William Makepeace Thackeray Quotes
A clever, ugly man every now and then is successful with the ladies, but a handsome fool is irresistible.William Makepeace Thackeray
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Plastic surgery is a postmodern veil.
Nawal El Saadawi -
I love to cook. My dad's a really excellent cook and his style is: Look in the fridge and make whatever there is with whatever ingredients you have and I like cooking like that, too.
Olivia Thirlby -
I've learned in my life that it's important to be able to step outside your comfort zone and be challenged with something you're not familiar or accustomed to. That challenge will allow you to see what you can do.
J. R. Martinez -
At some point, you grow out of being attracted to that flame that burns you over and over and over again.
Taylor Swift -
You have to be yourself.
Young Thug -
Some of our best journalists take themselves even more seriously than the politicians they write about.
R. W. Apple, Jr.
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'Cool' is detached and emotionally cool. My instinct is to battle anything that seems overly cool.
Oscar Isaac -
I dig all kinds of competition.
Randy Castillo Mötley Crüe -
Giving people some kind of control over what they do is important. Human beings don't do their best work under conditions of control.
Dan Pink -
When I'm in 'Man vs. Wild' mode, it's not pleasure. Every sensor is firing and I'm on reserve power all the time and I'm digging deep - and that's the magic of it as well, and that's raw and it's great.
Bear Grylls -
Critics haven't taught me my cricket, and they don't know what my body and mind are up to.
Sachin Tendulkar -
On one hand I am this weird androgynous tomboy where I'm strangely low maintenance and have a five-minute makeup regimen. On the other I'm obsessed with all things beauty, from skin care to makeup.
Rachel Zoe
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The only people playing the roles of classic rock stars are hip-hop artists, now. Kanye's stage persona, and the way he approaches making albums, and the way he wants to be better than everyone else? That's reminiscent of Freddie Mercury. That's reminiscent of the Beatles.
Jack Antonoff Fun. -
There is lasting kindness in Heaven when no kindness is found upon earth.
Lady Gregory -
I have a scar on my right arm from my ex-husband. He was cooking and he had a hot pot and he turned around and went right into my arm.
Nadine Velazquez -
Writers are so important.
Adam Driver -
As you learn who you are, you can better surround yourself with friends who make you a better person, and that sometimes only happens when you disassemble old relationships.
Maggie Stiefvater -
The American dream is more about opportunity than anything else.
Nate Parker
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I didn't comment on any actress, and I have never compared myself with any senior actresses. Moreover, I have said many times that I have learnt a lot from my seniors. Don't spread rumours and false news about me.
Rakul Preet Singh -
I have been very encouraged by President Obama's call to action on climate change both at his Inauguration and in the State of the Union Address. This is a global imperative. I also welcome President Obama's intention to pursue reductions in nuclear arsenals.
Ban Ki-moon -
By the experience of active love. Strive to love your neighbour actively and indefatigably. In as far as you advance in love you will grow surer of the reality of God and of the immortality of your soul. If you attain to perfect self – forgetfulness in the love of your neighbour, then you will believe without doubt, and no doubt can possibly enter your soul. This has been tried. This is certain.
Fyodor Dostoevsky -
I always believed I was an ugly duckling in a family of swans, you know? I was such a black sheep, and it was the same way in high school... I was just kind of that awkward theater kid with a bunch of athletes... it was very 'Glee.'
Lindsay Pearce -
I really dislike the fact that Asian males are constantly emasculated, whether it's American TV or films. You see it all the time, and it's so weird that they don't see sexuality in Asian men.
Daniel Wu -
A clever, ugly man every now and then is successful with the ladies, but a handsome fool is irresistible.
William Makepeace Thackeray