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Black writers, of whatever quality, who step outside the pale of what black writers are supposed to write about, or who black writers are supposed to be, are condemned to silences in black literary circles that are as total and as destructive as any imposed by racism Picture Quote #1

My parents are artists; in their world, in the world of modern artists, you are supposed to just go into your studio and tune everything out, and your entire relationship with your work is supposed to be a super private one. That was the way to do it and you weren’t deeply truly artistic if that wasn’t the way you were engaging the press Picture Quote #1

I spent a good deal of time going back over my childhood, my midlife, to try to understand who I was. We’re supposed to be complete and whole, and you can’t be whole if you’re trying to be perfect. Doing a life review helped me get over the disease to please Picture Quote #1

What was supposed to be so special about a full moon? It was only a big circle of light. And the dark of the moon was only darkness. But halfway between the two, when the moon was between the worlds of light and dark, when even the moon lived on the edge... maybe then a witch could believe in the moon Picture Quote #1

I’m supposed to be a christian, but most days I don’t feel like I can even presume to say that about myself any longer. I have a lot of mad left over. When I can’t sleep, I think about the other people who didn’t care how much pain and trouble they caused me. And I think about how good I’d feel if they died Picture Quote #1

You shouldn’t try to stop everything from happening. Sometimes you’re supposed to feel awkward. Sometimes you’re supposed to be vulnerable in front of people. Sometimes it’s necessary because it’s all part of you getting to the next part of yourself, the next day Picture Quote #1

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I wondered if parents had an easier time with the secrets their children kept than children did with the secrets of their parents. A parent’s secrets seemed like some sort of betrayal, where my own just seemed like a fact of life and growing up and away. I was supposed to be independent, but he was supposed to be available. Him having his own life seemed selfish, where me having my own was the right order of things Picture Quote #1

A display of indifference to all the actions and passions of mankind was not supposed to be such a distinguished quality at that time, I think, as I have observed it to be considered since. I have known it very fashionable indeed. I have seen it displayed with such success, that I have encountered some fine ladies and gentlemen who might as well have been born caterpillars Picture Quote #1

Amazingly, I’d actually forgotten that I’m supposed to be plain. I’m so used to alex telling me I’m beautiful. I’m so used to feeling beautiful around him. a hollow opens up in my chest. this is what life will be like without him: everything will become ordinary again. I’ll become ordinary again Picture Quote #1

The reasonableness of the agency of the national courts in cases in which the state tribunals cannot be supposed to be impartial, speaks for itself. No man ought certainly to be a judge in his own cause, or in any cause in respect to which he has the least interest or bias Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

Be your authentic self. Your authentic self is who you are when you have no fear of judgment, or before the world starts pushing you around and telling you who you’re supposed to be. Your fictional self is who you are when you have a social mask on to please everyone else. Give yourself permission to be your authentic self Picture Quote #1

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We have to steer our true life’s course. Whatever your calling is in life! The whole purpose of being here is to figure out what that is as soon as possible, so you go about the business of being on track, of not being owned by what your mother said, what society said, whatever people think a woman is supposed to be when you can exceed other people’s expectations and be defined by your own! Picture Quote #1

That’s why I think some people kind of fall off and they end up going crazy because you don’t give yourself time to go crazy. That’s what you’re supposed to do; you are 20, you are supposed to be a mess because you haven’t figured it out yet, and 10 years from now I am supposed to have it all together Picture Quote #1

The importance of detachment from things, the importance of poverty, is that we are supposed to be free from things that we might prefer to people. Wherever things have become more important than people, we are in trouble. That is the crux of the whole matter Picture Quote #1

I’m 42 and the age of a guy who has kids, so I guess I’m playing right where I’m supposed to be. I’m comfortable with that, but in the same breath I’d do something edgy. If someone came to me and offered me an edgy and funny story, then I’d do it Picture Quote #1

If today was half as good as tomorrow is supposed to be, it would probably be twice as good as yesterday was Picture Quote #1

