Quote by Florence King
Americans worship creativity the way they worship physical beauty

Americans worship creativity the way they worship physical beauty – as a way of enjoying elitism without guilt: God did it. – Florence King

Other quotes by Florence King

He travels fastest who travels alone, and that goes double for she. Real feminism is spinsterhood. – Florence King

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alone
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American couples have gone to such lengths to avoid the interference of in-laws that they have to pay marriage counselors to interfere between them. – Florence King

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Marriage
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Time has lost all meaning in that nightmare alley of the Western world known as the American mind. We wallow in nostalgia but manage to get it all wrong. True nostalgia is an ephemeral composition of disjointed memories… but American-style nostalgia is about as ephemeral as copyrighted d?j? vu. – Florence King

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As we grow old, the beauty steals inward. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Beauty

Im flatchested, Im short, Im brunette, I have droopy eyes, and so people have a hard time casting me as a beauty. – Selma Blair

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Beauty

I think Whitman more than any other poet possessed the gift of revealing to others the beauty of everything around us, the beauty of nature, the beauty of human beings. – Ella R. Bloor

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Beauty

What saddens me is the corruption of youth and beauty, and the loss of soul, which is only replaced by money. – Lisa Bonet

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Beauty

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If youre working out in front of a mirror and watching your muscles grow, your ego has reached a point where it is now eating itself. Thats why I believe there should be a psychiatrist at every health club, so that when they see you doing this, they will take you away for a little chat. – Lewis Black

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God was satisfied with his own work, and that is fatal. – Samuel Butler

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