Amy Poehler Quotes About Giving

Quotes about: Giving

• My idea of the perfect exercise class is this: The teacher gives us all a hug and goes, “You did it! You showed up! Let’s lie down.” We all lie down and she’s like, “How is everybody feeling?” We’re like, “Great!” And the teacher’s like, “Great!” Then we all get to leave 20 minutes early.

  Amy Poehler

  Teacher, Lying, Exercise

  "Amy Poehler Just Described Our Dream Exercise Class". Ladies’ Home Journal, www.huffingtonpost.com. February 7, 2014.

• Don't treat your heart like an action figure wrapped in plastic and never used. And don't try to give me that nerd argument that your heart is a 'Batman' with a limited-edition silver bat-erang and therefore if it stays in its original packing it increases in value.

  Amy Poehler

  Heart, Giving, Nerd

  "Amy Poehler cracks jokes, offers life lessons in Harvard speech" by Jessica Derschowitz, www.cbsnews.com. May 26, 2011.

• So, if you're doing good longform with talented people than you can step out and you can be the president or a construction worker and people accept that. It's really the roles you give yourself.

  Amy Poehler

  Construction Workers, People, Giving

• I worked at an ice cream parlor called Chadwicks. We wore old-timey outfits and had to bang a drum, play a kazoo, and sing 'Happy Birthday' to people while giving them free birthday sundaes. Lots of ice cream scooping and $1 tips.

  Amy Poehler

  Birthday, Ice Cream, Play

  "Amy Poehler Exclusive". Interview with Julie Miller, www.seventeen.com. October 8, 2010.

• We were also performing. We'd give them a list of, like, 'Here's how we want to be introduced' They'd be like, 'Great' And then 5 minutes later they'd come back, 'Bad news: we lost your list. But good news: we've got a trash bag full of weed!'

  Amy Poehler

  Weed, Marijuana, Giving

• When something feels really big, too big to handle, just go very small. Just go real small, just look at the person next to you and look in their eyes and meet the person next to you, find out their name, change one person's life and make one call, write one letter, give one dollar. Whatever small thing feels like what you can do - it changes the course of the ship and that is all it is.

  Amy Poehler

  Real, Eye, Writing

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