I’m supposed to be the director of a television company, but I’ve only ever seen that company as a vehicle for making the kind of programmes we wanted to make, getting our ideas on the screen Picture Quote #1

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It’s totally produced now. It’s almost like a conveyor belt of what metal’s supposed to be like these days. It’s not music to me Picture Quote #1

We had this scene where I’m supposed to be bending over to get something. I thought it was kind of cute Picture Quote #1

With all the highs and lows I’ve had in my life, I wouldn’t change anything. So no, I don’t, this is what I’m supposed to be doing Picture Quote #1

I was supposed to be a romancer, either wooing the leading lady or competing with the leading man for her Picture Quote #1

The reason I am here, they tell me, is that I played the game a certain way, that I played the game the way it was supposed to be played Picture Quote #1

I had to lie so much about sex, first when I was 15, because I wasn’t supposed to be having it. and then when I got older, I lied to everybody I was having sex with, so I could have sex with other people Picture Quote #1

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They’re there because, for some reason, they have the notion that they’re supposed to be there Picture Quote #1

I’m not totally altruistic. I’ve always had great career ambitions. But it has to come out in an organic way. If you push yourself out beyond where you are supposed to be, there’s this pressure Picture Quote #1

I’ve known for years that you’re supposed to be present. I know that thinking about what’s happened or thinking about what I want is not going to get me anywhere, but until I quit doing it I’m not present Picture Quote #1

Going to your set with the headphones on in the middle of the night so that your parents don’t know what you’re doing when you’re supposed to be asleep is great. I was rocking the bedroom. That was so much more fun when I got the 1200s Picture Quote #1

It’s hard to be happy when you are facing 120 to 140 degree temperatures and nothing seems to be moving in a direction that you think or they think or you’ve been told it’s supposed to be moving in Picture Quote #1

The thing that is most interesting about government servants is that they believe what they are supposed to believe, they really do believe what they are supposed to believe Picture Quote #1

