The way I become friends with somebody is a slow process. You can't just spill your guts and tell them everything about yourself and expect them to listen and understand you because you don't know them. It's the same thing with a relationship.
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TONY DORSETT People that I care about, that I consider being friends of mine, most of the things I discuss with t... COMMON Sometimes when you're with somebody, and all their stuff is at your house, it's so hard to b... BAM MARGERA There's a certain time that when somebody asks you a question, you answer them. I don't thin... REGGIE JACKSON I don't like labels. I don't understand the need for them. When you define yourself a certai... EDDIE HUANG Ideas are only lethal if you suppress and don't discuss them. Ignorance is not bliss, it's s... ANNA QUINDLEN Privacy is relational. It depends on the audience. You don't want your employer to know you'... BARTON GELLMAN Don't let what you don't know scare you, because it can become your greatest asset. And if y... SARA BLAKELY No matter who you are, what you've accomplished, what your financial situation is - when you'... MARIA SHRIVER And Barack and I were raised with so many of the same values, like you work hard for what you want i... MICHELLE OBAMA Driving a cab is not really a nurturing type of relationship. You take people and they tip you, they... PAM GRIER I've gotten to know them and love everything about the people of Jacksonville. There is an energ... SHAHID KHAN Don't abuse your friends and expect them to consider it criticism. E. W. HOWE You're assisting the audience to understand; you're giving them a bridge or an access. And i... JIM HENSON Don't sell yourself short because without that you can't go far in life because after sports... BO JACKSON I don't think you can cry if the script is rubbish. I have to feel it; it's as simple as tha... OLIVIA COLMAN The voiceover thing is very selfless. You go in there and they've hired you for your voice, but ... NEIL PATRICK HARRIS It's about communication. It's about honesty. It's about treating people in the organiza... LOUIS V. GERSTNER, JR. With the royal family, you don't want to see them as people because it takes the sheen off. They... CLAIRE FOY There is an interaction and action, reaction between two people. One should show honesty in a relati... RANDEEP HOODA I know a lot of kids that if you don't know how to deal with them, you lose them. They don't... JIM BROWN The one thing I've always said: Let your family and close friends be the judge of who you are as... RICK PITINO And you realise you're doing a public service in making people happy - as a musician you can giv... BILLY OCEAN A child's hope is that your father comes riding in on that white stallion and saves them. You ca... JAKE ROBERTS That's the great thing about entering a convent: There are things that you simply can't do, ... LARS VON TRIER Having been an actor in Hollywood for a certain amount of time, I always felt a pressure to be sort ... JOHN CAMERON MITCHELL When people say, 'You have Alzheimer's,' you have no idea what Alzheimer's is. You k... NANCY REAGAN Love is also a very violent thing. Totally violent. Suddenly, you are, like, at this party your frie... EDGAR RAMIREZ I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ... KELLY JONES I think you can really tell a good actor if you can put a camera on them and they can just talk and ... SALLY KIRKLAND No matter how fast or how slow you get to the quarterback, it all goes to slow motion when you get t... MARIO WILLIAMS Tell me that you don't like cartoons, and I think there's something wrong with you. I don... JOHN DIMAGGIO The best part about being with a group is that you don't have to do everything alone. You're... JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE I still have a lot of judgmentalism in me, where I'd see somebody, and I just would, you know, I... SAM BROWNBACK I chose not to put a wig on. The reason why I chose to come out with the cancer thing is because the... SHARON JONES If it's old school friends that my parents know, then I can stay out till late. But if they don&... TENA DESAE Before you worry about what genre it is, about whether it's a loop or a drum, it's about wha... BETH ORTON You've got to honor your relationship with your audience - that they sit down because they want ... DAVID E. KELLEY People who don't know me have opinions about me. That's the part that's very hurtful. Be... RICK BARRY You can't expect perfection. It is important to sort of acknowledge some of our imperfections. I... RON HOWARD Trust your gut. You know yourself, so don't let somebody else tell you who you are. TATIANA MASLANY You don't tell people who disagree with you they'd be better off somewhere else. And you don... PEGGY NOONAN I think it would collapse my heart if I was super famous. I don't have the nerve for it, I'm... BO BURNHAM You can pick songs that sound like hits, but if it's not something that somebody wants to tell t... JAKE OWEN If you feel your rights are being abused by the authorities, and you don't say something, someti... COREY HAWKINS Sometimes you can be with someone that you love, but you know it's not healthy for you. You stay... BENNY