thing to do for your business.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
When you work with directors who really love actors, who love their contribution, it feels amazing. But sometimes when you work with directors, you feel like you're in the way.
- Nov 07, 2020
You don't come to see a Greek play and not want blood and gore and depth of feeling from your boots up.
- Need
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- Nov 07, 2020
Incrementalism in technology leads to irrelevance; what you need is revolutionary change.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
If people want to invade your privacy, they want to invade your privacy. I find it chilling, and I find it awful, and it makes me really nervous. It hasn't happened to me much, but when you have a taste of it, it's bitter.
- Looking
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you don't have ample liquidity, and it's not durable, in times of stress, as you're looking for liquidity, you're forced to sell assets at declining prices, which then eats into your capital position, so it becomes this very, very negative cycle. There's no question that liquidity is sacrosanct.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020