#petite

I also get fed up with the fact that casting agents and directors have this impression of me as being frail and petite. I find it very patronizing. I'm quite beefy and strong. I was a gymnast in school and I have lots of muscles. ↗

— Helena Bonham Carter

#also #being #casting #directors #fact

LOVE: A word properly applied to our delight in particular kinds of food; sometimes metaphorically spoken of the favorite objects of all our appetites. ↗

— Henry Fielding

#appetites #applied #delight #favorite #kinds

Any man today who returns from work, sinks into a chair, and calls for his pipe is a man with an appetite for danger. ↗

— Bill Cosby

#appetite #calls #chair #danger #his

China is an old nation with a colourful history. Its booming economy has triggered an appetite and a curiosity around the world for its art and culture, one that continues to grow. I can, however, tell people that it is a show with no actor. ↗

— Ai Weiwei

#appetite #around #art #booming #china

When men take pleasure in feeling their minds elevated with strong drink, and so indulge their appetite as to disorder their understandings, neglect their duty as members of a family or civil society, and cast off all regard to religion, their case is much to be pitied. ↗

— John Woolman

#case #cast #civil #civil society #disorder

The ego lusts for satisfaction. It has a prideful ferocious appetite for its version of "truth". It is the most challenging aspect to conquer; the cause for most spiritual turmoil. ↗

— T.F. Hodge

#challenge #conquer #decision #ego #greed

Play difficult and interesting things. If you play boring things, you risk losing your appetite. Saxophone can be tedious with too much of the same. ↗

— Steve Lacy

#boring #boring things #difficult #interesting #interesting things

Aspiring to a souffle, he achieves a pancake at which the reader saws without much appetite. ↗

— John Leonard

#appetite #aspiring #much #pancake #reader

Although there's a lot of focus on the Lib Dems, we need to keep our eyes on the far right of the Tories, who I suspect will become increasingly impatient in their appetite for tax cuts, deregulation and shrinking the state even further. ↗

— Frances O'Grady

#appetite #become #cuts #deregulation #even

At times he could be very critical. He didn't like prints on me. He didn't like stripes. He didn't like boldness. He said I was petite and that was taking away from my looks. ↗

— Priscilla Presley

#boldness #could #critical #i #like