James Boswell Quotes
[A]s a lady adjusts her dress before a mirror, a man adjusts his character by looking at his journal.
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I've always been a bit of a poser. I was chucked out of ballet lessons for looking in the mirror.
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For a North Korean watcher, seeing 'The Interview' is like seeing an earnest endeavor reflected back through a freak-show mirror.
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When I look in the mirror, I don't see a person who's made the kind of impact that Mia Hamm made on the game. She's still my idol, the greatest player and the greatest teammate. She achieved so much in so many different ways. What she did for women's soccer can't be measured.
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I see the first lady as another means to keep a president from becoming isolated.
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The good reviews that people have told me about through the years haven't really helped me do my job. So it's kind of like, if your hair turns out right you want to go out, you don't just want to stay in and look in the mirror. That's kind of what reading a review is like to me; it's like reveling in something that's just one night.
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I don't wear a bikini on the beach. I walk around my house in pyjamas. I haven't seen myself naked in the mirror for probably a decade. I'm very prudish.
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You might say that I'm the Michelangelo of the dress business.
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I don't feel like I have to dress up to go to the deli.
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I like the fact that Jack is always wearing a tie except when he's on a mission. I do like it when I get out there and dress up, or dress down, a little bit.
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Books are like a mirror. If an ass looks in, you can't expect an angel to look out.
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I find it painful and angering to look in a mirror.
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I dress up for awards, but only if somebody else is going to pay for the clothes. And shop for them, too!
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Dresses are beautiful, but I'm such a slacks or a jeans person. Whenever a woman has a slick suit or dress on, she looks sharp.
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If Lady Gaga is like an orange Bugatti Veyron, then I am like a black 1970 Chevelle.
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My favorite show tune has got to be Stephen Sondheim's 'I Remember Sky.' It's probably the saddest song of all time; I sing it to myself in the mirror. No, I am kidding. That's the joke.
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I'd rather be a lady of the evening than a feminist.
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I dress according to the requirement of the film, as a true actor. Off the camera, I'm just me. I have my preferences and my personal style. Before I step out, I look into the mirror just to confirm that my style is intact. Beyond this, it doesn't matter.
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The first lady must be a leader. She must not be a follower.
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Time is not a line but a dimension, like the dimensions of space.
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The study of law left me unsatisfied, because I did not know the aspects of life which it serves. I perceived only the intricate mental juggling with fictions that did not interest me.
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I felt really lucky that 'Hairstyles Of The Damned' and 'The Boy Detective Fails' were both bestsellers, and I thought that donating the money from 'Demons' was a good way to respond to that. My favorite artists are the ones that are willing to experiment, even if it means a smaller audience.
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Scientists tend to resist interdisciplinary inquiries into their own territory. In many instances, such parochialism is founded on the fear that intrusion from other disciplines would compete unfairly for limited financial resources and thus diminish their own opportunity for research.
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I used to be into the Grateful Dead, so I understand the Phish thing.
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[A]s a lady adjusts her dress before a mirror, a man adjusts his character by looking at his journal.
