Fats Quotes - Page 37

• My act is sort of improvisational. I have a skeleton in my head, but no fat or skin on it.

  Paula Poundstone

  Skeletons, Skins

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• This country is so urbanized we think low-fat milk comes from cows on Nutri/System weight-loss plans.

  P. J. O'Rourke

  Funny, Country, Humorous

  P. J. O'Rourke (2015). “Thrown Under the Omnibus: A Reader”, p.252, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

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• Well, as a short-story writer, I don't think there are any weaknesses to the genre itself. I guess I would say that the difficulty of the form is that one must create an entire world in five to 30 pages, as opposed to 300. There is very little room for fat - you must be economical. And you must begin as close to the end as you possibly can.

  ZZ Packer

  Writing, Thinking, Weakness

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• I'm sorry to say my dear wife is a dreamer, and as she dreams she gets paler and leaner. Then be off to your Dream, with his fly-away hat, I stay with the girls who are happy and fat.

  Stevie Smith

  Marriage, Girl, Dream

  Stevie Smith, James MacGibbon (1983). “Collected Poems”, p.190, New Directions Publishing

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• Litigation only makes lawyers fat.

  Wilbur Smith

  Law, Lawyer

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• David Lynch came out of it a genius, and I came out of it a fat girl. I'm sorry that the only comment I get about the part is the way I look. Commenting on the critics' response to her performance in Blue Velvet

  Isabella Rossellini

  Girl, Sorry, Blue

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• Fat is a social disease, and fat is a feminist issue.

  Susie Orbach

  Issues, Feminist, Disease

  Susie Orbach (1988). “Fat is a Feminist Issue ...: How to Lose Weight Permanently - Without Dieting”, Hutchinson

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• Fat people are so rarely included in visual culture that fat is perceived as a blot on the landscape of sleek and slim.

  Susie Orbach

  People, Culture, Landscape

  "Fat is a prejudice issue" by Susie Orbach, www.theguardian.com. May 3, 2012.

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• Our idea of a healthy body is so destabilised that insecure people have come to bolster their own bodies by deeming others - those with fat bodies - less worthy, less capable and less employable.

  Susie Orbach

  Insecure, Ideas, People

  "'Bodies are a big business'". Interview with Julia Korbik, www.theeuropean-magazine.com. December 29, 2014.

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• The wealth and prosperity of the country are only the comeliness of the body, the fullness of the flesh and fat; but the spirit is independent of them; it requires only muscle, bone and nerve for the true exercise of its functions. We cannot lose our liberty, because we cannot cease to think.

  Humphry Davy

  Country, Independent, Exercise

  Sir Humphry Davy, John Davy (1839). “The Collected Works of Sir Humphry Davy, Bart. ...: Memoirs of the life of Sir Humphry Davy, by his brother, John Davy”, p.150

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• Some things are worth the fat and calories, although I have to watch it like a hawk.

  Megyn Kelly

  Hawks, Watches, Calories

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• If I'm two pounds heavier, I'm fat. If I'm skinnier, I'm sick. It's ridiculous. And that's not coming from agents or designers.

  Alessandra Ambrosio

  Two, Sick, Agents

  WWD Interview, wwd.com. March 15, 2010.

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• I was a fat girl growing up and had to change schools because kids were so mean.

  Sara Bareilles

  Girl, Growing Up, School

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

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• I always recommend a sensible diet, including lots of carbohydrates and avoiding too much fat. Dancers don't need different fuel from other people - they just need more of it because they use more energy.

  Deborah Bull

  People, Dancer, Energy

  "Nutrition" by Kate Smith, www.ascendingstardance.com.

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• I hope I look skinnier in 3D. I hope I don't look three times as fat. That'll be disappointing.

  Kathy Bates

  Three, Looks, Disappointing

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• I get up between 6:30 and 8 am. I used to make a cup of coffee first thing, but now I have warm water with a bit of lemon juice in it. I've cut down on things as I was getting fat.

  Melvin Burgess

  Coffee, Cutting, Water

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• I do fat people and these makeups are really hard to do, but I want to make monster movies.

  Rick Baker

  Makeup, People, Want

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• I mean, part of me would love to be a fat tenured professor of theater someday.

  Darren Criss

  Mean, Someday, Theater

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• I am going to confront the old-fashioned negative thinking which says that all government needs to do to generate growth is cut worker and environmental protections, cut taxes on the rich and stroke 'fat cats' until they purr with pleasure. I'm completely repudiating the idea that government has to get out of the way.

  Vince Cable

  Cat, Cutting, Thinking

  "Vince Cable hits out at 'backward' Tory rightwingers" by Patrick Wintour and Nicholas Watt, www.theguardian.com. March 9, 2012.

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• I won't rewrite on set, but I'll just trim the fat.

  Sean Durkin

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

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• If you don't physically age gracefully, it's a bit sad. I think Steven Tyler can get away anything, because he still looks like he did in '73. Especially from row Z backwards in an arena. As long as the Stones keep their hair and don't get fat they'll get away with the wrinkles.

  Joe Elliott

  Thinking, Wrinkles, Hair

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• If you look at the purported dangers of salt or fat, there is no consensus of support in scientific literature. So I would ask first: 'Is it possible to have an informed government that actually follows the science?' From what I've seen, it's not likely.

  Tim Ferriss

  Government, Support, Salt

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• The first thing I would do for anyone who's trying to lose body fat, for instance, would be to remove foods from the house that he or she would consume during lapses of self-control.

  Tim Ferriss

  Self, House, Trying

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• I was a precocious only child, and then I went through a fat, awkward stage for several years, so I learned to fall back on my humor and personality when I was growing up. It's how you survive, so I think it was more of a natural progression for me, developing into comedy.

  Ari Graynor

  Children, Growing Up, Fall

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

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• For breakfast, I always have eggs - whole eggs. I think the fats are really important. I also like turkey bacon and really hearty whole-grain bread. I'm very picky about it. You need bread that's high in fiber and low in carbs. It's hard to find, but it's worth it.

  Summer Glau

  Thinking, Turkeys, Eggs

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

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