Elaine Scarry Quotes
Beauty always takes place in the particular, and if there are no particulars, the chances of seeing it go down.
Quotes to Explore
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I hope that in some way that I can be some sort of beacon of hope, especially because I am not the typical Hollywood beauty.
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Beauty without expression is boring.
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Where there is righteousness in the heart, there is beauty in the character. When there is beauty in the character, there is harmony in the home. When there is harmony in the home, there is order in the nation. When there is order in the nation, there is peace in the world.
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I'm all about the drugstore beauty products. They're affordable and get the job done.
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The terrifying and edible beauty of Art Nouveau architecture.
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The beauty of Judaism is that it demands we ask questions, especially of ourselves.
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There is not one description of beauty - that in fact it has different faces, different stories, and different background, and it's important to embrace all of those.
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Oh! what waves of crime and bloodshed have swept like the waves of a deluge down the valley of the Rhine! War has laid his mailed hand on those desolate towers and ruthlessly torn down what time has spared, yet he could not mar the beauty of the shore, nor could Time himself hurl down the mountains that guard it.
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The beauty of independence, departure, actions that rely on themselves.
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My unusual beauty tip is that I often use Vaseline to take my make up off. It works great and is good for sensitive skin.
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Flowers... are a proud assertion that a ray of beauty outvalues all the utilities of the world.
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Poetry and beauty are always making peace. When you read something beautiful you find coexistence; it breaks walls down.
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Beauty is in the character of a person. It's about having an interesting face and about what's inside. Anyone can take a good picture.
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The pattern of a newspaperman's life is like the plot of 'Black Beauty.' Sometimes he finds a kind master who gives him a dry stall and an occasional bran mash in the form of a Christmas bonus, sometimes he falls into the hands of a mean owner who drives him in spite of spavins and expects him to live on potato peelings.
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Search for beauty without features, something deeper than any signs.
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My work is not about 'form follows function,' but 'form follows beauty' or, even better, 'form follows feminine.'
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I don't do very much for beauty. I use very simple things on my skin. I haven't got time. I would always get facials and then come home laden with product, and pay a lot of money and never use it. Anyway, one day a dermatologist told me to use Cetaphil to clean my face and as a moisturizer, and that's what I do.
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Do not waste time dreaming of great faraway opportunities; do the best you can where you are. Open your petals of power and beauty and fling out the fragrance of your life in the place that has been assigned to you.
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A physical law must possess mathematical beauty.
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I never really feel wrong while making movies. I know myself, and I know that my intentions are pure and I'm on the side of righteousness.
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I think I first realized I wanted to be in country music and be an artist when I was 10. And I started dragging my parents to festivals, and fairs, and karaoke contests, and I did that for about a year before I came to Nashville for the first time. I was 11 and I had this demo CD of me singing Dixie Chicks and Leanne Rimes songs.
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Give the public everything you can give them, keep the place as clean as you can keep it, keep it friendly.
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I do still get the odd fan letter about The Good Life, clearly written by somebody aged 18, who says: Will you send a photograph? And I think: Maybe it's kinder not to. I'm deeply into my 50s now.
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Beauty always takes place in the particular, and if there are no particulars, the chances of seeing it go down.
