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“99.9 percent of all the comments are so nice and so empowering and motivating and supportive [but] there’s that, like, one, tiny, like, .01 percent that are just, like, so angry at their life that they want to hate on you.” – YouTube star Lauren Riihimaki (a.k.a. LaurDIY), on the INSTANT Interview Stage at Vidcon, June... more »
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“We don’t have to please God in any other way, really, other than to be brutally honest. That is the root not just to a relationship with God, but it’s the root to a great song. In fact it’s the only place you can find a great song, it’s the only place you can find... more »
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“I had never posted a photo of my son, and I decided to post a shot of the back of his head, and almost as soon as I’d done it, I wished that I hadn’t. I felt like I had broken some kind of a seal in inviting people into my life.” – Anne Hathaway,... more »
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“Because of social media, we are becoming master manipulators, constant performers, and no one is better at these endeavors than young adults, because they are learning earlier and earlier that these skills are central to success, either social or professional.” – Donna Freitas, in The Happiness Effect: How Social Media is Driving a Generation to... more »
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“If I knew back then what I know now, I would have never played football. Never. I wish I had known about all of those head injuries, but no one knew that. And the people that did know that, they wouldn’t tell anybody. The game has gotten so violent, so rough. We’re so much more... more »
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“I tried everything that they had – wine, women, song, money, career, drugs, art – every kind of extravagance; every kind of restraint. Everything helped in its way in that it said, ‘This doesn’t work.’ I think that’s the greatest help you can get – to find out that it doesn’t work – because nothing... more »
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“I have two teenagers, and I’ve discovered that they will Snapchat me back, but they will not call me back. And I think it’s important for people to communicate well with their children.” – Actress Reese Witherspoon, speaking about communicating with her children on the Today Show, October 21, 2016. more »
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“…when I found myself with total sexual freedom, I was unhappy.” – Emily Witt, “Future Sex: A New Kind of Free Love” more »
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“I tried everything that they had – wine, women, song, money, career, drugs, art – every kind of extravagance; every kind of restraint. Everything helped in its way in that it said, ‘This doesn’t work.’ I think that’s the greatest help you can get – to find out that it doesn’t work – because nothing works.... more »
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“Bro. Bro! Tonight we here to have fun. I’m standing in front of my idol, Puff Daddy, I’m standing in front of my wife, Kim Kardashian West. I’m standing in front of the future: Chance the Rapper, 2 Chainz, Jaden Smith. Bro, we are undeniably the influence, the thought leaders.” – Kanye West speaking at... more »
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“Because I have to remember that even though my strength with my followers oftentimes is being very authentic with them, sometimes if I share too much too soon, when I’m still in the moment of figuring out who I am, it gets written down as if it’s public record and, you know, I am a... more »
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“I just want you to know that doing and making positive programming for young people is so important to me, and I will keep doing it. To all the parents out there, thank you for allowing me to be a role model for your children. I really, really do not take that for granted.” –... more »
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“You just kind of lose touch with reality a bit here. You drive down the street, and you’re constantly reminded of everything you’re either involved in or not involved in. It’s exhausting.” – Chris Hemsworth, commenting on how Hollywood is “set up to turn you into a complete narcissist,” Vanity Fair, November 2015 more »
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“I don’t want to say I wouldn’t get married again, but it’s not important to me. I don’t feel I would need to be married to have another child. If I felt strongly enough toward someone or if someone felt strongly about it, I might say okay. But it’s not essential.” – Actress and singer Hilary... more »
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“The video was to represent the young woman today – it’s not the traditional woman anymore – and not the specifics of ‘Am I gay? Am I straight? Am I bi?’ I’m making the rules for myself, and I don’t have to be stuck down to one label.” – Actress and singer Keke Palmer in reponse... more »
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“You know, I don’t do any Internet. I do zero social media because I think that’s where losers go to feel important and significant.” – Charles Barkley, in an interview on ESPN Radio’s “Mike & Mike,” November 19, 2015 more »
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“Do I worry about being in the public eye and raising kids? Yeah. Any situation you’re in, you’re going to worry about raising your kids.” – Kanye West, in an interview for SHOWstudio’s In Camera, October 6, 2015. more »
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“Sometimes. And to be honest, I’ve had a week of deleting my Instagram off my phone, so I didn’t have it, and I would have to go to my laptop if I wanted to post something — so that I wouldn’t get caught up in it. You always get wrapped up in it. You look at one image and then you’re on different pages, and then you are 52... more »
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“‘Nerd’ now is like someone discovering your favorite band. I was a nerd when nerd was nerd. OK? Alright? There was no reward. No one catered to us. We weren’t a demographic. We were a punching bag and a punch line. There was a movie called ‘Revenge of the Nerds’ because the nerds needed revenge because of all of the things that were happening to them. That’s a cultural artifact... more »
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“In high school, every time you stuck your neck out, there was always a bunch of people there ready to chop your head off. Hollywood’s not different.” – Ryan Gosling, talking about how high school prepared him for negative reviews from critics, Vanity Fair online, April 8, 2015 more »