#skin

In China, we don't consider someone truly beautiful until we have known them for a long time, and we know what's underneath the skin. ↗

— Ziyi Zhang

#china #consider #know #known #long

Agents are still asking for millions of dollars for actors that don't sell one ticket. ↗

— Uwe Boll

#asking #dollars #millions #millions of dollars #sell

Like all writers, he measured the achievements of others by what they had accomplished, asking of them that they measure him by what he envisaged or planned. ↗

— Jorge Luis Borges

#achievements #asking #envisaged #had #him

The National Intelligence Director needs the authority to do the job we are asking him to do. That means power over the intelligence budget. And to be effective, to be allowed to do his or her job, they must have authority over the budget. ↗

— Leonard Boswell

#asking #authority #budget #director #effective

Think carefully before asking for justice. Mercy might be safer. ↗

— Mason Cooley

#before #carefully #justice #mercy #might

I found that if I offered to cook for a girl, my odds improved radically over simply asking a girl out. Through my efforts to attract the opposite sex, I found that not only did cooking work, but that it was actually fun. ↗

— Alton Brown

#asking #attract #cook #cooking #did

To really be tortured by a song, it needs to be more than just something you don't like or don't get; it has to make your skin crawl by getting under it. Strangely, that last clause could describe provocative or daring music, as well. ↗

— Carrie Brownstein

#could #crawl #daring #describe #get

I'm a mom, so I have to be comfortable. Jeans are a staple - I have way too many in my closet! It's warm in Florida, so I wear jeans and a tank top every day. I love my True Religions, my Rich and Skinny, and Citizens of Humanity. But I also love getting dressed up! ↗

— Candace Cameron Bure

#citizens #closet #comfortable #day #dressed

That's sort of like asking a parent who their favorite child is. It's very hard to determine. Sometimes I'll get feedback from somebody who liked this part of the show. Others like another part of the show. ↗

— Lance Burton

#asking #child #determine #favorite #feedback

At first, it was hard to sit down and read the things that people were saying. A lot of people would've worked their way up to this position and would've gotten a thick skin over a few years' time. For me, though, all this happened in a few months. ↗

— Carrie Underwood

#few #first #gotten #happened #hard