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“You know there are moments such as these when time stands still and all you do is hold your breath and hope it will wait for you.”
Source: Photographs of a Lifetime
“You know There are moments when silence, prolonged and unbroken, More expressive may be than all words ever spoken.”
“You know there are no Jews working for me. Not one. I won’t hire them.' He sounded proud of the ugly fact.”
Source: TREE OF LIVES: My rocky path out of the Wildwoods
“You know there are no secrets in America. It's quite different in England, where people think of a secret as a shared relation between two people.”
“You know there are so many people that have touched your life both on the ice and within your career in the NHL whether it be owners, GMs, coaches, players, trainers, all the way down. And that doesn't even account for all of the people that you encountered outside of the game that you met along this trip, too.”
“You know, there are two good things in life, freedom of thought and freedom of action.”
Source: Of Human Bondage
“You know there are two kinds of tears. Tears for those who leave you and tears for those who you never let go. And I won't say goodbye to you Xena, 'cause we'll be together again one day.”
“You know there are very few Marxists left in the world... they're all in American universities.”
“You know there is a problem with the education system when you realize that out of the 3 R's only one begins with an R.”
“You know, there is a thin line between hope and confidence. What separates the two is rationality.”
Source: The Influencer: Speed Must Have a Limit
“You know there is a thin line between love and hate. Maybe you loved me and didn't realise”
Source: The Boy Who Sneaks in My Bedroom Window
“You know there is always something I am not ok with, it’s either my hair is falling like crazy, I am gaining weight or my skin looks terrible. I just feel like sometimes it’s my mind speaking through my body saying that I am not ok. But today I was ok…”
Source: The story is about me
“You know there is no one in the world I would rather sleep with than Yuki.”
“You know there isn’t much to do in life once you fall though the surface of things.”
Source: Poor George
“You know there's a finite number of atoms, subatomic particles.' He turned his head towards me, knowing it was a language I wouldn't understand. 'Everything transforms into something else, so maybe, someday, it come back.”
Source: The Rider on the Bridge
“You know there's a history of unbalanced power, lack of safety and consent, that makes it different when it happens to a woman, right?"
"I do know that, even though it's not that simple. I hope you're not planning to accuse me of encouraging them and asking for it."
"You were, as a matter of fact, encouraging it greatly." Before he could argue, she raised a hand to stop him. "It was still inappropriate, the way my team behaved. I apologize and will reprimand them."
"There's no need for that."
"I know. But I will anyway. But the next time you pretend to know what it feels like to be violated by the unwelcome attention of the opposite sex, I want you to know that if as a result of it there was any chance that you could get hurt in any way, you should absolutely feel free to put an end to it by letting them know that you aren't interested and that it makes you uncomfortable.”
Source: The Emma Project
“You know, there's a place we all inhabit, but we don't much think about it, we're scarcely conscious of it, and it lasts for less than a minute a day. It's in the morning, for most of us. It's that time, those few seconds when we're coming out of sleep but we're not really awake yet. For those few seconds we're something more primitive than what we are about to become. We have just slept the sleep of our most distant ancestors, and something of them and their world still clings to us. For those few moments we are unformed, uncivilized. We are not the people we know as ourselves, but creatures more in tune with a tree than a keyboard. We are untitled, unnamed, natural, suspended between was and will be, the tadpole before the frog, the worm before the butterfly. We are, for a few brief moments, anything and everything we could be.”
Source: Stargirl
“You know there’s a point in statecraft where the well-intentioned blunder turns into actual and public evil. Mediocrity can be a menace.”
“You know there's always things in life that you have to do despite the fact that you know for certain the outcome is going to be messy, painful, humiliating, or all three.”
Source: Whispers Under Ground
“You know there's got to be a better way of life - somewhere, sometime, somehow - but you're not exactly sure what better is.”
Source: The Legacy Letters: his Wife, his Children, his Final Gift
“You know, there’s no pleasure like the joy of being a sexual woman.
You can take your careers, your money, your houses and possessions, and you go and throw them in a lake.
Because life is really all about sex.
That’s what I keep learning, again and again.
It’s the most important thing, woven into the very centre of life.
And I just know I was put on this earth to be a sexual woman, and to explore as much about sex as I can.”
Source: Naked and Sexual
“You know...there’s nothing for you in the past. No matter how much you think it through, there’s not a single thing you can do to change it. We have right now–this moment. That’s what matters.”
Source: Colliding With Fate
“You know, there's nothing more qualifying than two willing hands. Lots to learn in this life. For sure. Lots to learn. But all you need to start is willing hands and a loving heart. Don't scoff. I'm getting to know you. All piss and vinegar. Skin three feet thick. But you've got the hands and heart. You just haven't learned to trust yourself with them yet.”
Source: Wildwood Whispers
“You know, there's only one real competition in this world, and that's the battle of the sexes. See, war between religions, nations, and militaries will end someday, but the battle of the sexes is eternal.”
Source: The Tale of Aypi
“You know, there’s something I wish I could comprehend about pets and other animals: if they can’t form any speeches, then how does their thinking process work?
I mean, when we humans think about anything, we do form sentences in our heads… right?
So, if animals are unable to form any sentences at all, then how are they able to compose any thoughts in their heads?”
