"How do you make a girl know she's beautiful? What is the system for that, what do you show her, how do you give her a new set of eyes and turn her face back to the mirror?"

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Source : Michelle Tea (2007). “The Passionate Mistakes and Intricate Corruption of One Girl in America”, Semiotext

Michelle Tea

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“I have to make sure I exercise and that the ingredients that go into my body are completely organic.”

Source : "'I love my body,' declares model Janice Dickinson as she goes naked at 55". www.dailymail.co.uk. July 27, 2010.
“I still have a struggle reading (dyslexia, fh) and so I don't read much.. ..Probably the only reason I'm painter is because I couldn't read yet I love to write, but when I write I know what I'm writing, but when I'm reading I can't see it, because it goes from all sides of the page at once. But that's very good for printmaking.”
“Up until then, whenever anyone had mentioned the possibility of making a film adaptation, my answer had always been, â€˜No, Iâ€™m not interested.â€™ I believe that each reader creates his own film inside his head, gives faces to the characters, constructs every scene, hears the voices, smells the smells. And that is why, whenever a reader goes to see a film based on a novel that he likes, he leaves feeling disappointed, saying: â€˜the book is so much better than the film.”
“The idiot had shot their own dog. Thatâ€™s what happened when the destructive potential of a manâ€™s weapons exceeded his intelligence.”
“The best way to be thankful is to use the goods the gods provide you.”
“I've got just 3 words: Ain't I Great?”
“We have always said there are two ways to resolve Syria, and both will end up with the same result: a Syria without Bashar Assad.”
“I gave my heart to Jesus when I was five-years-old and since then it's been a special relationship. To me it's not a religion; it's just talking to God, reading his word, and doing my best to honor him in everything I do.”

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