Washing Quotes - Page 13

• The great weakness of the West is that it has nothing with which to inspire loyalty except wealth. But what is wealth? Another washing machine, a bigger car, a nicer house to live in? Not much to feed the spirit in all that.

  John Burdett

  Loyalty, Car, House

  "Bangkok Tattoo". Book by John Burdett, 2006.

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• The series of photographic operations, developing, washing, final drying, takes about quarter of an hour.

  Gabriel Lippmann

  Finals, Hours, Operations

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• I don't recommend washing your face. Because you might drown.

  Jenna Marbles

  Makeup, Faces, Might

  "Jenna Marbles’ Drunk Makeup Tutorial" by Sara Gates, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 19, 2012.

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• If your washing machine stops working and you're addicted to appliances that work, you'll get upset and you will suffer. If you prefer that your appliances work well, then when your washing machine breaks down you won't compound the problem by superimposing your uncomfortable emotions on the situation.

  Ken Keyes Jr.

  Upset, Suffering, Machines

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• The boy and girl going hand in hand through a meadow; the mother washing her baby; the sweet simple things in life. We have almost lost track of them.

  Edward Steichen

  Girl, Mother, Baby

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• The Jake Gyllenhaal workout planstarts with growing long, long hairgorgeous greasy locks and then washing every day.Wash, shampoo, then condition. Washing works the biceps and then the triceps by conditioning. And vigorously rubbing all of your body with soap really defines the abs and the pectoral muscles. And if you do squats while you're bathing - that's it!

  Jake Gyllenhaal

  Workout, Long, Biceps

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• I'm washing lettuce. Soon, I'll be on fries. In a few years, I'll make assistant manager, and that's when the big bucks start rolling in.

  Louie Anderson

  Money, Years, Rolling

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• I used to get bummed out when it rained; then I realized that it's God's way of washing off hippies.

  Demetri Martin

  Hippie, Rain, Way

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• So efficient are the available instruments of slavery; fingerprints, lie detectors, brain washings, gas chambers; that we shiver at the thought of political change which might put these instruments in the hands of men of hate.

  Bernard Baruch

  Hate, Lying, Men

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• Men should always change diapers. It's a very rewarding experience. It's mentally cleansing. It's like washing dishes, but imagine if the dishes were your kids, so you really love the dishes.

  Chris Martin

  Fathers Day, Dad, Kids

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• You don't merely give over your creativity to making a film - you give over your life! In theatre, by contrast, you live these two rather strange lives simultaneously; you have no option but to confront the mould on last night's washing-up.

  Daniel Day-Lewis

  Creativity, Night, Two

  City Limits, April 07, 1988.

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• Scientific apparatus offers a window to knowledge, but as they grow more elaborate, scientists spend ever more time washing the windows.

  Isaac Asimov

  Time, Knowledge, Science

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• For exactly the same reason, it is sometimes satisfying to cut yourself and bleed. On those gray [sic] days where eight in the morning looks no different from noon and nothing has happened and nothing is going to happen and you are washing a glass in the sink and it breaks - accidentally - and punctures your skin. And then there is this shocking red, the brightest thing in the day, so vibrant it buzzes, this blood of yours. That is okay sometimes because at least you know you're alive.

  Augusten Burroughs

  Suicide, Morning, Self Harm

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• One night, Don Henley called, and I told him, 'I'm washing dishes and bike shorts.' He said, 'It's in the domestic exercises of life that one will find the biggest inspiration.' And he was right.

  Sheryl Crow

  Inspiration, Writing, Exercise

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• When a husband says, "I run things in my home" he may mean the washing machine, the dishwasher and the vacuum cleaner.

  Sam Ewing

  Running, Husband, Home

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• To the Taoist mentality, the aimless, empty life does not suggest anything depressing. On the contrary, it suggests the freedom of clouds and mountain streams, wandering nowhere, of flowers in impenetrable canyons, beautiful for no one to see, and of the ocean surf forever washing the sand, to no end.

  Alan Watts

  Beautiful, Depressing, Ocean

  Alan Watts (1989). “The way of Zen”, Vintage

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• Hair is an issue for most women, and after washing, blow-drying, flat-ironing, curling, braiding, twisting and spending the time and money on it, who wants to mess it up by sweating and having to do it all over again?

  Nicole Ari Parker

  Blow, Hair, Issues

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• You're thinking about the continuum of life as you load the washing machine or scoop out the litter box.blue-girl-larger Or maybe that's just me. That seems to be an endlessly challenging and interesting way to live.

  Laurie Foos

  Girl, Thinking, Blue

  Source: therumpus.net

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• In Ethiopia, food is often looked at through a strong spiritual lens, stronger than anywhere else I know. It's the focal point of weddings, births and funerals and is a daily ceremony from the preparation of the meal and the washing of hands to the sharing of meals.

  Marcus Samuelsson

  Spiritual, Strong, Hands

  "Everybody’s Talking About Food". Huffington Post Article, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 12, 2010.

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• All this money washing around Washington and all of these contributions taint all of us.

  John McCain

  Contribution

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• With three boys in the house, my mother was always on us when growing up about keeping our faces clean, washing behind our ears, and brushing our teeth. So I still take my morning routine seriously.

  Cam Newton

  Mother, Morning, Growing Up

  "Cam Newton Wants to Teach You How to Wear a Sweater". Interview with Nic Screws, www.bloomberg.com. December 29, 2015.

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• Normal is a cycle on a washing machine.

  Emmylou Harris

  Machines, Normal, Cycles

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• Normal is just a cycle on the washing machine.

  Whoopi Goldberg

  Machines, Normal, Cycles

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• I love driving cars, looking at them, cleaning and washing and shining them. I clean 'em inside and outside. I'm very touchy about cars. I don't want anybody leaning on them or closing the door too hard, know what I mean?

  Scott Baio

  Mean, Doors, Car

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

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• I was washing dishes at the Greyhound bus station at the time and I said, 'Awap bop a lup bop a wop bam boom, take 'em out!'

  Little Richard

  Ems, Bops, Greyhounds

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