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"To lose weight, spend time at the gym. To appear like you've lost weight, spend time with people who are bigger than you."
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"Her face is silting up, like a pond; layers are accumulating. Every once in a while, when she can afford the time, she spends a few days at a spa north of the city, drinking vegetable juice and having ultrasound treatments, in search of her original face, the one she knows is under there somewhere; she comes back feeling toned up and virtuous, and hungry."
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"A beautiful lady with an evil heart is like a hundred dollar note cut in two with one piece missing."
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"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."
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"There was a photograph of Trout. He was an old man with a full black beard. He looked like a frightened, aging Jesus, whose sentence to crucifixion had been commuted to imprisonment for life."
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"What lies behind appearance is usually another appearance."
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"Intelligence, goodness, humanity, excitement, serenity. Over time, these are the things that change the musculature of your face, as do laughter, and animation, and especially whatever peace you can broker with the person inside.It's furrow, pinch, and judgement that make us look older - our mothers were right. They said that if you made certain faces, they would stick, and they do. But our mothers forgot that faces of kindness and integrity stick as well."
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"Though Queen Victoria in England had suggested that makeup was impolite, even vanity, Gideon saw it as yet another weapon. It was not so different from magic."
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"To lose weight, spend time at the gym. To appear like you've lost weight, spend time with people who are bigger than you."
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"Criticism of one's appearance hurts, no matter what."
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"Dye your hair, certainly. But what can you do for your face?"
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"Interviews were invented to make journalism less passive. Instead of waiting for something to happen, journalists ask someone what should or could happen."
Media
"Being a 'good' parent is more about the parent, and, less about the 'supposedly-could-have-been-bad' child."
Parenting
"Give a typical employee a million, and, he is most likely to use the money to print his CV on fancier paper."
Work
"It is childish to eat primarily or only to please your tongue."
Behavior
"Sniffing glue is a homeless nonbeliever's prayer."
Psychology
"Some wo/men are so possessive - you end up missing missing them."
Relationship
"Many a woman would not be in a relationship with or married to her man, if he earned half of what he earns; and many a man would not be in a relationship with or married to his woman, if he earned twice as much as he earns."
Relationship
"Some books sold because they are (said to be) great. Some are (said to be) great because they sold."
Literature
"Eyes are a deaf man's ears. Ears are a blind man's eyes."
Perception
"The phrase 'You complete me' is nonsensical. A couple is a 'we' - not a complete 'me.'"
Relationship
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