"These are the days when birds come back, a very few, a Bird or two, to take a backward look."
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"Modern woman is no longer satisfied to be the beloved of a man; she looks for understanding, comradeship; she wants to be treated as a human being and not simply as an object for sexual gratification."
"I try not to look at stories on the Internet because I don't want to psych myself out. I kinda half to stay off the Internet. I'm not thick-skinned enough. I get too sensitive. I don't want it to effect what I'm doing."
"I wanted to try this new drink: That's all we do, isn't it - look at things and try new drinks?"
"She was looking into my eyes with that way she had of looking that made you wonder whether she really saw out of her own eyes. They would look on and on after every one else's eyes in the world would have stopped looking. She looked as though there were nothing on earth she would not look at like that, and really she was afraid of so many things."
"We look for good on earth and cannot recognize it when met."
"Those who look for filth, can find it at the height of noon."
"I don't know what makes a marriage work. My husband and I don't have it right at all; it's very tough on him. From the outside it looks like it's all about me - I have a glorious career and he doesn't."
"I feel like we're attracted to paths in life that force us to look at our weaknesses or deficiencies as human beings. Not to get all deep on you, but that's how I feel."
"There is a fine art to making enemies and it requires diligent cultivation. It's not as easy as it looks."
"Longevity, like intelligence and good looks and health and strength of character, is largely a matter of genetic heritage. Choose your parents with care."
"And you'll sit beside me, and we'll look, not at visions, but at realities."
"If you want to see what I'll look like as an old guy, check out any recent photo of me."
"Women do it all the time to look younger and it would make perfect sense if one of them ever came out looking younger - but they don't. They just look the same; they all get plastic surgery face. No matter who they look like going in, they all come out looking like the girl from the band on 'The Muppet Show."
"If Abe Lincoln took part in the Republican debates, he would look out of place with his intelligence, compassion and gaping head wound."
"In an effort to look cool, I am going to stop shouting Hey, you! at airplanes."
"Have you ever had a gay friend lose weight and you can't decide if it's good news or not? Hey you look... great?"
"I have no ability to develop muscle tone. I could do situps all day and still look like a condom full of walnuts."
"I'm a lot luckier than most people, although I used to look at it the other way around-that so many people seemed luckier than me."
"The person who looks outward dreams, the person who looks inward awakens."