- Mask
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- Nov 07, 2020
Face Quotes
Facing what comes, technological or personal.
This set leans on confrontation in a broad sense, from the explosion of surveillance and identification technology to the call for allies to face evil together. For related resilience-themed quotes, see Facelift quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Peace
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- Nov 07, 2020
In 1919, at the Paris Peace Conference, Japan had put forward a proposal to guarantee racial equality at the League of Nations, but Woodrow Wilson overturned it in the face of majority support.
- Loved
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- Nov 07, 2020
My mother died in 1997 and I spiralled into this self-destructive vortex of trying to annihilate my consciousness. I was afraid to face the grief of losing her, because she was somebody I loved more than anybody else in the world.
- Give
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm aware of the urgency to give Italy a government in the fullness of its powers, to reassure the citizens, and to face with utmost commitment and determination international, economic and social priorities.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
People make you feel like a bad guy for asking for seven quid for your album, like you are slapping them in the face, when they'll go and pay two grand for a scarf somebody knitted in a sweat shop and stitched a designer label on.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
My hair was so much a part of my personality and all my photo shoots. I hid behind my hair. And then, I just decided I was okay with myself. To have short hair and really show my face is even more revealing than anything. It's a statement - not to everyone else, more to myself. I'm just ready to get out from behind my hair and be myself.
- Beautiful
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- Nov 07, 2020
People who know very little about ancient Egypt are most likely, if they know anything at all, to have at least a vague idea about the Pharaoh Akhenaten and be able to recognize the face of his beautiful wife, Nefertiti.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Growing up, people would always say, 'You have such a pretty face.' It's kind of backhanded. That's the kind of things we have to stomach.
- Mirror
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- Nov 07, 2020
Who sees the human face correctly: the photographer, the mirror, or the painter?
- Inside
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- Nov 07, 2020
Are we to paint what's on the face, what's inside the face, or what's behind it?
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
Today's ghost stories tend to be much more physically or psychologically violent. The Victorians were much more leisurely about what might or could happen, building suspense layer by layer rather than punching you in the face.
- Journey
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- Nov 07, 2020
We advance on our journey only when we face our goal, when we are confident and believe we are going to win out.
- Good Laugh
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- Nov 07, 2020
Joyfulness keeps the heart and face young. A good laugh makes us better friends with ourselves and everybody around us.
- Mother
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- Nov 07, 2020
What's weird is having your mother fly in on an aeroplane with your face on the side of it.
- Job
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- Nov 07, 2020