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people eating-disorder body
Eating disorders, body dysmorphia and a general dissatisfaction with one's life and body seems to ail too many young people. Carre Otis
people ends process
Most people end up owning a business by accident. Therefore, they don't usually have a thought process and a strategic plan in place. Carol Roth
people technique should
I don't feel that I have any great grasp of technique that I should pass along to people. Carol Kane
people stuff-happens critical
That's when the great stuff happens, when you're not checking yourself all the time, being critical of yourself and what other people are doing.
people source materials
They're all sources of material. What I love about what I do, the more you talk about your life, there are so many people who have similar experiences. Carol Leifer
people concerned
I'm concerned about the unknowability of other people. Carol Shields
people want bills
All I really want to be is boring. When people talk about me, I'd like them to say, Carol's basically a short Bill Bradley. Or, Carol's kind of like Al Gore in a skirt. Carol Moseley Braun
people parent trying
My parents were always philosophizing about how to bring about change. To me, people who didn't try to make the world a better place were strange.
people ordinary would-be
I don't want to be hiding from people. It would be difficult to be recognized everywhere, so that I couldn't do things ordinary people do. Carlos Beltran
looks said all-time
Do not look sad. We shall meet soon again." "Please, Aslan", said Lucy,"what do you call soon?" "I call all times soon" said Aslan; and instantly he was vanished away. C. S. Lewis
looks lions steps
I daren't come and drink," said Jill. Then you will die of thirst," said the Lion. Oh dear!" said Jill, coming another step nearer."I suppose I must go and look for another stream then." There is no other stream," said the Lion.
looks people today
We want people to think about today and tomorrow. It looks like you are. Kelli White
looks ifs happens
If you look very intensely and slowly things will happen that you never dreamed of before. Aaron Siskind
looks republican i-can
I look forward to the day when I can be Republican again. I'm an Alan Simpson Republican. Alan K. Simpson
looks world eternity
He that will often put eternity and the world before him, and who will dare to look steadfastly at both of them, will find that the more often he contemplates them, the former will grow greater, and the latter less. Charles Caleb Colton
looks world way
Secularism teaches us that we ought to look to this world. Christianity teaches us that the best way to prepare for this world is to be fully prepared for the next. Charles Spurgeon
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We've seen at least three theatres in difficulties and it looks as if they're closed, West End theatres. We've seen restaurants and pubs and all sort of visitor attractions 20 or 30 percent down. David Quarmby
looks amplify details
Look closely at the most embarrassing details, and amplify them, Brian Eno
retrospect revolution
Revolutions are something you see only in retrospect. Alan Greenspan
retrospect complicated sometimes
The complicated thing about friends is that sometimes they are totally wrong about us and sometimes they are totally right and it's almost always only in retrospect that we know which is which. Cheryl Strayed
retrospect ethics easy
Righteousness is easy in retrospect. Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.
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retrospect way kind
My ability to notice that kind of thing, the sanctity of the bubble that you create, has not been so good in a way, in that I notice it concurrently with actually doing the thing. I always notice it in retrospect. Andy Richter
retrospect would-be financial
Everything, in retrospect, is obvious. But if everything were obvious, authors of histories of financial folly would be rich . . . Michael Lewis
retrospect triumph defeat
In retrospect, our triumphs could as easily have happened to someone else; but our defeats are uniquely our own. Mignon McLaughlin
retrospect void impossible
You can't explain success in retrospect. The moment you leap into the void, that moment is impossible to negate, after success. Guillermo del Toro
retrospect revolution impossible
In retrospect, all revolutions seem inevitable. Beforehand, all revolutions seem impossible. Michael McFaul