The impulse for personal adornment is hard to stamp out.
Virginia Postrel
Recitation: by Male by Female
Nearly every season, I make the acquaintance of one or more new flowers. It takes years to exhaust the botanical treasures of any one considerable neighborhood, unless one makes a dead set at it, like an herbalist.
John Burroughs
FlowersNewDeadMoreYearsSeason
I want to make sure people know I don't think I have any magic powers. I just have a story that I share.
John Darnielle
PeopleStoryThinkMagicKnowWant
SIS, the Secret Intelligence Service, also known as MI6, also has no executive powers and operates abroad on CIA lines, but with a tiny percentage of the budget and a tiny percentage of the personnel.
John le Carre
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We have said the first step was to designate the land, inform the owners. And the second would be to get the responses from the owners. And this will be openly done.
Robert Mugabe
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It's not true that clothes look better on skinny girls; what counts is the attitude.
Sonia Rykiel
AttitudeBetterClothesLookTrue
I say over and over again that I am just standing on the shoulders of so many who have set this path for me, and they may not be seen or recognized or have been given an opportunity to have a voice, but I'm here representing all of those dancers. Dance Theatre of Harlem Virginia Johnson, Tai Jimenez, Lauren Anderson.
Misty Copeland
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If women talk in ways expected of them or project a feminine demeanor, it's seen as weak. But if they talk in ways associated with men or bosses, then they're seen as too aggressive. Whatever they do violates one or the other expectation: either you're not talking as you should as a woman or as boss.
Deborah Tannen
WomenMenWomanBossTalkingYou
I'm in no rush. One day I'll find a nice guy.
Bristol Palin
DayFindNiceOne DayGuyRush
I love being outdoors, playing beach tennis, going for runs in the sand, or doing a three-hour hike with my best girlfriend, Mieko.
AnnaLynne McCord
LoveBestBeachOutdoorsDoingSand
I can adapt to change easily, but I'm not a fan of it.
Ashley Wagner
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I had a father who was a traveling salesman.
Philip Seymour Hoffman
FatherSalesmanWhoTravelingHad
I can't play anywhere near like I used to, and I was a hot drummer. It doesn't bother me, because frankly, if you get to that point where you can't hold a drumstick properly, there are many other things in life which are far more important, like cutting a loaf of bread or a piece of cheese.
Phil Collins
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