Rachel Simmons Quotes

When I went to prom in the early 1990s, I seesawed between my wish to get asked by the right guy and ride in the cool kids' limousine with the burgeoning realization that I was gay. I had a fun night, but I was far from my authentic, assertive self that night. Prom felt mostly like a job I had to do to maintain my position in the social hierarchy.

Rachel Simmons

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There's no lotion or potion that will make sales faster and easier for you - unless your potion is hard work.

Jeffrey Gitomer

WorkHard WorkYouWillSalesHard

I'm from the 'less is more' school. I had to be in the 'more is more' zone with 'Dallas Buyers Club', so I was out of my comfort zone, but I had to trust that.

Jean-Marc Vallee

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We will go forward... we will never go back.

Michael Bloomberg

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It's what people don't say that is often the most revealing.

Sophie B. Hawkins

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I think true success is intrinsic... It's love. It's kindness. It's community.

Tom Shadyac

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Love, hope, fear, faith - these make humanity; These are its sign and note and character.

Robert Browning

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Almost all of your life is lived by the seat of your pants, one unexpected event crashing into another, with no pattern or reason, and then you finally reach a point, around my age, where you spend more time than ever looking back. Why did this happen? Look where that led? You see the shape of things.

Ron Perlman

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There are no actions involved in 'beautiful.' It's such an inactive thing, and it's so subject to each individual's taste and appreciation. It's a lovely word, but I feel like it's been hijacked by really boring, dull people who don't understand how to use words.

Ruth Negga

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I want to make movies that pierce people's hearts and touch them in some way, even if it's just for the night while they're in the cinema; in that moment, I want to bring actual tears to their eyes and goosebumps to their skin.

Russell Crowe

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I've been watching 'Game of Thrones,' and I can't wait for 'Bored to Death' to come back, it's one of my faves.

Michelle Forbes

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Magazines that depend on photography, and design, and long reads, and quality stuff, are going to do just fine despite the Internet and cable news.

Jann Wenner

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When a true genius appears, you can know him by this sign: that all the dunces are in a confederacy against him.

Jonathan Swift

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