#elle

My mother was the most beautiful woman I ever saw. All I am I owe to my mother. I attribute all my success in life to the moral, intellectual and physical education I received from her. ↗

— George Washington

#am #attribute #beautiful #beautiful woman #education

I admit that the eyes of the intellectually and culturally lively tend to glaze over at the mere mention of sociology, often with ample justification. ↗

— Richard Wall

#ample #culturally #eyes #i #intellectually

An intellectual is someone who has found something more interesting than sex. ↗

— Edgar Wallace

#intellectual #interesting #more #sex #someone

I met all these important people and did all these stories, but I always had such excellent producers and assistants. I could show up to interview a world leader or a criminal and they would have things so well prepared anyone could have done it. It wasn't about 'me,' it was about 'us.' ↗

— Mike Wallace

#always #anyone #assistants #could #criminal

I wanted to define the vocabulary of a wedding both visually and intellectually. The book is about more than weddings or wedding dresses. It's a metaphor for women's lives, their creativity. ↗

— Vera Wang

#book #both #creativity #define #dresses

Michelle Pfeiffer hasn't been finding a lot of work recently because she doesn't like what a woman her age is offered. That's a real double standard. You get Sean Connery, who gets older and older, still playing opposite young ladies, but it doesn't work the other way around. ↗

— Denzel Washington

#around #because #been #connery #double

The only hope of socialism resides in those who have already brought about in themselves, as far as is possible in the society of today, that union between manual and intellectual labor which characterizes the society we are aiming at. ↗

— Simone Weil

#aiming #already #as far as #between #brought

I've become wary of interviews in which you're forced to go back over the reasons why you made certain decisions. You tend to rationalize what you've done, to intellectually review a process that is often intuitive. ↗

— Peter Weir

#become #certain #decisions #done #forced

If you write chick lit, and if you're a New Yorker, and if your book becomes the topic of pop-culture fascination, the paper might make dismissive and ignorant mention of your book. If you write romance, forget about it. You'll be lucky if they spell your name right on the bestseller list. ↗

— Jennifer Weiner

#becomes #bestseller #book #chick #fascination

I'm a storyteller, I'm an actor, an entertainer. ↗

— Rachel Weisz

#entertainer #i #storyteller