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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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The problems are our lives. In the "developed" countries, at least, the large problems occur because all of us are living either…
— Wendell Berry
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We simply must balance our demand for energy with our rapidly shrinking resources. By acting now we can control our future instead…
— Jimmy Carter
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We ask for nothing that is not right, and herein lies the great power of our demand.
— Paul Robeson
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Our demand for meat, dairy and refined carbohydrates - the world consumes one billion cans or bottles of Coke a day -…
— Mark Bittman
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The energy crisis has not yet overwhelmed us, but it will if we do not act quickly. It's a problem that we…
— Jimmy Carter
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People get used to more complex forms of entertainment, and they become bored by simpler forms. Television has become more complex in…
— Alex Tabarrok
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Our demand for good looks, expressed in the biting comments that ensue when public figures fall short of perfection, puts enormous pressures…
— Virginia Postrel
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Our demand for technological advancement causes great stress upon the Earth: Medical achievements aim to eliminate ailments, but serve as crutches for…
— Melchor Lim
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The problem for the U.S. is that the economy is growing faster than the rest of the world, and, therefore, our demand…
— John Williams
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