"How anybody dresses is indicative of his self-concept. If students are dirty and ragged, it indicates they are not interested in tidying up their intellects either."

-- S. I. Hayakawa

#Death Quotes #Dirty Quotes #Self Quotes

“Well, all life forms are dependent upon water.”

Source : "Nobel Laureate Peter Agre: From Aquaporins to Lutefisk". Interview with Steve Mirsky, www.scientificamerican.com. July 20, 2011.
“If we could manage our own finances the way the Congress does the nation's, we'd all be living in high cotton and eating high on the hog.”
“The only way to win a power struggle is to give it up.”
“You must put fear out of your mind. Confront it with the belief that the past is over with, that a new life lies ahead.”
“It's almost impossible to dislike me, because I do nothing.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Defeat held no honor.”
“If only mortals would learn how great it is to possess divine grace, how beautiful, how noble, how precious. How many riches it hides within itself, how many joys and delights! No one would complain about his cross or about troubles that may happen to him, if he would come to know the scales on which they are weighed when they are distributed to men.”
“I didn't go Hollywood on the outside with flashy cars, upstairs maids and mink covered bathroom fixtures. I went Hollywood on the inside--and that's worst of all. . . . I played a character only in one picture--my first. From then on I was this movie star named Joan Caulfield. I tried to avoid being natural. I lowered my voice. I copied the mannerisms of other stars. I struck poses. I received bad advice--from dramatic coaches, from agents and from studio executives. I stopped being a human being. I blame myself and I blame Hollywood's star system.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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