CASSETTE Imagine you're doing your thing, and somebody comes up to you and just kills your mojo. Just tel... SWAE LEE If you try to make a silent movie with a normal script and you just pull out the dialogue, you will ... MICHEL HAZANAVICIUS If you want your kids to listen to you, don't yell at them. Whisper. Make them lean in. My kids ... MARIO BATALI Do not let yourself get in your own way. Don't judge yourself and knock yourself down. There is ... VALERIE AZLYNN I think you can be the greatest orator of all time, the greatest motivator of all times, but if thos... MIKE SINGLETARY I don't think you ever stop giving. I really don't. I think it's an on-going process. An... OPRAH WINFREY The characteristic of great innovators and great companies is they see a space that others do not. T... ERIC SCHMIDT You can't eat your friends and have them too. BUDD SCHULBERG Taking dishes straight off the restaurant's menu and putting them into a cookbook doesn't wo... MARCUS SAMUELSSON We don't just hop out of bed, scratch our eyes, and become an NBA baller. It's a process. It... CHAUNCEY BILLUPS All I want is for people to listen to it with unbiased ears, and decide for themselves. I just don... MELANIE CHISHOLM I didn't know box office was a thing you could possess but I don't have it. I go up for love... OLIVIA WILLIAMS The tricky thing about fast raps is not really the delivery of them; it's the writing of them, w... DAVEED DIGGS An erratum is a correction inserted into a book after publication. It's a nice thing to collect ... MIRANDA JULY I've always been fascinated by the difference between the jokes you can tell your friends but yo... BILLY CONNOLLY The mainstream media today has the biggest disconnect with its audience that it's ever, ever had... RUSH LIMBAUGH Actually, I met a lot of directors and most of them have that fantasy to make a silent movie because... MICHEL HAZANAVICIUS You love all your characters, even the ridiculous ones. You have to on some level; they're your ... JOEL COEN If you are a friend of somebody and that friend is in trouble, you don't just drop them. DAVID TANG Loving is doing anything for them, thinking about them constantly and being able to spend your whole... CHRIS BROWN When you have good friends you've been around, every time they talk, you don't give them you... MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEY It's probably the worst feeling in the world, when you're deeply and madly in love with a wo... BRUNO MARS Be true to yourself and go with your instincts - don't be somebody you're not just to fit in... RACHEL STEVENS Pretty much, the writer's in charge in theater. Of course you're in charge with the director... DAVID LINDSAY-ABAIRE After you do this for a while, you get used to things not working the way you want them to. There... D. B. WEISS You shouldn't vent and open up to your husband, your boyfriend, your friend, because they're... KENDRA WILKINSON One thing you can't do with babies, you can't give them steak. FLAVOR FLAV The great thing for me about 'The Resurrection of Gavin Stone' is it's a throwback to th... D. B. SWEENEY I don't read critics, and I don't care what they say. You can't let them steal your soul... BLYTHE DANNER I definitely understand what it's like not having family around when you want them there, but yo... VANESSA MORGAN I don't think you can describe your ideal girl. A big part of that is just meeting someone and r... AZIZ ANSARI Don't tell people how to do things, tell them what to do and let them surprise you with their re... GEORGE S. PATTON I don't get controversial, I don't get political and I don't tell you what to do with yo... GABRIEL IGLESIAS I can't relate to lazy people. We don't speak the same language. I don't understand you.... KOBE BRYANT When you have tough times, and when you learn you can't be perfect in every situation, it's ... ANA IVANOVIC It's very difficult to think that you're with someone that you know, and all of a sudden you... SHAKIRA The thing I find really scary about ghosts and demons is that you don't really know what they ar... OREN PELI I think that you can get more passionate about somebody the longer you're with them and the more... EMILY MORTIMER I do think that I'm a big believer in having an idea or having ideas and just tucking them away ... RIAN JOHNSON Most people don't walk around knowing what other people think about them, and I don't think ... CHRISTINA RICCI If you tell me I can't do something, that's the worst thing to tell me. And that's what ... GURINDER CHADHA Don't tell your problems to people: eighty percent don't care; and the other twenty percent ... LOU HOLTZ I don't like when people put their dishes in the dishwasher without scrubbing them properly beca... BRITT ROBERTSON And I don't have any specific steps to take because I don't start the same way every time. B... BRUCE NAUMAN With fame, you can't trust everybody. You can't depend on them being there for you as a pers... CHRIS BROWN Everybody I know who is funny, it's in them. You can teach timing, or some people are able to te... CAROL BURNETT That's the thing: You don't understand burnout unless you've been burned out. And it'... ELENA DELLE DONNE
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