Hygiene Quotes - Page 3

• The first possibility of rural cleanliness lies in water supply.

  Florence Nightingale

  Lying, Science, Water

  Letter to Medical Officer of Health, November (1891)

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• This exchange marked the beginning of Mr. Malfoy's long campaign to have me removed from my post as headmaster of Hogwarts, and of mine to have him removed from his position as Lord Voldemort's Favorite Death Eater. My response prompted several further letters from Mr. Malfoy, but as they consisted mainly of opprobrious remarks on my sanity, parentage, and hygiene, their relevance to this commentary is remote.

  J. K. Rowling

  Death Eaters, Long, Campaigns

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• Basically, it is your self-esteem that shapes the choice of your job, female, friends, and how you take care of yourself (health/hygiene/hobby's)!

  Mika

  Jobs, Self Esteem, Choices

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• Lovers of literature will look for the remains of the golden treasure in that shipwreck on the bottom of the sea of criticism.

  Josef Skvorecky

  Writing, Sea, Criticism

  Josef Škvorecký (1985). “The Engineer of Human Souls”, Pocket Books

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• Menoeceus is a great name. (Astrid) For an old man or a feminine hygiene product. Not for my son. And next time I get to name the kid and it won’t be something that sounds like meningitis. (Zarek) You keep that up and next time you’ll be the one birthing it, and don’t mess with me, bucko, I have connections in that department. A pregnant man is not an impossibility in my neighborhood. (Astrid)

  Sherrilyn Kenyon

  Kids, Son, Men

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• As a rule of thumb, I would submit that if you need to call your floss provider, for any reason, you are probably not ready for this level of oral hygiene.

  Bill Bryson

  Needs, Thumbs, Levels

  Bill Bryson (2010). “Notes From A Big Country: Journey Into the American Dream”, p.121, Random House

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• Cut quarrels out of literature, and you will have very little history or drama or fiction or epic poetry left.

  Robert Staughton Lynd

  Drama, Cutting, Epic

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• The 'good' mother, with her fixed smile, her rigidity, her goody-goody outlook, her obsession with unnecessary hygiene, is in fact a fool. It is the 'bad' mother, unafraid of a joke and a glass of wine, richly self-expressive, scornful of suburban values, who is, in reality, good.

  Rachel Cusk

  Mother, Wine, Reality

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• I hold that a writer who does not passionately believe in the perfectibility of man has no dedication nor any membership in literature.

  John Steinbeck

  Believe, Men, Dedication

  John Steinbeck (2003). “America and Americans and Selected Nonfiction”, p.146, Penguin

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• Bondage is the life of personality, and for bondage the personal self will fight with tireless resourcefulness and the most stubborn cunning.

  Aldous Huxley

  Character, Fighting, Self

  Aldous Huxley (1993). “After Many a Summer Dies the Swan: A Novel”, p.111, Ivan R. Dee

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• Apparently, sir you Chinese are far ahead of us in every respect, except that you don’t have entrepreneurs. And our nation, though it has no drinking water, electricity, sewage system, public transportation, sense of hygiene, discipline, courtesy, or punctuality, ‘’does’’ have entrepreneurs. Thousands and thousands of them. Especially in the field of technology. And these entrepreneurs—"we" entrepreneurs—have set up all these outsourcing companies that virtually run America now.

  Aravind Adiga

  Running, Business, Drinking

  Aravind Adiga (2008). “The White Tiger”, p.8, Atlantic Books Ltd

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• Once you educate the boys, they tend to leave the villages and go search for work in the cities, but the girls stay home, become leaders in the community, and pass on what they've learned. If you really want to change a culture, to empower women, improve basic hygiene and health care, and fight high rates of infant mortality, the answer is to educate girls.

  Greg Mortenson

  Girl, Home, Fighting

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Success in training the boy depends largely on the Scoutmaster's own personal example.

  Robert Baden-Powell

  Wisdom, Boys, Training

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• If you have difficulty sleeping or are not getting enough sleep or sleep of good quality, you need to learn the basics of sleep hygiene, make appropriate changes, and possibly consult a sleep expert.

  Andrew Weil

  Sleep, Quality, Experts

  "Why Dreams Are Vital to Emotional Health" by Dr. Andrew Weil, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 4, 2012.

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• He made a sound of disgust in the back of his throat. "Oh thank you so much. That's what every man wants to hear about his name. You might as well call me 'Little Pecker' while you're at it and tell me you would love to have me go shopping with you for feminine hygiene products. Oh and by all means, carry a big, sparkling pink bag with flowers on it and make me hold it.

  Sherrilyn Kenyon

  Flower, Mean, Men

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• (...) The new nine muses, Commerce, Operatic Music, Amor, Publicity, Manufacture, Liberty of Specch, Plural Voting, Gastronomy, Private Hygiene, Seaside Concert Entertainments, Painless Obstetrics and Astronomy for the People.

  James Joyce

  People, Voting, Liberty

  James Joyce (2013). “Delphi Works of James Joyce (Illustrated)”, p.600, Delphi Classics

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• Ken, my husband, just smelled like he belonged to me. I'm not talking about hygiene. I'm talking about when you hug him, he either feels like a member of your tribe or not. It's their scent.

  Erica Jong

  Husband, Talking, Hug

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• I do not believe in sex distinction in literature, law, politics, or trade-or that modesty and virtue are more becoming to women than to men, but wish we had more of it everywhere.

  Belva Ann Lockwood

  Sex, Women, Believe

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• Literature - creative literature - unconcerned with sex, is inconceivable.

  Gertrude Stein

  Sex, Writing, Creative

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• This is not about abortion or the antics. This is about pro choice versus anti-choice and government intervention in a woman's personal decisions about her life.

  Kathleen Turner

  Women, Government, Choices

  "CNN Sunday Morning" with Catherine Callaway, www.cnn.com. April 25, 2004.

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• Labor organizations are formed, not to employ combined effort for a common object, but to indulge in declamation and denunciation, and especially to furnish an easy living to some officers who do not want to work.

  William Graham Sumner

  Organization, Indulge In, Effort

  William Graham Sumner (1903). “What Social Classes Owe to Each Other”, p.40, Ludwig von Mises Institute

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• Industrial civilization is only possible when there's no self-denial. Self-indulgence up to the very limits imposed by hygiene and economics. Otherwise the wheels stop turning.

  Aldous Huxley

  Self, Civilization, Denial

  Aldous Huxley (1950). “The Collected Works of Aldous Huxley: Brave new world”

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• Studying literature at Harvard is like learning about women at the Mayo Clinic.

  Roy Blount, Jr.

  Drinking, Learning, Literature

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• The rough and ready improvisational quality to life on board the International Space Station is reminiscent of a long trip in a sailboat: privacy and fresh produce are in short supply, hygiene is basic, and a fair amount of the crew's time is spent just on maintaining and repairing the craft.

  Chris Hadfield

  Space, Long, Quality

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• You both passed out,” Percy said. “I don’t know why, but Ella told me not to worry about it. She said you were…sharing?” “Sharing,” Ella agreed. She crouched in the stern, preening her wing feathers with her teeth, which didn’t look like a very effective form of personal hygiene. She spit out some red fluff. “Sharing is good. No more blackouts. Biggest American blackout, August 14, 2003. Hazel shared. No more blackouts.” Percy scratched his head. “Yeah…we’ve been having conversations like that all night. I still don’t know what she’s talking about.

  Rick Riordan

  Night, August, Talking

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