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> [I did not go into the film business to be symbolized as someone else's vision of me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sidney-poitier/i-did-not-go-into-the-film-business-to-be-symbolized-as-someone-else/)

[Sidney Poitier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sidney-poitier/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ff/sidney-poitier-4270_business_i-did-not-go-into-the-film-business-to-b_280322.jpg)

> [Beauty lay not in the thing, but in what the thing symbolized.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-hardy/beauty-lay-not-in-the-thing-but-in-what-the-thing-symbolized/)

[Thomas Hardy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-hardy/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9d7/thomas-hardy-410_beauty_beauty-lay-not-in-the-thing-but-in-what_1360335.jpg)

> [I symbolized doping... My phone rarely rings. I can count on the fingers of one hand the number of riders who call…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-virenque/i-symbolized-doping-my-phone-rarely-rings-i-can-count-on-the-fingers/)

[Richard Virenque](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-virenque/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ab5/richard-virenque-42860_doping_i-symbolized-doping-my-phone-rarely-ring_2184667.jpg)

> [“The more I read, the more I felt my understanding of the universe slip away from me. Columbine symbolized both 'desertion' and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vanessa-diffenbaugh/the-more-i-read-the-more-i-felt-my-understanding-of-the-universe-slip/)

[Vanessa Diffenbaugh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vanessa-diffenbaugh/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ac/vanessa-diffenbaugh-11567_columbine_the-more-i-read-the-more-i-felt-my-under_2413179.jpg)

> [A butterfly symbolized acceptance of each new phase in life. To keep faith as everything around you changed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lisa-kleypas/a-butterfly-symbolized-acceptance-of-each-new-phase-in-life-to-keep/)

[Lisa Kleypas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lisa-kleypas/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/811/lisa-kleypas-111_acceptance_a-butterfly-symbolized-acceptance-of-eac_3092666.png)

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