Kurt Cobain Quotes

I was tired of pretending that I was someone else just to get along with people, just for the sake of having friendships.

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• Friendships begun in this world will be taken up again, never to be broken off.

  

  Saint Francis de Sales
  • Up
  • World
  • Taken

• Girls get competitive, as though there's only one spot in the world for everything _ but that's not true. We need to stick together and see there's more to life than pleasing men. It's important not to cut yourself off from female friendships. I think sometimes girls get scared of other girls, but you need each other.

  

  Zooey Deschanel
  • Life
  • World
  • Men

• I was interested about how relationships change as you get older. You are great friends in your 20s. In your 30s, you get married. Your 40s are all about your kids. In your 50s, you get divorced, and your friendships become primary again.

  

  Hanya Yanagihara
  • Great
  • Kids
  • Friends

• Select your friendships carefully. Gather people around you who will reinforce your lifestyle.

  

  Dan Buettner
  • People
  • You
  • Friendships

• My friendships and relationships in the conservative world are not predicated on political correctness and enforced conformity of thought. They are based, instead, on mutual respect, honesty and understanding - concepts many modern liberals should consider revisiting.

  

  Tammy Bruce
  • World
  • Political
  • Respect

• You can't have friendships that aren't based on realness.

  

  Chelsea Handler
  • Friendships

• You can't explain why people are friends and why those friendships last, but there certainly is magic in it. It's just something that you treasure.

  

  Jamie Farr
  • People
  • Why
  • Friends

• It's funny, I'd rather be known as a writer who crafted a really nice piece about women's friendships over time. But that doesn't roll off the tongue like 'YouTube sensation.'

  

  Kelly Corrigan
  • Time
  • Women
  • Funny

• I'm just talking specifically of women's friendships. If two women go to a bar and they are fighting over men, it makes it much easier for the men. If two women are very close and they act as it makes it very difficult for the men to pull one over on anybody.

  

  Jennifer Beals
  • Men
  • Women
  • Fighting

• I feel like a lot of the female relationships I see on TV or in movies are in some way free of the kind of jealousy and anxiety and posturing that has been such a huge part of my female friendships, which I hope lessens a little bit with age.

  

  Lena Dunham
  • Hope
  • Age
  • Free

• I had friendships with two people in my life who, when I attempted to do my habitual behavior of building a case to break up with them, wouldn't allow me to do it. They both said to me, 'I'm not going anywhere.' And that moved me so deeply.

  

  Jane Lynch
  • People
  • Life
  • Up

• In writing 'Another Brooklyn,' I had to imagine what happens when friendships dissolve.

  

  Jacqueline Woodson
  • Writing
  • Friendships

• I did not find that writing a diary with a lead male character differed in any essential way from writing one with a female character. They all had the same challenges in terms of attempting to establish an identity, coping with loneliness, friendships, relationships.

  

  Kathryn Lasky
  • Writing
  • Character
  • Identity

• I suppose, at 50, you value things in a different way. So you value connections, you value your friendships, you value your health, and you are much more aware of time passing.

  

  Kenneth Branagh
  • Time
  • Different
  • Health

• Growing up, I was blessed to be part of a great church. This is where I met many friends who have encouraged me in my life to live strong for Christ. My church is a place where I can develop friendships with others that will encourage me in my walk with Christ.

  

  Bethany Hamilton
  • Life
  • Up
  • Great

• I support any means to make real connections so long as that it does lead really quickly to real connections. It's the long-term online friendships and relationships that start to get a little hairy.

  

  Nev Schulman
  • Long
  • Real
  • Support

• Yes, exes can be good friends, but after a certain time. Though no break-up is a good break-up, time heals everything, including broken friendships. It also depends on the kind of people they are, their mindsets and the reasons for the break ups.

  

  Bipasha Basu
  • People
  • Up
  • Time

• You can't fake the subway, and you can't fake friendships.

  

  Meghann Fahy
  • Fake
  • Friendships

• She has built up a lot of muscle, and she has asthma so it's good for her breathing-wise, ... She's also developing friendships with older role models.

  

  Angela Davis
  • Up
  • Good
  • She

• It's actually a smarter crime because imagine if you rob a bank, or you're dealing drugs. If you get caught you're going to spend a lot of time in custody. But with hacking, it's much easier to commit the crime and the risk of punishment is slim to none.

  

  Kevin Mitnick
  • Time
  • Risk

• A lot of Democrats have said that raising the minimum wage is both good economics and good politics. The nonpartisan CBO issued a report today saying that raising the minimum wage to $10.10 an hour would cost the economy about 500,000 jobs...Why should we trust Democrats on anything when they couldn't have foreseen that this would be the case?

  

  S. E. Cupp
  • Good
  • Why
  • Today

• I remember so well my father's complete concentration when he went to the studio. Everything he did, every movement he made, he did with complete concentration. Then, after he had finished work, he would go to the beach or whatever, and then he would enjoy play and forget about his work.

  

  Claude Picasso
  • Work
  • Remember
  • Father

• I was tired of pretending that I was someone else just to get along with people, just for the sake of having friendships.

  

  Kurt Cobain Nirvana
  • Friendships
  • Sake
  • Pretending