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“You're not capable of stepping into nirvana at this time. If you did it would be disastrous. You're tonal would be swamped.”
“You're not challenging anyone else but yourself. I'd like to have a 300-pound bench, 500-pound deadlift, and a 400-pound squat.”
“You're not chasing syndication any more. It used to be a big thing. "Let's make 100 episodes and we'll get paid for life". You know? And what does the sheer amount of content that's being made do to syndication after a while? It just seems like there's more content than there is hours for everyone to watch it. But it's some of the best content that's ever been created.”
“You're not cross with me, though?" he said. She pulled her hand away and answered, "No, no, I'm never cross with anyone.”
Source: The Trial / Der Proceß: Bilingual Edition: English - German / Zweisprachige Ausgabe: Englisch - Deutsch
“You're not directing an actor toward a thing they can't achieve. Because direction is elusive. When directors hold respect for the various craftsmen and -women who are telling the story, it's the greatest result. I think people do their bravest work when given an elusive canvas.”
“You're not disabled by the disabilities you have, you are able by the abilities you have.”
“You're not doing the scene exactly the way it is in the book [The Hunger Games], but the intention of the scene is there.”
“You're not Dostoevsky,' said the citizeness, who was getting muddled by Koroviev. Well, who knows, who knows,' he replied. 'Dostoevsky's dead,' said the citizeness, but somehow not very confidently. 'I protest!' Behemoth exclaimed hotly. 'Dostoevsky is immortal!”
“You're not drunk if you can lie on the floor without holding on.”
“You're not eating anything," said Marilla sharply, eying her as if it were a serious shortcoming. Anne sighed. I can't. I'm in the depths of despair. Can you eat when you are in the depths of despair?" I've never been in the depths of despair, so I can't say," responded Marilla. Weren't you? Well, did you ever try to IMAGINE you were in the depths of despair?" No, I didn't." Then I don't think you can understand what it's like. It's very uncomfortable a feeling indeed.”
Source: ANNE OF GREEN GABLES - Complete Collection: ALL 14 Books in One Volume (Anne of Green Gables, Anne of Avonlea, Anne of the Island, Rainbow Valley, The Story Girl, Chronicles of Avonlea and more): Including Letters and Autobiography of Lucy Maud Montgomery
“You're not even in a restaurant, but... you got served!”
“You're not ever going to get it done. Every time you evaluate contrast and conclude and then line up your Energy and allow it into your experience... at the same time you are achieving the result that you intended, you also achieve a new perspective from which to intend. You can't stand still. In every moment, there is a whole new set of stuff... new ideas, new desires being born.”
“You're not falling for me, are you, Irish?" -Adam to Gabrielle”
“You're not famous unless people's mothers know who you are. Everybody else, you think you're famous, but you're just hot, and heat cools off.”
“You're not famous until my mother has heard of you.”
“You're not famous until you're a Pez dispenser.”
“You're not free until you've been made captive by supreme belief.”
Source: Complete Poems
“You're not free, unless you come to the place where you have nothing to prove.”
“You're not funny and nobody likes you!”
“You're not gay, are you?" Simon's greenish color deepened. "If I were, I would dress better.”
Source: Sample of the CITYs
“You're not getting the b-level tunes. Our most recent producer, Danger Mouse, was quite sure about that. So you're getting the best of the best, the cream of the cream of what we have to offer.”
“You're not getting the joy out of literature that it gave you. This is the danger of what we do. Look at Hemingway and so many others. You devote your life to one thing, that is what you are. It's artificial but it's all you have. If you lose it, then you're nothing and there's no point in going on.”
“You're not getting this back you know. Consider it an asshole tax.”
“You're not going out there to make a living out of it by selling records. You want acclaim and you want to know people are listening.”
“You're not going to be a writer someday. You're a writer today. Discipline yourself to write and take time to enjoy writing. Do it a lot. Have fun with it. Begin now.”
Source: The Writer's Idea Book 10th Anniversary Edition: How to Develop Great Ideas for Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, and Screenplays
“You're not going to be able to look like anyone else, no matter how hard you try, unless you're a mimic, then you're not acting, you're just mimicking. You can't go on being John Wayne, that's John Wayne. So you're not going to steal from John Wayne. I'm not going to steal from John Wayne and you're not going to come back and say 'Didn't you get that from the circus?' You know. But he is one of those people who instructs me, whom I look up to - whom I think is one of the masters of his craft that I am so enamoured of.”
“You're not going to be able to make good decisions without building some relationship of trust between yourself and community.”
“You're not going to be different ... you're going to be the same as you've always been; with doubts, everlasting dissatisfaction with yourself, vain efforts to amend, and falls, and everlasting expectation, of a happiness which you won't get, and which isn't possible for you.”
Source: Anna Karenina (World Classics, Unabridged)
“You're not going to be great at everything. Surround yourself with people that can compliment you so you can work together and then everybody can be successful.”
“You're not going to be liked by everybody when you speak the truth. I don't speak the truth to put people down; I don't speak the truth to show disrespect.”
“You're not going to be on top of mountain all by yourself with a #2 pencil What we need to learn is how to learn.”
“You're not going to be perfect, you're not going to stop berating yourself, you're not going to stop the comparisons, you're not going to stop the judgment, but you can become evermore mindful of it, and that has to be good enough.”
“You're not going to be persistent and tenacious enough if you don't love what you're doing. If it's not something that excites you, that appeals to you deep down inside.”
“You're not going to change anyone's mind. Especially online.”
“You're not going to die," I told her, lifting my head to look at her. "I'm not done writing songs about you yet.”
Source: Shiver Series (Shiver, Linger, Forever, Sinner)
“You're not going to die. Here's the white-hot truth: if you go bankrupt, you'll still be okay. If you lose the gig, the lover, the house, you'll still be okay. If you sing off-key, get beat by the competition, have your heart shattered, get fired...it's not going to kill you. Ask anyone who's been through it.”
Source: The Fire Starter Sessions: A Soulful + Practical Guide to Creating Success on Your Own Terms
“You're not going to die. I forbid it. All right?" "All right," he whispers.”
Source: The Hunger Games
“You're not going to die?" "Not right this minute." And of course, saying something like that usually resulted in immediate dying. I braced myself for a stray meteorite falling through the roof to crush my skull.”
“You're not going to do good work if you're not choosing something because it inspires you.”
“You're not going to do something for a certain period of your life and be affected by it, and then stop and go work in a grocery store. You understand certain things and your personality changes.”
“You're not going to enjoy every minute of the journey, but the success you'll find at the end will make it all worth it.”
“You're not going to find me in something someone else is wearing. Unless, of course, he's a very swaggy individual.”
“You're not going to fix things by helping 65-year-olds or 75-year-olds for any long run.”
“You're not going to get a chance to vote for me on the ballot, but you can actually vote for what I believe in.”
“You're not going to get any true confessions out of me," she said. "I'm a Leo, and our thing is changing the subject.”
Source: The Stepford Wives: A Novel
“You're not going to get anything politically correct out of me.”
“You're not going to get off the couch and be at some amazing fast pace or burn crazy amounts of calories, but you have to start somewhere Eventually, you'll get there.”
“You're not going to get to college - you're not even going to be qualified, even to go to a community college, if you don't address the basic problem of literacy in America. And there's no reason - no reason - for us to have that problem.”
“You're not going to get very far in life based on what you already know. You're going to advance in life by what you're going to learn after you leave here.”
“You're not going to have any pension or health care from those $60 nights at you name the club. But I think you do this because you have to do it. You pursue any art form because you need it. Because you love it.”