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Black writers, of whatever quality, who step outside the pale of what black writers are supposed to write about, or who black writers are supposed to be, are condemned to silences in black literary circles that are as total and as destructive as any imposed by racism (Supposed To Be Quotes) My parents are artists; in their world, in the world of modern artists, you are supposed to just go into your studio and tune everything out, and your entire relationship with your work is supposed to be a super private one. That was the way to do it and you weren’t deeply truly artistic if that wasn’t the way you were engaging the press (Supposed To Be Quotes) I spent a good deal of time going back over my childhood, my midlife, to try to understand who I was. We’re supposed to be complete and whole, and you can’t be whole if you’re trying to be perfect. Doing a life review helped me get over the disease to please (Supposed To Be Quotes) What was supposed to be so special about a full moon? It was only a big circle of light. And the dark of the moon was only darkness. But halfway between the two, when the moon was between the worlds of light and dark, when even the moon lived on the edge... maybe then a witch could believe in the moon (Supposed To Be Quotes) I’m supposed to be a christian, but most days I don’t feel like I can even presume to say that about myself any longer. I have a lot of mad left over. When I can’t sleep, I think about the other people who didn’t care how much pain and trouble they caused me. And I think about how good I’d feel if they died (Supposed To Be Quotes) You shouldn’t try to stop everything from happening. Sometimes you’re supposed to feel awkward. Sometimes you’re supposed to be vulnerable in front of people. Sometimes it’s necessary because it’s all part of you getting to the next part of yourself, the next day (Supposed To Be Quotes) I wondered if parents had an easier time with the secrets their children kept than children did with the secrets of their parents. A parent’s secrets seemed like some sort of betrayal, where my own just seemed like a fact of life and growing up and away. I was supposed to be independent, but he was supposed to be available. Him having his own life seemed selfish, where me having my own was the right order of things (Supposed To Be Quotes) A display of indifference to all the actions and passions of mankind was not supposed to be such a distinguished quality at that time, I think, as I have observed it to be considered since. I have known it very fashionable indeed. I have seen it displayed with such success, that I have encountered some fine ladies and gentlemen who might as well have been born caterpillars (Supposed To Be Quotes) Amazingly, I’d actually forgotten that I’m supposed to be plain. I’m so used to alex telling me I’m beautiful. I’m so used to feeling beautiful around him. a hollow opens up in my chest. this is what life will be like without him: everything will become ordinary again. I’ll become ordinary again (Supposed To Be Quotes) The reasonableness of the agency of the national courts in cases in which the state tribunals cannot be supposed to be impartial, speaks for itself. No man ought certainly to be a judge in his own cause, or in any cause in respect to which he has the least interest or bias (Supposed To Be Quotes) 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 (Supposed To Be Quotes) Be your authentic self. Your authentic self is who you are when you have no fear of judgment, or before the world starts pushing you around and telling you who you’re supposed to be. Your fictional self is who you are when you have a social mask on to please everyone else. Give yourself permission to be your authentic self (Supposed To Be Quotes) We have to steer our true life’s course. Whatever your calling is in life! The whole purpose of being here is to figure out what that is as soon as possible, so you go about the business of being on track, of not being owned by what your mother said, what society said, whatever people think a woman is supposed to be when you can exceed other people’s expectations and be defined by your own! (Supposed To Be Quotes) That’s why I think some people kind of fall off and they end up going crazy because you don’t give yourself time to go crazy. That’s what you’re supposed to do; you are 20, you are supposed to be a mess because you haven’t figured it out yet, and 10 years from now I am supposed to have it all together (Supposed To Be Quotes) The importance of detachment from things, the importance of poverty, is that we are supposed to be free from things that we might prefer to people. Wherever things have become more important than people, we are in trouble. That is the crux of the whole matter (Supposed To Be Quotes) I’m 42 and the age of a guy who has kids, so I guess I’m playing right where I’m supposed to be. I’m comfortable with that, but in the same breath I’d do something edgy. If someone came to me and offered me an edgy and funny story, then I’d do it (Supposed To Be Quotes) If today was half as good as tomorrow is supposed to be, it would probably be twice as good as yesterday was (Supposed To Be Quotes) I’m supposed to be the director of a television company, but I’ve only ever seen that company as a vehicle for making the kind of programmes we wanted to make, getting our ideas on the screen (Supposed To Be Quotes) It’s totally produced now. It’s almost like a conveyor belt of what metal’s supposed to be like these days. It’s not music to me (Supposed To Be Quotes) We had this scene where I’m supposed to be bending over to get something. I thought it was kind of cute (Supposed To Be Quotes) With all the highs and lows I’ve had in my life, I wouldn’t change anything. So no, I don’t, this is what I’m supposed to be doing (Supposed To Be Quotes) I was supposed to be a romancer, either wooing the leading lady or competing with the leading man for her (Supposed To Be Quotes) The reason I am here, they tell me, is that I played the game a certain way, that I played the game the way it was supposed to be played (Supposed To Be Quotes) I had to lie so much about sex, first when I was 15, because I wasn’t supposed to be having it. and then when I got older, I lied to everybody I was having sex with, so I could have sex with other people (Supposed To Be Quotes) They’re there because, for some reason, they have the notion that they’re supposed to be there (Supposed To Be Quotes) I’m not totally altruistic. I’ve always had great career ambitions. But it has to come out in an organic way. If you push yourself out beyond where you are supposed to be, there’s this pressure (Supposed To Be Quotes) I’ve known for years that you’re supposed to be present. I know that thinking about what’s happened or thinking about what I want is not going to get me anywhere, but until I quit doing it I’m not present (Supposed To Be Quotes) Going to your set with the headphones on in the middle of the night so that your parents don’t know what you’re doing when you’re supposed to be asleep is great. I was rocking the bedroom. That was so much more fun when I got the 1200s (Supposed To Be Quotes) It’s hard to be happy when you are facing 120 to 140 degree temperatures and nothing seems to be moving in a direction that you think or they think or you’ve been told it’s supposed to be moving in (Supposed To Be Quotes) The thing that is most interesting about government servants is that they believe what they are supposed to believe, they really do believe what they are supposed to believe (Supposed To Be Quotes)

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