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Quote by Jane Austen
To look almost pretty is an acquisition of higher delight to a gir

To look almost pretty is an acquisition of higher delight to a girl who has been looking plain for the first fifteen years of her life than a beauty from her cradle can ever receive. – Jane Austen

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The beauty that addresses itself to the eyes is only the spell of the moment the eye of the body is not always that of the soul. – George Sand

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For the man sound of body and serene of mind there is no such thing as bad weather every day has its beauty, and storms which whip the blood do but make it pulse more vigorously. – George Gissing

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The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams. – Eleanor Roosevelt

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After Freaks and Geeks, I dealt with several producers who wanted to cover up all my beauty marks, every single mole on my body. They tried to cover them on my first two episodes of Dawsons Creek, and it just looked ridiculous, so I had to put my foot down. But its not something Im insecure about. – Busy Philipps

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