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" I'm from Canada, and New Zealand feels like you took all the best bits of Canada and squished them onto a tiny island like Hawaii. I was absolutely blown away by the beauty of the South Island. "

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" All my life, my girlfriends are always skinny. Beauty in art has nothing to do with beauty in reality. Why do you like primitive art? Because there is beauty in the deformity. Sometimes paintings that people consider realistic are not at all. Raphael figures look realistic, but in real life, they were deformed. "

Fernando Botero

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" Visual surprise is natural in the Caribbean; it comes with the landscape, and faced with its beauty, the sigh of History dissolves. "

" The auto industry must acknowledge that a rational transportation policy should seek a balance between individual convenience, the efficient use of limited resources, and urban-living values that protect spaciousness, natural beauty, and human-scale mobility. "

" Life is one long decay, no? There's a lot of beauty in it. Like the patina in an old city. "

" I always hear myself saying, 'She's a beauty!' or 'He's a beauty!' or 'What a beauty!' but I never know what I'm talking about. "

" I think it's evident that expensive neighborhoods in Seattle are surrounded by natural beauty. That elevates city life. So if we can make cities more attractive in the long run, we can be smarter about issues like development, zoning and economics. "

" Mathematics are the result of mysterious powers which no one understands, and which the unconscious recognition of beauty must play an important part. Out of an infinity of designs a mathematician chooses one pattern for beauty's sake and pulls it down to earth. "

" Flowers... are a proud assertion that a ray of beauty outvalues all the utilities of the world. "

" I love glamour and artificial beauty. I love the idea of artifice and dressing up and makeup and hair. "

" Beauty is an ecstasy; it is as simple as hunger. There is really nothing to be said about it. It is like the perfume of a rose: you can smell it and that is all. "

" Beauty is the only thing that time cannot harm. Philosophies fall away like sand, creeds follow one another, but what is beautiful is a joy for all seasons, a possession for all eternity. "

" If you get simple beauty and naught else, you get about the best thing God invents. "

" Endurance is nobler than strength, and patience than beauty. "

" When you go somewhere and think it will be your last time there, you always appreciate the beauty of it even more and want to crystallise emotions that you will keep with you forever. "

" We don't need bigger cars or fancier clothes. We need self-respect, identity, community, love, variety, beauty, challenge and a purpose in living that is greater than material accumulation. "

" Obscenity, which is ever blasphemy against the divine beauty in life, is a monster for which the corruption of society forever brings forth new food, which it devours in secret. "

" I think beauty comes from within, and society paints a ridiculous picture. "

" But every great scripture, whether Hebrew, Indian, Persian, or Chinese, apart from its religious value will be found to have some rare and special beauty of its own; and in this respect the original Bible stands very high as a monument of sublime poetry and of artistic prose. "

" That's why I began doing makeup in the first place: I was hoping that through helping people see the beauty in themselves, I could try and find it in me. "

" Have the pride of the brown girl and know that you'll figure out your own beauty in time. "

" Beauty is only temporary, but your mind lasts you a lifetime. "

" Surely these women won't lose any more of their beauty and charm by putting a ballot in a ballot box once a year than they are likely to lose standing in foundries or laundries all year round. There is no harder contest than the contest for bread, let me tell you that. "

" Embrace the color of your skin and your own beauty. "

" Beauty is in the eye of the beer holder. "

" Glamour comes from within. My beauty regime begins with my personality. "

" In your 20s you can be pretty, but you don't accomplish real beauty until you find wisdom and depth. "

" The beauty we love is very silent. It smiles softly to itself, but never speaks. "

" Sometimes, homely things are done for the best reasons in the world and thus achieve a beauty of their own. "

" You will also allow me to thank the Academy for inviting me to lecture in Stockholm, for its hospitality, and for the opportunity afforded me for admiring the charm of your people and the beauty of your country. "

" If you do something that you're proud of, that someone else understands, that is a thing of beauty that wasn't there before - you can't beat that. "