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Quotes About Polished

I'm not a fan of taking too long in the studio. I always do one vocal take and jump out of the control room, and people push me back in... It's a real turn-off to hear things that are too polished. I feel like I've almost fought for the right to be that kind of musician - we used to be on a major label, and now we're on an indie.
~ Johnny Flynn
If awkward has an antithesis, it is probably Barack Obama.
~ Alexandra Petri
Three white feathers fluttered out of the box, swayed and rocked for a moment in the air, and then, one after another, settled gently down upon the floor. They lay like flakes of snow upon the dark polished boards.
~ A.E.W. Mason
The floor consisted of the most colorful marble that is found in our mountains. The slabs overlapped so well that scarcely a joint could be seen; the marble was smoothed and polished very finely and the colors so arranged that the floor gave the impression of a lovely picture. Moreover it gleamed and shimmered in the light that was streaming in from the windows.
~ Adalbert Stifter
You can barely make out the heavy wooden block of the contortion seat. I run my hands along it's contours, the wood grain smooth and polished from human flesh.
~ Adam Johnson
I don't consider myself a goody-goody, but I like to be perceived as classy.
~ Kristen Johnston
He spoke a refine and formal kind of English, that did not seem wholly natural as though at some point it had been applied to him carefully with a brush, like paint.
~ Rachel Cusk
A guy in a mustache looks best dressed up in a suit. A track suit and mustache won't help your look. You need to look groomed and polished.
~ Kayleen Schaefer
I think J.Crew has figured out a way to make young professional guys look cool with a polished suit that looks expensive but is actually affordable.
~ Baron Davis
As you gazed into the polished surface of the marble the vague forms of instruments became visible, and as you touched them the instruments materialized instantly under your hands. Looked at from the correct angles the mirrors appeared to reflect all the required data read-outs, though it was far from clear where they were reflected from.
~ Douglas Adams
The polished brass is mirror of the form, wine of the soul.
~ Aeschylus
Left ignominiously on the mat, Poirot studied the doorknocker with intense disgust at its unpolished condition.
~ Agatha Christie
I look much more civilized than I actually am.
~ Georgina Chapman
I definitely feel I'm outside of the polished pop girl group, which feels right. I don't think I could keep up that polished surface on purpose.
~ Tove Lo
Shoes really did lead the perfect life. They were polished and taken care of and not expected to do anything more painful than occasionally step in a bit of mud or a rare puddle. She'd wager her shoes never wished they could just disappear.
~ Karen Hawkins
A man polished to the nail. [Lat., Ad unguem factus home.]
~ Horace
The double-digit arrondissements are more diverse, and each has a distinct feel. Being more working class, there's a greater sense of community. Some are certainly less polished than the single-digit arrondissements,
~ David Lebovitz
Truth is the fulcrum of the lever, faith. Particular truths are so many polished stones, which faith builds into the wall of the spiritual temple.
~ JAMES WADDEL ALEXANDER
Nobility is a graceful ornament to the civil order. It is the Corinthian capital of polished society.
~ Edmund Burke
Suddenly nothing in the world seemed to Guy more glamorous than homosexuality, as romantic as heady white gardenias nested in polished green leaves.
~ Edmund White
I don't like to hold too much formality in concerts. It's not that I don't like seeing people who are really polished and put together. But I'm more excited by things that are a little bit breaking apart as you're watching them.
~ Gavin Creel
I'm kind of a clean-cut guy - I've got a little bit of a baby face.
~ Caris LeVert
When I travel, it makes me wish I looked completely polished all the time. I don't. I live in sweats.
~ Anna Faris
Remember that when you meet your antagonist, to do everything in a mild agreeable manner. Let your courage be keen, but, at the same time, as polished as your sword.
~ Richard Brinsley Sheridan