"To wash one's hair, make one's toilet, and put on scented robes; even if not a soul sees one, these preparations still produce an inner pleasure."

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Source : Sei Shōnagon (1967). “The Pillow Book of Sei Shōnagon”

Sei Shonagon

#Self Quotes #Hair Quotes #Soul Quotes

“There's a thrill in the midst of the hardship in knowing that I'm making the invisible real. And I'm doing what I want.”
“I was a peaceful sedentary man, a lover of a quiet life, with no appetite for perils and commotions. But I was beginning to realise that I was very obstinate.”
“I don't tell anyone how to write and no one tells me.”
“There's something about my Mexican-American heritage... I'm proud of it.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“If we listen human instinct actually tells us what we need, but advertising makes us want things we don't need and things we can't have.”
“Calm down, Think different, Find your way ...”
“My family life, my adoption - it could be related to the songs, but I think the songs are deeper than that. They're not just about this experience.”
“Americans shocked me by their behavior and their narrow-mindedness.”

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