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"Good-looking individuals are treated better than homely ones in virtually every social situation, from dating to trial by jury."
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"All the men's clothes she wore just called attention to how much of a girl she was."

"Travis: I didn't know they made permanent makeup. I looked like a clown for a month.Connor: Yeah. They put a curse on me so that no matter what I wore, my clothes were two sizes too small and I felt like a geek.Travis: You are a geek."

"An important part of dressing for success is not only wearing something well but making sure it is appropriate for the occasion or the environment."

"Huge biceps are an unattractive-uneducated-underpaid man's last attempt to be seen as worthy of dating, or, sleeping with."

"Some women wear a miniskirt to reveal their thighs, some wear one to conceal their age."

"Arles is certainly one of the most interesting towns I have ever seen, whether viewed as a place remarkable for the objects of antiquity it contains, or for the primitive manners of its inhabitants and its picturesque appearance."

"Unless they are off duty, no matter how wide it is, and even when it is sincere, a smile seems fake if the job description of the person who is smiling includes smiling."

"In modern times, beauty is more trusted than goodness."

"Some people say, 'Do not judge the book by its cover!' Well, I say not to judge at all. People can say anything they want to say, but for me, cover does matter."

"No matter your age, a smile makes you look and feel better. People spend billions of dollars every year to get pumped, pulled, tucked, and tweaked in hopes of being more beautiful. But there is nothing like a genuine smile to transform your appearance and provide an instant facelift."
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"Basic human contact - the meeting of eyes, the exchanging of words - is to the psyche what oxygen is to the brain. If you're feeling abandoned by the world, interact with anyone you can."

"If you want to end your isolation, you must be honest about what you want at a core level and decide to go after it."

"I majored in Chinese. I was never really good at Chinese but I really, really benefited from having been exposed to Asian philosophy early in my life."

"Polite strangers often tell soothing lies about our physical appearance that prevent many of us from facing, discussing and solving our real problems."

"Although beauty may be in the eye of the beholder, the feeling of being beautiful exists solely in the mind of the beheld."

"No matter how difficult and painful it may be, nothing sounds as good to the soul as the truth."

"The position that I take partly as a result of living in Asia is where you stop living according to your expectations and you become available to experience things as they are."

"I have come to believe that there are infinite passageways out of the shadows, infinite vehicles to transport us into the light."

"Standards of beauty are arbitrary. Body shame exists only to the extent that our physiques don't match our own beliefs about how we should look."
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