Flattering Quotes - Page 5

• On this earth all is temptation. Crosses tempt us by irritating our pride, and prosperity by flattering it. Our life is a continual combat, but one in which Jesus Christ fights for us. We must pass on unmoved, while temptations rage around us, as the traveler, overtaken by a storm, simply wraps his cloak more closely about him, and pushes on more vigorously toward his destined home.

  Francois Fenelon

  Jesus, Home, Fighting

  Francois Fenelon (2014). “Spiritual Progress”, p.51, Lulu.com

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• The philosopher Diogenes was eating bread and lentils for supper. He was seen by the philosopher Aristippus, who lived comfortably by flattering the king. Said Aristippus, "If you would learn to be subservient to the king you would not have to live on lentils." Said Diogenes, "Learn to live on lentils and you will not have to be subservient to the king.

  Anthony de Mello

  Kings, Bread, Philosopher

  Anthony De Mello (2016). “The Song of the Bird”, p.86, Image

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• American Eagle clothing is stylish, flattering and all about embracing your individuality.

  Shay Mitchell

  Eagles, Individuality, Stylish

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• When someone really respects and admires us as musicians to the extent that they want to work with us, it's really flattering.

  Laura Smith

  Musician, Admire

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• She says it's really not very flattering to her that the women who fall in love with her husband are so uncommonly second-rate.

  W. Somerset Maugham

  Falling In Love, Husband, Rate

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• -You're gloating, Max. It's not flattering. Somebody needs to teach you a little humility.- -A good woman could do that.- -She'd have to be armed and dangerous.-

  Janet Evanovich

  Humility, Good Woman, Max

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• Oh, Claire," he said. "You think me a far better man than I am. That's kind, and flattering." "Are you saying that you -" "Doughnuts!" Myrnin interrupted her and darted away, to zip back in seconds with an open box.

  Rachel Caine

  Men, Thinking, Zips

  Rachel Caine (2010). “Ghost Town”, p.30, Allison & Busby

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• Bill Withers, Van Morrison and Marvin Gaye are pioneers in popular music for the last century, and these are people who have influenced me as well, so it's pretty flattering. I've got a long way to go to reach anywhere near what those guys have done. But it's a good encouragement.

  Michael Kiwanuka

  Encouragement, Long, People

  Source: www.wbur.org

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• You know when someone's over-flattering you in a way. You smile but you can't believe it.

  Laura Linney

  Smile, Believe, Way

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• I don't think I've ever had a strange fan interaction. Just any time anyone is willing to come up and say hi or something like that, it's very flattering.

  Steven R. McQueen

  Thinking, Fans, Strange

  Source: www.justjared.com

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• Sometimes belts are flattering, and it helps with proportions.

  Olivia Palermo

  Helping, Sometimes, Belts

  Source: www.elle.com

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• Publishing magazines costs a lot of money and people don't read magazines anymore, they're all captivated by Instagram. I have to reinvent myself every season to keep the interest of the reader. Twenty-five years later, my mission is the same: Captivating the readers, not flattering the industry.

  Olivier Zahm

  People, Captivating, Interest

  Source: wwd.com

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• It was flattering to have someone listen so intently to something that was so personal.

  Jude Deveraux

  Jude Deveraux (2012). “High Tide”, p.88, Simon and Schuster

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• However baby man may brag of his science and skill, and however much, in a flattering future, that science and skill may augment; yet for ever and for ever, to the crack of doom, the sea will insult and murder him, and pulverize the stateliest, stiffest frigate he can make; nevertheless, by the continual repetition of these very impressions, man has lost that sense of the full awfulness of the sea which aboriginally belongs to it.

  Herman Melville

  Baby, Men, Sea

  Herman Melville (2016). “Moby Dick (World Classics, Unabridged)”, p.190, Vij Books India Pvt Ltd

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• Margaret Thatcher was a great leader for her nation at a pivotal and a perilous time. So, I find the comparison flattering, but that's up to others to say whether that comparison is justified.

  Carly Fiorina

  Leader, Justified, Perilous Times

  "Fiorina: Trump is a Clinton Christmas gift, I'm the lump of coal; US doing enough to defeat ISIS?". "Fox News Sunday" with Chris Wallace, www.foxnews.com. December 20, 2015.

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• It feels good, it feels like a badge of honor, honestly. Amongst the artists here, in California, that festival is such a big deal. People live and die for Coachella. So to be a part of it on such a big scale is really flattering, and I feel really lucky to be part of the community.

  Zella Day

  Artist, California, People

  Source: www.harpersbazaar.com

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• People choose the most flattering photos of themselves to put on Facebook. Text messages can be vague and confusing. But conversations are confusing too. And some people wear lots of makeup. I think it's just hard to be a person.

  Chelsea Martin

  Makeup, Thinking, People

  Source: therumpus.net

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• Howard University holds something called "Heart's Day," an all day ceremony in which a writer is honored. I was the recipient of this honor. It's a wonderful ceremony that Eleanor Traylor chair of English at Howard University organizes for writers. Writers from around the country came to pay tribute to my work. It was very flattering.

  Ishmael Reed

  Country, Heart, Honor

  Source: www.counterpunch.org

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• I can't wait to go back home and disappear into relative obscurity for a bit. I just want to go back to my house and just get away from it all for a bit. It's so flattering to hear people say nice things about the performance, about the Harry Potter film. It's great. Don't get me wrong. I'm not ashamed of it. I'm not shunning it. It's just been such a bubble I've been in, with these promotions.

  Matthew Lewis

  Nice, Home, People

  Source: film.avclub.com

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• The world loves to be amused by hollow professions, to be deceived by flattering appearances, to live in a state of hallucination; and can forgive everything but the plain, downright, simple, honest truth.

  William Hazlitt

  Simple, World Love, Forgiving

  William Hazlitt (1924). “Essays”

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• "Yeah, flattering." Percy raised Riptide. "But actually I'm the son of Poseidon. I'm from Camp Half-Blood."

  Rick Riordan

  Son, Blood, Half

  "The Son of Neptune". Book by Rick Riordan, October 4, 2011.

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• I'm not a dancer, and it was very time-consuming. But I met great people, and it was flattering to be asked to be on. You don't understand how demanding that show is until you're on the inside. That is real work. Real work!

  Wendy Williams

  Real, People, Dancer

  Source: aalbc.com

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• customary interruptions are not only gratifying and cheering, but they are also really necessary in order to gain breath and voice to carry one on through some violent exertions; though after all it must be confessed that silence is the most flattering applause an Actor can receive.

  Sarah Siddons

  Cheer, Order, Voice

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• All a writer wants is to be read, and people are so flattering and lovely. I mean, there are witches out there as well. But most are so kind.

  E. L. James

  Mean, People, Lovely

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

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• Please not thyself the flattering crowd to hear;
  'Tis fulsome stuff, to please thy itching ear.
  Survey thy soul, not what thou does appear,
  But what thou art.

  Aulus Persius Flaccus

  Art, Soul, Crowds

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