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It used to happen in villages and towns in China that they would h

It used to happen in villages and towns in China that they would have – I guess youd call them beauty contests – where all of the women of a particular village or town would be seated behind these screens or curtains with only their feet showing. – Lisa See

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People come in and out of our lives, and the true test of friendship is whether you can pick back up right where you left off the last time you saw each other. – Lisa See

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I think all women have a friend who at some point dumped them or betrayed them or deeply disappointed them. And at the same time all women have a friend who they dumped or betrayed or hurt in some way. Thats universal in womens friendships. – Lisa See

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And often it would be a woman who was in her 70s or 80s who would win the beauty contest, because bound feet never age. – Lisa See

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Beauty in distress is much the most affecting beauty. – Edmund Burke

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I remember reminding myself that beauty is an opinion, not a fact. And it has always made me feel better. – Hayden Panettiere

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Thats the beauty of music. You can take a theme from a Bach sacred chorale and improvise. It doesnt make any difference where the theme comes from the treatment of it can be jazz. – Dave Brubeck

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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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