Augusten Burroughs Quotes
I think people tend to see the bigger point, which is maybe not fitting in and feeling like you didn't have the childhood that you expected you would have, or that you felt lonely or struggled with drugs and alcohol or just that you were able to achieve your dreams.
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In many parts of the world, more people have access to a mobile device than to a toilet or running water.
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People believe what they want to believe.
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I want to do stories that really move me, that have an audience, and at the end of the day, I want people to feel something when they walk out of the cinema.
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It is quite common to meet people that live a few kilometers away from Mexico and that have never been there. We need to revive on many levels an illustrious desire to get to know the world, to learn another language, to understand and create empathy with people that live a few kilometers away from us. It's never late to do this.
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Some people really like to get into Twitter, but it's not my thing.
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So if we are really concerned about generating more taxes, we ought to be investing in our people, not taking away the kinds of resources that contribute to their ability to become greater taxpayers in this country.
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People realised this is real pollution; it is not fog. Now everyone has to face the data and come out of their comfort zone.
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Even where friendship is concerned, it takes me a long time to trust people.
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Everyone thinks that 'Chinatown' is the best screenplay. I'm not sure it is.
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The first album I ever bought with my own money was 'Ten.' Every single song reminds me of my childhood.
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I've learned through experience that life is never that bad. The secret is just paying attention to how you feel and not letting anyone else dictate what in your heart you know is right.
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We are all several different people. There are different aspects of our nature that are competing.
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When people take advantage of you and make a business out of it, that's not nice.
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Being on Disney, a lot of young people look up to me.
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A show hosted by a black had never been accepted, so the first time that knob's turned on, people are judging against all they have ever been taught. I may have been the first black in the house.
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Our work for human dignity is often lonely, and almost always an uphill climb. At times, our efforts are misunderstood, and we are mistaken for the enemy. There has been a clear erosion of respect for U.N. blue and our impartiality.
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What is it precisely, that feeling of 'returning' from a poem? Something is lighter, softer, larger - then it fades, but never completely.
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In my music and my life, I'm honest with my feelings, and people appreciate that. That's just the way I am.
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It's a funny thing, but today the Titanic is probably much more - that is people are much more aware of it than they were in 1954, when I was doing my research.
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If you are a junkyard dog, you assume that that's what life is: chained up, barking all day.
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The man who is happy is fulfilling the purpose of existence.
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The one thing you can't ever forget - the playing field is the property of the players and the coaches. It is not to be used by some fat-butted announcer trying to make a name for himself.
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Ambition will take you And ride you too far and Conservatism bring you to boredom once more Sit down by the river And watch the stream flow Recall all the dreams That you once used to know The things you've forgotten That took you away To pastures not greener but meaner.
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I think people tend to see the bigger point, which is maybe not fitting in and feeling like you didn't have the childhood that you expected you would have, or that you felt lonely or struggled with drugs and alcohol or just that you were able to achieve your dreams.
