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" Beauty is merciless. You do not look at it, it looks at you and does not forgive. "

Nikos Kazantzakis

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William Morris Hunt

" I define nothing. Not beauty, not patriotism. I take each thing as it is, without prior rules about what it should be. "

" Beauty is in the character of a person. It's about having an interesting face and about what's inside. Anyone can take a good picture. "

Patrick Demarchelier

" Beauty is a fragile gift. "

" It seems that if one is working from the point of view of getting beauty in one's equations, and if one has really a sound insight, one is on a sure line of progress. "

" Imagination disposes of everything; it creates beauty, justice, and happiness, which are everything in this world. "

" For all of nature's wonder and beauty, it is also hostile and unpredictable. "

" People are fighting over how our heartsongs are different. But they don't need to be the same. That's the beauty. We are a mosaic of gifts. Each of us has our inner beauty no matter how we look. "

Mattie Stepanek

" The beauty of the World Cup is that while thirty-two countries get to cheer for their respective teams, the event also affirms a global pluralism - it is as much a festival of cultural multiplicity as it is a competition featuring some of the best athletes in the world. "

" Our situation today shows that beauty demands for itself at least as much courage and decision as do truth and goodness, and she will not allow herself to be separated and banned from her two sisters without taking them along with herself in an act of mysterious vengeance. "

Hans Urs von Balthasar

" I think that beauty can injure you to death. It can cause an injury that can never be cured. Or it can so traumatise you, your life changes direction. The beauty of the harmony of nature that is forever lost, or a daily rite that you perform, or diving into the sea for a swim. Those experiences are going to mark you. "

" The way a woman carries herself and the way she dresses ought to promote the following types of words: modesty, discretion, wisdom, beauty, elegance and refinement, but not sensuality, luxury, extravagance. "

" Beauty of expression is so akin to the voice of the sea. "

George Matthew Adams

" Beauty is as relative as light and dark. Thus, there exists no beautiful woman, none at all, because you are never certain that a still far more beautiful woman will not appear and completely shame the supposed beauty of the first. "

" Through my optimism I naturally prefer and capture the beauty in life. "

Leni Riefenstahl

" The beauty, the poetry of the fear in their eyes. I didn't mind going to jail for, what, five, six hours? It was absolutely worth it. "

" My favourite animal is the koala, but his life would be boring. I would rather be a giraffe so that I could contemplate the beauty of Africa. "

Caterina Murino

" It is cruel, you know, that music should be so beautiful. It has the beauty of loneliness of pain: of strength and freedom. The beauty of disappointment and never-satisfied love. The cruel beauty of nature and everlasting beauty of monotony. "

Benjamin Britten

" Beauty is less important than quality. "

" My work reflects a relationship to the built world that shifts between control and randomness, strangeness and beauty, comfort and fear. "

" Each angel that God created was in himself a masterpiece. Each one possessed his own degree of intelligence and his own beauty. "

Mother Angelica

" We all have our imperfections. But I'm human, and you know, it's important to concentrate on other qualities besides outer beauty. "

Beyonce Knowles

" We have scaled the heights of Mount Everest, dominated the Southeast Asian games, we have won international beauty titles, and of course punched our way to triumph in the boxing world. Our people compete and win every day in every imaginable job throughout the world. "

Gloria Macapagal Arroyo

" Enhance and intensify one's vision of that synthesis of truth and beauty which is the highest and deepest reality. "

" Let's just say beauty inspires me. But I like all beauty - I think it really comes from the inside out. "

Donatella Versace

" A whopping 89 percent of buyers start their home search online. How your house looks online is the modern equivalent of 'curb appeal.' Rent a wide-angle lens and good lighting, get rid of your clutter and post at least eight great photos to win the beauty contest. "

Barbara Corcoran

" It's amazing what sleep does for your looks. "

" Nothing can be compared to the great beauty and capabilities of a soul; however keen our intellects may be, they are as unable to comprehend them as to comprehend God, for, as He has told us, He created us in His own image and likeness. "

Saint Teresa of Avila

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