#lt

At least a third of a woman's life is marked with aging; about a third of her body is made of fat. Both symbols are being transformed into operable condition--so that women will only feel healthy if we are two thirds of the women we could be. How can an "ideal" be about women if it is defined as how much of a female sexual characteristic does not show on her body, and how much of a female life does not show on her face? ↗

— Naomi Wolf

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

If there is a ground zero in the cultural wars, it is Missouri, a state where pro-life groups are strong and well organized and their agenda dominates local politics. ↗

— Eleanor Clift

#cultural #dominates #ground #ground zero #groups

So far, and today, everything felt really great. Now I am good to get on the plane and fly to Australia. ↗

— Kim Clijsters

#australia #everything #far #felt #fly

My two secrets to staying healthy: wash your hands all the time. And, if you can't, use Purell or one of the sanitizers. And the other is hot peppers. I eat a lot of hot peppers. I for some reason started doing that in 1992, and I swear by it. ↗

— Hillary Clinton

#eat #hands #healthy #hot #i

V-Day…if you need this one day in a year to show everyone else you truly care for “your loved one” I think it’s quite stupid. I hate this commercialism. It’s all artificial, and has nothing to do with real love. ↗

— Jess C. Scott

#books #cool #culture #desire #emotion

It is very difficult for girls. They're told to look one way, but to act another way. ↗

— Glenn Close

#another #another way #difficult #look #told

They say Rome wasn't built in a day, but I wasn't on that particular job. ↗

— Brian Clough

#day #i #job #particular #rome

Democrats believe we must have comprehensive health care reform that includes giving the federal government authority to negotiate lower prices with drug companies. ↗

— Jim Clyburn

#believe #care #companies #comprehensive #democrats

I'm famous by default. I came out of the womb, and people wanted to know who I was because of my parents. ↗

— Frances Bean Cobain

#came #default #famous #i #i came

I think in the wake of Katrina, the Coast Guard may well have been the only entity or agency that came out of that exercise free of fault and free of blame. ↗

— Howard Coble

#been #blame #came #coast #coast guard