- 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
- Building Blocks
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- Nov 07, 2020
Successful stress management heavily revolves around combating the building blocks of psychological stress - a feeling as if you have no control over the adversities in your life, a feeling that you have no predictive information about the stressors, if you lack outlets for the frustrations caused by the stressors, if you have no social support.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Apple has hundreds of stores around the world that are beautiful, and they have a distribution system and a staff of 40 or 50 people that will help you.
- Reality
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- Nov 07, 2020
That's what stress management is about, that's what psychotherapy is about, finding religion, or finding your loved one or your hobby - any of those, they give you more outlets, more of a sense of control, more of a sense of predictability, of social support. They give you the means to psychologically finesse ambiguous outside reality.
- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
Let's be honest - you work at a big company because it's comfortable. You don't have to work 80 hours per week, and you get paid, have nice benefits, and the family is all happy.
- Look
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you're a gazelle, you don't have a very complex emotional life, despite being a social species. But primates are just smart enough that they can think their bodies into working differently. It's not until you get to primates that you get things that look like depression.
- Look
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- Nov 07, 2020
You see 6,000 times more tech companies in San Francisco than you see in Seattle. All the money is in San Francisco when you look at the venture fund maps. The PR is in San Francisco. The centricity of the industry is in San Francisco.
- Something
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'd try to become known as a world expert on 'something,' to take a small niche you can define.
- Easy
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- Nov 07, 2020
Once you become known for one thing, it's easy to become known for a second thing, a third thing, and a fourth thing.
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- Nov 07, 2020
What adolescence is about is by trial and error, honing a frontal cortex that is going to be more optimal by the time you're 25.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I always tell people, start with what you're passionate about. If you truly are passionate, you'll keep it up.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Once you find you can't walk as far and as fast as you were able, life becomes more complicated.
- New
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- Nov 07, 2020
This is kind of a uniquely New York experience, but when you can't afford an apartment nicer than the place you're renting, there's something so inherently depressing about it.
- Say
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- Nov 07, 2020
So I wrote what I hoped would be science fiction, I was not at all sure if what I wrote would be acceptable even. But I don't say that I consciously wrote with humour. Humour is a part of you that comes out.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you see a gaggle of teenagers walking towards you, you tend not to make eye contact, because you know they're going to recognise you. You learn to adapt: 99.999 per cent of people aren't looking to be harmful or unpleasant; they just want something, a photograph or an autograph.
- Feeling
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- Nov 07, 2020
I never aspired to be in a band, but being onstage is a very cool feeling. It's like you're the lord of the room. It's hard to croon and run around doing big scissor kicks while also trying to play, though. I'm still mastering that.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020