- Safe
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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
- Matter
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'd been at Chelsea for a while and progressed quite quickly until I got to the first team, and then it was different. I was used to playing every minute of every game, but when you get to that level, the step up is massive. There are world-class players in front of you, and no matter how talented you are, breaking in is difficult.
- Football
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm not afraid of any competition. I'm not going to be intimidated by any player or team. That is fundamental in football if you want to do well.
- Poverty
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- Nov 07, 2020
I do remember the numbers runners, I do remember the poverty and bread lines. Harlem stays with you forever.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
You're not supposed to go into business with the sole purpose of putting your neighbor out of business. This is not the United States of Corporate America.
- Exactly The Way
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you really think about it, if we begin to teach history exactly the way that it happened - good, bad, ugly, no matter what - I believe that we're going to find that we are closer, more connected than we are apart.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was young, I dreamt of being a starlet in Hollywood. But there comes a point in every African American's life when you realize the limitations, that you could only play maids or some little supporting role. Even Lena Horne couldn't get good parts.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
To fix Panama, you need more than charisma and records: you need a program of action.
- Experience
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- Nov 07, 2020
When you come from younger teams, and you reach the main squad, there are always difficulties you have to deal with, like the intensity, the maturity, and the experience of the players.
- Finely
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- Nov 07, 2020
The nature of racism is that it grinds down the soul of the man more finely than it does the soul of the woman. When you want to conquer a people or subject it, you destroy the male component.
- Future
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- Nov 07, 2020
You can't think about what you're going to do in the future until you've done things in the present.
- Cool
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you have somebody who can just do everything easily, then it's kind of boring. If you're handcuffed to a chair and you've got to fight while your handcuffed, or something like that, it just adds a cool element.
- Nov 07, 2020
It's not who you're going to sit beside at school that matters now: it's what resources will your school have.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
Like, I've worked on movies where you go in every day and you know that what you're shooting isn't very good to start with and then you have to figure it out, and that's way harder.
- Mother
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- Nov 07, 2020