Quote by Naomi Wolf
Beauty is a currency system like the gold standard. Like any econo

Beauty is a currency system like the gold standard. Like any economy, it is determined by politics, and in the modern age in the West is is the last, best belief system that keeps male dominance intact. – Naomi Wolf

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Most urgently, womens identity must be premised upon our beauty so that we will remain vulnerable to outside approval, carrying the vital sensitive organ of self-esteem exposed to the air. – Naomi Wolf

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Women have face-lifts in a society in which women without them appear to vanish from sight. – Naomi Wolf

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No matter what a womans appearance may be, it will be used to undermine what she is saying and taken to individualize – as her personal problem – observations she makes about the beauty myth in society. – Naomi Wolf

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In such ugly times, the only true protest is beauty. – Phil Ochs

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Beauty is how you feel inside, and it reflects in your eyes. It is not something physical. – Sophia Loren

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Perfect health, like perfect beauty, is a rare thing and so, it seems, is perfect disease. – Peter Latham

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Thats the beauty of being a comedian – its the one job youre allowed to do that. Were lucky. Were really lucky. – Colin Quinn

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