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 just put on what the lady says. I've been married three times, so I've had lots of supervision.
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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'm shy. I can go on a trip for days and not go because I won't sit on a toilet seat on a plane. I'm certainly not going to go on somebody's lawn. Could you imagine, in a cocktail dress?
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That's all I cared about too, was getting it right.
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I think the worst part is that when you know you dream another person's dream, you can never truly feel at peace. Never truly trust yourself. If you carry around somebody else's nightmare, who knows what else your insides might hide or when it might come out?
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Faith is the complete reliance on the power and goodness of Spirit and the firm belief that you are always connected to this goodness. Always affirm your faith and not your doubt.
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I don't much like looking back.
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I'm a real bath addict. I could sit in a bath and soak for days on end, and you'll never see me again. It's my easiest, nicest thing. So if you're giving me something extra to do, an extra step to make bathtime last longer, then I'll do it.
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[A]s a lady adjusts her dress before a mirror, a man adjusts his character by looking at his journal.
