"Throughout Asia and Europe, pearls were traditionally believed to ease a range of conditions, including eye diseases, fever, insomnia, 'female complaints', dysentery, whooping cough, measles, loss of virility, and bed-wetting ... Though nobody seems to advertise the potential for pearls to cure bed-wetting anymore."

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Source : Victoria Finlay (2006). “Jewels: A Secret History”, p.84, Ballantine Books

Victoria Finlay

#Eye Quotes #Loss Quotes #Insomnia Quotes

“There are so many lovely cities around the U.S., around the world, that it's almost impossible to pick one.”
“I'm proud of them and I am happy to see that the Frank Mir that we all wanted to see back in the day is truly here and I think he's here to say. I have a really good friend in his trainer, Ken Hahn at Striking Unlimited and I'm glad that they're getting the respect that they deserve now.”
“When Robert Benton was doing the movie 'In the Still of the Night,' I'd choreographed the auction scene and supplied the paintings and had a bit part - I was bidding against Meryl Streep.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Perhaps that is our doom, our human curse, to never really know one another.”
“A man may be made in one generation, but a lady never!”
“Your mind is your prison when you focus on your fear.”
“I try to write parts for women that are as complicated and interesting as women actually are.”
“Parkour does not have to be liked or disliked! Parkour is here and it will stay here forever! Because it was born from a pure heart and nourished from all the love that a son can give to his father!”

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