"The first time I was given money to shop for myself, I was 13 and staying with my godmother in New York. I went to Clinique and bought the three-step acne programme and felt so grown-up."

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Source : "My life in shopping: Trinny Woodall". Interview, www.theguardian.com. November 20, 2008.

#New York Quotes #Godmother Quotes #Acne Quotes

“If you don't like the way the Atlanta Braves are playing then you don't like baseball.”
“As I've gotten older, I can look at myself more clearly and own the things that I'm good at and work on the things that I'm not. Like, I am not skinny. I know that if I were to lose a little weight I'd literally have more time in the morning because I know clothes would fit better. And now I can look at those things more practically. Instead of being like, "What does that say about me?," now I'm just like, "That would be great to sleep in an extra fifteen minutes because I wasn't trying on everything in my closet."”
“It's not the subject of narration that interests me, but the structure. That's why I stay in touch with my old works, which I reread regularly. I don't hesitate to take up previously used images or even whole scenes.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“Take care with manufactured chemicals, certainly. Your safety and long term health are more important than anything. Yet don't forget that if you grow even a dozen different plants, you are surrounded by chemistry. Inside their cells even the most ordinary plants creates potent fungicides, insecticides, irritants, balms, hallucinogens, sedatives, nerve toxins, cell repair stimulants, lures, repellents... you name it. Treat all plants with respect!”
“Solitary people, these book lovers. I think it's swell that there are people you don't have to worry about when you don't see them for a long time, you don't have to wonder what they do, how they're getting along with themselves. You just know that they're all right, and probably doing something they like.”

Source : Helen Oyeyemi (2011). “Mr Fox”, p.202, Pan Macmillan
“Evil is not a thing. It cannot take possession of you. It's the opposite; it's a void, an absence of goodness. The only thing you can be frightened of here is yourself.”

Source : Jo Nesbo (2010). “The Snowman: Harry Hole 7”, p.114, Random House
“I loved IRON MAN: Robert Downey Jr. has been and probably will be my favourite actor for a long timeâ€¦but IRON MAN, THE INCREDIBLE HULK, SUPERMAN RETURNS and all the others feel a little like Saturday morning cartoons next to the carbon black glory that is 'The Dark Knight.' Trust me, *this* is the future of this sort of thing.”
“I have learned a great truth of life. We do not succeed in spite of our challenges and difficulties, but rather, precisely because of them.”

Source : FaceBook post by Richard Paul Evans from Jul 29, 2011

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