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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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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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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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Here in L.A. the standard of beauty is kind of ridiculous. I want to be doing this when Im in my fifties and sixties and this isnt what Im going to look like. – Rose Byrne

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The U.S. states that allow for citizens initiatives tend to have fewer laws and lower taxes than the ones that dont. But the beauty of the system is that it encourages the spread of best practice. – Daniel Hannan

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Im 40 and I just got my first beauty campaign with Clairol Nice and Easy. – Teri Hatcher

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Mathematics are the result of mysterious powers which no one understands, and which the unconscious recognition of beauty must play an important part. Out of an infinity of designs a mathematician chooses one pattern for beautys sake and pulls it down to earth. – Marston Morse

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Come into the light of things. Let nature be your teacher. – William Wordsworth

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We really feel happier when things look bleak. Hope is endurance. Hope is holding on and going on and trusting in the Lord. – Michael Novak

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A celebrity is any well-known TV or movie star who looks like he spends more than two hours working on his hair. – Steve Martin

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