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Glamour is all about transcending this world and getting to an idealized, perfect place.
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Glamour is translucent — not transparent, not opaque. It invites us into the world but it doesn’t give us a completely clear…
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Aesthetics has become too important to be left to the aesthetes. To succeed, hard-nosed engineers, real estate developers, and MBAs must take…
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The glamour of air travel - its aspirational meaning in the public imagination - disappeared before its luxury did, dissipating as flying…
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Glamour doesn’t just happen, people don’t wake up in the morning glamorous.
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European nations began World War I with a glamorous vision of war, only to be psychologically shattered by the realities of the…
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At the simplest level, only people who know they do not know everything will be curious enough to find things out.
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Dialysis does not make patients well. It simply postpones their deaths.
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Kidney disease is a low-profile, unglamorous problem, a disease that disproportionately strikes minorities and the poor. Its celebrity spokesman is blue-collar comedian…
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The intimate contest for self-command never ends, and lifetime happiness requires finding the right balance between present impulses and future well-being.
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We know we need bosses and deadlines to help us get work done. But sometimes we can also use an external push…
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As a general rule, durable-goods production tends to be the most volatile sector of the economy. Since people usually have a stock…
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I'd never heard of the 'Lord of the Rings', actually. So I went to the bookstore and there it was, three shelves…
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Where is human nature so weak as in the bookstore?
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Get your friends together, go to your local bookstore and have a book-buying party.
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Books in a large university library system: 2,000,000. Books in an average large city library: 10,000. Average number of books in a…
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I went to a bookstore and asked the saleswoman, 'Where's the self-help section?' She said if she told me, it would defeat…
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I had gone to the bookstore, and while I hadn't bought any books on how to write a screenplay, I'd bought a…
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If the college you visit has a bookstore filled with t-shirts rather than books, find another college.
— Albert Mohler
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I went to a bookstore to try to find a book. The bottom line is, it all comes by trial and error.…
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That's exactly how I want you to feel. When you finish this book, I want you to be filled with curiosity. I…
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I don't want to be in my car all day. I love getting up in the morning in Venice and walking my…
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I'd hang out at the Borders bookstore until it closed.
— Garrett Hedlund
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I myself don't know what makes my books work. I enter a bookstore and I'm frankly overwhelmed by the number of books…
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