“Who can now deny the loss of natural light, of skin tones, of real place, and common but precious things in our movies, to be replaced by the gorgeous imagery of things that have never been and never will be? The most special effect in movies is always the human face when its mind is being changed.” MindHumansRealLightFilmFacesNaturalLossCommonSpecialEffectsChangedHollywoodSkinsDenyToneReplacedGorgeousImagerySpecial EffectsPrecious ThingsHuman FacesNatural LightSkin Tone Author:Edward Jay Epstein
“These people were well dressed in skins, had some guns, but armed generally with bows and arrows and such other instruments of war as are common among the Indians of the Missouri.” PeopleWellsWarCommonGunSkinsInstrumentsIndianBowsArrowsMissouriWell DressedBows And Arrows Author:William Henry Ashley
“Because 98 percent of our ideas are not great ideas, or everyone would be a billionaire. So yeah. That's something people have had a lot of experience in: being told our idea is bad or our performance is bad. I think that's the one common thread between all working actors is that they have a pretty thick skin - or you'd like to hope. You're used to rejection, that's for sure.” PeopleThinkingIdeasWould BeUsedActorsCommonPercentSkinsPerformancesYeahRejectionThickThreadGreat IdeaBillionaireThick SkinCommon Threads Author:Dax Shepard
“I'm the type of individual that I enjoy watching any different cultural lives, and I see the common humanity even though the hair textures are different or the skin tones are varied.” DifferentHumanityIndividualEnjoyCommonHairTypeSkinsToneTextureCommon HumanitySkin Tone Author:Angela Bassett
“Because of all the cosmetic services like skin whitening and hair bleaching, there is a lot that people can do to change their appearance without having actual surgery. It's quite common in Thailand and Korea and Japan.” PeopleCan DoCommonHairSkinsAppearanceJapanSurgeryKoreaCosmeticsThailandBleachingWhitening Author:Jess Row
“Ironically, there is a history of black/Irish communion here in the states; Irish and African American brothers and sisters have often found common cause in fighting the bigotry both communities faced earlier in the 20th century. However, white skin privilege among the Irish separated them from blacks, who had no such advantage to fall back upon. The solution is to fight bigotry and racism wherever they appear, and to root out the forces of oppression as conscientiously as possible.” FallFightingBlackCommunityCommonBrotherRacismSolutionsSkinsOppressionAfrican AmericanBigotryCommunion20th CenturyBrothers And SistersFall Back Author:Michael Eric Dyson
“Beauty is only skin deep. If you go after someone just because she's beautiful but don't have anything to talk about, it's going to get boring fast. You want to look beyond the surface and see if you can have fun or if you have anything in common with this person.” IfsWantLooksPersonsBeautifulFunCommonBeautySkinsBoringSurfaceHaving FunSkin DeepBeauty Is Skin DeepBeauty Is Only Skin DeepBeauty Skin Deep Author:Amanda Peet
“Curse him for being all tight muscle, with ivory skin and a mouth as soft as rose petals. Curse him for having hair as fair as the sun, and eyes as black as night. Curse him for having the grace of a cat and deft, cool hands. And now I am having the same argument on paper that I have in my own head on too many nights. I know my choice is sensible, but it isn't my common sense I think with, those times Rosto's stolen a kiss from me.” ThinkingKnowsHandsEyeNightChoicesBlackMy OwnCommonSunGraceHairKissingPaperMouthsFairsArgumentCatSkinsRoseCommon SenseCurseMusclesSensibleStolenPetalsIvoryRose Petals Author:Tamora Pierce