#y

You do it a day at a time. You write as well as you can, you put it in the mail, you leave it under submission, you never leave it at home. ↗

— James Lee Burke

#home #leave #mail #never #put

Dignity belongs to the conquered. ↗

— Kenneth Burke

#conquered #dignity

Beauty is about finding the right fit, the most natural fit. To be perfect, you have to feel perfect about yourself — avoid trying to be someone you’re not. ↗

— Rick Riordan

#beauty #love #beauty

Apollo Records signed me for my gospel ability. ↗

— Solomon Burke

#apollo #gospel #me #records #signed

The secret was to just be cool, stay in God's graces, and work it out. ↗

— Solomon Burke

#god #graces #just #just be #out

We had some problems - my children were kidnapped during that time, and it just changed my whole way of thinking, from being in show business and everything else. ↗

— Solomon Burke

#business #changed #children #during #else

Beauty' is a currency system like the gold standard. Like any economy, it is determined by politics, and in the modern age in the West is is the last, best belief system that keeps male dominance intact. ↗

— Naomi Wolf

#beauty #body-image #eating-disorders #self-esteem #society

I don't have false teeth. Do you think I'd buy teeth like these? ↗

— Carol Burnett

#false #i #like #teeth #these

My grandmother and I followed my mother here, to a house a block north of Hollywood Boulevard but a million miles away from Hollywood, if you know what I mean. We would hang out behind the ropes and look at the movie stars arriving at the premieres. ↗

— Carol Burnett

#away #behind #block #boulevard #followed

As far as sitcoms go, I thought Jenna Elfman in 'Dharma and Greg' was a wonderful physical comedienne who had great timing. ↗

— Carol Burnett

#dharma #far #go #great #greg