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"Leftovers make you feel good twice. First, when you put it away, you feel thrifty and intelligent: 'I'm saving food!' Then a month later when blue hair is growing out of the ham, and you throw it away, you feel really intelligent: 'I'm saving my life!'"
"I got into animals by drawing hair follicles. I liked drawing hair, and from that I got into feathers and fur, then into images of animals. The patterning is the same, but the proportions of the body change from one animal to the next. A lot of it is just geometry and consciousness."
"I get a lot of questions about hair color. People are very into talking about hair."
"I have a friend who, if she has a bad hair day, it affects her whole mood because it is part of her sexuality, her confidence. I don't have that problem any more."
"I'm much more conspicuous having long hair than I will be with it short."
"I went from having the healthy hair that you have as a kid, to completely destroying it and frying it, and then actually having really healthy thick hair that I was proud of again. I just put an emphasis on what shampoo and conditioner I use."
"Red hair is great. It's rare, and therefore superior."
"I think I had a lot of bad hair moments. In the early 80's just sometimes I wore purple lipstick or green lipstick."
"Life aint always beautiful, but its a beautiful ride."
"The person I enjoyed interviewing the most was Elmo from Sesame Street because he is so unpredictable and he is always eating my hair and my face."
"The wildlings seemed to think Ygritte a great beauty because of her hair; red hair was rare among the free folk, and those who had it were said to be kissed by fire, which was supposed to be lucky."
"A thing that has always baffled me about women is that they will saturate themselves with a pint of perfume, a pound of sachet powder, an evil-smelling lip rouge, a peculiar-smelling hair ointment and a half-dozen varieties of body oils, and then have the effrontery to complain of the aroma of a fine dollar cigar."
"I went blonde which killed my hair. It was a disaster. I think it was neat to do it for a bit."
"An uneasy conscience is a hair in the mouth."
"Beware of her fair hair, for she excels All women in the magic of her locks; And when she winds them round a young man's neck, She will not ever set him free again."
"It's in the click of my heels, The bend of my hair, the palm of my hand, The need of my care, 'Cause I'm a woman Phenomenally. Phenomenal woman, That's me."
"Samson told Delilah loud and clear, keep your cotton picken fingers out of my hair."
"Why is electricity so expensive these days? Why does it cost so much for something I can make with a balloon and my hair?"
"Hair has always been important."
"Regrets are the natural property of grey hairs."
