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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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One might as well attempt to describe the smoothness of the wind as to paint a clear picture of his complete swing.
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If you wish to fault the administration, it is that we didn't have a clear picture and we probably didn't do as…
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A too often forgotten truth is that you can live through actual events of history and completely miss the underlying reality of…
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To create power is like a magnet, this is true because this creative power operates like a magnet. Give it a strong…
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The person with a fixed goal, a clear picture of his desire, or an ideal always before him, causes it, through repetition,…
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That's what I've been trying to strive for - to draw a clear picture, to open up a new dimension.
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The days, months, and years eventually reveal, like a Polaroid, a clear picture of how significant events and decisions ultimately shape our…
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I thought I had a clear picture of death, but now I know it's a mystery and it will always be a…
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