Amy Poehler - People Quotes

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I have realized that mystery is what keeps people away, and I've grown tired of smoke and mirrors. I yearn for the clean, well-lighted place. So let's peek behind the curtain and hail the others like us. The open-faced sandwiches who take risks and live big and smile with all of their teeth. These are the people I want to be around. This is the honest way I want to live and love and write.

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I believe great people do things before they are ready.

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I am interested in people who swim in the deep end. I want to have conversations about real things with people who have experienced real things. I'm tired of talking about movies and gossiping about friends. Life is crunchy and complicated and all the more delicious.

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I love bossy women. Some people hate the word, and I understand how "bossy" can seem like a shitty way to describe a woman with a determined point of view, but for me, a bossy woman is someone to search out and celebrate. A bossy woman is someone who cares and commits and is a natural leader.

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Watching great people do what you love is a good way to start learning how to do it yourself.

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I asked people who have already finished books for advice, which is akin to asking a mother with a four-year-old what childbirth is like.

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I think we should stop asking people in their twenties what they 'want to do' and start asking them what they don't want to do.

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Stop whining about getting old. It's a privilege. A lot of people who are dead wish they were still alive.

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Shame makes people abandon their children and drink themselves to death. It also keeps us from true happiness. An apology is a glorious release.

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You have to care about how good you are and how good you feel, but not about how good people think you are or how good people think you look.

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Decide what your currency is early. Let go of what you will never have. People who do this are happier and sexier.

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Ignore what other people think. Most people aren't even paying attention to you.

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In my twenties I tried cocaine, which I instantly loved but eventually hated. Cocaine is terrific if you want to hang out with people you don't know very well and play Ping-Pong all night. It's bad for almost everything else.

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Your career and your passion don't always match up. Plenty of talented people don't have the careers they want. Plenty of untalented people make millions and make movies. There is a difference between determination and talent.

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You can tell someone you love them first. You can try to speak only the truth for a whole week. You can jump out of an airplane or spend Christmas Day all by your lonesome. You can help people who need help and fight real bad guys. You can dance fast or take an improv class or do one of those Ironman things… Adventure and danger can be good for your heart and soul.

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