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“Killing an animal to make a coat is sin. It wasn't meant to be, and we have no right to do it. A woman gains status when she refuses to see anything killed to be put on her back. Then she's truly beautiful.”

Quote by Doris Day

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Doris Day

Doris Day, born on April 3, 1924, is a renowned American actress and singer. Known for her sweet voice and elegant image, she starred in numerous films, including 'Pillow Talk' and 'The Man Who Knew Too Much'. Day achieved great success in her acting career and was nominated for Academy Awards for her outstanding performances. more

“Girls have always been told that their value is tied to their appearance; their accomplishments are always magnified if they're pretty and diminished if they're not. Even worse, some girls get the message that they can get through life relying on just their looks, and then they never develop their minds. [...] Being pretty is fundamentally a passive quality; even what you work at it, you're working at being passive.”

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Book:Stories of Your Life and Others

Source: Stories of Your Life and Others

“Music is nothing else but wild sounds civilized into time and tune.”

Beauty Music

Author:Thomas Fuller

“A noble deed is a dream before it is reality. The oak sleeps in the acorn; the bird waits in the egg; and in the highest vision of the soul, a beautiful world waits to be realized.”

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Book:As a Man Thinketh

Source: As a Man Thinketh

“Without habit, the beauty of the world would overwhelm us. We’d pass out every time we saw— actually saw— a flower. Imagine if we only got to see a cumulonimbus cloud or Cassiopeia or a snowfall once a century: there’d be pandemonium in the streets. People would lie by the thousands in the fields on their backs.”