Amy Poehler Quotes

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  Find a group of people who challenge and inspire you, spend a lot of time with them, and it will change your life.

  Amy Poehler

  People, Challenges, Inspire

  Harvard University Class Day Commencement Address, delivered 26 May 2011

  36 Copy quote
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  Sometimes painful things can teach us lessons that we didn't think we needed to know.

  Amy Poehler

  Thinking, Experience, Lessons

  50 Copy quote
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  Continue to share your heart with people even if it's been broken.

  Amy Poehler

  Love, Heart, People

  Harvard University Class Day Commencement Address, delivered 26 May 2011

  94 Copy quote
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  There's power in looking silly and not caring that you do.

  Amy Poehler

  Life, Hilarious, Silly

  61 Copy quote

• Everybody is interesting when they are interested in something.

  Amy Poehler

  Interesting

  6 Copy quote

• Taking risks and making choices is what makes life so exciting.

  Amy Poehler

  Choices, Risk, Exciting

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• Great people do things before they're ready. They do things before they know they can do it. Doing what you're afraid of, getting out of your comfort zone, taking risks like that - that is what life is. You might be really good. You might find out something about yourself that's really special and if you're not good, who cares? You tried something. Now you know something about yourself.

  Amy Poehler

  Hard Times, People, Risk

  35 Copy quote

• Change is the only constant. Learn to surf your life instead of planting your feet.

  Amy Poehler

  Feet, Surf, Constant

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• It's easier to be brave when you're not alone.

  Amy Poehler

  Brave, Be Brave, Easier

  Amy Poehler (2014). “Yes Please”, p.94, Pan Macmillan

  6 Copy quote

• No one looks stupid when they're having fun.

  Amy Poehler

  Fun, Hate, Stupid

  "Amy Poehler: The Entertainer". Interview with Sloane Crosley, www.glamour.com. November 2, 2009.

  18 Copy quote

• Try to keep your mind open to possibilities and your mouth closed on matters that you don't know about. Limit your 'always' and your 'nevers.'

  Amy Poehler

  Inspiring, Mind, Trying

  Harvard University Class Day Commencement Address, delivered 26 May 2011

  18 Copy quote

• I want to be around people that do things. I don't want to be around people anymore that judge or talk about what people do. I want to be around people who dream and support and do things.

  Amy Poehler

  Dream, New Year, People

  24 Copy quote

• I really do believe that anything in life - any obstacle or challenge - can be made better with humor.

  Amy Poehler

  Believe, Creativity, Challenges

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

  5 Copy quote

• Try putting your iPhones down every once in a while and look at people's faces.

  Amy Poehler

  Iphone, People, Funny Graduation

  Harvard University Class Day Commencement Address, delivered 26 May 2011

  14 Copy quote

• Ignore what other people think. Most people aren’t even paying attention to you.

  Amy Poehler

  Thinking, People, Attention

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

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• Opening your heart and being courageous and telling people that you care about them or like them or that you think they're special only makes you a better, bigger, kinder, softer, more loving person, and only attracts more love into your life.

  Amy Poehler

  Heart, Thinking, People

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• It’s never overreacting to ask for what you want and need.

  Amy Poehler

  Needs, Want, Asks

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• Don't treat your heart like an action figure wrapped in plastic and never used.

  Amy Poehler

  Inspirational, Graduation, Heart

  Harvard University Class Day Commencement Address, delivered 26 May 2011

  24 Copy quote

• As you navigate through the rest of your life, be open to collaboration. Other people and other people's ideas are often better than your own. Find a group of people who challenge and inspire you, spend a lot of time with them, and it will change your life.

  Amy Poehler

  Inspirational, Change, Ideas

  Harvard University Class Day Commencement Address, delivered 26 May 2011

  19 Copy quote

• If you can surf your life rather than plant your feet, you will be happier.

  Amy Poehler

  Feet, Surf, Plant

  Amy Poehler (2014). “Yes Please”, p.216, Pan Macmillan

  10 Copy quote
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  You never know what's around the corner unless you peek. Hold someone's hand while you do it. You will feel less scared.

  Amy Poehler

  Inspirational, Fear, Hands

  Harvard University Class Day Commencement Address, delivered 26 May 2011

  28 Copy quote

• 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.

  Amy Poehler

  Funny, Kids, Names

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

  11 Copy quote

• 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.

  Amy Poehler

  Writing, Brain, Tragedy

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

  10 Copy quote

• You have to remember that goodbyes are temporary because no one ever really leaves and nothing lasts forever. People are always with us, because they are in our hearts and in our memory. The only thing we can depend on is change... Life is just a series of moments -- a string of pearls that make up the necklace of your life and so every once in a while, to complete the circle, you need to end a chapter.

  Amy Poehler

  Goodbye, Memories, Life Changing

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• Any time you talk to anyone about something that they love, they're, like, their most beautiful. It's a cool gift to get to talk to people about what they love.

  Amy Poehler

  Beautiful, People

  14 Copy quote

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