It's all about making the other person feel good.
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JAMES GOSS Rory's not my pet dog!' I [Amy] yelled at the Doctor.
'Well, that would be better.' He was trul...
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MARTHA STEWART When I read, I feel emotion all on my own. Emotion no living person is making me feel.
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BEVERLEY MITCHELL And meanwhile time goes about its immemorial work of making everyone look and feel like shit.
MARTIN AMIS Don't get me started on the whole Doctor-Amy-Rory thing. It's kind of like... I dunno. Suppose you'd...
JAMES GOSS You see, there's a drill:
1. I [Amy] will say 'Right then, let's go and rescue him [Rory].'
JAMES GOSS Amy: Up.
Rory: What good's up?
Amy: Better than down.
-Doctor Who
STEVEN MOFFAT Rory: Amy. I'm gonna need a little help here.
Amy: Just stop it!
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STEVEN MOFFAT The Doctor: Amy, what are you doing?
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BRENE BROWN Mrs. Williams agreed to take care of me when all the other teachers abandoned me.
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MORAKENG SEKGOKA Don't belive what others tell you. You belive in what you belive; there is nothing better.
LYNDA HERNANDEZ The soul that is within me no man can degrade.
FREDERICK DOUGLAS I'm a meathead. I can't help it, man. You've got smart people and you've got dumb people.
KEANU REEVES Seek always for the answer within. Be not influenced by those around you, by their thoughts or their...
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RICHARD MILHOUS NIXON I have never been contained except I made the prison.
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GARY F EVANS... Excuses are most valuable to the person making them but to everyone else its foreign currency with l...
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SOPHIE KINSELLA A person carries off the hat. Hats are about emotion. It is all about how it makes you feel.
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DUFF MCKAGAN How are you, Rory?' [the Doctor] asked.
I [Rory]... answered him. 'It's been odd being you.' JAMES GOSS Williams really does feel like a family, and I have built up very good relationships with people her...
PASTOR MALDONADO We don't feel good at all about doing this.
BOB HICKS The person who is slowest in making a promise is most faithful in its performance.
JEAN JACQUES ROUSSEAU The person who is slowest in making a promise is most faithful in its performance.
JEAN-JACQUES ROUSSEAU I don't want to feel shamed into making a choice about my physical appearance or my body... or e...
TRACEE ELLIS ROSS A person himself believes that all the other portraits are good likenesses except the one of himself...
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Bracewell: What?
Amy: Hur...
MARK GATISS People who criticise other people about everything they do are hypocrites them selves and to be a hy...
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NANCY LOPEZ Even when I'm playing someone named 'Fat Amy.' I'm all about confidence and attitude...
REBEL WILSON A conscience is what hurts when all your other parts feel so good.
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SOLANGE KNOWLES Citizenship rights is about making all Iranians feel they are part of one nation, one identity, unde...
HASSAN ROUHANI Sometime Thursday morning, we heard helicopters outside. Then I heard someone calling my name — 'W...
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DEBORAH WILLIAMS Two people making love, she once said, are like one drowned person resuscitating the other.
ANATOLE BROYARD I believe in women helping each other feel good about themselves instead of trying to compete.
HOPAL GREEN show business is not about making money,its about spending it.
JOHN KOVACICH Ask yourself, does this person make me feel good about myself? Do I feel safe, strong and free with ...
APRIL SINCLAIR I have to feel good about what I'm endorsing because I have to live with it.
MITCH GAYLORD work with our kids all the time, talking about making good decisions. We will always do that.
SANDY BARBOUR In real love you want the other person's good. In romantic love you want the other person.
MARGARET ANDERSON A good groove releases adrenaline in your body. You feel uplifted, you feel centered, you feel calm,...
MICKEY HART I feel like all nine players on the lineup can produce; we can't depend on one person to [score runs...
LACY HOWARD And she lets me know (about being second best), too. Amy can do it all, pretty much. About the only ...
TOM ROUEN Sometimes, even if you know the answer, you've got to let the other person take a shot. If they feel...
KARIN SLAUGHTER I feel good, the whole of us feel good about it,
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CHARLIE ROSE They know they're very good issues to be fighting for. They all feel good about it.
ROBERT TOWNSEND When you feel good about yourself, others will feel good about you, too.
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HENRY C. LINK While one person hesitates because he feels inferior, the
other is busy making mistakes and becoming...
HENRY C LINK While one person hesitates because he feels inferior, the other is busy making
mistakes and becoming...
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L.H. We are all manufacturers. Making good, making trouble, or making excuses.
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CRISS JAMI True repentance means making amends with the person when at all possible.
LAWANA BLACKWELL There is nothing funny about a well-adjusted, intelligent person making the right choices.
TIM HEIDECKER To me its seems they (Cisco) is making organically good growth,
KARRI RINTA The loneliness you feel with another person, the wrong person, is the loneliest of all.
DEB CALETTI all my books are about a lonely person looking for some way to connect with other people.
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AMY SEDARIS More men than women like 'Strangers With Candy'. Pretty girls don't like the show. They ...
AMY SEDARIS I like crafts that are made out of necessity because they're a little naive - you made it becaus...
AMY SEDARIS I'm gonna do the whole bedroom in camel color - it's an old lady color.
AMY SEDARIS If I put my mind to something, it happens. I do know that's not necessarily psychic. But I alway...
AMY SEDARIS You know when you watch old movies, it's always the small parts you remember, the character acto...
AMY SEDARIS Sometimes, to keep things exciting, I decorate my house as if I owned a child. I'll toss a tiny ...
AMY SEDARIS But I always like to play ugly people who think they're pretty.
AMY SEDARIS My father and I have a very good relationship. We always got along. But I always scold him.
AMY SEDARIS When people tell me they are going to go scrapbooking, I say, 'Why don't you make it yoursel...
AMY SEDARIS Books are challenging and inspirational to me.
AMY SEDARIS I love costumes. My dream growing up was always to have my own costume and prop shop.
AMY SEDARIS I love theatrical props: a cup filled with solid fake tea, say, or a collection of fake food, includ...
AMY SEDARIS I like crafts that come out of poverty or necessity. There used to be hobby shops where you'd ge...
AMY SEDARIS I like to decide the night before Thanksgiving that I'm gonna do it, and I'll see what riff ...
AMY SEDARIS We're all used to seeing pretty people. I want to see real people.
AMY SEDARIS My favorite things often have a story behind them and are usually handmade or discovered at a flea m...
AMY SEDARIS I have always wanted a bunny and I'll always have a rabbit the rest of my life.
AMY SEDARIS I got this second chance at life, and I live it.
AMY PURDY Smart people often talk trash about happiness and worse than trash about books on happiness, and the...
AMY BLOOM People tend to forget that in our country, we'd pretty much all be immigrants, except for the Na...
AMY BLOOM