“Not getting girls is the story of my life. I have always had a bit of a tough time with the ladies. I don't know whether it's that I don't have game or just don't feel comfortable in my own skin, but females pick up on that.” KnowsFeelsStoriesGirlGamesBitsMy OwnComfortablePicksToughFemaleSkinsTough TimesStory Of My Life Author:Josh Peck
“Probably if half a kilogram [of radium] were in a bottle on that table it would kill us all. It would almost certainly destroy our sight and burn our skins to such an extent that we could not survive. The smallest bit placed on one's arm would produce a blister which it would need months to heal.” IfsNeedsScienceBitsHalfProduceArmsMonthsDestructionSkinsSightTablesHealBottlesSmallestBlisters Author:William Crookes
“I lost quite a bit of skin on the left side of my body and sustained some deep cuts in my hand and around my knee, but the doctors were able to stitch it all back together. Luckily I didn't hurt my shoulder but I'm now at the point where the only thing on my body which isn't hurting is my bad shoulder.” BodyHandsAbleTogetherLostLeftBitsSidesHurtCuttingDoctorsSkinsShouldersKneesBack TogetherStitches Author:Jens Voigt
“Ah, the feeling you get holding a diamond in your hand! It seems to bore into your skin, to burn, to breathe. It's like holding a bit of the moon in your hand.” FeelingsHandsSeemsBitsMoonSkinsBreatheDiamondBoresJewels Author:Anna Magnani
“Jim Grimsley's unflinching self-examination of his own boyhood racial prejudices during the era of school desegregation is one of the most compelling memoirs of recent years. Vivid, precise, and utterly honest, How I Shed My Skin is a time-machine of sorts, a reminder that our past is every bit as complex as our present, and that broad cultural changes are often intimate, personal, and idiosyncratic.” YearsSelfSchoolPastBitsHonestSkinsMachinesPrejudiceComplexesMemoirErasIntimateBroadsShedCompellingOur PastPreciseRemindersVividExaminationBoyhoodRacial PrejudiceTime MachineSelf-examinationCultural Change Author:Dinty W. Moore
“Of course, like any woman, I look in the mirror and think, 'Oh, wouldn't I look better with a bit of Botox?' But you've got to find comfort in your own skin. I've watched women stretch themselves year after year until their faces are no longer recognisable.” ThinkingYearsLooksFacesCoursesBitsComfortSkinsMirrorsBotox Author:Amanda Donohoe
“When I was shooting a movie in Montreal, it was freezing. If you take a little bit of Aquaphor and dab it on your face, it keeps your skin looking fresh. I dubbed it Aqua For Everything.” IfsLittlesFacesBitsLittle BitSkinsShootingYour FaceFreezingMontrealAquaDabs Author:Lucy Liu
“People are incredibly literal sometimes in how they view you. You have dark hair and pale skin? You must be brooding. The second you dye your hair blond and get a spray tan, people treat you as if you're a bit stupider and happier.” PeopleIfsSometimesBitsDarkViewsHairSkinsTreatsPaleLiteralSprayBroodingDark HairPale Skin Author:Anna Paquin
“All women have a complicated relationship to beauty, but as a transgender woman it's a bit more complicated. There's a lot of pressure to appear feminine. When I was younger, I was most insecure about my size, my angular features, my feet, my hands . At the end of the day, it's about being comfortable in your own skin, and being able to walk down the street and not have people question your gender - and, for me, being perceived as a woman.” PeopleEndsHandsAbleBitsWalksFeetStreetsComfortableSkinsPressureSizeComplicatedGenderFeaturesThe End Of The DayFeminineInsecureTransgenderComplicated RelationshipComfortable In Your Own Skin Author:Andrej Pejic
“I would say I spend about an hour a day cleansing and moisturising after all of the make-up I've worn on jobs, and on weekends I tend to go bare-faced to give my skin a bit of a break.” GivingJobsBitsHoursBreakSkinsWeekendWornCleansing Author:Poppy Delevingne
“There are moments when it's unbelievable how people who work on the hair or on the little bit of skin here, they have no other care or interest since this part of their job is the only thing that needs to look good. So you have to push everybody to the side so that you can have a connection with your actor and give some air to your actor.” PeopleNeedsGivingLooksLittlesMomentsCareJobsActorsBitsSidesInterestAirHairLittle BitConnectionsSkinsUnbelievable Author:Audrey Tautou