Y Quotes
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“You should learn to say nothing that will cause you regret. You should not say what is not in your heart - or what is only in your heart for a moment. But you know this - silence is better.”
Source: Snow Falling on Cedars
“You should let dialogue get as nearly out of control as you can. Characters should say what they say to each other instead of what they mean to say. The worst purpose of dialogue is to elicit information: "You know why we're out on this space station, Carruthers - to save the universe!"”
“You should listen to a lot of different music.”
“You should listen to even the smallest voice, someday it could be the one that makes a difference.”
“You should listen to how often other people pause, take a quick breath, and go on with their sentence. (This is not that easy. You are accustomed to listening to what people say and not the behavioral details of how they say it.) You'll see how normal and easy the quick breath is. Try to imitate someone who seems to have good control of their phrasing and air supply. Be especially mindful of the ease of hearing the words at the end of their sentences.”
“You should listen to songs and listen to what works. Listen to why a song is a hit. Check it out-not to imitate it, but there are certain things that work-hooks and melodies. Hear what works through the ages.”
“You should listen to your assistant. She clearly understands about fattening foods."
Her tone is not kind. And I'm done being polite. Or quiet.
I turn to North, who is sprawled back in his chair, blue eyes alight with undisguised anticipation. An ally I desperately need. "Tell me something..."
"Anything, babe."
I kind of love him just then. Because I know, I know, he's calling me babe to irritate Macon. It's in his eyes and the way his mouth twists to hold back laughter.
"Do agents in this town take Cliché Bitch 101 classes around here?"
A muscle in his lower jaw twitches while Karen huffs out a sound of annoyance.
"Pretty sure they offer a special discount at UCLA."
We both grin.
"All right," Macon cuts in. "That's enough."
I shoot him a look. Tell that to Ms. Sunset Boulevard.
And he returns one of his own. Behave.
Make. Me.
His answering grin is crafty. "Later."
"Later for what?" Karen demands in a snit.
"To perform my other services." I dab the corner of my mouth. Because fuck her.
Macon chokes on a sip of his water. North, however, just laughs, a big booming sound.
"I like her," he says to a glowering Macon.”
Source: Dear Enemy
“You should listen to your heart, and not the voices in your head.”
“You should live fully and with enthusiasm, the commands of your faith, but it is not the role of the public servant to mandate that for everybody else.”
“You should live in the moment’ is as unhelpful an imperative as ‘You should believe in yourself and secure the future you want’. The only ‘should’ we need ever take on board is that we ‘should’ get on with our lives without hurting other people.”
Source: Happy: Why more or less everything is absolutely fine
“You should live in the world so as it may hang about you like a loose garment.”
“You should look ahead now and decide what you want to do with your lives. Fix clearly in your mind what you want to be one year from now, five years, ten years, and beyond. Write your goals and review them regularly. Keep them before you constantly, record your progress, and revise them as circumstances dictate.”
“You should look at certain walls stained with damp, or at stones of uneven color. If you have to invent some backgrounds you will be able to see in these the likeness of divine landscapes, adorned with mountains, ruins, rocks, woods, great plains, hills and valleys in great variety; and expressions of faces and clothes and an infinity of things which you will be able to reduce to their complete and proper forms. In such walls the same thing happens as in the sound of bells, in whose stroke you may find every named word which you can imagine.”
“You should look at stocks as small pieces of business.”
“You should look for opportunities to turn your child into a social leader. Brownies, Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts, Indian Guides, National Outdoor Leadership Schools, church and synagogue youth groups, and almost any type of community service opportunities are extraordinarily helpful to popular children. These opportunities allow them to turn their attractive traits into concrete acts of generosity toward others. Good leaders show respect toward other people; good leaders use win-win strategies. It is not enough for children to be smart or to be able to reflect on moral problems. Children need to be put into situations where they can practice moral acts - and that is true of the socially gifted as it is of kids who veer toward the antisocial. We have to give our naturally popular children the moral guidance to make them into true leaders.”
