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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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Man is rated the highest animal, at least among all animals who returned the questionnaire.
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I went to Columbia University because they were doing a study on people who suffered from panic attacks, and because I suffered…
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Many different relationships among patients, doctors, and drugs are possible and desirable. As in so many other areas of life, the Internet…
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When I was younger, I actually wanted to be a CIA agent. Really. I even did the online questionnaire.
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I would, if checking boxes in a questionnaire, say I would oppose abortion except when the life of the mother is in…
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Imagine you fall in love. It feels fabulous. Then every day you have to complete a questionnaire about it. 'What kind of…
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