“New Haven cultivates ... an open gloom that seems happy to acknowledge disrepair and the superfluity of appearance. ... I realized that what cramped the town was the weight of unwritten volumes: they scored lines of unfinished writing on every second face that walked the streets.” WritingSeemsFacesLinesCitiesStreetsHavensWeightTownsAppearanceI RealizedAcknowledgeVolumeGloomUnfinishedEvery SecondUnwritten Author:Sara Suleri
“I couldn't portray a women in all her natural loveliness.. I haven't the skill. No one has. I must, therefore, create a new sort of beauty, the beauty that appears to me in terms of volume of line, of mass, of weight, and through that beauty interpret my subjective impression. Nature is mere a pretext for decorative composition, plus sentiment. It suggests emotion, and I translate that emotion into art. I want to express the absolute, not merely the factitious woman.” WantArtTermNaturalLinesEmotionHavensSkillsMassWeightAbsolutesMereImpressionPlusSentimentsTranslateVolumeCompositionSubjectiveLovelinessPretext Book:Georges Braque Source: Georges Braque
“One year you go in for auditions, and everybody thinks you're the queen of comedy, and the next year, you're so 'yesterday,' and it's not because you've done anything, or your ability has changed; you haven't been in work because you've been putting on weight and then trying to lose it.” ThinkingTryingYearsDoneNextLosesAbilityComedyHavensChangedWeightYesterdayQueensAuditionsNext Year Author:Sally Phillips
“I keep my weight low, although you need to be able to move your weight around the race car to change the balance. I'm 6ft and I'm 70kg so I haven't much fat on me.” NeedsAbleMovingRaceCarHavensBalanceLowsWeightFatsRace Car Author:Jenson Button
“When I started singing, I weighed 153 pounds. I weigh 184 now. I haven't gotten any taller, but I'm putting on a little more weight.” LittlesHavensSingingWeightPounds Author:Elvis Presley
“It's almost obscene when you see people who haven't matured, who haven't changed, who don't have the weight of years on them. So that's interesting to me - to think about playing him into the future, anew.” PeopleThinkingYearsInterestingHavensChangedWeightObsceneMatured Author:David Duchovny
“In China, because China is gaining wealth, rice consumption is way down. Rice is a poor person's food, and they're eating less of it. To wait in line at a fast food chain is cool. And they haven't historically had weight problems. So they don't have this culture of, "I need to lose weight."” WayNeedsPersonsProblemCultureWaitingLosesLinesWealthPoorHavensEatingWeightChinaChainsConsumptionRiceFast FoodLose WeightFood ChainWeight ProblemsEating Less Author:Neal Barnard
“Quit thinking about your weight and start thinking about your worth and who you are and what you haven't done yet. What you want to accomplish.” ThinkingWantDoneHavensWeightWho You AreAccomplishWhat You WantQuittingThinking About You Author:Sally Field
“Years ago, it was easier to make new things than it is now. The weight of experience weighs heavily, and the expectations; everybody wants to see something they haven't seen before. Now, with social media, with too much information, with the speed of information - all that is making it harder and harder to realize the objective.” WantYearsSocialRealizingToo MuchMediaHavensInformationEasierExpectationsYears AgoWeightHarderSocial MediaSpeedObjectivesNew ThingsToo Much Information Author:Rei Kawakubo