Nick Burd Quotes

I looked in the mirror and stared at my reflection, until I was in the head-clearing trance that comes when you stare at something for a long time.

Nick Burd

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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.

  

  Val Kilmer
  • People
  • Good
  • Job

• 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.

  

  Vidya Balan
  • True
  • Style
  • Mirror

• I hate to look at myself in a mirror, and I never go and see films.

  

  Ursula Andress
  • Hate
  • Myself
  • Mirror

• Authenticity is everything! You have to wake up every day and look in the mirror, and you want to be proud of the person who's looking back at you. And you can only do that if you're being honest with yourself and being a person of high character. You have an opportunity every single day to write that story of your life.

  

  Aaron Rodgers
  • Life
  • Up
  • Character

• Smile in the mirror. Do that every morning and you'll start to see a big difference in your life.

  

  Yoko Ono
  • Life
  • Morning
  • Smile

• The Churchyard abounds with images which find a mirror in every mind, and with sentiments to which every bosom returns an echo.

  

  Samuel Johnson
  • Mind
  • Mirror

• Much of the obscurity of our effort so far against terrorism originates in the now official idea that the enemy is evil and that we are (therefore) good, which is the precise mirror image of the official idea of the terrorists.

  

  Wendell Berry
  • Good
  • Evil
  • Effort

• Is this the visitor from the wrong side of the mirror? Or the shape that suddenly flitted past my window? Is it the new moon playing tricks, or is someone really standing there again between the stove and the cupboard?

  

  Anna Akhmatova
  • Past
  • Moon
  • Mirror

• I know my race. I just look in the mirror. I know I'm black.

  

  Michael Jackson
  • Black
  • Mirror

• I'm this goofball. I look at myself in the mirror, and the person that I know doesn't match up to what I think people love to perceive me as.

  

  Darren Criss
  • People
  • Up
  • Mirror

• Back when I was modeling, the first time I went to Italy, I was having cappuccinos every day, and I gained 15 pounds. And I felt gorgeous! I would take my clothes off in front of the mirror and be like, 'Oh, I look like a woman.' And I felt beautiful, and I never tried to lose it, 'cause I loved it.

  

  Christina Hendricks
  • Time
  • Beautiful
  • Mirror

• I avoid looking in the mirror.

  

  Marina Warner
  • Mirror

• I wake up in the morning crying, and I'll tell you why. It's because I look at myself in the mirror, and then I say, 'It'll get better.'

  

  Ken Jeong
  • Up
  • Why
  • Morning

• I cook and wash, cook and wash. When I am done, the kitchen is like a mirror.

  

  Domenico Dolce
  • Done
  • Mirror
  • Kitchen

• Given the slow pace of Washington's bureaucracy, policymakers are often busy solving yesterday's problems. This rearview mirror approach afflicts Mr. Obama and his Democratic allies in Congress.

  

  Fred Upton
  • Mirror

• I don't stress about things I can't change, so if I have a day when I don't look great, I don't look in the mirror! I try to fit in one session of Bikram yoga and one run a week and, if I can, one swim, but that's pushing it.

  

  Donna Air
  • Great
  • Mirror
  • Stress

• Sometimes when I look in the mirror, I see a child, then I look and see a woman who should be turning 60.

  

  LeAnn Rimes
  • Mirror

• The great corrupter of public man is the ego. Looking at the mirror distracts one's attention from the problem.

  

  Dean Acheson
  • Great
  • Attention
  • Mirror

• I whirl around, stare into his grimy, grief-stricken face. His face is beautiful and so good. How could I have believed he'd betray us?

  

  Carrie Jones
  • Face
  • Believed
  • Betray

• It's silly to throw things out or label things. You know, is U2 a Christian band, or was Johnny Cash a Christian country singer? I don't know, but they're pretty open about their faith.

  

  Mat Kearney
  • Country
  • Pretty
  • Faith

• I can't speak for all Hawaiians, but the reality is that we depend on tourism. Locals might not want to go to the spots like Waikiki, but we do want tourists to experience more of the islands.

  

  Kaui Hart Hemmings
  • Experience
  • Reality

• Higher education should be based on quality, not quantity; receive merit-based funding; and be free of unnecessary bureaucracy. Not the least of the benefits of educational reform is to foster the pride of achievement at national and international levels.

  

  Ahmed Zewail
  • Free
  • Education
  • Quality

• I think one of the things people don't understand is we can build more shareholder value by lowering product prices than we can by trying to raise margins. It's a more patient approach, but we think it leads to a stronger, healthier company. It also serves customers much, much better.

  

  Jeff Bezos
  • Margins
  • Shareholder value
  • Product prices

• I looked in the mirror and stared at my reflection, until I was in the head-clearing trance that comes when you stare at something for a long time.

  

  Nick Burd
  • Mirror
  • Trance
  • Stare