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As soon as beauty is sought not from religion and love, but for pl

As soon as beauty is sought not from religion and love, but for pleasure, it degrades the seeker. – Annie Dillard

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It is ironic that the one thing that all religions recognize as separating us from our creator, our very self-consciousness, is also the one thing that divides us from our fellow creatures. It was a bitter birthday present from evolution. – Annie Dillard

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Birthday
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There is a certain age at which a child looks at you in all earnestness and delivers a long, pleased speech in all the true inflections of spoken English, but with not one recognizable syllable. – Annie Dillard

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Age
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A schedule defends from chaos and whim. It is a net for catching days. It is a scaffolding on which a worker can stand and labor with both hands at sections of time. – Annie Dillard

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Just because you are blind and unable to see my beauty doesnt mean it does not exist. – Margaret Cho

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My idea of beauty is somebody that doesnt have to try too much, someone who is effortless and fresh. – Jessica Ennis

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Beauty

Beauty, n: the power by which a woman charms a lover and terrifies a husband. – Ambrose Bierce

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Beauty

The closest thing I use to beauty products is the grease on the pizza from Johns Pizzeria. – Mark Feuerstein

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Beauty

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My very best friend died in a car accident when I was 16 years old. That was the hardest blow emotionally that I have ever had to endure. Suddenly, you realize tomorrow might not come. Now I live by the motto, Today is what I have. – Amber Heard

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Computers may save time but they sure waste a lot of paper. About 98 percent of everything printed out by a computer is garbage that no one ever reads. – Andy Rooney

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