"I frequently observe that one pretty face would be followed by five and thirty frights."
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"Be quiet! Anyone can spit in my face, and call me a criminal and a prostitute. But no one has the right to judge my remorse."
"God, Bones, you must have argued yourself blue in the face."
"Yeah, I screamed in Daniel Radcliffe's face. We were both doing Letterman. I grabbed him by the shoulder. Of course, I'm in 6-inch heels. That makes me 6-foot-4. I'm towering over him, saying, 'I love Harry Potter!' His security people were nodding to each other - should we go?"
"Let's face it: I am not a professional runner."
"There is no way to face the great advantages of another person than through love."
"The poet and the politician have this in common: their greatness depends on the courage with which they face the challenges of life."
"If you face a man's job, find a woman!"
"If we are to go only halfway or reduce our sights in the face of difficulty... it would be better to not go at all."
"For to save mankind's future freedom, we must face up to any risk that is necessary. We will always seek peace - but we will never surrender."
"Go spit in the face of our inevitable obsolescence and finish your @#$&ng novel."
"The more reality we face, the more we realise that unreality is the main programme of the day. The more real we become, the more abuse we take, so it does radicalise us in a way, like being put in a corner. But it would be better if there were more of us."
"Whatever the occasion, [the Queen] has a face which demonstrably says 'I don't give a royal s**t.'"
"I see a lot of new faces. Especially on the old faces."
"Such is our need to shower blame on some distant entity when it is we who lack the courage to face up to what is there before us."
"Every scar in my face is worth it."
"Good writing never soothes or comforts. It is no prescription, neither is it diversionary, although it can and should enchant while it explodes in the reader's face."
"I think happiness is a goal all of us can agree on. Let's face it - we all would like to be happy."
"God doesn't love me any more or less because I had some work done on my face."
"Seek His face and not His hand."