Amy Poehler

Quotes
Your career and your passion don’t always match up. Plenty of talented people don’t have the careers they want. Plenty of untalented people make millions and make movies. There is a difference between determination and talent.
You do it because the doing of it is the thing. The doing is the thing. The talking and worrying and thinking is not the thing.
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.
In my twenties I tried cocaine, which I instantly loved but eventually hated. Cocaine is terrific if you want to hang out with people you don’t know very well and play Ping-Pong all night. It’s bad for almost everything else.
People are their most beautiful when they are laughing, crying, dancing, playing, telling the truth, and being chased in a fun way.
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