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“Wearing shoes, clothes and other accessories made out of exotic skin is about as cold-blooded as it gets. These days, there's a wild kingdom of fake snake, mock crocodiles and python leather that pay tribute to the beauty of these animals without making them fashion victims.”
Raveena Tandon (born 1974) first seen 2010 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Raveena poses for PETA to shun animal skins" (13 September 2010).
“But I always return to my first opinion, that the truth and beauty of flesh in sunlight by the sea, is offered to you in a way impossible to secure in pictures built up from hasty sketches, at leisure, in one's studio. Because however much you may work indoors afterwards, whatever you add is with the outdoor impression upon you.”
Henry Scott Tuke (1858–1929) said by 1929 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Perhaps even in this last hour, in a new relation of usefulness and beauty, the vast, magnificent, subtle and unique region of the Everglades may not be utterly lost.”
Marjory Stoneman Douglas (1890–1998) said by 1998 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“A comparably capacious embrace of beauty and pleasure—an embrace that somehow extends to death as well as life, to dissolution as well as creation—characterizes Montaigne’s restless reflections on matter in motion, Cervantes’s chronicle of his mad knight, Michelangelo’s depiction of flayed skin, Leonardo’s sketches of whirlpools, Caravaggio’s loving attention to the dirty soles of Christ’s feet.”
Stephen Greenblatt (born 1943) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“People are unequal! 75% of it's genetic and biological. Partly criminality's biological; predispositions to drug addictions are biological; intelligence is biological; beauty is biological; ferocity or a predisposition to it is biological; intellect is biological. You can do a bit, but you're born to be what you are, and we should celebrate what we were born to be.”
Jonathan Bowden (1962–2012) said by 2012 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“When that efficient worker has built a world of beauty, comfort and luxury, he will not stop at the puny gates of private property with which the ruling class would shut him out of the Paradise he has created, but he will use the same efficiency with which he built the gates to hammer them down again.”
Kate Richards O'Hare (1876–1948) said by 1948 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Personally, I don’t think any woman is ugly. Beauty is as much in character as it is in the physical.”
Betty Irabor (born 1957) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Life at 50, nothing has changed. It is still the same me. But mentally, I’m more matured. I have learned to be more humble. Humility pays. People you don’t even know; knows you and watch all your moves. I’m not a gym person, I eat anything but I drink water a lot. That’s my beauty secret.”
Ayo Adesanya (born 1969) first seen 2019 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Why I want to remarry at 50 –Ayo Adesanya", The Sun (October 5, 2019)
“Industry, agriculture, yes. Bread, security, yes. But Roses, Roses, yes, a thousand times yes! Are we workers hungry for joy and beauty for art and culture? Today, Russia answers for us until the day when we shall answer for ourselves. The worker, starved through the centuries amidst the very plenty he created, is satisfying his hunger at last--in Russia.”
Rose Pastor Stokes (1879–1933) said by 1933 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“My businesses revolves around things I like..., I love food, sleep, wish I could say I love exercise but I don't! I like to be healthy. I am not about fashion what I am about is beauty; hair, skin.”
Nike Oshinowo (born 1966) first seen 2015 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Nike talk about her business in 2015
“My confidence is top-notch, my beauty is top-notch, my brain is top-notch, my acting is top-notch. So, I am world best. I didn’t call myself, they [fans] called me and I claimed it.”
Toyin Abraham (born 1980) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It’s just that I love to sing. I love to bring Africa to the world. The beauty of Africa, not the music that people are very content about seeing and talking about.”
Angelique Kidjo (born 1960) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Inner beauty will always replenish the outward looks. Be at peace with yourself and with the universe. Be positive. Let your God-self come through. Let go and let God”
Regina Askia-Williams (born 1967) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Once a magazine cover says ‘yellow’ girls are fine or curvy girls are sexy, that becomes the trend and everybody starts tilting in that direction. That’s where body-shaming starts from. But the truth is that God made every individual differently and there is beauty in everybody.”
