Virginia Henley Quotes
“Darling, we're all whores under the skin, whether we give ourselves by calculation or by desire. It's just that some of us demand a higher price than others.”
Quotes to Explore
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Divorce isn't the child's fault. Don't say anything unkind about your ex to the child, because you're really just hurting the child.
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In this new age of GPS, Google Earth and multidimensional digital maps, mapping is suddenly hugely relevant again.
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I've been asked too many times to write a book by the fans.
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Every natural fact is a symbol of some spiritual fact.
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But I love the hot sweat. I think overheating onstage is invigorating. It's better than being comfortable. I think being comfortable is the death of a show.
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A gentleman is one who never hurts anyone's feelings unintentionally.
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What should all men know about women? That we are always right and you should just agree.
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I had a Stuart Davis poster growing up.
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I got into direct confrontation with everybody I love.
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What is beauty, anyway? It's more than something pleasant looking. If it doesn't stop us in our tracks and make us unable to move for a moment, unable to put into words what's closing off the breath in our throats, then maybe it's pretty, but it probably isn't beauty.
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Mathematics... is a bit like discovering oil. ... But mathematics has one great advantage over oil, in that no one has yet ... found a way that you can keep using the same oil forever.
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There are sixteen cans of coffee here; together they hold a total of thirteen and a half pounds of coffee. Doesn't that seem like cheating?
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I finally realized that being grateful to my body was key to giving more love to myself.
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We may think that our tradition is exactly the same as it has always been, but that is an illusion.
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Picking and choosing what kind of love is worth recognizing is an expensive choice. Is discrimination worth that price?
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If only I may grow: firmer, simpler, quieter, warmer.
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The most dangerous thing you can do in life is play it safe.
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On any given night - there are nights that you feel better. There are nights that you are vocally better. There are nights that you are not as vocally good. No question about it.
