"The idea that beauty is unimportant or a cultural construct is the real beauty myth. We have to understand beauty, or we will always be enslaved by it."

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Nancy Etcoff

#Real Quotes #Ideas Quotes #Myth Quotes

“I don't want water!" Sarah cries, her face buried against my chest. I can't see what's going on in the rest of the lobby beacuse Sarah's hair is flying up in my face, blocking my view. I want justice!" she wails. Well, we'll get you some of that too." Magda has appeared from out of nowhere. "Maybe there's some in the freezer.”
“A universe without purpose should neither depress us nor suggest that our lives are purposeless. Through an awe-inspiring cosmic history we find ourselves on this remote planet in a remote corner of the universe, endowed with intelligence and self-awareness. We should not despair, but should humbly rejoice in making the most of these gifts, and celebrate our brief moment in the sun.”
“I'd like my writing to be recognized with a Grammy.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“We can't behave like people in novels, though, can we?”
“Based on my own experience, when you're going through adolescence you don't know how the world works. You can't set a story in the world you live in because you don't know what a utility bill is, or how to budget your paycheck.”
“A teacher had once told them that men were either beasts, gentlemen, or beasts masquerading as gentlemen. Might there be a fourth category â€” gentlemen masquerading as beasts?”
“Holding an Olympic Games means evoking history.”
“The mystery of the beginning of all things is insoluble by us; and I for one must be content to remain an agnostic.”

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