"Glamour is not something you possess but something……" — Virginia Postrel
"Glamour is not something you possess but something you perceive, not something you have but something you feel. It is a subjective response to a stimulus."
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80 Quotes by Virginia Postrel
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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…
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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…
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The glamour of air travel - its aspirational meaning in the public imagination - disappeared before its luxury did, dissipating…
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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…
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At the simplest level, only people who know they do not know everything will be curious enough to find things…
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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…
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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…
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We know we need bosses and deadlines to help us get work done. But sometimes we can also use an…
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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…
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More Feel Quotes
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As we all know, many people remain buried under tons of rubble and debris, waiting to be rescued. When we…
— Jean-Bertrand Aristide
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I feel like obviously the standard for what TV looks like changes all the time.
— J. J. Abrams
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Stories surge up out of nowhere, and if they feel compelling, you follow them. You let them unfold inside you…
— Paul Auster
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Writing makes you feel that there is a reason to go on living. If I couldn't write, I would stop…
— Paul Auster
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Yes, all fundamentalists feel that in a secular society, God has been relegated to the margin, to the periphery and…
— Karen Armstrong
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It suddenly struck me that that tiny pea, pretty and blue, was the Earth. I put up my thumb and…
— Neil Armstrong
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No matter how busy you are, you must take time to make the other person feel important.
— Mary Kay Ash
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Everyone has an invisible sign hanging from their neck saying, 'Make me feel important.' Never forget this message when working…
— Mary Kay Ash
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Pretend that every single person you meet has a sign around his or her neck that says, 'Make me feel…
— Mary Kay Ash
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We don't have sources who are dissidents on other sources. Should they come forward, that would be a tricky situation…
— Julian Assange
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I feel like soundtrack music is almost like seeing the movie again, but with my ears.
— Dave Attell
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People must feel that the natural world is important and valuable and beautiful and wonderful and an amazement and a…
— David Attenborough
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