Lovely Quotes - Page 22

• Probably the closest things to perfection are the huge absolutely empty holes that astronomers have recently discovered in space. If there's nothing there, how can anything go wrong?

  Richard Brautigan

  Space, Perfection, Anything Goes

  "An Unfortunate Woman: A Journey". Book by Richard Brautigan, p.15, 2000.

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• Older women are like aging strudels - the crust may not be so lovely, but the filling has come at last into its own.

  Robert Farrar Capon

  Food, May, Lasts

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• When a woman isn't beautiful, people always say, 'You have lovely eyes, you have lovely hair.'

  Anton Chekhov

  Beautiful, Eye, Hair

  Uncle Vanya act 3 (1897)

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• I had my first French meal and I never got over it. It was just marvelous. We had oysters and a lovely dry white wine. And then we had one of those lovely scalloped dishes and the lovely, creamery buttery sauce. Then we had a roast duck and I don't know what else.

  Julia Child

  Wine, Ducks, White

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• Childhood itself is scarcely more lovely than a cheerful, kindly, sunshiny old age.

  Lydia M. Child

  Love, Birthday, Childhood

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• The river Trent is lovely, I know because I have walked on it for 18 years.

  Brian Clough

  Years, Rivers, Knows

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• I'm sure Sting's a lovely guy. It's just that nobody wants to be seen as that holier-than-thou thing. That over-earnestness is a bit of a problem with people in bands and celebrities or whatever.

  Jarvis Cocker

  People, Guy, Band

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• Hope is like one of those orchids that grows around toxic waste: lovely in itself - and an assertion, if you like, of indefatigable good - but a sure sign that something nasty lies underneath.

  Rachel Cusk

  Lying, Orchids, Toxic Waste

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• With a stretch belt, anything can be a dress - a dinner napkin, a tablecloth, even a towel. Just wrap and snap, and away you go in an incredible outfit. Another plus is that the belt will pull all eyes to your lovely curves, and they even look good around a coat or a jacket.

  Beth Ditto

  Eye, Curves, Dresses

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• That's the really neat thing about Dan Quayle, as you must have realized from the first moment you looked into those lovely blue eyes: impeachment insurance.

  Barbara Ehrenreich

  Eye, Blue, Firsts

  Barbara Ehrenreich (1990). “WORST YEARS OF OUR LIVES”, Pantheon

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• Oh, that lovely title, ex-president.

  Dwight D. Eisenhower

  Political, President, Titles

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• I got a lovely check today from being a writer that I earned by sitting at home. That's rewarding.

  Harvey Fierstein

  Home, Sitting, Today

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• I remember a hundred lovely lakes, and recall the fragrant breath of pine and fir and cedar and poplar trees. The trail has strung upon it, as upon a thread of silk, opalescent dawns and saffron sunsets.

  Hamlin Garland

  Nature, Sunset, Hiking

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• When lovely woman stoops to folly, and finds too late that men betray, what charm can soothe her melancholy, what art can wash her guilt away?

  Oliver Goldsmith

  Love, Art, Betrayal

  The Vicar of Wakefield ch. 29 (1766)

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• I love ripped jeans! They are flattering. I'm very petite, so I think they make my butt look lovely.

  Ariana Grande

  Thinking, Jeans, Looks

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• It's unresolved conflict in my life that I have a lovely family and a risky job.

  Bear Grylls

  Jobs, Conflict, Lovely Family

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• Not to rag on myself, but when people say, 'What does it feel like to be an icon?' I'm like, 'My dog does not think I'm an icon, my cat does not think I am an icon, my cousin does not think I am an icon.' I have a really lovely group of friends, and I just don't think about it.

  Kathleen Hanna

  Dog, Cousin, Cat

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• I've had some lovely extraordinary experiences on New Year's Eve.

  Debbie Harry

  New Year, Years, Extraordinary

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• I was asked to act when I couldn't act. I was asked to sing "Funny Face" when I couldn't sing and dance with Fred Astaire when I couldn't dance and do all kinds of things I wasn't prepared for. Then I tried like mad to cope with it.

  Audrey Hepburn

  Inspirational, Dance, Funny Things

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

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• Flowers die and wine gets consumed. Both are lovely. I appreciate both. Wine and roses. I actually had someone bring me a lobe of foie gras once.

  Padma Lakshmi

  Flower, Wine, Rose

  "And Now, Four Glasses of Wine with Padma Lakshmi". Interview with Matt Goulet, www.esquire.com. September 14, 2012.

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• When you're young you think that you're going to sail into a lovely lake of quietude and peace. This is profoundly untrue.

  Doris Lessing

  Thinking, Lakes, Young

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• I get such lovely gifts from fans... amazing pictures, handmade jewellery. I'm very lucky!

  Leona Lewis

  Fans, Lucky, Handmade

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

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• I'm not one of those people who wakes up and thinks, 'Bring on the day!' I have to have about 7 pints of coffee before I'm even remotely awake. But I love the golden hour in the evening, as hokey as that sounds. Just as the sun is about to set and you get those lovely shadows and everything looks gold and yellow.

  Stacy London

  Coffee, Thinking, Yellow

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• My favorite singer to this day is Nat King Cole. I've tried to emulate his phrasing. It is so absolutely beautiful to listen to his lovely voice.

  Johnny Mathis

  Beautiful, Kings, Lovely Voice

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• It was such a lovely day I thought it a pity to get up.

  W. Somerset Maugham

  Self Pity, Get Up, Pity

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