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When we found him abandoned in an empty lot he was so skinny and ravaged by ticks that we called him Costela. – Andrea Beckert	Found on CNN 8 years ago
You could see many were malnourished, starving. They were skinny, tired, severely distressed. There was no smile on anybody's face, the children I talked to said they had no strength to play. – Elizabeth Hoff	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
I am really alarmed, people gathered in the market place. You could see many were malnourished, starving. They were skinny, tired, severely distressed. There was no smile on anybody's faces. It is not what you seen when you arrive with a convoy. The children I talked to said they had no strength to play. – Elizabeth Hoff	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
I think that my industry has come a long way, although we're still a little too appreciative of the super, super unhealthfully skinny body, people's bodies come in every shape and size, and I really believe that all shapes and sizes should be celebrated as long as that's your natural, healthy weight. – Christie Brinkley	Found on CNN 8 years ago
Ben Carson got through Ben Carson day trying not to be noticed, i remember Ben Carson having a pocket saver. Ben Carson had thick glasses. Ben Carson was skinny and unremarkable. – Robert Collier	Found on CNN 8 years ago
Marketers basically decide what is 'girl' and what is 'boy,' which ultimately leads to two very distinct ways to profit as well as a blind acceptance from the consumer who, often, doesn't realize it's happening, girls are inundated from a very young age with inappropriate messaging by way of products like 'skinny' jeans for toddlers, or T-shirts that say, 'I'm too pretty to do homework, so my brother does it for me,' and sexy Halloween costumes. Kids begin to codify other kids by placing them in strict categories that they've been taught -- not born with. Inevitably, kids begin to believe that girls need to be sexy, and boys believe it, too. – Michele Yulo	Found on CNN 8 years ago
I don't obsess about my weight, which is probably one of the reasons why other people have such a problem with it, there are just some people who are born skinny and with a great metabolism – that is not me. I wish I had a better metabolism. – Kelly Clarkson	Found on FOX News 9 years ago
I never need to be skinny. I don't want to be skinny, i'm constantly in a state of self-improvement, but I don't beat myself up over it. – Mindy Kaling	Found on FOX News 9 years ago
I think it's because we're kind of a community of people who have always been the strange, tall, skinny people, it's crazy how I've instantly found so many people who are so similar to me. It's really weird. I've never been able to make friends so quickly. – Molly Bair	Found on CNN 9 years ago
I was never one of the skinny skinny girls who could eat whatever they wanted, so I certainly exercise and try to eat right, but at the same time, I try to be a good role model for my daughter in terms of just accepting myself … I just trying to lead by example … I don't want her to think that taking care of yourself means depriving yourself and not having fun. – Cindy Crawford	Found on FOX News 9 years ago
Joe [Biden] was kind of skinny, and he stuttered, and the kids called him Bye-Bye, for the way he sounded when he tried to say his name, but Joey would never back down, and he knew how to box, when no one else did. – Richard Ben Cramer	Found on CNN 9 years ago
Error reading FAT record. Try the SKINNY one (YN) – Anonymous	added by anonymous 14 years ago

When we found him abandoned in an empty lot he was so skinny and ravaged by ticks that we called him Costela.

– Andrea Beckert

Found on CNN
8 years ago

You could see many were malnourished, starving. They were skinny, tired, severely distressed. There was no smile on anybody's face, the children I talked to said they had no strength to play.

– Elizabeth Hoff

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

I am really alarmed, people gathered in the market place. You could see many were malnourished, starving. They were skinny, tired, severely distressed. There was no smile on anybody's faces. It is not what you seen when you arrive with a convoy. The children I talked to said they had no strength to play.

– Elizabeth Hoff

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

I think that my industry has come a long way, although we're still a little too appreciative of the super, super unhealthfully skinny body, people's bodies come in every shape and size, and I really believe that all shapes and sizes should be celebrated as long as that's your natural, healthy weight.

– Christie Brinkley

Found on CNN
8 years ago

Ben Carson got through Ben Carson day trying not to be noticed, i remember Ben Carson having a pocket saver. Ben Carson had thick glasses. Ben Carson was skinny and unremarkable.

– Robert Collier

Found on CNN
8 years ago

Marketers basically decide what is 'girl' and what is 'boy,' which ultimately leads to two very distinct ways to profit as well as a blind acceptance from the consumer who, often, doesn't realize it's happening, girls are inundated from a very young age with inappropriate messaging by way of products like 'skinny' jeans for toddlers, or T-shirts that say, 'I'm too pretty to do homework, so my brother does it for me,' and sexy Halloween costumes. Kids begin to codify other kids by placing them in strict categories that they've been taught -- not born with. Inevitably, kids begin to believe that girls need to be sexy, and boys believe it, too.

– Michele Yulo

Found on CNN
8 years ago

I don't obsess about my weight, which is probably one of the reasons why other people have such a problem with it, there are just some people who are born skinny and with a great metabolism – that is not me. I wish I had a better metabolism.

– Kelly Clarkson

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

I never need to be skinny. I don't want to be skinny, i'm constantly in a state of self-improvement, but I don't beat myself up over it.

– Mindy Kaling

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

I think it's because we're kind of a community of people who have always been the strange, tall, skinny people, it's crazy how I've instantly found so many people who are so similar to me. It's really weird. I've never been able to make friends so quickly.

– Molly Bair

Found on CNN
9 years ago

I was never one of the skinny skinny girls who could eat whatever they wanted, so I certainly exercise and try to eat right, but at the same time, I try to be a good role model for my daughter in terms of just accepting myself … I just trying to lead by example … I don't want her to think that taking care of yourself means depriving yourself and not having fun.

– Cindy Crawford

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

Joe [Biden] was kind of skinny, and he stuttered, and the kids called him Bye-Bye, for the way he sounded when he tried to say his name, but Joey would never back down, and he knew how to box, when no one else did.

– Richard Ben Cramer

Found on CNN
9 years ago

Error reading FAT record. Try the SKINNY one (YN)

– Anonymous

added by anonymous
14 years ago

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