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Glamour is all about transcending this world and getting to an idealized, perfect place.


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Glamour doesn’t just happen, people don’t wake up in the morning glamorous.

Glamour doesn’t just happen, people don’t wake up in the morning glamorous.



The impulse for personal adornment is hard to stamp out.

The impulse for personal adornment is hard to stamp out.



In a dynamic, decentralized system of individual choice and responsibility, people do not have to trust any authority but their own.

In a dynamic, decentralized system of individual choice and responsibility, people do not have to trust any authority but their own.



Glamour is translucent — not transparent, not opaque. It invites us into the world but it doesn’t give us a completely clear picture.

Glamour is translucent — not transparent, not opaque. It invites us into the world but it doesn’t give us a completely clear picture.



On the Internet, people on the tails of the bell curve can find one another.

On the Internet, people on the tails of the bell curve can find one another.



The glamour of air travel - its aspirational meaning in the public imagination - disappeared before its luxury did, dissipating as flying gradually became commonplace.

The glamour of air travel - its aspirational meaning in the public imagination - disappeared before its luxury did, dissipating as flying gradually became commonplace.



Progress through trial and error depends not only on making trials, but on recognizing errors.

Progress through trial and error depends not only on making trials, but on recognizing errors.



The mobile middle class gravitates to the cities where housing is affordable.

The mobile middle class gravitates to the cities where housing is affordable.



Medicare is immune from the competitive pressures that force private insurers to pay attention to what patients and doctors want.

Medicare is immune from the competitive pressures that force private insurers to pay attention to what patients and doctors want.



At the simplest level, only people who know they do not know everything will be curious enough to find things out.

At the simplest level, only people who know they do not know everything will be curious enough to find things out.





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You should be forgiving when others make mistakes, but not when the mistakes are in you. You should be patient under duress yourself, but not when it affects others.

You should be forgiving when others make mistakes, but not when the mistakes are in you. You should be patient under duress yourself, but not when it affects others.




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