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“You never work for someone else. The truth is someone is paying you to work for yourself.”
“You never would get through to the end of being a father, no matter where you stored your mind or how many steps in the series you followed. Not even if you died. Alive or dead a thousand miles distant, you were always going to be on the hook for work that was neither a procedure nor a series of steps but, rather, something that demanded your full, constant attention without necessarily calling you to do, perform, or say anything at all.”
Source: Telegraph Avenue
“You never write a speech in advance because if you don't get to use it, you'll be heartbroken.”
“You never write down to the people - you write the best you can with the hope that someone else will feel the same way.”
“You next," he said. "Out of those clothes and into bed."
She nodded but didn't move from Sally's side. The thought of undressing exhausted her. Where would she find the strength such a task would require?
"I'm filthy. I'll ruin the new bed."
"I'll bring you some fresh water."
"I've no clothes to change into."
His grin was downright wicked. "I know."
A short laugh escaped her.”
Source: A Bride Most Begrudging
“You ni**az get me sick, wannabe soundin like you know my arithmetic... but we don't sound alike”
“You nice, keep going.”
“You nicked-named my daughter after the Lock Ness Monster!”
Source: Breaking Dawn
“You nickednamed my daughter after the Loch Ness Monster?”
“You niggas so-so like a seamstress.”
“You nine daughters of Jupiter, sisters of one heart.”
“You no like this Gloddman show, you go somewhere else.”
Source: The Circus of Dr. Lao
“You no longer have much in the way of knowing what to do in a big, epic novel about the future, because nobody knows what the hell is going to happen.”
“You no longer need other people in your life once you have found your true love.”
Source: City of Lost Souls
“You no longer need to wait until you become well-established in your home market. Today, companies can go global as early as day one.”
Source: Take Your Company Global: The New Rules of International Expansion
“You no longer pretend you’re climbing a ladder. You’ve kicked it over and made a quaint/kitschy bench out of the pieces. (Depends on who sees it.)”
Source: You Tried: A Deadbeat’s Guide to Self-Actualization
“You nodded towards the cup. "Want more?" I shook my head. "What about the car?" "Didn't find it. You were heading back towards me when I found you." "Towards . . . ?" You nodded. "So I reckoned the car had probably got stuck or died somehow, and you were just coming home." "Home?" "Yeah." Your mouth twitched. "Back to me.”
“You noodle around with tempo and sound until you get the perfect fit for that particular song, and then, so long as you can sustain it, God is on your side and everything comes easily and even the waiters smile.”
Source: Essays in Disguise
“You Norah, are going to be alright. You are going to find a new life, and a new happiness, without me. This is your chance Norah. You deserve this. Your freedom, your peace. No more darkness. No more demons”
Source: All the Pieces
“You normally don't get a margin call unless your securities, minus the debt, are worth 30% or less of their nominal market value.”
“You normally have to be bashed about a bit by life to see the point of daffodils, sunsets and uneventful nice days.”
“You not feeling me, fine. It costs you nothing, pay me no mind.”
“You not nothing til you got something, then everybody love ya. Pops told me that”
“You not only are hunted by others, you unknowingly hunt yourself.”
“You not only choose between two ways of life but you choose between two masters.”
“You not only do you appreciate the sacrifices people have made and the hours they've kept and the soccer games they missed and the birthday parties, but I also had a lot of young people who came in here [to White House], and this probably, you know, echoes with you, in your own experience, you were young when you got here.”
“You not only solved its riddle but proved your mettle by how far you were willing to go to save your people. Magic rewards mettle, you know.”
Source: Hour of the Pumpkin Queen
“You not only threw down the wicked, you did so by lifting up the brightness of those around you.”
Source: Audition for the Fox
“You not supposed to feel down over whatever happen to you. I mean, you're supposed to use whatever happen to you as some type of upper, not a downer.”
“You not the only one who's got wants and needs. But I held on to you, Troy. I took all my feelings, my wants and needs, my dreams... and I buried them inside you....Cause you was my husband.”
Source: Fences
“You not the only one who's got wants and needs. But I held on to you, Troy. I took all my feelings, w=my wants and needs, my dreams... and I buried them inside you....Cause you was my husband.”
Source: Fences
“you
not wanting me
was
the beginning of me
wanting myself
thank you”
“You, not your writing becomes the product - your looks, your wit, your quippy clapbacks and factional alignments with online beefs that no one in the real world gives a shit about.”
Source: Yellowface
“You notice how liberals keep saying, 'If only Islam would have a Reformation' - it can't have one. It says it can't. It's extremely dangerous in that way.”
“You notice how they always put the fruit and veg at the entrance to the supermarket? You go in thinking 'this is a fresh shop, everything in here is FRESH! I will do well to shop here'. You never go straight to the bit with the toilet paper, loo brushes and such do you? You'd think 'this is a POO shop! Everything in here is themed on POO!”
“You notice that all the minorities are going to be voting for Barack Obama because he's a minority. He's going to be their hero; he's going to be their white knight if you will, or in this case black knight.”
“You notice that he does not ask, Where am I?" says the Mayor's voice, moving out there, somewhere. "His first words are, Where is she? And his Noise says the same. Interesting.”
“You notice that the Democrats are totally unified. I mean, you know they're dragging Algore back out? Algore is being dragged out of the Apple boardroom and wherever else he hangs out to go and rally Millennials on the premise that Millennials will respond to Algore's claim that we are destroying the planet and that he will get their attention.”
“you notice the forced smile ... as he does not find warmth between her thighs, ... “some nights, he returns
with the smell of that woman – that jezebel.” ... “stay, you endure
he is your husband,
you endure”
Source: Questions for Ada
“You notice the pain when the tears are dry.”
“You notice. And noticing, you live.”
Source: From a Limestone Ledge: Some Essays and Other Ruminations about Country Life in Texas
“You noticed from last night, we only did two from the 80s. And our set's two hours long.”
“You noticed that I wore this outfit twice? Why, the only thing you wear twice is a sour expression.”
“You nourish your minds by reading books. There is no good in doing that unless you hold it also as a sacrifice to the whole world. For the whole world is one; you are rated a very insignificant part of it, and therefore it is right for you that you should serve your millions of brothers rather than aggrandise this little self”
Source: The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda
“You now have learned enough to see That Cats are much like you and me And other people whom we find Possessed of various types of mind. For some are sane and some are mad And some are good and some are bad And some are better, some are worse But all may be described in verse.”
“You now have more experience and wisdom than ever before. Age enhances your value.”
Source: Not Done Yet!: How Women Over 50 Regain Their Confidence and Claim Workplace Power
“You now have permission to be strong and healthy and calm and relaxed. There's no place else to go. There's nothing else to do.”
“You now have six-year campaigns for the Senate - you never stop running. It's not uncommon for a member of the Senate to have a fundraising breakfast, a fundraising lunch and a fundraising dinner, and then when the Senate breaks for the week to go home, more fundraisers. And that's driven by the cost of campaigning.”
“You now have the least amount of time you've ever had, to do everything you've ever wanted to do. Enjoy your life. You only get one”
“You now have the potential of 200 people deciding who ends up being elected president every single time.”