Elvina Ibru (born 1972) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“As an actor, you are required to immerse yourself into a role, so much that you can’t afford to have any airs and graces.If I have to play a market woman for instance, I would have to portray such a role as naturally as possible. In doing this, I would have to let go of the ex-beauty queen or diva toga.”
Omotu Bissong (born 1985) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I always liked modeling, but I officially became involved in 2010, when I participated in a beauty contest and was crowned Miss MTN. I was also crowned Miss Nyarugenge in 2012”
Kate Bashabe (born 1990) first seen 2019 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Bashabe on wearing many hatsThe New Times(June 10, 2019)
“It was the first crown, however, that the modeling light started igniting in me. I discovered my dream for fashion at a young age, though it was unattainable at the time, I kept focusing on what I would need to know and be able to do to start a fashion business. Besides winning the two beauty contests, I also had a job and saving was one of the things I focused on”
Kate Bashabe (born 1990) first seen 2019 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Bashabe on wearing many hatsThe New Times(June 10, 2019)
“I joined the beauty competition to enable me to be become an actress. I began as Miss Bourgogne in 2000 and three months later I became Miss France.”
Sonia Rolland (born 1981) first seen 2013 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: https://panafricanvisions.com/2013/10/immigrant-turned-beauty-queen-movie-star/ ( Pan African Visions, October 29, 2013)
“Let everything happen to you. Beauty and terror. Keep going. Stay fearless.”
Nse Ikpe-Etim (born 1974) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“For me, it involves connecting more with nature. Going outside and stepping into nature. Experiencing its beauty and its importance. It is only when we appreciate alluring essence of Mother Nature, then, together, we would have the urge to make our planet great again.”
Adenike Akinsemolu (born 1990) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“For me, it’s about embracing our inner beauty and having it seen outwardly. The root of it is not about being valued for looks; it is about empowerment and Black women owning who they were and their own place in history.”
Octavia Spencer (born 1970) first seen 2020 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Octavia talk about inner beauty in 2020.
“When you think of make-up more than a beauty tool, you will realise its true potential.”
“The problem of colourism does not stem from the beauty and makeup professionals but the Nigerian woman who wants to have light skin.”
“My beauty routine is to ensure I don’t keep makeup on my face overnight, use a good scrub and moisturizer all the time.”
Belinda Effah (born 1989) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“For women, there's added pressure regarding image, but the focus should be on the inner self rather than physical appearances. We will also cover some technical aspects and the beauty of art.”
Eliane Umuhire (born 1986) first seen 2024 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Umuhire talks role in ‘A Quiet Place,’ Kigali Cine JunctionThe New Times(July 31, 2024)
“Beauty can’t be determined by over exposing your body in a bikini”
Aurore Mutesi Kayiranga (born 1990) first seen 2014 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Aurore Mutesi on the trials and triumphs of her reign as Miss RwandaThe New Times(January 16, 2014)
“I also made sure that being a beauty queen didn’t change me at all”
Aurore Mutesi Kayiranga (born 1990) first seen 2014 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Aurore Mutesi on the trials and triumphs of her reign as Miss RwandaThe New Times(January 16, 2014)
“Part of the beauty of being this age is that it doesn’t feel like it’s for ever. You can be overwhelmed, or you can go.”
Mary Steenburgen (born 1953) first seen 2014 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Mary speak on her 60th Birthday anniversary in 2014.
“The beauty of being a child of the diaspora is that we are able to reinvent ourselves and what it means to be African.”
Kudzanai-Violet Hwami (born 1993) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I think the beauty of a relationship with God is that it's not just about praying and thinking everything's gonna go away. It's a process there to aid and help you.”
Letitia Wright (born 1993) first seen 2022 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Black Panther’s Letitia Wright: ‘I was pulled into the belief that straighter hair was better. Playing Shuri encouraged me to embrace my own beauty with my hair’". Glamour. November 11, 2022.
“Beauty is how you perceive it. Everyone should be allowed to be himself or herself in whatever form they choose to express it.”
Elizabeth Elohor Isiorho (born 1980) first seen 2019 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Beauty standards (2019)
“The beauty in a work of art is not in the prettiness of what is represented, but emanates from the work as a whole, it is its substrate and it derives from nature.”
