Amy Poehler Quotes
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If you are lucky, there is a moment in your life when you have some say as to what your currency is going to be. I decided early on it was not going to be my looks.
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Try to keep your mind open to possibilities and your mouth closed on matters that you don't know about. Limit your 'always' and your 'nevers.'
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To some people, not caring is supposed to be cool, commenting is more interesting than doing, and everything is judged and then disposed of in, like, five minutes. I'm not interested in those kinds of people. I like the person who commits and goes all in and takes big swings and then maybe fails or looks stupid; who jumps and falls down, rather than the person who points at the person who fell, and laughs. But I do sometimes laugh when people fall down.
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Your career and your passion don't always match up. Plenty of talented people don't have the careers they want. Plenty of untalented people make millions and make movies. There is a difference between determination and talent.
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Always remember your kid’s name. Always remember where you put your kid. Don’t let your kid drive until their feet can reach the pedals. Use the right size diapers…for yourself. And, when in doubt, make funny faces.
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I grew up watching skating all the time in the Olympic stuff.
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People who read are people who dream, and we connect through the stories we live and tell and read.
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I cannot stress enough that the answer to life's questions is often in people's faces. Try putting your iPhones down once in a while, and look in people's faces. People's faces will tell you amazing things. Like if they are angry, or nauseous or asleep.
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I was the daughter of teachers, so school was always very important. I liked it.
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When I had a job catering, I catered a wedding for the Smashing Pumpkins bassist in Indiana. And I served Billy Corgan shrimp off a tray.
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When in doubt, make funny faces.
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Everybody is interesting when they are interested in something.
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So, if you're doing good longform with talented people than you can step out and you can be the president or a construction worker and people accept that. It's really the roles you give yourself.
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Vulnerable people are powerful people. Opening your heart and sharing it means you're going to get so much love in your life. and it's the way to true connection and real purpose and meaning in your life, in my opinion.
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Forgiveness is something that's always possibility.
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You can't stand around and wait to be asked to dance.
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I think we should stop asking people in their twenties what they 'want to do' and start asking them what they don't want to do.
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Other people are not medicine.
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I like to do things that challenge me and make me nervous.
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I think if you can dance and be free and not embarrassed, you can rule the world.
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I am tired of being tired and talking about how tired I am.
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When young girls are encouraged to explore what they find interesting, they grow up to be interesting women.
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Find a group of people who challenge and inspire you, spend a lot of time with them, and it will change your life.
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There's something so romantic about being broke in New York. You gotta do it. You have to live there once without any money, and then you have to live there when you have money. Let me tell you, of the two, the latter is far better.