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An acting teacher once told me, ‘Greet everything with yes… Even if you abandon one idea for another one, saying yes allows you to move forward.’

Tina Fey

Why are my arms so weak? It’s like I did that push-up last year for nothing!
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Arm Change Educate Energy Nothing Rock Year
In real life, people in the most dire situations must cope through humor.
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Cope Humor Life People Real Situation
(My proudest moment as a child was the time I beat my uncle Pierre at Scrabble with the seven-letter word FARTING.)
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Children Moment Protest Time Uncles Witty
Confidence is 10 percent hard work and 90 percent delusion, just thinking foolishly that you will be able to do what you want to do
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Confidence Delusion Hard Percent Ten Thinking Want Work
In my experience, the hardest thing about having someone “come out” to you is the “pretending to be surprised” part.
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Come Experience Hardest Out Pretending Someone Surprise
To me YES, AND means don’t be afraid to contribute. Always make sure you’re adding something to the discussion. Your initiations are worthwhile.
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Afraid Contribute Discussion Mean Something Worthwhile
I was first in my class at Johns Hopkins, so?” Make statements, with your actions and your voice.
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Action Class Country First Make People Place Statement Voice
When a coworker shows me cute pictures of her dog, I struggle to respond correctly, like an autistic person who has been taught to recognize human emotions from flash cards. In short, I am the worst.
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Autistic Coworker Emotion Person Picture Recognize Struggle Taught Worst
If the answer is no, ignore it and move on. Your energy is better used doing your work and outpacing people that way. Then, when you’re in charge, don’t hire the people who were jerky to you.
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Answer Better Energy Ignore Jerky Nove Outpace People Way
Nothing is creepier than a bunch of adults being very quiet.
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Adult Bunch Creepier Nothing Quiet
There are no mistakes only opportunities.
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Inspirational Mistake Opportunity Successful
Gay people don’t actually try to convert people. That’s Jehovah’s Witnesses you’re thinking of.
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Actual Convert Gay People Thinking Witnesses Witty
Lesson learned? When people say, “You really, really must” do something, it means you don’t really have to. No one ever says, “You really, really must deliver the baby during labor.” When it’s true, it doesn’t need to be said.
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Baby Learn Lesson Mean People Really Something Witty
To say I’m an overrated troll, when you have never even seen me guard a bridge, is patently unfair.
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Bridge Bridges Even Guard Overrated Say Seen Troll Witty
I do like to start on time; I like to set the bar high for people.
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Bar High People Start Time
Sometimes you want to have a very productive Saturday to feel that you are in control of your life, which of course you are not.
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Control Course Life Productive Saturday Sometimes Want Witty

An acting teacher once told me, ‘Greet everything with yes… Even if you abandon one idea for another one, saying yes allows you to move forward.’

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