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Bossypants

Before Liz Lemon, before "Weekend Update," before "Sarah Palin," Tina Fey was just a young girl with a dream: a recurring stress dream that she was being chased through a local airport by her middle-school gym teacher. She also had a dream that

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“Don't waste your energy trying to change opinions... Do your thing, and don't care if they like it.”

— Tina Fey, amazon.com

Tagged: Never Give Up, Energy, Be yourself

“You could put a blond wig on a hot-water heater and some dude would try to fuck it.”

— Tina Fey, amazon.com

Tagged: Blond, Guys Are Stupid

“In most cases being a good boss means hiring talented people and then getting out of their way.”

— Tina Fey, amazon.com

Tagged: Good Boss, Business

“Don’t waste your energy trying to educate or change opinions; go over, under, through, and opinions will change organically when you’re the boss. Or they won’t. Who cares? Do your thing, and don’t care if they like it.”

— Tina Fey, amazon.com

Tagged: Alpha Female, Women, Powerful Women, boss

“You can't be that kid standing at the top of the waterslide, overthinking it. You have to go down the chute.”

— Tina Fey, amazon.com

Tagged: Overthinking, Over-Thinker, Thinking, Anxiety, Relationships

“If you're going to expend energy being mad about Photoshop, you'll also have to be mad about earrings. No one's ears are that sparkly.”

— Tina Fey, amazon.com

Tagged: photoshop, looks, beauty

“It will never be perfect, but perfect is overrated. Perfect is boring.”

— Tina Fey, amazon.com

Tagged: Perfection, Boring

“This is what I tell young women who ask me for career advice. People are going to try to trick you. To make you feel that you are in competition with one another. "You're up for a promotion. If they go for a woman, it'll be between you and Barbara." Don't be fooled. You're not in competition with ot…”

— Tina Fey, amazon.com

Tagged: Career, Women, Competition

“Whatever the problem, be part of the solution. Don’t just sit around raising questions and pointing out obstacles.”

— Tina Fey, amazon.com

Tagged: Hard Work, Problem Solving

“So, my unsolicited advice to women in the workplace is this. When faced with sexism, or ageism, or lookism, or even really aggressive Buddhism, ask yourself the following question: ‘Is this person in between me and what I want to do?’ If the answer is no, ignore it and move on. Your energy is better…”

— Tina Fey, amazon.com

Tagged: Career, Work, Opinions

“If you retain nothing else, always remember the most important rule of beauty, which is: who cares?”

— Tina Fey, amazon.com

Tagged: beauty, Opinions, looks

“Some people say, ‘Never let them see you cry.’ I say, if you’re so mad you could just cry, then cry. It terrifies everyone.”

— Tina Fey, amazon.com

Tagged: emotions, Tears, Feelings

“Do your thing and don't care if they like it.”

— Tina Fey, amazon.com

Tagged: Opinions, Confidence

“Do your thing and don't care if they like it.”

— Tina Fey, amazon.com

Tagged: Be yourself, Confidence, Self-Love

“Sometimes if you have a difficult decision to make, just stall until the answer presents itself.”

— Tina Fey, amazon.com

Tagged: Decisions, Decide, How To Handle A Difficult Problem

“My ability to turn good news into anxiety is rivaled only by my ability to turn anxiety into chin acne.”

— Tina Fey, amazon.com

Tagged: Anxiety, Paranoid

“I think someone should design exercise machines that reward people with sex at the end of their workouts, because people will perform superhuman feats for even the faint hope of that.”

— Tina Fey, amazon.com

Tagged: Exercise, Sex

“You could put a blond wig on a hot-water heater and some dude would try to fuck it.”

— Tina Fey, amazon.com

Tagged: Men

“In most cases being a good boss means hiring talented people and then getting out of their way.”

— Tina Fey, amazon.com

Tagged: Hiring, Good Bosses, Getting Out Of The Way, Delegation