Julie Burchill Quotes

What I find most upsetting about this new all-consuming beauty culture is that the obsession with good looks, and how you can supposedly attain them, is almost entirely female-driven.

Julie Burchill

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GoodBeautyCultureYouFindLooks

I'm a big fan of country.

Jeff Bridges

CountryBigBig FanFan

Most of the time, people think they went to high school with me.

Mia Sara

TimeSchoolPeopleMeThinkHigh

When we go to a restaurant, they don't ask, 'Do you want the asbestos section or the non-asbestos section?' They do ask, 'Do you want smoking or nonsmoking?'

John Roberts

RestaurantSmokingYouGoWantAsk

I went through those times in my life where I started to get bitter and angry, and you're like, 'Why am I even a Christian? I don't like any of these people that call themselves Christians.' That's when I had to go spend time with God, and He had to remind me I'm walking with Him and not these people.

Sonny Sandoval

LifeGodTimeAngryPeopleMe

I try and have a relaxed attitude and stay quite switched off until about an hour before kick-off.

Roy Keane

AttitudeTryStayRelaxedOffHour

People come to a company like Abbott sometimes and think, 'It's so big, I can't make a difference.' I think just the opposite. I think everybody can make a difference.

Miles D. White

PeopleThinkMake A DifferenceBig

While researching the book, I used the Freedom of Information Act to request what the military calls Individual Deceased Personnel Files for all the Gremlin Special's passengers and crew.

Mitchell Zuckoff

FreedomBookInformationSpecialAct

My Brilliant Career was beautifully directed, but I had a bit of trouble with myself in it. It was a silly script, based on a book this 16-year-old girl wrote.

Judy Davis

GirlMyselfBookSillyCareerWrote

If you want peace, you don't talk to your friends. You talk to your enemies.

Desmond Tutu

PeaceFriendsYouWantTalkEnemies

When I was a kid, we played a jump rope game called double Dutch - where you had to jump over two ropes swinging in opposite directions. Picking just the right moment to jump in was a practiced art form.

Chris Gardner

ArtMomentGameYouJumpRight

I can sing in various genres, but my heart truly lies in singing romantic songs. This has been my forte ever since I was 8 or 9.

Armaan Malik

HeartRomanticSingingI CanSing

What I do for a living puts me in the spotlight.

Ali Larter

MeLivingSpotlightPuts

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