#eight

Fat-bashing in all its varied forms–criticism, exclusion, shaming, fat talk, self-deprecation, jokes, gossip, bullying–is one of the last acceptable forms of prejudice. From a very young age, before they can walk away or defend themselves, women are taught that they are how they look, not what they do or what they know. (1) ↗

— Robyn Silverman

#fat-bashing #girls #overweight #prejudice #self-esteem

Not to expose your true feelings to an adult seems to be instinctive from the age of seven or eight onwards. ↗

— George Orwell

#age #eight #expose #feelings #instinctive

I was tired. I hadn't slept eight hours in two, three years. I lived on four, five hours of sleep. You can do it during a campaign because thousands are screaming for you. You're getting adrenaline shots each day. Then the campaign ends, and there are no more shots. ↗

— George McGovern

#because #campaign #day #during #each

I was doing a show at the National Youth Theatre, playing an old man. Before that I had played fat clowns and I thought, 'If I want to have the career I would like, I am going to have to lose weight.' I was just starting drama school, and found I was moving around a lot. I also started to eat sensibly. The weight just dropped off. ↗

— Harry Melling

#am #around #before #career #clowns

...I gotta burn these scales... sigh* ↗

— Hiroko Sakai

#funny #humorous #scale #weight #diet

Even though he was busy adjusting and gripping his rope, he glanced over and smiled. She had her camera up waiting for a moment such as this. His whole face seemed to glow when he smiled, not to mention added another aspect to his handsomeness. ↗

— Mary J. McCoy-Dressel

#cowboy #eight-seconds #howdy-ma-am #business

The healthy life: It’s not just about losing the weight; it’s about losing the mentality that got you there. ↗

— Steve Maraboli

#choice #healthy #life #losing-weight #change

I'm afraid of heights. Not unreasonably, but rationally afraid of heights. I think everyone is. ↗

— Joe Rogan

#everyone #heights #i #i think #rationally

I am like a freight train. Working on the details, twisting them and playing with them over the years, but always staying on the same track. ↗

— Valentino Garavani

#am #details #freight #i #i am

But if you pick up every other magazine, it is the peanut butter diet, or the cabbage soup diet, and then you go to the radio and you hear that you can drink some solution and you will lose weight overnight. It just does not work that way! ↗

— Richard Simmons

#cabbage #diet #does #drink #every