"Some people like to focus on other aspects of my life, but first and foremost I am a dedicated and top swimmer."

-- Amanda Beard

#People Quotes #Focus Quotes #Firsts Quotes

“If my hair gets any frizzier, I'll shave it to the scalp. Or light it on fire. Whichever is easier.”

Source : Victoria Scott (2014). “Fire & Flood”, p.6, Scholastic Inc.
“Those dripping crumpets, I can see them now. Tiny crisp wedges of toast, and piping-hot, flaky scones. Sandwiches of unknown nature, mysteriously flavoured and quite delectable, and that very special gingerbread. Angel cake, that melted in the mouth, and his rather stodgier companion, bursting with peel and raisins. There was enough food there to keep a starving family for a week.”
“To strive for perfection is to kill love because perfection does not recognize humanity.”

Source : 1982 Addition to Perfection: The Still Unravished Bride.
“I'll usually wash my hair and let it air-dry wavy, but if I'm just in a hang-out mood, I won't even wash it. I'll wait until it smells.”
“I'll have to have a palace, of course. I may not be a princess, but I am a movie queen, and every queen should have a palace.”
“The only really indecent people are the chaste.”
“The Photograph is concerned with the power that the past has to interfere with the present: the time bomb in the cupboard.”
“Originality is independence, not rebellion; it is sincerity, not antagonism.”

Source : George Henry Lewes (1891). “The Principles of Success in Literature”

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