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“You almost had to live through it to really know the gut ripping misery of the depression during the early thirties which led to labor's bloodiest and most violent days.”
“You almost have to be a rock star to generate the kind of fever you need to survive in American politics.”
“You almost have to create situations in order to write about them, so I live in a constant state of self-imposed poverty. I don't want to live any other way.”
“You almost have to force yourself to stay in a vacuum to become different - if you really want to be different.”
“You almost have to step outside yourself and look at you as if you were someone else you really care about and really want to protect. Would you let someone take advantage of that person? Would you let someone use that person you really care about? Or would you speak up for them? If it was someone else you care about, you'd say something. I know you would. Okay, now put yourself back in that body. That person is you. Stand up and tell 'em, "Enough!”
“You almost hold up your piece of paper and say, ‘The girl I like just gave me a treasure map to herself.’ But you don’t. You just don’t.”
Source: Night of Cake and Puppets: A Daughter of Smoke and Bone Novella
“You almost make it sound righteous."
"I suppose anything sounds righteous when you pay it enough respect.”
Source: Sky Full of Elephants
“You almost never get the pleasure of seeing that you won the argument in real time. People just don't like to publicly change their minds. They change their minds in private.”
“You almost threw it back!' she repeated, and her voice filled with mock horror.
'You foolish boy! Are you always so careless with items of value?'
'No,' he said, abruptly sober. 'I know what matters. And I never throw those things away. I hold on to them as long as I can.”
Source: Gateway
“You almost wish you could turn off the COMM and just appreciate the deafening quiet.”
“You alone are Earth, Air, Fire, Water, and Spirit.”
Source: Old World Witchcraft: Pathway To Effective Magick
“You alone are enough. You have nothing to prove to anybody.”
“You alone are responsible”
“You alone are responsible for what you do, don’t do, or how you respond to what’s done to you.”
“You alone are the judge of your worth and your goal is to discover infinite worth in yourself, no matter what anyone else thinks.”
“You alone became the outer surface of my life, the side I never see, and you will be that, the unknown part of me, until I die.”
“You alone can create the change you seel. But how? By accepting things as they are, you allow yourself to make apt choices.”
“You alone construct your reality. They’ve been telling us this in books since the very beginning. This isn’t a secret and it isn’t hidden away from us. Facing this fact has changed my life for the better.”
“You alone govern the nature of things. Without you nothing emerges into the light of day, without you nothing is joyous or lovely.”
“You alone have the power to determine your value. Don’t let somebody else paste a discount sticker on you. You’re priceless.”
“You alone have the right and ability to decide every element of your life.”
Source: Life’s Events In Focus
“You alone in Europe are not ancient oh Christianity
The most modern European is you Pope Pius X
And you whom the windows observe shame keeps you
From entering a church and confessing this morning
You read the prospectuses the catalogues the billboards that sing aloud
That's the poetry this morning and for the prose there are the newspapers
There are the 25 centime serials full of murder mysteries
Portraits of great men and a thousand different headlines
("Zone")”
Source: Zone
“You alone own your story. Do not let another tell it, and if you find yourself in the company of one determined to rewrite your words or own your narrative, fight like hell until you hold it again. There is little in life that is solely ours. Your story is one of those priceless few things. It is beyond precious. The people meant to be In your life will only strengthen your voice, not take it from you.”
“You already are, the peace you are looking for. Be still and know that”
“You already barely exist. Disappearing entirely won't be that much of a change.”
Source: Stick to Drawing Comics, Monkey Brain!: Cartoonist Explains Cloning, Blouse Monsters, Voting Machines, Romance, Monkey G ods, How to Avoid Being Mistaken for a Rodent, and More
“You already beat yourself up for enough things that aren't your fault. People who care don't want to add to that." He paused, and then added gently, "But you assumed it was about you." I finished the beer and sighed. "Arrogance," I said."I feel stupid." "Good," Michael said. "It's good for everyone to feel that way sometimes. It helps remind you how much you still have to learn.”
Source: Skin Game
“You already embody the energy your soul is looking for”
“You already feel unsure of yourself, and then you see your worst fears in print. It really knocked me - which is why, I think, I was working, working, working, because I was trying to run away from the fact that I thought I couldn't do it.”
“You already gave me forever, Aislinn. I'm asking for a chance at right now.”
“You already have and are; your value is intrinsic.”
Source: Simple Reminders: Inspiration for Living Your Best Life
“You already have every characteristic necessary for success if you recognize, claim, develop and use them”
“You already have everything to be the best you can be inside of you. What are you waiting for to use it?”
“You already have everything you need to be a long-distance athlete. It's mindset, not miles, that separates those who do from those who dream.”
Source: Marathoning for Mortals: A Regular Person's Guide to the Joy of Running or Walking a Half-Marathon or Marathon
“You already have everything you need to be content. Your real work is to do whatever it takes to realize that.”
Source: Women Food and God: An Unexpected Path to Almost Everything
“You already have everything you need within you. Trust yourself and take action.”
Source: MENTAL TOUGHNESS: Unbreakable Mind
“You already have inside of you what you need to prevail, you only need to believe that is true.”
“You already have one asshole, you don't need another one”
Source: He's Just Not That Into You: The No-Excuses Truth to Understanding Guys
“You already have the precious mixture that will make you well. Use it.”
“You already have what you need and will know when it’s time.”
“You already have within you everything you need to turn your dreams into reality.”
“You already have zero privacy - get over it.”
“You already know everything, all ayahuasca does is remind you, it makes you aware of the infinite you have already known.”
“You already know everything, ayahuasca simply makes you aware of it!”
“You already know I desire that neither Father or Mother shall be in want of any comfort either in health or sickness while they live.”
Source: Abraham Lincoln: Selected Speeches and Writings
“You already know more about faerie kingdoms than any mortal."
"Stories," I said faintly, drawing my hand back. "I know stories."
He gave me an odd look. "And have you ever needed anything else? Have you not shaken a kingdom to its foundations, found a door to a distant otherland, overthrown a queen? Hand you the right storybook, and you are capable of anything.”
Source: Emily Wilde's Compendium of Lost Tales
“You already know that the first thing that makes you foreign to a place is to be born poor in it; you don't need to emigrate to America to feel what you already felt when you were ten, looking up at the rickety concrete roof above your head and knowing that one more bad typhoon would bring it down to crush your bones and the bones of all your siblings sleeping next to you; or selling fruit by the side of the road to people who made sure to never really look at you, made sure not to touch your hands when they put the money in it. You've been foreign all your life. When you finally leave, all you're hoping for is a more bearable kind of foreignness.”
Source: America Is Not the Heart
“You already know when I'm writing, so don't be surprised if it's short and dry, because I'm too hungry to write anything fat”
Source: Chopin's Letters
“You already made the choice, you are simply here to walk it.”
“You already past 21 and you still talking about "I'ma be a rapper." You ain't did one show, niggas ain't seen you on TV. So Kendrick kind of went through the same thing I went through. He just had his mom's house to go to.”
“you already possess all you need to be genuinely happy.”
Source: The Simple Abundance Companion: Following Your Authentic Path to Something More