“I often find myself worrying about celebrities. It's an entirely caring thing; it's not like the people who commission those photographs with cruel arrows to go on the covers of the celebrity magazines. The photographs show botched plastic surgery, raging eczema, weight gain and horrible clothes for maximum schadenfreude.” PeopleShowsWorryGoes OnClothesGainsWeightPhotographCaringRageHorribleMagazinesPlasticSurgeryMaximumArrowsPlastic SurgerySchadenfreudeEczema Author:Peter York
“Our whole life can go on in observation of the laws of nature, if we gain dominion over our desires from the beginning and if we do not kill, by various means of a perverse art, the human offspring, born according to the designs of divine providence; for these women who, in order to hide their immorality, use abortive drugs which expel the child completely dead, abort at the same time their own human feelings.” IfsHumansMeanChildrenArtWholeUseFeelingsLawDesireOrderBornDesignDivineGoes OnDrugGainsVariousWhole LifeObservationProvidenceLaws Of NatureDominionOffspringImmoralityDivine Providence Author:Clement of Alexandria
“First of my own personal requirements is inner calm. This, I think, is an essential. One of the secrets of using your time well is to gain a certain ability to maintain peace within yourself so that much can go on around you and you can stay calm inside.” ThinkingFirstsWellsCertainMy OwnAbilitySecretGoes OnEssentialsGainsCalmRequirementsPeace WithinStay Calm Book:You learn by living Source: You learn by living
“I've talked to a number of actors who have gained weight for roles, and just the sheer physical toll it puts on one's knees and shoulders - no one wants to do it again. I'm 57 and I don't think I'm going to take on any job or go on vacation again and see to it that I can gain 30 pounds.” ThinkingWantI CanJobsActorsNumbersRolesGoes OnGainsWeightShouldersKneesPoundsVacationSheerTolls Author:Tom Hanks
“For of course one is never safe when in love. Growth is demanding and may seem dangerous, for there is loss as well as gain in growth. But why go on living if one has ceased to grow? And what more demanding atmosphere for growth than love in any form, than any relationship which can call out and requires of us our most secret and deepest selves?” IfsWellsMaySelfSeemsFormCoursesGrowsGrowthLossSecretDangerousGoes OnSafeGainsAtmosphere Book:Journal of a Solitude Source: Journal of a Solitude
“As your life goes on you should gain a deeper understanding of the world and the people moving through it; but that might be asking too much.” PeopleWorldShouldMightMovingUnderstandingToo MuchGoes OnGainsAskingDeeperLife Goes OnDeeper UnderstandingAsking Too Much Author:James Scott
“What I need is courage, and this often fails me. And it is also a fact that since my disease, when I am in the fields I am overwhelmed by a feeling of loneliness to such a horrible extent that I shy away from going out. But this will change all the same as time goes on. Only when I stand a painting before my easel do I feel somewhat alive. Never mind, this is going to change too, for now my health is so good that I suppose the physical part of me will gain the victory.” NeedsFeelsMindFactsFeelingsAliveFailingLonelinessFieldsPaintingGoes OnVictoryDiseaseGainsHorribleShyGoing OutOverwhelmedTime Goes On Book:Van Gogh, letters from Provence Source: Van Gogh, letters from Provence
“Statistically, if you have ever dieted you are extremely likely not only to regain any weight you lose, but to go on to gain even more. Dieting makes you fat.” IfsLosesGoes OnGainsWeightFatsDieting Author:Arabella Weir