"My longing to improve my looks via The Body Shop is being replaced by my longing to improve my looks via Photoshop."

-- Gina Barreca

#Looks Quotes #Body Quotes #Longing Quotes

“The complexity of things - the things within things - just seems to be endless. I mean nothing is easy, nothing is simple.”
“In the 24th century there will be no hunger, there will be no greed, and all the children will know how to read.”
“Philosophy is a necessary activity because we, all of us, take a great number of things for granted, and many of these assumptions are of a philosophical character; we act on them in private life, in politics, in our work, and in every other sphere of our lives -- but while some of these assumptions are no doubt true, it is likely, that more are false and some are harmful. So the critical examination of our presuppositions -- which is a philosophical activity -- is morally as well as intellectually important.”
“... for every disability you have, you are blessed with more than enough abilities to overcome your challenges.”
“We must break problems down into small, digestible bits. We must define the concepts that we use and explain what components they consist of. We must tackle small problems.”
“Though at this moment she felt abused, abandoned, and ashamed of herself, Madeleine knew that she was still young, that she had her whole life ahead of her--a life in which, if she persevered, she might do something special--and that part of persevering meant getting past moments just like this one, when people made you feel small, unlovable, and took away your confidence.”
“A mother's happiness is like a beacon, lighting up the future but reflected also on the past in the guise of fond memories.”
“There is no form of prose more difficult to understand and more tedious to read than the average scientific paper.”

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