#eight

I don't always set stories in villages, more often in towns. But always in smallish communities because the characters' actions are more visible there, and the dramatic tension is heightened. ↗

— Joanna Trollope

#always #because #characters #communities #dramatic

I think if you were to really peek under the hood of what got Aerosmith back again for our second life in the Eighties, you'll find out that it's exactly this, it's the willingness to take a risk. ↗

— Steven Tyler

#again #back #eighties #exactly #find

I could never gain much weight. I've always had a fast metabolism. ↗

— Marc Wallice

#could #fast #gain #had #i

He[Crystal's father] had found my height amusing, referring to me as his "little girl" at every opportunity even though I could see the bald patch on top of his head fringed by curls when we stood side by side. ↗

— Joss Stirling

#funny-humour #height #joss #sterling #tall

Get off the scale! You are a beautiful person. Your beauty, just like your capacity for life, happiness, love and success, is immeasurable. Day after day, countless people across this planet get on a scale in search of validation of who they are. Get off the scale! I have yet to see a scale that can tell you how shiny your eyes are, how wonderful your hair looks when the sun shines, how contagious your smile is, how caring your heart is or how deep is your soul. Get off the scale! I have yet to see a scale that can admire you or thank you for your compassion, sense of humor, kindness, your sincere advice, your patience, or your perseverance when challenged in life. Get off the scale! The scale can only give you a numerical reflection of your relationship with gravity. That’s it. It cannot measure beauty, talent, purpose, energy, possibilities, capabilities, abilities, strength, faith or hope. Don’t give the scale more power than it deserves. Take note of the number if you must. Then, get off the scale, smile and go live your life fully, as it was meant to be lived... ↗

— José N. Harris

#weight #beauty

It's really unfair to working women in America who read celebrity news and think, 'Why can't I lose weight when I've had a baby?' Well, everyone you're reading about has money for a trainer and a chef. That doesn't make it realistic. ↗

— Rachel Zoe

#america #baby #celebrity #chef #everyone

Dieting is the most potent political sedative in women's history; a quietly mad population is a tractable one. ↗

— Naomi Wolf

#body-image #culture #dieting #eating-disorders #society

If women cannot eat the same food as men, we cannot experience equal status in the community. ↗

— Naomi Wolf

#body-image #culture #eating-disorders #thinness #weight

I’ve been chained to my bathroom scale for two decades now. I’ve used the number on my scale to tell me if I’m valuable or not. I’ve let the number on my scale destroy many beautiful opportunities in my life such as scheduling family photos, having fun at the beach, or giving myself 100% in intimacy. I’ve let the number on the scale tell me if I should be confident in who I am. I’ve let the number on the scale tell me if I am worthy of kind thoughts from others. Ultimately, I’ve always let some ridiculous number on the bathroom scale tell me whether or not I should love myself. ↗

— Dan Pearce

#body-image #fitness #goals #life #weight

Body acceptance means, as much as possible, approving of and loving your body, despite its “imperfections”, real or perceived. That means accepting that your body is fatter than some others, or thinner than some others, that your eyes are a little crooked, that you have a disability that makes walking difficult, that you have health concerns that you have to deal with — but that all of that doesn’t mean that you need to be ashamed of your body or try to change it. Body acceptance allows for the fact that there is a diversity of bodies in the world, and that there’s no wrong way to have one. ↗

— Golda Poretsky

#body-image #fat #inspirational #weight #change