Ksenia Milicevic (born 1942) first seen 2020 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Ksenia Milicevic, Résilience en art et art-thérapie pour la résilience, Edilivre, 2020, Paris, p. 31.
“We pastors encourage the faithful to discover all the beauty that receiving the sacrament of matrimony means. We're not going to find the strength for marriage in the media or on television, but in the grace of God which comes to us through the sacraments.”
Raúl Eduardo Vela Chiriboga (1934–2020) first seen 2015 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: This cardinal sees no reason to expect the Family Synod to be outside Church teaching (19 August 2015) Catholic News Agency
“Only physical beauty is the foundation for a true higher culture of the mind and spirit as well. Only sun and steel will show you the path.”
Bronze Age Pervert (born 1980) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Over time, I’ve come to understand that beauty is a light that comes from the soul.”
Demet Özdemir (born 1992) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Eve Gilles' win at this year's Miss France is cause for celebration – it is a continuation of a longstanding French tradition of championing unique beauty and saying merde to conventions. Vive la différence!”
Agnès Poirier (born 1975) first seen 2023 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: This silly 'short hair' row tells us much more about my country than any Miss France contestant", The Guardian (20 December 2023)
“Waking today just before winter when I try to name the color of grasses, how I feel their beauty, there is no word.”
Linda Hogan (writer) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I have seen this sky every day of my life and I am still in awed by it. That is what the wild is — this intense medicinal beauty. To look at it makes you feel whole.”
Clarissa Pinkola Estés (born 1945) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“As I stood amidst the beauty of this agricultural valley and heard the testimony of the Christian families whose lands, livelihoods, and centuries-old family traditions are threatened, I was simply astounded by the injustice of it all.”
Richard Edmund Pates (born 1943) first seen 2014 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The verdict on the wall in the Cremisan valley has been postponed (30 January 2014) Fides News Agency
“Wealth, beauty, and fame are transient. When those are gone, little is left except the need still to be useful, even though the parts get fewer.”
Gene Tierney (1920–1991) said by 1991 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I am Laguna, woman of the lake, daughter of the dawn, sunrise, kurena. I can see the light making the world anew. It is the nature of my blood and heritage to do this. There is surely cause to weep, to grieve; but greater than ugliness, the endurance of tribal beauty is our reason to sing, to greet the coming day and the restored life and hope it brings.”
Paula Gunn Allen (1939–2008) said by 2008 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“In Navajo, they say the sacred begins at the tip of my tongue. So there’s very much sacredness or a holiness that’s associated with creativity. Whatever a person creates and brings into this world is sacred. And it adds to the beauty of the world. We all benefit when people create something new.”
Luci Tapahonso (born 1953) first seen 2012 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Interview with PBS (2012)
“One would think that the mere shortness of life would be a reminder that to destroy beauty is to destroy one’s own self too.”
Edgar Pangborn (1909–1976) said by 1976 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Anarchists vigilantly resist the world that is, while simultaneously engaging in those hopeful behaviors that point toward new social relations. They practice the beauty that human beings are striving to achieve in the world that could be. Anarchist activities emphasize the aesthetic and the joyful.”
Cindy Milstein (born 2000) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The beauty of the direct action movement, it could be said, is that it strives to take its own ideals to heart.”
Cindy Milstein (born 2000) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It’s not enough, but every time we feel the beauty of having a life-giving space, it feels like liberation.”
Cindy Milstein (born 2000) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“But the beauty of democracy is that those who win today can lose tomorrow and those who lose today will have an opportunity to compete and win in the next round of elections.”
Bola Tinubu (born 1952) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The beauty of Catholicism,” he had pontificated to his grandson, “is that even if you spent your entire life sinning, you can die moments after repenting and still get into Heaven. So live it up, Fulgencio. Just don’t let death catch you by surprise.”
“There is wisdom in the everyday beauty of fragile complex beings grappling with contradiction”
Pregs Govender (born 1960) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“...the moon that hung over the garden like some great priceless pearl, flawed and blemished with grey shadowy ridges as only a very great beauty can risk being. (IV, p.159)”
Anita Desai (born 1937) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source