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“Had the world been different, in my opinion, without mountains and oceans, plains and seas, deserts and forests, and consisted of something else, inconceivable to us, as we don't know anything othe...”
“Appearances are not reality; but they often can be a convincing alternative to it. You can control appearances most of the time, but facts are what they are. When the facts are too sharp, you can c...”
“All he ever knew of her was who he saw every day. All I am is who I am every day. All anyone is to anyone is a series of days.”
“When you get right down to it, lots of things that look fancy are easy to do, and lots of things that seem easy are hard, even if you're very creative and a good artist.”
“There is no deeper reality. The water at the bottom is the same as the water at the top.”
“Seeming and knowing made hideous faces at one another across the breadth of her mind.”
“Los Angeles is a town where status is all and status is only given to success. Dukes and millionaires and playboys by the dozen may arrive and be glad-handed for a time, but they are unwise if they...”
“I don't know how, or whether it is even possible to predict what the world will look like the next day. I simply have to close my eyes, and wait until tomorrow in order to find out.”
“Such was the code: Strive for victory, but never seem to be self-involved.”
“She was still glad she looked like Scully. He wasn't pretty either, but pretty people weren't the kind you need. Pretty people saw themselves in the mirror and were either too happy or too sad. Peo...”
“Listen, Google, I will say, both John and Paul are courting me. I like both of them, but in a different way, and its so hard to make up my mind. Given everything you know, what do you advise me to ...”
“If some musicians put half as much effort in to the business side as they do their outer look and appearances, they could be twice as far.”
“She had told Kazan that she was bored with the roles she was playing because so many of them had been basically the same kind of empty-headed characterization. She wanted nothing ore than to challe...”
“I don't want a relationship that just looks good on the outside. It's more important that it feels great on the inside.”
“Looking back, I realized that we were being raised to be schizophrenic; an appearance of perfection was more important than genuine feelings”
“There's something about the thousands of glittering lights, the veil of nighttime that almost makes this place beautiful, especially in the reflection of the water. It makes everything askew, disor...”
“I am not what you see.I am what time and effort and interaction slowly unveil.”
“Another vampire pushed her way through the crowd to stand at hissidea pretty blue-haired Asian girl in a silver foil skirt. Clary wondered if there were any ugly vampires, or maybe any fat ones. Ma...”
“I saw you before. All your flaws, your imperfections. Your bodys going to a lot of trouble to hide something, something inside of you. It must be very precious.”
“They looked more like day laborers than seamen.”
