Dressed Up Quotes - Page 6

• But boys will be boys, even the ones who are only girls dressed up: That's one of the rules of the world.

  Philip Reeve

  Girl, Boys, World

  Philip Reeve (2008). “Here Lies Arthur”

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• In high school I spent most of my time in jeans and T-shirts or Juicy sweats. We're such a laid-back town. I mean, people wore bikinis under their clothes half the time, so you didn't really get dressed up to go to school.

  Lauren Conrad

  School, Mean, Jeans

  "Lauren Conrad" by Dan Today, www.seventeen.com. September 29, 2007.

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• It's going to take generations of gay people marrying before these things start to feel natural. We haven't had it long enough to remake it as our own, so it does feel like you're getting dressed up in straight drag to do it.

  Dan Savage

  Gay, Long, People

  "Marriage can be right for us all, says Dan Savage. But let's not get carried away with monogamy" by Wyatt Buchanan, www.sfgate.com. October 21, 2005.

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• Doctors, dressed up in one professional costume or another, have been in busy practice since the earliest records of every culture on earth. It is hard to think of a more dependable or enduring occupation, harder still to imagine any future events leading to its extinction.

  Lewis Thomas

  Thinking, Doctors, Practice

  Lewis Thomas (1996). “Fragile Species”, p.7, Simon and Schuster

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• Actually, orcas aren't quite as complex as scientists imagine. Most killer whales are just four tons of doofus dressed up like a police car.

  Christopher Moore

  Whales, Car, Police

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• The imaginations of believers have dressed up and exaggerated the excellence of the style and matter of the New Testament generally, in the same manner, in which they have the moral instructions of Jesus.

  Lysander Spooner

  Jesus, Imagination, Style

  Lysander Spooner (1971). “The collected works of Lysander Spooner”

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• I love getting dressed up and having someone do my make-up and feeling pretty.

  Amanda Peet

  Feelings, Feeling Pretty, Getting Dressed

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I do love getting dressed up, but sometimes it's glam and edgy mixed together.

  Victoria Justice

  Together, Edginess, Sometimes

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• Coming from Haiti and growing up in Brooklyn, there's a lot of European influence when I get dressed up. I wear a lot of fitted suits, elegant cuts; I think it's cool to mash up a lot of different looks.

  Wyclef Jean

  Growing Up, Cutting, Thinking

  Interview with Ben Clymer, www.askmen.com.

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• I love getting dressed up, but I want to be remembered for my singing.

  Jessie J

  Singing, Want, Remembered

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Don't ever know who you may meet, or just because a person may not be dressed up all fancy, don't mean they're not an important person. You just don't ever know who you're gonna meet in life. So that's why I look at everybody as equal. Can't just judge. I treat everybody with respect. Every man.

  Floyd Mayweather, Jr.

  Mean, Men, Judging

  "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

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• I love getting dressed up doing the whole premiere look.

  Josh Hutcherson

  Looks, Premieres, Whole

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• I really hate the duties of being a celebrity, like getting dressed up for the red carpet.

  America Ferrera

  Hate, Red, Fame

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• I am a bundle of nerves dressed up to look like a man!

  Wilkie Collins

  Men, Nerves, Looks

  Wilkie Collins (2013). “The Woman in White”, p.276, Courier Corporation

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• God is universal," spluttered the priest. The imam nodded strong approval. "There is only one God." "And with their one god Muslims are always causing troubles and provoking riots. The proof of how bad Islam is, is how uncivilized Muslims are,: pronounced the pandit. "Says the slave-driver of the cast system," huffed the imam. "Hindus enslave people and worship dressed-up dolls." "They are golden calf lovers. They kneel before the cows," the priest chimed in. "While Christians kneel before a white man! They are flunkies of a foreign god. They are nightmare of all nonwhite people.

  Yann Martel

  Christian, Strong, Men

  Yann Martel (2009). “Life of Pi”, p.75, Vintage Canada

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• American long for a closed society in which everything can be bought, where laborers are either hidden away or dressed up as nonhumans, so as not to be disconcerting. This place is called Disney World

  Adam Gopnik

  Long, World, Laborers

  Adam Gopnik (2000). “Paris to the Moon”, Random House Incorporated

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• But twice-two-makes-four is for all that a most insupportable thing. Twice-two-makes-four is, in my humble opinion, nothing but a piece of impudence. Twice-two-makes-four is a farcical, dressed-up fellow who stands across your path with arms akimbo and spits at you.

  Fyodor Dostoevsky

  Humble, Math, Two

  Fyodor Dostoevsky (2012). “The Best Short Stories of Fyodor Dostoevsky”, p.124, Modern Library

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• I discovered cosplay because I was going to an anime convention and did some research, and found out people dressed up as characters. I made a very badly put-together costume because I felt this desire to dress up.

  Yaya Han

  Character, Anime, People

  "Cosplay's Wonder Woman: Yaya Han Leads 'Heroes Of Cosplay'". Interview with Aaron Sagers, www.mtv.com. August 13, 2013.

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• I'm actually most comfortable when I'm in a bikini, running around on the beach, like, no makeup. It's really free-feeling, whereas I'm always having to get dressed up and putting makeup on.

  Ashley Tisdale

  Running, Beach, Makeup

  "Ashley Tisdale Declines Zac Efron's Invitations To Work Out". Interview with Amy Odell, www.buzzfeed.com. May 16, 2013.

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• We are slowed down sound and light waves, a walking bundle of frequencies tuned into the cosmos. We are souls dressed up in sacred biochemical garments and our bodies are the instruments through which our souls play their music.

  Albert Einstein

  Play, Light, Soul

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• I've always worn a lot of Ralph Lauren, and plaid shirts in general have been a signature piece for me. With plaid, you can look super-relaxed or you can look a bit dressed up.

  Avicii

  Signatures, Looks, Pieces

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Girls like to see girls dressed up like princesses occasionally.

  Nelly

  Girl, Princess

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• My favorite thing about doing photo shoots is just being able to have fun, meeting new people, getting dressed up, and I just love doing it. So, I have a lot of fun.

  Kendall Jenner

  Fun, People, Able

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• "Do you remember back at the hotel when you promised that if we lived, you’d get dressed up in a nurse’s outfit and give me a sponge bath?" "Actually, I think you misheard," Clary said. "It was Simon who promised you the sponge bath." "As soon as I’m back on my feet, handsome," "I knew we should have left you a rat," said Jace.

  Cassandra Clare

  Humor, Should Have, Feet

  "City of Bones". Book by Cassandra Clare, March 27, 2007.

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• I'm a mom, so I have to be comfortable. Jeans are a staple - I have way too many in my closet! It's warm in Florida, so I wear jeans and a tank top every day. I love my True Religions, my Rich and Skinny, and Citizens of Humanity. But I also love getting dressed up!

  Candace Cameron

  Mom, Mother, Florida

  "Candace Cameron Bure: 'When I Was 17'". Interview with Julie Miller, www.seventeen.com. September 18, 2009.

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