Brené Brown Quotes
The difficult thing is that vulnerability is the first thing I look for in you and the last thing I'm willing to show you. In you, it's courage and daring. In me, it's weakness.
Quotes to Explore
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Most modern science fiction went to school on 'Dune.' Even 'Harry Potter' with its 'boy protagonist who has not yet grown into his destiny' shares a common theme. When I read it for the first time, I felt like I had learned another language, mastered a new culture, adopted a new religion.
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My favorite books are psychology, self-help, and I'm fascinated by Jung, by dream work.
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Having stretched the boundaries some, I'm perfectly content now to work within them. 'Doonesbury' doesn't need to become 'South Park.' You won't ever see any singing turds.
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I'm a fast writer.
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I'm not afraid to call a wine that tastes like Skittles or green peppers mixed with orange marmalade. I'll say, 'It tastes like chicken.' I mean, that's not what people think of when they think of wine, but that's what it tastes like to me and it hits home.
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I hope that what you take away from my album is not just the music - which I did want to be fun, and I did want it to be about individuality, but please also take away from it that there's no dream that's too big.
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I'm obsessive. That's the word for me. I obsess – perhaps to the point where it's moderately dysfunctional. I tend to put a book through about 100 revisions. If anything, that's an understatement. If there's another author out there who does this sort of revision, I would really like to meet him. Maybe we could form some sort of support group.
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I have always enjoyed the company of women and have formed deep and long-lasting friendships with many of them.
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When a guy tells me I'm cute, it's not something desirable. Cute is more like what you want your pet to be.
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It's always been my dream to do a dance scene with Anthony Hopkins.
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I know everyone in the Philippines is happy.
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To win a championship, you have to have a little bit of luck on your side.
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I invite people to read the hundreds of positive articles instead of getting affected by the occasional outburst from a troll.
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I think it's better to have your personal life and your work life separate. That way they don't corrupt each other, so to speak.
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I have been an unabashed fan of NPR for many years, and have stolen untold excellent ideas from its programming.
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I will never give up my dream of being a prima ballerina and backup dancer for Justin Timberlake!
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My wardrobe consists of antique clothes, many of my designs, plus shoes and shirts from Brooks Brothers and Paul Stuart.
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I have American friends in France, and when I meet with them, they tell me about everything that is wrong with France. I think there is a general expat syndrome, which means that whatever country you are in, you are always missing your own country and always thinking that the country you live in is actually not as good as it could be.
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Truth is, I wouldn't know a gigabyte from a snakebite.
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I screw up on the delay settings, so pretty much everything is manually done by me - I don't have those presets like the Edge has.
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Jeremy Lin is the only Asian American in the NBA today and one of the few in any professional U.S. sport. His arrival is surely leading other talented Asian American athletes this week to contemplate a pro career.
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Sometimes the answer to fear does not lie in trying to explain away the causes, sometimes the answer lies in courage.
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My friend was of opinion that when a man of rank appeared in that character as an author, he deserved to have his merit handsomely allowed.
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The difficult thing is that vulnerability is the first thing I look for in you and the last thing I'm willing to show you. In you, it's courage and daring. In me, it's weakness.
