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My longing to improve my looks via The Body Shop is being replaced by my longing to improve my looks via Photoshop. ↗

— Gina Barreca

#body #body shop #improve #longing #looks

There is no fundamental difference between the preparation for death and the practice of dying, and spiritual practice leading to enlightenment. ↗

— Stanislav Grof

#death #difference #dying #enlightenment #fundamental

As mayor, I'm in the frying pan. I'm just sitting here on the griddle now, and I've got to really think, you know, do I want to stay here on the griddle? ↗

— Anthony A. Williams

#got #here #i #just #know

If I weren't earning $3 million a year to dunk a basketball, most people on the street would run in the other direction if they saw me coming. ↗

— Charles Barkley

#basketball #coming #direction #dunk #earning

Look, I'm in the top 20 of players who ever lived. ↗

— Charles Barkley

#i #lived #look #players #top

You really should not do this job unless you're willing to put in that enormous amount of effort. You should not do the job unless you're willing to take risks. And you shouldn't do the job unless you're willing to lose the job, too. ↗

— Anthony A. Williams

#effort #enormous #job #lose #put

No. There is no balance, and no retribution, and no rules. The rules and balances you blather about are hopeful creations of a man fearing death. ↗

— Dave Eggers

#death #god #life #death

If you wish to stand and progress as you ought, hold yourself an exile and a pilgrim on the earth. ↗

— Thomas à Kempis

#religion

I can't comprehend that I'm in the film of 'Les Miserables.' It's one of those dreams I thought would be unattainable for someone like me, who came from nowhere. ↗

— Samantha Barks

#comprehend #dreams #film #i #les

I like to scare myself and throw myself off the deep end. ↗

— Samantha Barks

#deep end #end #i #like #myself