Jenny Lawson Quotes

Even at age 10, I already knew that I was different from most people. My anxiety disorder was still years from being diagnosed, but it affected me quite deeply. I was too afraid to speak out in class, too nervous to make real friends.

Jenny Lawson

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AgePeopleMeSpeakFriendsAnxiety

I think of my gender as a part of my complex humanity.

Jenny Slate

ThinkGenderHumanityComplexPart

Love's tongue is in his eyes.

John Fletcher

LoveEyesTongueHis

When I was a student, I studied philosophy and religion. I talked about being patient. Some people say I was too hopeful, too optimistic, but you have to be optimistic just in keeping with the philosophy of non-violence.

John Lewis

ReligionPeoplePhilosophyYouSay

If you continually write and read yourself as a fiction, you can change what's crushing you.

Jeanette Winterson

ChangeYourselfYouWriteFiction

If I had to choose a superhero to be, I would pick Superman. He's everything that I'm not.

Stephen Hawking

ChooseSupermanEverythingSuperhero

I'm the man who sits behind a table and tells true stories from his life. I'm also an actor. I was trained as an actor at Emerson College, and I use that training to play myself.

Spalding Gray

LifeMyselfManTrainingCollege

I didn't say I have to be a writer, but I did say that I needed to publish at least one book.

Tomi Adeyemi

BookSayPublishWriterDidLeast

When I go to the shore, I take along the poems of Pablo Neruda. I suppose it's because the poems are simultaneously lush and ripe and kind of lazy, yet throbbing with life - like summer itself.

Tom Robbins

LifeSummerGoLazyKindShore

It's so important that people know there was a time before the NHS. It makes them appreciate it more.

Miriam Margolyes

TimePeopleAppreciateKnowMore

My favourite movie right now is probably 'Hitch', a Will Smith thing.

Chris Moneymaker

NowWillRightMovieFavourite

Music is something I must do, business is something I need to do, and Africa is something I have to do. That's the way it breaks down in my life.

Bob Geldof

LifeBusinessMusicMy LifeDown

You know, stand-up comedy is where I pretty much started out.

Brion James

ComedyYouKnowOutPrettyStarted

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