Source: Best Friends, Worst Enemies: Understanding the Social Lives of Children
“You should look for your niche: all those people who will love your product because their needs and your product benefits match.
we should try to reach a stage where our potential customer base is just perfect in size for us - not too big and not too little.”
Source: 17 Reasons Why Businesses Fail :Unscrew Yourself From Business Failure
“You should look inside of yourself and see the person who is there”
“You should look straight at a film; that's the only way to see one. Film is not the art of scholars but of illiterates.”
“You should look up some of the reviews. The New York Times review is so over-the-top funny. It's hysterical. You should dig it out.”
“You should love everyone because God dwells in all beings.”
“You should love literature. You should live in the library. Forget about films.”
Source: Conversations with Ray Bradbury
“You should love one another and behave lovingly
because when love comes, everything comes. You should speak to one
another with love and humility. Love is the essence.”
“You should love something while you have it, love it fully and without reservation, even if you know you'll lose it someday. We lose everything. If you're trying to avoid loss, there's no point in taking another breath, or letting your heart beat one more time. It all ends...That's all life is. Breathing in, breathing out. The space between two breaths.”
“You should love yourself.”
“You should maintain absolute humility [param vinaya] till you attain each and every attribute of God.”
Source: Noble Use of Money
“You should make an effort on stage because it's a performance. The stage should be glittery and camp, but I don't go down the shops in full stage gear.”
“You should make great things, not promising great things.”
“You should make her call you ‘Miss Georgina,’” added Hugh with a mocking southern drawl. “Or at least ‘ma’am.’” Niphon’s presence and Jerome’s lecture had put me in a grouchy mood. “I’m not doing any mentoring. She’s so gungho to take on the world’s male population, she doesn’t even need me.” The three men exchanged more smirks. Cody made some hissing and meowing sounds, scratching at the air. "This isn’t funny,” I said. "Sure it is,” said Cody.”
“You should make it hard on yourself to write so you’re easier to read.”
“You should make no effort to try to join society, stay right where you are. Give your name and serial number and wait for society to come to you.”
“You should make photographs with your heart, mind, eye & soul. The capture device is simply there to allow you to transfer your vision to a medium that you can share with others.”
“You should make the world understand that Israel is the oppressor and that Israel must be destroyed.”
“You should make your diet one that best fits you and how you feel. Listen to your body. The most important thing is to exercise, drink lots of water, and take really good care of yourself.”
“You should marry me", he said. "I will be good to you. I am not like these men. I have manners. You would see how kind I would be. I would never leave you. You could have an easy life.”
Source: Lonesome Dove
“You should miss me. I’m your mate.”
“You should name him Fezzik." "Inconceivable.”
“You should neither attempt to justify a bad risk because it turned out well nor regret too much a good risk that turned out badly.”
Source: The Talk: A Young Person's Guide to Life's Big Questions
“You should neither play bad compositions, nor, unless compelled, listen to them.”
Source: Advice to Young Musicians
“You should never accept what can be offered to you if you feel it can be improved.”
“You should never act against yourself.”
Source: The V Girl: A Coming of Age Story
“You should never apologize for existing, Lev. Not even to all those people out there who wish you didn't.”
Source: UnSouled
“You should never argue with a crazy mind, you ought to know my now.”
“You should never ask actors about politics.”
“You should never ask anyone for anything. Never- and especially from those who are more powerful than yourself.”
Source: The master and Margarita [by] Mikhail Bulgakov
“You should never ask God to do what He has said He’s already done, and you should never ask God to do what He has told you to do.”
“You should never assume anything coming from a critical standpoint. You should go into everything assuming you're going to get crushed.”
“You should never assume. You know what happens when you assume. You make an ass out of you and me because that's how it's spelled.”
“You should never attack a necromancer in a cemetery; it’s like chasing Rambo into a building full of loaded guns. Some people seem to help you kill them.”
Source: Dead Ice
“You should never be afraid of people... such fear can destroy us completely. You've simply got to get rid of it, if you want to turn into someone decent. You understand that, don't you?”
“You should never be afraid to be yourself, under any circumstances. The genre of cool is fleeting. What's cool today will not be cool a year from now. If you're yourself, you'll be at peace with yourself.”