{"author":"Kelly Cutrone","author_id":"Kelly+Cutrone","total_quotes":20,"quotes":[{"text":"Dreams won't always take you on a straight path to destiny but they're usually related to what your soul wants for you. They'll force you to ask yourself the hard questions, they'll kick your ass and more importantly, they'll turn you on.","author":"Kelly Cutrone","tags":["dreams","life","soul"],"id":5780,"author_id":"Kelly+Cutrone"},{"text":"I advise you to stop sharing your dreams with people who try to hold you back, even if they're your parents. Because, if you're the kind of person who senses there's something out there for you beyond whatever it is you're expected to do - if you want to be EXTRA-ordinary- you will not get there by hanging around a bunch of people who tell you you're not extraordinary. Instead, you will probablybecome as ordinary as they expect you to be.","author":"Kelly Cutrone","tags":["failure","inspirational","life-lesson","motivation","success"],"id":26667,"author_id":"Kelly+Cutrone"},{"text":"But while my inner voice was clearly telling me I was at my core an entrepreneur, it's inconvenient to decide at twenty-three that you can't really work for other people.","author":"Kelly Cutrone","tags":["business","entrepreneur","life-lessons"],"id":53149,"author_id":"Kelly+Cutrone"},{"text":"If you cannot see yourself fairly or accurately represented in the community where you live... And nothing there makes you feel awake or alive, I suggest you start doing some research on some other communities.","author":"Kelly Cutrone","tags":["advice","life-lessons"],"id":59553,"author_id":"Kelly+Cutrone"},{"text":"When you're following your inner voice, doors tend to eventually open for you, even if they mostly slam at first.","author":"Kelly Cutrone","tags":["business-start-up","challenge","life-lessons","motivation","rejection"],"id":69532,"author_id":"Kelly+Cutrone"},{"text":"The planet is here for our delight, but it is also here for us to change, to make it the best it can be. It's not just about sleeping and fucking and getting the right dress. Let's HOPE not.","author":"Kelly Cutrone","tags":["life-lessons"],"id":77467,"author_id":"Kelly+Cutrone"},{"text":"When you leave home to follow your dreams, your road will probably be riddled with potholes, not always paved in happy Technicolor bricks. You'll probably be kicked to the ground 150 million times and told you're nuts by friends and strangers alike. As you progress you may feel lonely or terrified for your physical and emotional safety. You may overestimate your own capabilities or fail to live up to them, and you'll surely fall flat on your face once in a while.","author":"Kelly Cutrone","tags":["hardship","leaving-home","life-lessons"],"id":84349,"author_id":"Kelly+Cutrone"},{"text":"Getting to this point hasn't always been easy; it took me years to really learn to silence my mind. But as you move through your career and your life, you will have to learn that if you're not what you do, then what you do has no business keeping you entertained at night.","author":"Kelly Cutrone","tags":["career","life","mind"],"id":86018,"author_id":"Kelly+Cutrone"},{"text":"In breaking away from the familiar and the expected, you'll be forced and privileged to face greater challenges, learn harder lessons, and really get to know yourself.","author":"Kelly Cutrone","tags":["life-lessons"],"id":101536,"author_id":"Kelly+Cutrone"},{"text":"We're constantly getting these messages to mind our own business and look the other way if we want to be well liked, to not tell the truth or speak our mind or say anything too intense. Well, I'm telling you here that this approach not only makes you party to other people's crimes against themselves but is a prescription for mediocrity and delusion.","author":"Kelly Cutrone","tags":["honesty","inspirational"],"id":125836,"author_id":"Kelly+Cutrone"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":20,"pages":2,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}