Amy Poehler Quotes - Page 3

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• Doing what you're afraid of, getting out of your comfort zone, taking risks like that- that's what life is.

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  Risk, Comfort, Life Is

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• A new poll reveals that 56% of Americans believe that Wal-Mart is bad for the country, while the other 44% work there.

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  Country, Believe, Polls

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• To some people, not caring is supposed to be cool, commenting is more interesting than doing, and everything is judged and then disposed of in, like, five minutes. I'm not interested in those kinds of people. I like the person who commits and goes all in and takes big swings and then maybe fails or looks stupid; who jumps and falls down, rather than the person who points at the person who fell, and laughs. But I do sometimes laugh when people fall down.

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  Stupid, Fall, Caring

  "Amy Poehler Talks Feminism, Friendship, and Staying Away From Selfies". Interview with Rachael Combe, www.elle.com. January 30, 2014.

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• Always remember your kid’s name. Always remember where you put your kid. Don’t let your kid drive until their feet can reach the pedals. Use the right size diapers…for yourself. And, when in doubt, make funny faces.

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  Funny, Kids, Names

  "Amy Poehler: The Seriously Funny Interview". Interview with Joel Keller, www.thedailybeast.com. April 9, 2009.

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• A person's tragedy does not make up their entire life. A story carves deep grooves into our brains each time we tell it. But we aren't one story. We can change our stories. We can write our own.

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  Writing, Brain, Tragedy

  Amy Poehler (2014). “Yes Please”, p.244, Pan Macmillan

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• You become more attractive when you love yourself. You ATTRACT the right things when you have a sense of who you are.

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  Love You, Attractive, Who You Are

  "Why Girls’ Night Is a Man-Repellant" by Susan Rosenzweig, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 9, 2013.

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• Don't start a scene where two people are talking about jumping out of a plane. Start the scene having already jumped. If you are scared, look into your partner's eyes. You will feel better.

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  Eye, Feel Better, Jumping

  Harvard University Class Day Commencement Address, delivered 26 May 2011

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• Sleep can completely change your entire outlook on life. One good night's sleep can help you realize that you shouldn't break up with someone, or you are being too hard on your friend, or you actually will win the race or the game or get the job. Sleep helps you win at life.

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  Good Night, Jobs, Sleep

  Amy Poehler (2014). “Yes Please”, p.139, Pan Macmillan

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• When you do talk about yourself, or to yourself... try to picture you talking to your own daughter, or your younger sister. Because you would tell your younger sister or your daughter that she is beautiful, and you wouldn't be lying. Because she is. And so are you.

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  Beautiful, Daughter, Lying

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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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  Real, Tired, Talking

  Amy Poehler (2014). “Yes Please”, p.82, Pan Macmillan

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• It's nice to be short, because people expect less from you.

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  Nice, People

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• Prince Harry this week toured the Jersey Shore with New Jersey Governor Chris Christie. It was the first meeting between the Prince, of the House of Windsor, and the Governor, of the House of Pancake.

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  House, Pancakes, Firsts

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• Don't think. Get out of your head. Stop planning and just go.

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  Thinking, Planning

  Amy Poehler (2014). “Yes Please”, p.151, Pan Macmillan

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• I just love bossy women. I could be around them all day. To me, bossy is not a pejorative term at all. It means somebody's passionate and engaged and ambitious and doesn't mind leading.

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  Strong Women, Badass, Powerful

  "Amy Poehler Tells Katie Couric, "I Just Love Bossy Women!"". Interview with Katie Couric, www.glamour.com. March 28, 2011.

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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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  People, Wish, Alive

  Amy Poehler (2014). “Yes Please”, p.84, Pan Macmillan

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• President Bush threw out the first pitch Monday at Cincinnati's great American ball park. 18 Iraqis were killed.

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  Monday, President, Parks

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• Education is power, it changes your whole life, it can create a life for yourself. So the more educated you are, the more you learn about what you care about, you become a more caring person. And if you can speak about what you care about to a person you disagree with, without denigrating or insulting them, then you may actually be heard. And you may even change their mind, or they may change yours.

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  Caring, Mind, Insulting

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• Do work that you are proud of with your talented friends.

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  Proud

  Amy Poehler (2014). “Yes Please”, p.189, Pan Macmillan

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• When I began doing theatre in high school I saw that I could get laughs from people but I didn't really connect that to going on and becoming a comedian. I was interested in acting and while I was at Boston College I was part of an improv group, Mother's Fleabag, which had a long history and has been known as one of the best college improvisation groups in the U.S.

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  Mother, School, College

  Source: egomagazine.ae

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• Sleep is out... tired is the new black.

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  Tired, Sleep, Motherhood

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• If I wanted to see Jonah Hill masturbate at a pool party, I'd go to one of Jonah Hill's pool parties.

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  Party, Pool, Hills

  "29 Hilarious Jokes From Tina Fey & Amy Poehler During Their 3 Years As The Hosts Of The Golden Globes". Amy Poehler's speech as host at the 71st Golden Globe Awards, thoughtcatalog.com. January 12, 2014.

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• Be easy on yourself. Have fun. Only hang around people that are positive and make you feel good. Anybody who doesn't make you feel good, kick them to the curb. And the earlier you start in your life the better. The minute anybody makes you feel weird and non-included or not supported, you know, either beat it or tell them to beat it.

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  Fun, People, Feel Good

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• Sleep and I do not have a good relationship. We have never been good friends. I am constantly chasing sleep and then pushing it away. A good night's sleep is my white whale. Like Ahab, I am also a total drama queen about it. I love to talk about how little sleep I get. I brag about it, as if it is a true indication of how hard I work.

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  Good Night, Queens, Drama

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• Telling me to relax or smile when I'm angry is like bringing a birthday cake into an ape sanctuary. You're just asking to get your nose and genitals bitten off.

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  Cake, Relax, Apes

  Amy Poehler (2014). “Yes Please”, p.179, Pan Macmillan

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• I love my boys so much I fear my heart will explode. I wonder if this love will crack open my chest and split me in half. It is scary, this love.

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  Heart, Boys, Scary

  Amy Poehler (2014). “Yes Please”, p.235, Pan Macmillan

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