#rid

She tried to remind herself that beauty was only skin deep, but that didn't offer any helpful excuses when she was berating herself for never knowing what to say to people. There was nothing more depressing than an ugly girl with no personality. It hurts, because deep inside, she knew who she was, and that person was smart and kind and often very funny, but somehow her personality always got lost somewhere between her heart and her mouth, and she found herself saying the wrong thing or, more often, nothing at all. ↗

— Julia Quinn

#personality #self-esteem #beauty

I got kind of burned out, so I moved to Florida. I was down there for 10 or 12 years, raising children. ↗

— Lee Majors

#children #down #florida #got #i

Prejudices are not easily got rid of as an old coat which is no longer thought of. ↗

— Nicolas Malebranche

#easily #got #longer #old #prejudices

There is nothing I fear more than waking up without a program that will help me bring a little happiness to those with no resources, those who are poor, illiterate, and ridden with terminal disease. ↗

— Nelson Mandela

#disease #fear #happiness #help #i

So instead of beating myself up for being fat, I think it's a miracle that I laugh every day and walk through my life with pride, because our culture is unrelenting when it comes to large people. ↗

— Camryn Manheim

#because #being #comes #culture #day

Think about it: Look at the strides of awareness and treatment and tests that women have had with breast cancer, that the gay community has had with AIDS, because they're active and they talk about it. ↗

— Herbie Mann

#active #aids #awareness #because #breast cancer

Generosity during life is a very different thing from generosity in the hour of death; one proceeds from genuine liberality and benevolence, the other from pride or fear. ↗

— Horace Mann

#death #different #different thing #during #fear

That's a difficult question, because to consider yourself a rebel is sort of ridiculous. ↗

— Shirley Manson

#consider #difficult #question #rebel #ridiculous

I have a ridiculous fear of sharks but I'd jump in the water in a second for an amazing role. ↗

— Kate Mara

#fear #i #jump #ridiculous #role

The problem is that they are all stars at Madrid. You need someone to carry the water to the well. ↗

— Diego Maradona

#madrid #need #problem #someone #stars