Amanda Foreman Quotes

Foot-binding is said to have been inspired by a tenth-century court dancer named Yao Niang who bound her feet into the shape of a new moon. She entranced Emperor Li Yu by dancing on her toes inside a six-foot golden lotus festooned with ribbons and precious stones.

Amanda Foreman

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This is the strangest life I've ever known.

Jim Morrison

LifeKnownEverStrangest

Part of your heritage in this society is the opportunity to become financially independent.

Jim Rohn

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Hybridity keeps me from being rigid about most things. It has taught me to appreciate the contradictions in the world and in my life. I scavenge from the best.

Jessica Hagedorn

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Poetry is a mixture of common sense, which not all have, with an uncommon sense, which very few have.

John Masefield

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Indeed, wretched the man whose fame makes his misfortunes famous.

Lucius Accius

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For me to even be talking about bikini confidence is crazy. If you had asked me a couple of months ago, I probably would have been like, 'what are you talking about...' so it's actually huge for me to even feel okay with putting a bikini on.

Jordin Sparks

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Luck is the by-product of busting your fanny.

Don Sutton

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The way Ben Gibbard paints a picture, you feel like, 'I was there that day with him.' You really feel the way he paints pictures and speaks and talks. It's almost like talk-singing. Paul Simon does that very well as well. He's a huge influence of mine.

Jon Bellion

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As medical research continues and technology enables new breakthroughs, there will be a day when malaria and most all major deadly diseases are eradicated on Earth.

Peter Diamandis

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My family were broadminded enough to support me when I wanted to pursue a life in the theatre.

Peter Gallagher

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I wrote the tunes and sang only nonsense words. Then came Moore and dressed them with the lyrics.

Rick Wright

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Hemingway seems to be in a funny position. People nowadays can't identify with him closely as a member of their own generation, and he isn't yet historical.

Leslie Fiedler

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