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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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My dresses are for women of all different shapes and sizes. Actually, the one I tried on yesterday was the one Jennifer…
— Victoria Beckham
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I am honored I have performed 'Quizas Quizas Quizas' with Jennifer Lopez, an eclectic artist who thanks to the charismatic power of…
— Andrea Bocelli
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The allegedly 'classy' magazines often seem to be in an endless, undeclared competition to see who can climb furthest up the fundament…
— Julie Burchill
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I'd rather be onstage with a pig - a duet with Jennifer Lopez and me just ain't going to happen.
— Mariah Carey
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Race doesn't mean what it used to in America anymore. It just doesn't. Obama's black, but he's not black the way people…
— Louis C. K.
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I’m a huge South Park fan, loved Avenue Q and can not wait to work with Trey Parker, Matt Stone, Bobby Lopez…
— Unknown Author
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Brook Lopez had a better game than Deron Williams
— Bill Simmons
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Playing black, I put great stake in the Ruy Lopez: I liked it, feel it, and understand it; in matches with Hjartarson…
— Anatoly Karpov
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An amusing fact: as far as I can recall, when playing the Ruy Lopez I have not yet once in my life…
— Anatoly Karpov
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Failing to open the center at the right moment - a common error by White in the Exchange Lopez - can allow…
— Andrew Soltis
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Often, in the Ruy Lopez, one must be patient, wait and carry on a lengthy and wearisome struggle.
— Boris Spassky
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The Ruy Lopez occupied a constant place in my opening repertoire. In it is reflected the classical interpretation of the problem of…
— Vasily Smyslov
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