Flattering Quotes - Page 3

• He that is thy friend indeed, He will help thee in thy need: If thou sorrow, he will weep; If thou wake, he cannot sleep: Thus of every grief in heart He with thee does bear a part. These are certain signs to know Faithful friend from flattering foe.

  William Shakespeare

  Grief, Heart, Sleep

  William Shakespeare (1833). “The plays and poems of William Shakspeare”, p.942

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• I am a huge Eminem fan and find it flattering that he would rap about me. Personally, I'm honored.

  Kim Kardashian

  Rap, Fans, Honored

  "Eminem's Celebrity Targets Respond To 'We Made You' Video" by James Montgomery, www.mtv.com. April 08, 2009.

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• Women think black is the most flattering color, but they're wrong. Pink adds a cosmetic-like radiance and warmth. Black drains the skin of color; pink delights the eye.

  Oscar de la Renta

  Eye, Thinking, Color

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• I think my immediate reaction was, "I'm so tired. I need a little more time." But, it was very quickly followed up by excitement. It's very flattering, and it's a wonderful vote of confidence. We dream of getting to do what we do.

  Jenji Kohan

  Dream, Tired, Thinking

  Source: collider.com

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• On one hand it's very flattering to be compared to a big success, and then sometimes it's very frustrating because you want people to see the movie that you're making and not be continually comparing it to something that it's not. So it goes both ways.

  Neil Burger

  Hands, People, Want

  Source: collider.com

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• For theater, the fashion had to have a certain grandeur that would read on the stage while also flattering the actress. The same thing applies when doing a wedding dress, but the treatments can be more delicate and there can be much more detail.

  Austin Scarlett

  Fashion, Dresses, Details

  Source: www.nbcnews.com

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• It's flattering to be compared in any way to Tiger Woods, because he's the best player in the world.

  Ivan Lendl

  Player, World, Woods

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• The scoreline is a bit flattering really.

  Kenny Dalglish

  Bits

  "Steven Gerrard on the spot as Liverpool progress against Oldham" by Andy Hunter, www.theguardian.com. January 6, 2012.

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• Lay not that flattering unction to your soul, That not your trespass but my madness speaks.

  William Shakespeare

  Soul, Madness, Speak

  William Shakespeare (2001). “Hamlet”, p.300, Classic Books Company

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• A photograph presents itself not only as a visual representation, but as evidence, more convincing than a painting because of the unimpeachable mechanical means whereby it was made. We do not trust the artist's flattering hand; but we do trust film, and shadows, and light.

  John Updike

  Mean, Artist, Light

  John Updike (2009). “More Matter: Essays and Criticism”, p.667, Random House

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• Sure. Some of the reviews have been very flattering, but the series is not finished yet. The end needs to be as strong as the beginning.

  George R. R. Martin

  Strong, Needs, Ends

  Science Fiction and Fantasy World Interview, www.sffworld.com. May 17, 2006.

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• For love is a flattering mischief, that hath denied aged and wise men a foresight of those evils that too often prove to be the children of that blind father; a passion, that carries us to commit errors with as much ease as whirlwinds move feathers, and begets in us an unwearied industry to the attainment of what we desire.

  Izaak Walton

  Wise, Children, Father

  John Bunyan, Izaak Walton (2010). “The Pilgrim's Progress & the Lives of Donne and Herbert”, p.330, Cosimo, Inc.

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• It was very flattering when Manolo Blahnik named a shoe after me.

  Sarah Jessica Parker

  Shoes

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• Nothing is more flattering for a writer than when someone knows your work.

  Hilton Als

  Knows

  "Hilton Als, Constructing Genre". Interview with Christopher Bollen, www.interviewmagazine.com. November 5, 2013.

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• The one thing I've come to figure out is this equation where the more uncomfortable I am, the better I'm going to look. I'm like, "This one really hurts. I must look awesome!" The corsets are uncomfortable, but they are so flattering. No, my waist will never be that small.

  Kristin Bauer van Straten

  Hurt, Looks, Figures

  Source: collider.com

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• I don't think she [Marilyn Monroe] saw herself as victimized and a sex object. She knew how to contend with it. I'm sure she was no fool about it. On the one hand, it was very flattering and great; on the other hand, it was probably awful and could be very lascivious and very terrible. But I think a lot of women just wanted to be like her. And that's still true today.

  Gail Levin

  Sex, Thinking, Hands

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• I would rather hear the pleased laugh of a child over some feature of my exhibition than receive as I did the flattering compliments of the Prince of Wales.

  P. T. Barnum

  Children, Laughing, Exhibitions

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• Aided and abetted by corrupt analysts, patients who have nothing better to do with their lives often use the psychoanalytic situation to transform insignificant childhood hurts into private shrines at which they worship unceasingly the enormity of the offenses committed against them. This solution is immensely flattering to the patients -- as are all forms of unmerited self-aggrandizement; it is immensely profitable for the analysts -- as are all forms pandering to people's vanity; and it is often immensely unpleasant for nearly everyone else in the patient's life.

  Thomas Szasz

  Hurt, Vanity, Self

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• The most rewarding possible thing that a songwriter or an artist of any kind can experience is to hear firsthand from the mouth of somebody else that they don't know the weight or gravity or intensity that something they've made has brought out in somebody else's life. It's simultaneously flattering and humbling. It makes me so thankful that I've been so lucky to be able to do this work.

  Dan Mangan

  Artist, Lucky, Weight

  Source: www.songfacts.com

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• Sometimes we must undergo hardships, breakups, and narcissistic wounds, which shatter the flattering image that we had of ourselves, in order to discover two truths: that we are not who we thought we were; and that the loss of a cherished pleasure is not necessarily the loss of true happiness and well-being.

  Jean Leloup

  Happiness, Breakup, Loss

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• You might be someone's favorite, but you might not be someone else's favorite. I will tell you that there was a [casting notice] that said "Tracee Ellis Ross type," but [the producers] didn't want to see me. I've been in this industry long enough to know that even if someone wants to promise me something, it doesn't mean that it's going to happen. There are so many things at play. But it was flattering and exciting.

  Tracee Ellis Ross

  Mean, Play, Long

  Source: www.marieclaire.com

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• Snoop [Dog] said [Peaky Blinders] reminded him of how he got involved with gang culture. It's always fantastically flattering when I see people dress like that and take on the look.

  Steven Knight

  Dog, People, Dresses

  Source: collider.com

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• I still think funny, and people young and old still come and see me. That's flattering. The day comes that they stop coming, then I'll know that it's time to retire to the Jewish ranch.

  Don Rickles

  Thinking, People, Young

  Source: glamorosi.blogspot.com

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• Listen, the idea that I might be a fashion soothsayer is very flattering but completely inaccurate.

  Alexa Chung

  Fashion, Ideas, Might

  Source: www.elle.com

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• The only thing that takes away from it is when they steal some music from one of my movies and put it in a TV commercial. I am not crazy about influencing TV commercials. But if I legitimately influence someone making a movie, I think that is really flattering.

  Wes Anderson

  Crazy, Thinking, Tvs

  Interview with Scott Tobias, film.avclub.com. October 10, 2007.

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