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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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We flashed our feathers when the feathers were fit to be flashed, and now, in drearier days, many stay indoors.
— Anne Roiphe
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Part of the charm of basketball lies in the fact that it's a simple game to understand. Players race up and down…
— Dan Jenkins
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For toddlers I suggest leaving their mittens on year-round, indoors and out. That way they can't get into aspirin bottles, liquor cabinets,…
— P.J. O'Rourke
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If your cat falls out of a tree, go indoors to laugh.
— Unknown Author
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But we must also look at renewable heat technology. More combined heat and power schemes, putting waste heat to better use. More…
— Chris Huhne
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As I write, snow is falling outside my Maine window, and indoors all around me half a hundred garden catalogues are in…
— Katharine Sergeant Angell White
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There are people who look forward to spending their sunset years in the sunshine; it is my own retirement dream to await…
— Sarah Vowell
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There were all these rumors about me... so I went indoors. No one saw me for years. And since I wasnt around,…
— Karen Black
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Children used to be outside. Now the streets are empty. People are indoors looking at television or something.
— Helen Levitt
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If you find an Australian indoors, it's a fair bet that he will have a glass in his hand.
— Jonathan Aitken
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I don't look like a desert person because I stay indoors most of the day and fool around at night. That's what…
— Don Van Vliet
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Bus stops are far more interesting and useful places to have art than in museums. Graffiti has more chance of meaning something…
— Banksy
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