#double

My aunty says I'm the double of my father. He was a workaholic, which I've definitely inherited. And like me, he could be the life and soul of the party, but also quite withdrawn. ↗

— Alastair Campbell

#could #definitely #double #father #i

Once you've lived the inside-out world of espionage, you never shed it. It's a mentality, a double standard of existence. ↗

— John le Carre

#espionage #existence #inside-out #lived #mentality

What's going to make me happy is going on the court and holding up trophies, singles and doubles. ↗

— Serena Williams

#doubles #going #happy #holding #make

At least a third of a woman's life is marked with aging; about a third of her body is made of fat. Both symbols are being transformed into operable condition--so that women will only feel healthy if we are two thirds of the women we could be. How can an "ideal" be about women if it is defined as how much of a female sexual characteristic does not show on her body, and how much of a female life does not show on her face? ↗

— Naomi Wolf

#aging #beauty #body-image #cosmetic-surgery #cosmetics

It is double pleasure to deceive the deceiver. ↗

— Niccolo Machiavelli

#deceiver #double #pleasure

I was a dog in a past life. Really. I'll be walking down the street and dogs will do a sort of double take. Like, Hey, I know him. ↗

— William H. Macy

#dog #dogs #double #down #hey

The latest scientific assessment has almost doubled the predicted rate of warming if no changes are made. ↗

— Donella Meadows

#assessment #changes #doubled #latest #made

If you suppress grief too much, it can well redouble. ↗

— Moliere

#grief #much #redouble #suppress #too

It doubles your perception, to write from the point of view of someone you're not. ↗

— Michael Ondaatje

#perception #point #point of view #someone #view

The reality is that during the Reagan years, for instance, we doubled the amount of revenue that we were sending to Washington, D.C. after the tax cuts took effect. ↗

— Mike Pence

#amount #cuts #doubled #during #effect