#appear

These mountains appear to be almost entirely composed of stratas of rock of various colours (mostly red) and are partially covered with a dwarfish growth of pine and cedar, which are the only species of timber to be seen. ↗

— William Henry Ashley

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If my grandchildren were to look at me and say, 'You were aware species were disappearing and you did nothing, you said nothing', that I think is culpable. I don't know how much more they expect me to be doing, I'd better ask them. ↗

— David Attenborough

#aware #better #did #disappearing #doing

You know, it is a terrible thing to appear on television, because people think that you actually know what you're talking about. ↗

— David Attenborough

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Age appears to be best in four things; old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and old authors to read. ↗

— Francis Bacon

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It is easy to be beautiful; it is difficult to appear so. ↗

— Hosea Ballou

#beautiful #difficult #easy

We no longer dare to believe in beauty and we make of it a mere appearance in order the more easily to dispose of it. ↗

— Hans Urs von Balthasar

#beauty #believe #dare #dispose #easily

The actress they'd hired had refused to appear naked in front of the camera. I didn't like to appear naked either, but the first thing I did was take off my clothes and jump into the pool completely naked. ↗

— Victoria Abril

#appear #camera #clothes #completely #did

The focus on my appearance has really surprised me. I've always been a size 14 to 16, I don't care about clothes, I'd rather spend my money on cigarettes and booze. ↗

— Adele

#always #appearance #been #booze #care

Hair is also a problem. I remember once, when I was reporting from Beirut at the height of the civil war, someone wrote in to the BBC complaining about my appearance. ↗

— Kate Adie

#also #appearance #bbc #beirut #civil

One believes that if nothing happens, one disappears. That is not true. ↗

— Isabelle Adjani

#disappears #happens #nothing #true