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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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I have made it clear that we will hunt down terrorists who threaten our country, wherever they are. That means I will…
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Listen Wanderlei, I will do a home invasion on you. I will cut the power to your house and the next thing…
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Women and love are underpinnings. Examine them and you threaten the very structure of culture.
— Shulamith Firestone
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You threaten my son, you threaten me.
— Leigh Anne Tuohy
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The real problem has to do with the inability by people to admit that a position they've held a long time might…
— Jack McDevitt
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The more realistic you are the more you threaten the grounds of your own art.
— Saul Bellow
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It's one thing to say, 'I don't like what you said to me and I find it rude and offensive,' but the…
— Salman Rushdie
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You are my siren,” he said, running his hands along her thighs and down her calves, feeling the shape of her even…
— Sarah MacLean
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But when did you see her, talk to me? When did you see her go into the cave? Why did you threaten…
— Jean M. Auel
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The United States government approaches patient choice in medication as Singapore does free speech: its pronouncements sound reasonable and tolerant until you…
— Virginia Postrel
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No matter how many times they say the hurt full thing,hit you,push you,threaten you,you have to get up because the second you…
— Hunter
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You threaten my son, you threaten me. -Leigh Anne Touhy
— The Blind Side
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