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Appearance Quotes
"Good temper is one of the greatest preservers of the features."
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"When I was a little boy I did not, of course, trouble much about my appearance."
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"From 30 feet away she looked like a lot of class. From 10 feet away she looked like something made up to be seen from 30 feet away."
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"There is a condition worse than blindness, and that is, seeing something that isn't there."
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"My favorite part of my appearance is my height. I'm five foot one and I feel feminine being small."
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"She looked as if she had been poured into her clothes and had forgotten to say "when.""
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"She walks well, she looks good. Let's see how she kisses."
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"The best thing is to look natural, but it takes makeup to look natural."
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"We try to create this interesting appearance to make ourselves feel better about ourselves."
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"The world is governed more by appearance than realities so that it is fully as necessary to seem to know something as to know it."
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"When an opera star sings her head off, she usually improves her appearance."
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"It is easier to discover a deficiency in individuals, in states, and in Providence, than to see their real import and value."
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"The beggar is the only person in the universe not obliged to study appearance."
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"They're just big in the eyes of the American public."
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"When the cinematograph first made its appearance, we were told that the days of the ordinary theatre were numbered."
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"Faces that have charmed us the most escape us the soonest."
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"Through tattered clothes great vices do appear, Robes and furred gowns hide all."
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"Any affectation whatsoever in dress implies, in my mind, a flaw in the understanding."
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"He was a horse of goodly countenance, rather expressive of vigilance than fire; though an unnatural appearance of fierceness was thrown into it by the loss of his ears, which had been cropped pretty close to his head."
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"The appearance of the bones of quadrupeds, especially those of complete bodies in the strata, tells us either that the layer itself which carries them was in earlier times dry land or that dry land was at least formed in the immediate area."
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"Clothes and manners do not make the man; but, when he is made, they greatly improve his appearance."
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"Upon the clothes behind the tenement, That hang like ghosts suspended from the lines, Linking each flat, but to each indifferent, Incongruous and strange the moonlight shines."
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"Know the function of a fuse box and the appearance of a tripped circuit breaker."
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"She had in mind a different kind of looking person, because his appearance is not at all like mine."
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"The tree was evidently aged, from the size of its stem. It was about six feet high, the branches came out from the stem in a regular and symmetrical manner, and it had all the appearance of a tree in miniature."
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"So I'm ugly. So what? I never saw anyone hit with his face."
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"Keep up appearances; there lies the test. The world will give thee credit for the rest."
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"Most of my clients don't realize that the way they look and the way they think about their looks are two separate issues."
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"My wardrobe consists of antique clothes, many of my designs, plus shoes and shirts from Brooks Brothers and Paul Stuart."
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"My face looks like a wedding-cake left out in the rain."
16
"There is nothing that special to see when looking at me. I'm a painter who paints day in day out, from morning till evening - figure pictures and landscapes, more rarely portraits."
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"But quite honestly, personally, I was much more concerned - I mean, there's not much I can do about my appearance obviously other than spending four hours in hair and makeup."
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"The band broke up because I couldn't bear Rotten anymore because he was an embarrassment with his silly hats and his, like, shabby, dirty, nasty looking appearance."
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"The vanity of loving fine clothes and new fashion, and placing value on ourselves by them is one of the most childish pieces of folly."
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"I see a little better grooming. Some might even be trying a little powder."
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"It is a common phenomenon that just the prettiest girls find it so difficult to get a man."
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"Things are not always as they seem; the first appearance deceives many."
15
"Well, I grew up around the magazine and was part of a generation that was embracing our sexuality."
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"There are a lot of pretty girls. I am a tennis player first of all, that is why I am here, and if wasn't producing results no one would notice me."
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"My appearance has changed a lot over the years, but it has far more to do with how I feel about being a woman."
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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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"I think I am one of those who can manage not to take on a completely different appearance under their own glance."
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"Another thing: despite my youthful appearance, I am quite capable of making decisions."
15
"They were taking pictures and everything. When we got down off the plane, the minute Elvis made his appearance at the door of the plane, the screaming got even worse."
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"My first appearance as a guest on The Tonight Show was in '81."
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