William Makepeace Thackeray Quotes
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I'm not a character like Rapunzel or Cinderella; my story looks like any other.
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I was really excited to get to shave my head - it's something I'd wanted to do for a while and now I had a good excuse. It was nice to shed that level of vanity.
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Black-and-white always looks modern, whatever that word means.
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Girls pour their insecurities into their looks.
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My looks have changed. I have laugh lines - not wrinkles.
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I don't read a lot of magazines, but when I'm traveling, I'll pick up a copy of 'Vanity Fair' to read on the plane - it's like a full meal! The articles are so good, especially the crime stories. Browsing the Web is more like snacking - but I live on snacks.
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I love Jet Li, but he looks very Chinese, and his English is Chinese-accented. He wouldn't have been the right guy to play a Japanese-American.
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'Pride And Prejudice' takes place in a similar period to 'Vanity Fair,' and yet there's a huge difference between Jane Austen and Thackeray.
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A high-brow is someone who looks at a sausage and thinks of Picasso.
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I never want to be that person again, that Vanity.
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I think if I was not in love, I would probably let myself go faster. Love gives me the vanity to continue.
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I prefer the smaller acting than big histrionics. It's about reacting and looks, which is often underestimated.
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Stupidity talks, vanity acts.
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Every retailer, when they price their goods, looks at their total cost overall. When they have costs go up, they'll price their products accordingly.
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My face looks like a wedding-cake left out in the rain.
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What's nice about concrete is that it looks unfinished.
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What looks like enjoyment is the sneer of contempt. That's not a smile.
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If someone looks genuinely interested and asks me a deeply personal question, I'll give the answer. I'm too open.
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I think a lot of people feel that they are just not listened to, and that the politicians in Washington are just playing games with each other and forgetting about their constituents.
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Who would have ever thought that, within a couple months of getting into the WWE, that I'd be wrestling in the main event for the world championship? Then, nine months after getting here, actually being the world champion.
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I've had my best times when trailing a Mainbocher evening gown across a sawdust floor. I've always loved high style in low company.
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Regarding social media, I really don't understand what appears to be the general population's lack of concern over privacy issues in publicizing their entire lives on the Internet for others to see to such an extent... but hey it's them, not me, so whatever.
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All is vanity, look you; and so the preacher is vanity too.