Source: Gods’ Food
“You know, there’s something subtle but significant that happens when we talk about people, especially in professional settings. When men achieve something noteworthy, we often refer to them by just their last name. Darwin, Dickens, Shakespeare. But when it comes to women, even those who are equally accomplished, we tend to use their full names. Marie Curie, Emily Dickinson, Jane Austen. It’s as if there’s an underlying bias that suggests a woman isn’t as widely recognized or deserving of prominence, so we feel the need to specify her full name. But by doing that, we can unintentionally diminish her standing, as if she’s not on the same level…”
Source: Mind Code
“You know, there used to be a difference between authentic music and sellout music. I'm talking about when I was young, in the sixties? Back then we knew there was a soullessness to the sellouts, and we wanted to be on the side of the artists. But now? Being a sellout is the authentic thing. When Molly Miller says 'I'm just being real,' what she means is that everyone wants money and fame and any artist who claims otherwise is lying. the only fundamental truth is greed, and the only question is who is up front about this. That's the new authenticity. Molly Miler can never be accused of selling out because selling out was her goal all along.”
Source: The Nix
“You know, there was a time at the beginning of the 50's when this nuclear threat hung over the world, but the attitude of the West was like granite and the West did not yield. Today, this nuclear threat still hangs on both sides, but the West has chosen the wrong path of making concessions.”
Source: Warning to the West
“You know, there was a time when thoughts about the potential for evil within me would keep me awake at night. I became fully aware that there is no intrinsic difference between me and the killer, rapist, or thief—we are all human. There is more to them than the crime they have committed. They are not the flat monsters portrayed by the media. Discovering them to not be different from myself and understanding the existence of my own potential to commit evil inevitably revealed its possibility, anguishing me immensely. But things are better now. When I re-explore those thoughts, they do not fill me with the same negative emotions. We can be anything we want to be regardless of the darkness and light that co-exists within us…. We may not be able to control everything, but we can influence who we become and what we do…”
Source: Darkness
“You know there was always a confusion that punk was a style of music.”
“You know there's always that kid in your class — and every class has one — the kid who draws all the time and is really good? That was not me. I was a lousy draftsman. But as soon as I figured out that I could make things come alive, like using the corners of my math book to make flipbooks, I was hooked.”
“You know there's an old african proverb that i made up: "If you want to go quickly, go alone. If you want to go far, go together."”
“You know there's no crooked politicians. There's never a lie because there is never any truth.”
Source: How to Talk Dirty and Influence People: An Autobiography
“You know there's no such thing as a complete lie. There's always some truth in there.”
Source: Will Grayson, Will Grayson
“You know there's nothing a Hill Democrat would rather do than criticize another Democrat. It is their favorite activity. Then they can read about how honorable they are in an Op-Ed piece, how bipartisan.”
“You know there's only two things more beautiful than a good gun--a Swiss watch or a woman from anywhere.”
“You know these love letters mix with whisky, just don't light a match when you kiss me.”
“You know these things as thoughts, but your thoughts are not your experiences, they are an echo and after-effect of your experiences: as when your room trembles whe na carriage goes past. I however am sitting in the carriage, and often I am the carriage itself. Ina man who thinks like this, the dichotomy between thinking and feeling, intellect and passion, has really disappeared. He feels his thoughts. He can fall in love with an idea. An idea can make him ill.”
“You know, they ask me if I were on a desert island and I knew nobody would ever see what I wrote, would I go on writing. My answer is most emphatically yes. I would go on writing for company. Because I'm creating an imaginary — it's always imaginary — world in which I would like to live.
(Interview, The Paris Review)”
“You know they call corn-on-the-cob, "corn-on-the-cob", but that's how it comes out of the ground. They should just call it corn, and every other type of corn, corn-off-the-cob. It's not like if someone cut off my arm they would call it "Mitch", but then re-attached it, and call it "Mitch-all-together".”
“You know they invented wheelbarrows to teach FAA inspectors to walk on their hind legs.”
“You know they probably invited everyone in breathing distance tonight right?” I question her but she just scoffs “Maybe so, not our problem. I’m not saying we have to express our gratitude by dropping our panties… we can just hang out and dance.”
Source: Never Enough
“You know they say a white man git in some kind of trouble, he'll fret and fret until he kill hisself. A n****r git into trouble, he'll fret for a while, then g'wan to sleep.”
Source: Mules and Men
“You know they say confession is good for the soul, right?
"I think that applies unless you're a priest. And you dont look like ANY priest I've ever seen."
"It's true. I am having trouble with purity of thoughts at the moment..."
She hadn't had a pure thought since she'd met him...”
Source: Hot Mess
“You know they say money can't buy happiness. Give me 50 bucks and watch me smile”
“You know they say the most dangerous person of the world is a member of the United States Congress just home from a three-day fact-finding trip.”
“You know, they've got these chocolate assortments, and you like some but you don't like others? And you eat all the ones you like, and the only ones left are the ones you don't like as much? I always think about that when something painful comes up. 'Now I just have to polish these off, and everything'll be OK.'
Life is a box of chocolates.”
Source: Norwegian Wood
“You know, they've got these chocolate assortments, and you like some but you don't like others? And you eat all the ones you like, and the only ones left are the ones you don't like as much? I always think about that when something painful comes up. Now I just have to
polish these off, and everything'll be OK. Life is a box of chocolates. I suppose you could call it a philosophy.”
Source: Norwegian Wood
“You know they're just looking for wrinkles and cellulite.”
“You know things are bad when a woman without any legs and who recently lost two of her own kids feels sorry for you.”
Source: The Poisonwood Bible