The adornment of the body is a human need. I don't see anything superficial about it unless your life becomes very materialistic.

Science has explained nothing; the more we know the more fantastic the world becomes and the profounder the surrounding darkness.

A tempura batter has a lifespan of only moments before the flour becomes too saturated with water and a fresh batter must be made.

When a man becomes a writer, I think he takes on a sacred obligation to produce beauty and enlightenment and comfort at top speed.

Money's important. Everyone cares about money. And when you don't have money, money becomes the overriding obsession of your life.

I have an idea for a movie called 'The Walken Dead' which is about a town where, instead of zombies, everyone becomes Chris Walken.

He who is cruel to animals becomes hard also in his dealings with men. We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals.

When anyone has the power to destroy the whole human race in a matter of hours, it becomes a moral issue. The church must speak out.

A work of art when placed in a gallery loses its charge, and becomes a portable object or surface disengaged from the outside world.

Trust comes before strength, and it becomes a conduit of influence. Your strength is a little bit threatening before people trust you.

Where there is little or no public opinion, there is likely to be bad government, which sooner or later becomes autocratic government.

When prayer removes distrust and doubt and enters the field of mental certainty, it becomes faith; and the universe is built on faith.

White fragility is a state in which even a minimum amount of racial stress becomes intolerable, triggering a range of defensive moves.

IQ in general has improved since tests first began. Psychologists think that this is because modern life becomes ever more complicated.

The poison of skepticism becomes, like alcoholism, tuberculosis, and some other diseases, much more virulent in a hitherto virgin soil.

I take the responsibility of choosing seriously because it becomes an indelible part of your body of work. Something has to sing to me.

Repetition of the same thought or physical action develops into a habit which, repeated frequently enough, becomes an automatic reflex.

The best workers, like the happiest livers, look upon their work as a kind of game: the harder they play the more enjoyable it becomes.

Dreaming means 'rehearsing' what you see, playing it over and over in your mind until it becomes as real to you as your life right now.

Female friendship... I think you have friendships that come and go, and then there are ones that the girl becomes a part of your bones.

When millions of kids are missing out on school, delivering educational services becomes an issue that concerns the humanitarian system.

We need to avoid the spiritual sickness of a church that is wrapped up in its own world: when a church becomes like this, it grows sick.

A founder can carry an institution only so far, and then others have to step in, even the alumni. That's how an institution becomes one.

I start a lot of songs and throw them out because the energy is not right. It's almost like the file becomes cursed. I have to delete it.

Rules limit you, and once you start thinking about what the audience wants or expects, it becomes a trap that a lot of artists fall into.

As we advance in life it becomes more and more difficult, but in fighting the difficulties the inmost strength of the heart is developed.

When I dare to be powerful - to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid.

Love at first sight is easy to understand; it's when two people have been looking at each other for a lifetime that it becomes a miracle.

We don't have a public that really understands the world anymore, and in the age of complexity, that problem becomes much more difficult.

I do believe that as the country becomes more attractive in the manufacturing sector, salaries can improve, and opportunities can expand.

Creativity is merely a plus name for regular activity. Any activity becomes creative when the doer cares about doing it right, or better.

What difference does it make to you what someone else becomes, or says, or does? You do not need to answer for others, only for yourself.

Suffering becomes beautiful when anyone bears great calamities with cheerfulness, not through insensibility but through greatness of mind.

Personal discipline, when it becomes a way of life in our personal, family, and career lives, will enable us to do some incredible things.

Fearlessness is like a muscle. I know from my own life that the more I exercise it the more natural it becomes to not let my fears run me.

A trail through the mountains, if used, becomes a path in a short time, but, if unused, becomes blocked by grass in an equally short time.

When cowardice is made respectable, its followers are without number both from among the weak and the strong; it easily becomes a fashion.

When you do one movie at a time, if one goes crazy and becomes successful, your life changes. But you can step back and catch your breath.

As my mind can conceive of more good, the barriers and blocks dissolve. My life becomes full of little miracles popping up out of the blue.

It is a fact that cannot be denied: the wickedness of others becomes our own wickedness because it kindles something evil in our own hearts.

The present hardly exists, after all-it becomes the past even as it happens. A tricky medium, time - and central to the concerns of fiction.

The human brain is a funny thing: it's very susceptible to tempo and melody. You put the right words to it, and it becomes very influential.

I want my paintings to look like they were found in a garage. If they get a scratch or a hole in them, it just becomes part of the painting.

If you open your heart, then the object of your love becomes so precious because you are so open. And that philosophy, that caring, spreads.

Time can be an ally or an enemy. What it becomes depends entirely upon you, your goals, and your determination to use every available minute.

I think the first take is best, as you are spontaneous, and after that, it becomes a mechanical thing. I don't believe in second take at all.

If you're having fun being yourself and filming something that you would watch yourself, it becomes contagious for other people to watch, too.

Sister is probably the most competitive relationship within the family, but once the sisters are grown, it becomes the strongest relationship.

Let no man imagine that he has no influence. Whoever he may be, and wherever he may be placed, the man who thinks becomes a light and a power.

The news appeals to the same jaded appetite that makes a child tire of a toy as soon as it becomes familiar and demand a new one in its place.

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