#dust

What becomes of a man who acquires a beautiful woman, with her "beauty" his sole target? He sabotages himself. He has gained no friend, no ally, no mutual trust: She knows quite well why she has been chosen. He has succeeded in buying something: the esteem of other men who find such an acquisition impressive. ↗

— Naomi Wolf

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

Next year, if no one gives me any work, that's fine. I'm not going to do well anyway. I'm not an actor, I'm just exploiting this industry. ↗

— James McAvoy

#any #anyway #exploiting #fine #gives

You don't waste your entire life waiting to go back to dust. ↗

— Reba McEntire

#dust #entire #entire life #go #life

Recently, lobbyists for the pharmaceutical industry wrote a prescription drug bill that increased their profits and did nothing to help seniors. The result: seniors are stuck with a confusing prescription drug plan that does little to help them with their costs. ↗

— Marty Meehan

#confusing #costs #did #does #help

Future is mobile computing - smartphones and tablets are just elements of it. The industry is on the verge of a whole new paradigm. ↗

— Thorstein Heins

#elements #future #industry #just #mobile

Any corporate policy and plan which is typical of the industry is doomed to mediocrity. Where this is not so, it should be possible to demonstrate that all other competitors are at a distinct disadvantage. ↗

— Bruce Henderson

#competitors #corporate #demonstrate #disadvantage #distinct

The diet industry is making a lot of money selling us fad diets, nonfat foods full of chemicals, gym memberships, and pills while we lose a piece of our self-esteem every time we fail another diet or neglect to use the gym membership we could barely afford. ↗

— Portia de Rossi

#diet-industry #dieting #food #self-esteem #diet

We're the real estate industry - not the manufacturers. ↗

— Joe Murray

#industry #manufacturers #real #real estate

I grew up in Columbus, Indiana, a kind of industrial and farmland place. ↗

— Stephen Sprouse

#farmland #grew #i #indiana #industrial

I sometimes wonder if I might be a bit of a disappointment to people, because they are expecting all these '80s hits and what they get is a dark industrial wall of noise. ↗

— Gary Numan

#bit #dark #disappointment #expecting #get